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"Girl with the giggle"

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	=="Girl with the giggle"==		=="Girl with the giggle"==
	Cogan's first release was "To Be Worthy of You" / "Would You", recorded on her 20th birthday.~~{{citation needed\|date=August 2013}}~~ This led to her appearing regularly on comedian [[Dick Bentley]]'s BBC's radio show ''Gently Bentley'', and then becoming the vocalist for the [[BBC Radio]] comedy programme ''[[Take It From Here]]'', replacing [[Joy Nichols]], from 1953 to the end of its run in 1960.		Cogan's first release was "To Be Worthy of You" / "Would You", recorded on her 20th birthday. This led to her appearing regularly on comedian [[Dick Bentley]]'s BBC's radio show ''Gently Bentley'', and then becoming the vocalist for the [[BBC Radio]] comedy programme ''[[Take It From Here]]'', replacing [[Joy Nichols]], from 1953 to the end of its run in 1960.

	In 1953, whilst in the middle of recording "If I Had a Golden Umbrella", she broke into a giggle; she then played up the effect on later recordings. Soon enough, she was dubbed the "Girl with the giggle in her voice". ("Giggle" has sometimes been quoted as "chuckle".)<ref name="bio">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.almacogan.org/1biography.html\|title=Alma Cogan - Biography\|date=28 February 2008\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228220806/http://www.almacogan.org/1biography.html\|access-date=20 August 2021\|archive-date=28 February 2008}}</ref>		In 1953, whilst in the middle of recording "If I Had a Golden Umbrella", she broke into a giggle; she then played up the effect on later recordings. Soon enough, she was dubbed the "Girl with the giggle in her voice". ("Giggle" has sometimes been quoted as "chuckle".)<ref name="bio">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.almacogan.org/1biography.html\|title=Alma Cogan - Biography\|date=28 February 2008\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228220806/http://www.almacogan.org/1biography.html\|access-date=20 August 2021\|archive-date=28 February 2008}}</ref>

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	\| genre = [[w:Traditional pop music\|Traditional pop]]		\| genre = [[w:Traditional pop music\|Traditional pop]]
	\| years_active = 1952–1966		\| years_active = 1952–1966
	\| label = {{hlist\|[[w:HMV Group\|HMV]]\|[[Cw:~~olumbia~~ Graphophone Company\|EMI Columbia]]}}		\| label = {{hlist\|[[w:HMV Group\|HMV]]\|[[w:Columbia Graphophone Company\|EMI Columbia]]}}
	\| website = https://www.almacogan2018.com/		\| website = https://www.almacogan2018.com/
	}}		}}

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	{{Infobox musical artist		{{Infobox musical artist
	\| name = Alma Cogan		\| name = Alma Cogan
	\| image = Alma Cogan ~~(1963)~~.jpg		\| image = Alma Cogan.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Cogan, Tel Aviv, 1963~~		\| caption =
	\| birth_name = Alma Angela Cohen Cogan		\| birth_name = Alma Angela Cohen Cogan
	\| birth_date = {{birth date~~\|df=yes~~\|1932\|05\|19}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1932\|05\|19\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[London]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age~~\|df=yes~~\|1966\|10\|26\|1932\|05\|19}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1966\|10\|26\|1932\|05\|19\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = London, England		\| death_place = London, England
	\| genre = [[Traditional pop music\|Traditional pop]]		\| genre = [[w:Traditional pop music\|Traditional pop]]
	\| years_active = 1952–1966		\| years_active = 1952–1966
	\| label = {{hlist\|[[HMV Group\|HMV]]\|[[~~Columbia~~ Graphophone Company\|EMI Columbia]]}}		\| label = {{hlist\|[[w:HMV Group\|HMV]]\|[[Cw:olumbia Graphophone Company\|EMI Columbia]]}}
	\| website = https://www.almacogan2018.com/		\| website = https://www.almacogan2018.com/
	}}		}}

	'''Alma Angela Cohen Cogan'''<ref name="ODNB"/> (19 May 1932 – 26 October 1966) was a Russian/Romanian singer of [[traditional pop]] in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era.		'''Alma Angela Cohen Cogan'''<ref name="ODNB"/> (19 May 1932 – 26 October 1966) was a Russian/Romanian singer of [[w:traditional pop\|traditional pop]] in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era.

