Latest Updates - Alma Cogan

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Comment by scrough:

Pink Shoelaces (POP 608) was issued in Apr 1959, and 45 only according to my HMV Trade Catalogue for 1959. It had been deleted by June 1960. Her next single was POP 728 'O Dio Mio' / 'Dream Talk' issued in April 1960 as 45 only.

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Comment by James Carson2:

Finally got a copy of this over the weekend. This may be her last 78 for HMV, unless Pink Shoelaces was also released on 78, but I can’t find any evidence of that

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Comment by mega3000:

Release Date: January 28 (NME, p. 12).

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Comment by MrPasta SUBS:

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Comment by James Carson2:

This maybe her final 78RPM for His Master's Voice, and it's high on my wantlist!

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Comment by Madame Streggae ●:

Doesn't look to have got a release on 45, which surprises me. The blue 78 is notable for its lack of writer and orchestral credits, which drew my attention to it.

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Comment by Redpunk:

I got this one with a large bundle of Alma 78's from Ken at Jive Dive a mail only record business https://jivedive.net/

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Comment by James Carson2:

I have two copies of the Sheet Music for this record, it features Alma Cogan, Teresa Brewer & Lita Rosa's heads put onto mermaid bodies.

However, Alma's record of this has proved very hard to find, seven years of looking for this record and I still haven't found a copy! Alma's version on 45 has proved just as hard to find.

Teresa Brewer's version, I have on both Coral Vogue 45 & 78 - The 45 was an extremely lucky find, I had to buy a bundle of her 45s to get it, most were ones I already had, but I paid £20 for the lot, when I probably would have paid that for Skinnie Minnie on its own.

Lita Roza absolutely hated the song, and rightly so! It's one of the weirdest songs I've ever heard, a definite obscurity, are they trying to put on an italian accent? Lita's version, I never much cared to own, it's not that I don't think she was talented, I just prefer to find the original artists recordings rather than a cover versions, though Alma's version of Skinnie Minnie is an exception, as I admire her with a passion. Her joy radiates through the disc and you can really feel it.

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Comment by James Carson2:

Dreamboat was her only number one and her biggest hit so it’s surprising that it didn’t get a 45RPM. It’s the same case with eve boswell and pickin a chicken

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Comment by James Carson2:

I found the photo on PopSike, a website showing past eBay auctions, I think this auction was dated in 2006, this particular record seems impossible to find,

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