Alma Cogan (19 May 1932 – 26 October 1966) was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed "The Girl With the Laugh/Giggle/Chuckle In Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era. Throughout the mid-1950s, she was the most consistently successful female singer in the UK.
She was born Alma Angela Cohen in Whitechapel, East London, England, of Russian Jewish descent. Her parents Mark and Fay Cohen had another daughter, the future actress Sandra Caron, four or five years later and Alma Cogan also had a brother. Mark Cohen's work as a haberdasher involved opening stores in different areas; this entailed frequent relocation for his family. One of Cogan's early residences was in Worthing, Sussex – where her family originally lived above her father's shop.
Although Jewish, she attended St Joseph's Convent School in Reading.Her father was a singer but it was Cogan's mother who had show business aspirations for both her daughters – she had named Cogan after silent screen star Alma Taylor – and after eleven-year-old Cogan won the Sussex Queen of Song contest her encouraged mother managed to get her an audition with bandleader Ted Heath, who was impressed but thought Cogan too young.
Nevertheless by her teens Cogan was singing at London tea dances and at age fourteen she was featured in a variety show at the Grand Theatre in Brighton having been recommended by Vera Lynn.
Birth name Alma Angela Cohen
Born 19 May 1932
Whitechapel, East London, England
Died 26 October 1966 (aged 34)
Genres Traditional pop
Years active 1952–1966
Labels HMV, EMI Columbia
1. DREAM BOAT
You dreamboats,
you lovable dreamboats
The kisses you gave me,
Set my dreams afloat.
I would sail
The seven seas with you.
Even if you told me
to go and paddle my own canoe
Sincerely,
I love you so dearly
I'd follow you darling,
To any shore.
You dreamboats,
you lovable dreamboats
Say that you'll be mine
for ever more.
[repeat all]
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2. I FEEL FINE
Baby's good to me, you know,
She's happy as can be, you know,
She said so.
I'm in love with her and I feel fine.
Baby says she's mine, you know,
She tells me all the time, you know,
She said so.
I'm in love with her and I feel fine.
I'm so glad that she's my little girl.
She's so glad, she's telling all the world
That her baby buys her things, you know.
He buys her diamond rings, you know,
She said so.
She's in love with me and I feel fine, mmm.
Baby says she's mine, you know,
She tells me all the time, you know,
She said so.
I'm in love with her and I feel fine.
I'm so glad that she's my little girl.
She's so glad, she's telling all the world
That her baby buys her things, you know.
He buys her diamond rings, you know,
She said so.
She's in love with me and I feel fine
She's in love with me and I feel fine, mmm.
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3. I WISH YOU LOVE
I wish you bluebirds in the spring to give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss but more than this
I wish you love
And in July a lemonade to cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health and more than wealth
I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree that you and I could never be
So with my best, my very best, I set you free
I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree that you and I could never be
So with my best, my very best, I set you free
I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love
I wish you love
I wish you love
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4. LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT
Blow me a kiss across the room
Say I look nice when I'm not
Touch my hair as you pass my chair
Little things mean a lot
Give me your arm as we cross the street
Call me at six on the dot
A line a day when you're far away
Little things mean a lot
You don't have to buy me diamonds or pearls
Champagne, sables or such
I never cared much for diamonds and pearls
'Cause honestly, honey, they just cost money
Give me your hand when I've lost the way
Give me your shoulder to cry on
Whether the day is bright or gray
Give me your heart to rely on
Send me the warmth of a secret smile
To show me you haven't forgot
For now and forever, as always and ever
Little things mean a lot
Give me your hand when I've lost The way
Give me your shoulder to cry on
Whether the day is bright or gray
Give me your heart to rely on
Send me the warmth of a secret smile
To show me you haven't forgot
For now and forever, as always and ever
Little things mean a lot
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5. MY LOVE MY LOVE
Who makes the robin sing
My love, my love
Who brings the joy to spring
Who else but you my love
Who makes my poor heart cry
My love, my love
Whose eyes are stars on high
None else but yours my love
As sweet as morning mist
Are the lips that heaven kissed
As endless as the sea
Is the love that you gave to me
And what have I to give
My love, my love
As long as I shall live
You'll always be my love
As sweet as morning mist
Are the lips that heaven kissed
As endless as the sea
Is the love that you gave to me
And what have I to give
My love, my love
As long as I shall live
You'll always be my love
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6. SOMEBODY LOVES ME
Somebody loves me, I wonder who
I wonder who he can be
Somebody loves me, I wish I knew
Who he can be worries me
For every boy who passes by, I shout 'Hey, maybe'
You were meant to be my loving baby
Somebody loves me, I wonder who
Maybe, maybe it's you
Somebody loves me, I wonder who
I wonder who he can be
Somebody loves me, I wish I knew
Who he can be worries me
For every boy who passes by, I shout 'Hey, maybe'
You were meant to be my loving baby, baby
Somebody loves me, I wonder who
Maybe, maybe it's you
Maybe, it's you
Maybe, baby, I wish it were you
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7. THE MORE I SEE YOU
Each time I look at you
Is like the first time
Each time you're near me
The thrill is new
And there is nothing
That I wouldn't do for
The rare delight of the sight
Of you for
The more I see you,
The more I want you
Somehow this feeling
Just grows and grows
With every sigh
I become more mad about you
More lost without you and so it goes
Can you imagine how much I love you?
The more I see you as years go by
I know the only one for me can only be you
My arms won't free you, my heart won't try
I know the only one for me
Can only be you
My arms won't free you,
My heart won't try
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8. WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
When I fall in love it will be forever
Or Ill never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before its begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
When I give my heart it will be completely
Or Ill never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.
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9. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE
Ooh wah, ooh wah
Ooh wah, ooh wah
Ooh wah, ooh wah
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do birds sing so gay
And lovers await the break of the day
Why do they fall in love?
Why does the rain fall from up above?
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do they fall in love?
Love is a losing game
Love can be a shame
I know, I'm a fool you see
For that fool is me
Tell me why
Tell me why
Why do birds sing so gay
And lovers await the break of the day
Why do they fall in love?
Why does the rain fall from up above?
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do they fall in love?
Why does my heart
Skip a crazy beat?
For I know
It will reach defeat
Tell me why
Tell me why
Why do fools fall in love?
Tell me why
Tell me why
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10. YOU BELONG TO ME
See the pyramids along the Nile
And watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
But just remember darling all the while
You belong to me
See the marketplace in old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
You belong to me
I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
And blue
Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember till you're home again
You belong to me
I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
And blue
Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
But remember darling till you're home again
That you belong to me
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