	==Childhood and early musical career==		==Childhood and early musical career==
	She was born on 19 May 1932<ref name="ODNB"/> in [[Whitechapel]], London, of Russian-Romanian [[Jewish]] descent.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB\|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/66775?docPos=1 \|title=Cogan, Alma Angela Cohen (1932–1966)\|year=2004\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/66775\|access-date=5 April 2015}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Her father's family, the Kogins, arrived in Britain from Russia, while her mother's family were refugees from Romania.<ref>{{cite magazine\|last=Mantel \|first=Hilary \|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1992/sep/24/on-the-edge/ \|title=On the Edge\|magazine=The New York Review of Books\|date= 24 September 1992\|access-date=14 March 2011}}</ref> Cogan's parents, Mark and Fay Cogan, had another daughter, the actress Sandra Caron,<ref>The "Tail Pieces by the Alley Cat" column in ''[[NME]]'' dated 14 September 1956 cites Sandra Caron's age as 19.</ref> who went on to play "Mumsey" in ''[[The Crystal Maze]]'',<ref name="metro">{{cite news\|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/10/the-crystal-maze-gives-us-our-first-look-at-maureen-lipman-as-mumsey-6184455/\|title=The Crystal Maze gives us out first look at Maureen Lipman as Mumsey\|newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)\|Metro]]}}</ref> and one son, Ivor Cogan. Mark's work as a [[haberdasher]] entailed frequent moves. One of Cogan's early homes was over his shop in [[Worthing]], Sussex.		She was born on 19 May 1932<ref name="ODNB"/> in [[w:Whitechapel\|Whitechapel]], London, of Russian-Romanian [[w:Jewish\|Jewish]] descent.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB\|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/66775?docPos=1 \|title=Cogan, Alma Angela Cohen (1932–1966)\|year=2004\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/66775\|access-date=5 April 2015}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Her father's family, the Kogins, arrived in Britain from Russia, while her mother's family were refugees from Romania.<ref>{{cite magazine\|last=Mantel \|first=Hilary \|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1992/sep/24/on-the-edge/ \|title=On the Edge\|magazine=The New York Review of Books\|date= 24 September 1992\|access-date=14 March 2011}}</ref> Cogan's parents, Mark and Fay Cogan, had another daughter, the actress Sandra Caron,<ref>The "Tail Pieces by the Alley Cat" column in ''[[NME]]'' dated 14 September 1956 cites Sandra Caron's age as 19.</ref> who went on to play "Mumsey" in ''[[The Crystal Maze]]'',<ref name="metro">{{cite news\|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/10/the-crystal-maze-gives-us-our-first-look-at-maureen-lipman-as-mumsey-6184455/\|title=The Crystal Maze gives us out first look at Maureen Lipman as Mumsey\|newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)\|Metro]]}}</ref> and one son, Ivor Cogan. Mark's work as a [[haberdasher]] entailed frequent moves. One of Cogan's early homes was over his shop in [[Worthing]], Sussex.

	Although Jewish, she attended [[St Joseph's College, Reading\|St Joseph's Convent School]] in [[Reading, Berkshire\|Reading]].<ref name=mp3ac>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mp3.com/artist/alma-cogan/summary/\|title=Alma Cogan\|website=Mp3.com\|access-date=26 November 2007\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109190932/http://mp3.com/artist/Alma%2BCogan/\|archive-date=9 January 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her father was a singer, but it was Cogan's mother who had showbusiness aspirations for both her daughters (she had named Cogan after silent screen star [[Alma Taylor]]). Cogan first performed in public at a charity show at the Palace Theatre in Reading, and at the age of eleven, competed in the "Sussex Queen of Song" contest held at a [[Brighton]] hotel, winning a prize of £5.		Although Jewish, she attended [[St Joseph's College, Reading\|St Joseph's Convent School]] in [[Reading, Berkshire\|Reading]].<ref name=mp3ac>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mp3.com/artist/alma-cogan/summary/\|title=Alma Cogan\|website=Mp3.com\|access-date=26 November 2007\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109190932/http://mp3.com/artist/Alma%2BCogan/\|archive-date=9 January 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her father was a singer, but it was Cogan's mother who had showbusiness aspirations for both her daughters (she had named Cogan after silent screen star [[Alma Taylor]]). Cogan first performed in public at a charity show at the Palace Theatre in Reading, and at the age of eleven, competed in the "Sussex Queen of Song" contest held at a [[Brighton]] hotel, winning a prize of £5.

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References

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	==References==		==References==
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Discography

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	A [[blue plaque]] commemorating Cogan was installed by the entrance of 44 Stafford Court, her longtime residence, on 4 November 2001.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.almacogan.com/alma_day.html \|title=Alma Cogan Competition \|website=Almacogan.com \|date=17 May 2009 \|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref>		A [[blue plaque]] commemorating Cogan was installed by the entrance of 44 Stafford Court, her longtime residence, on 4 November 2001.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.almacogan.com/alma_day.html \|title=Alma Cogan Competition \|website=Almacogan.com \|date=17 May 2009 \|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref>

	~~==Discography==~~
	~~{{Main\|Alma Cogan discography}}~~

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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Illness and death

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	==Illness and death==		==Illness and death==
	Cogan tried to update her image by recording some Beatles numbers and a spin-off from ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' ("Love Ya Illya"). But by 1965 record producers were becoming dissatisfied with Cogan's work, and it was clear that her health was failing. Her friend and colleague [[Anne Shelton (singer)\|Anne Shelton]] attributed this decline to some 'highly experimental' injections she took to lose weight, claiming that Cogan was never well again after that.~~{{citation needed\|date=February 2017}}~~		Cogan tried to update her image by recording some Beatles numbers and a spin-off from ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' ("Love Ya Illya"). But by 1965 record producers were becoming dissatisfied with Cogan's work, and it was clear that her health was failing. Her friend and colleague [[Anne Shelton (singer)\|Anne Shelton]] attributed this decline to some 'highly experimental' injections she took to lose weight, claiming that Cogan was never well again after that.

