The Magic of Alma Cogan

~ Release by Alma Cogan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Bell Bottom Blues
vocals:
Alma Cogan
cover recording of:
Bell Bottom Blues
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Leon Carr
2:37
2This Ole House
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
This Ole House
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
2:24
3Little Things Mean a Lot
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Little Things Mean a Lot
lyricist:
Edith Lindeman
composer:
Carl Stutz
3:20
4I Can’t Tell a Waltz From a Tango
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
I Can't Tell a Waltz From a Tango
writer:
Al Hoffman and Dick Manning (American songwriter)
2:27
5Dreamboat
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Dreamboat (1955 song)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Hoffman
1:48
6Banjo’s Back in Town
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
The Banjo’s Back in Town
writer:
Marshall Brown (jazz musician, conductor, educator), Alden Shuman and Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist)
2:09
7Go on By
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Go on By
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
2:28
8Twenty Tiny Fingers
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Twenty Tiny Fingers (1955 song)
writer:
Roy C. Bennett (US songwriter) and Sid Tepper
2:37
9Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo
writer:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter)
2:11
10Willie Can
tin whistle [penny whistle]:
Desmond Lane
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Willie Can
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
2:10
11The Birds and the Bees
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
The Birds and the Bees (The Birds and the Bees)
writer:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:18
12Why Do Fools Fall in Love
vocals:
Alma Cogan
cover recording of:
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
additional writer:
George Goldner, Jimmy Merchant (US singer, member of The Teenagers) and Herman Santiago (singer for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
writer:
Morris Levy and Frankie Lymon
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Patricia Music, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2:21
13In the Middle of the House
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
In the Middle of the House
lyricist and composer:
Bob Hilliard
2:11
14You Me and Us
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
You, Me, and Us
lyricist:
John Jerome (Collaborative songwriting alias)
composer:
Quirino Mendoza y Cortés
is based on:
Cielito lindo
2:17
15Whatever Lola Wants
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Whatever Lola Wants (Damn Yankees)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) and Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
part of:
Damn Yankees (1955 musical)
2:49
16Just Couldn’t Resist Her With Her Pocket Transistor
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Just Couldn’t Resist Her With Her Pocket Transistor
writer:
Jack Keller and Larry Kolber
2:31
17The Story of My Life
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
The Story of My Life
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
2:13
18Sugartime
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Sugartime
composer:
Odis Echols and Charlie Phillips
1:51
19Cheek to Cheek
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Cheek to Cheek (from “Top Hat”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
publisher:
Irving Berlin (England) Music Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 8th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
2:58
20Last Night on the Back Porch
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Last Night on the Back Porch
writer:
Lew Brown and Carl Schraubstader
2:24
21We Got Love
vocals:
Alma Cogan
cover recording of:
We Got Love
writer:
Bernie Lowe (in 1959) and Kal Mann (in 1959)
2:11
22Dream Talk
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Dream Talk
writer:
“Bugs” Bower (producer, trumpet arranger, band leader, composer / lyricist, author) and Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist)
2:54
23Train of Love
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
The Train of Love
lyricist and composer:
Paul Anka
publisher:
Epa Publishing
2:32
24Cowboy Jimmy Joe
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Cowboy Jimmy Joe
writer:
Fini Busch and Werner Scharfenberger
2:31
25When I Fall in Love
vocals:
Alma Cogan
cover recording of:
When I Fall in Love
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Intersong U.S.A. (publisher), Northern Music (song publisher), Victor Young Publishing, Inc., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:57

Credits

Release

manufactured in:the U.K.
printed in:U.K.
liner notes:R.B. Whittaker (wrote sleeve notes)
distributed by and marketed by:EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1997)
glass mastered by:EMI Swindon
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5424173 [info]
ASIN:UK: B000007Y28 [info]