Alma Cogan

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British Jew human recording artist singer

Alma Cogan was a popular mid-20th-century English singer known for her distinctive laugh in her vocals and a string of hit recordings in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Label Occurrences
Alma Cogan canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Jew ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1966 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
birthName Alma Angela Cohen ⓘ
burialPlace Bushey Jewish Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath ovarian cancer ⓘ
chartSuccess multiple UK Singles Chart hits in the 1950s ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-05-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1966-10-26 ⓘ
era mid-20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
fullName Alma Angela Cohen ⓘ
genre pop music ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hairColor dark ⓘ
influenced later British pop singers ⓘ
knownFor glamorous stage dresses ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
nickname The Girl with the Laugh in Her Voice ⓘ
notableFor distinctive laugh in her vocals ⓘ
string of hit recordings in the 1950s ⓘ
string of hit recordings in the early 1960s ⓘ
notableWork "Bell Bottom Blues" ⓘ
"Dreamboat" ⓘ
"I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" ⓘ
"Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo" ⓘ
occupation entertainer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performedOn BBC Radio ⓘ
surface form: BBC radio

British television variety shows ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Whitechapel ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
recordLabel EMI ⓘ
HMV Group ⓘ
surface form: HMV
residence Kensington ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling Sandra Caron ⓘ
stageName Alma Cogan self-link ⓘ
voiceType soprano ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I’m Sitting on Top of the World → hasNotableRecordingBy → Alma Cogan ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Sitting on Top of the World
Alma Cogan → stageName → Alma Cogan self-link ⓘ
What'll I Do → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Alma Cogan ⓘ
subject surface form: "What'll I Do"
"Only Sixteen" → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Alma Cogan ⓘ
subject surface form: Only Sixteen