	Cogan embarked on a series of club dates in the [[Northern England\|North of England]] in early 1966, but collapsed after two performances and had to be treated for stomach cancer.<ref name="AMG"/> She made her final TV appearance in August, on the guest-spot of ''International Cabaret''. The following month she collapsed while touring Sweden to promote ''Hello Baby'', recorded exclusively for the Swedish market. She died of [[ovarian cancer]] at London's [[Middlesex Hospital]] on 26 October, at the age of 34.		Cogan embarked on a series of club dates in the [[Northern England\|North of England]] in early 1966, but collapsed after two performances and had to be treated for stomach cancer.<ref name="AMG"/> She made her final TV appearance in August, on the guest-spot of ''International Cabaret''. The following month she collapsed while touring Sweden to promote ''Hello Baby'', recorded exclusively for the Swedish market. She died of [[ovarian cancer]] at London's [[Middlesex Hospital]] on 26 October, at the age of 34.

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Personal life

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	[[John Lennon]] once recalled that, when he was a teenager, he used to mimic her savagely during his time at the [[Liverpool College of Art]]. Lennon's wife [[Cynthia Lennon\|Cynthia]] also recalled, "John and I had thought of Alma [as] out of date and unhip." But after Lennon actually met Cogan on the TV pop show ''Ready Steady Go!'' in 1964, they became close friends, so much so that Cogan's sister Sandra later said<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sentstarr.tripod.com/beatgirls/sancar.html \|title=Sentstarr.tripod.com \|website=Sentstarr.tripod.com \|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref> that the pair had a serious romance that had to be kept secret because of Alma's family's strict Jewish faith.		[[John Lennon]] once recalled that, when he was a teenager, he used to mimic her savagely during his time at the [[Liverpool College of Art]]. Lennon's wife [[Cynthia Lennon\|Cynthia]] also recalled, "John and I had thought of Alma [as] out of date and unhip." But after Lennon actually met Cogan on the TV pop show ''Ready Steady Go!'' in 1964, they became close friends, so much so that Cogan's sister Sandra later said<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sentstarr.tripod.com/beatgirls/sancar.html \|title=Sentstarr.tripod.com \|website=Sentstarr.tripod.com \|access-date=30 December 2011}}</ref> that the pair had a serious romance that had to be kept secret because of Alma's family's strict Jewish faith.

	Cogan was close to the other Beatles as well, especially [[Paul McCartney]], who first played the melody of "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)\|Yesterday]]" on her piano; he also played tambourine on her recording of "I Knew Right Away".~~{{citation needed\|date=February 2017}}~~		Cogan was close to the other Beatles as well, especially [[Paul McCartney]], who first played the melody of "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)\|Yesterday]]" on her piano; he also played tambourine on her recording of "I Knew Right Away".

	==Illness and death==		==Illness and death==

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Too square for the 1960s

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	Cogan also wrote some of her own songs. She co-wrote her 1963 record "Just Once More" (under the pseudonym of "Al Western") with her long-time pianist Stan Foster; her 1964 record "It's You" was also a Cogan-Foster collaboration, although this time she was credited under her own name. "Just Once More" peaked at no. 10 in the Swedish Voting Chart "Tio i Topp" in October 1963.		Cogan also wrote some of her own songs. She co-wrote her 1963 record "Just Once More" (under the pseudonym of "Al Western") with her long-time pianist Stan Foster; her 1964 record "It's You" was also a Cogan-Foster collaboration, although this time she was credited under her own name. "Just Once More" peaked at no. 10 in the Swedish Voting Chart "Tio i Topp" in October 1963.

	She continued to be a popular figure on the UK showbusiness scene, being offered the part of Nancy in ''[[Oliver!]]'',~~{{citation needed\|date=August 2017}}~~ appearing on the teenage hit-show ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'', and headlining at the [[Hippodrome, London\|Talk of the Town]].		She continued to be a popular figure on the UK showbusiness scene, being offered the part of Nancy in ''[[Oliver!]]'', appearing on the teenage hit-show ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'', and headlining at the [[Hippodrome, London\|Talk of the Town]].

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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	~~{{for\|the Gordon Burn novel\|Alma Cogan (novel)}}~~
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	{{Infobox musical artist		{{Infobox musical artist
	\| name = Alma Cogan		\| name = Alma Cogan