This is the discography of English singer Alma Cogan.
Albums Studio albums Title Album detailsI Love to Sing Released: January 1958 Label: His Master's Voice Formats: LP With You in Mind Released: June 1961 Label: Columbia Formats: LP Oliver! Released: January 1962 Label: His Master's Voice Formats: LP London studio cast recording from the musical of the same name Cogan sings on four tracks How About Love! Released: December 1962 Label: Columbia Formats: LP Alma Cogan Released: 1965 Label: Columbia Formats: LP Sweden-only release Alma Released: September 1967 Label: Columbia Formats: LP 'Julie' the Musical Released: 21 June 2010 Label: Stage Door Formats: CD Limited release of previously unreleased concept album from 1965 Cogan sings on nine tracks
Compilation albums Title Album details The Girl with the Laugh in Her Voice Released: May 1970 Label: Music for Pleasure Formats: LPThe Alma Cogan Collection Released: April 1977 Label: One-Up Formats: LP Second Collection Released: November 1978 Label: One-Up Formats: LP The Very Best of Alma Cogan Released: February 1984 Label: Music for Pleasure Formats: LP, MCA Celebration Released: 1987 Label: EMI Formats: 2xLP The Almanac Released: 1990 Label: Music for Pleasure Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP The Best of the EMI Years Released: 1991 Label: EMI Formats: CD, MC The A–Z of Alma Released: October 1994 Label: EMI Formats: 3xCD EMI Presents the Magic of Alma Cogan Released: 19 May 1997 Label: EMI/Music for Pleasure Formats: CD, MC The Girl with the Laugh in Her Voice Released: 5 November 2001 Label: EMI Formats: 4xCD The Ultimate Alma Cogan Released: July 2002 Label: EMI Formats: CD Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries – 25 Classic Tracks Released: 30 May 2005 Label: EMI Formats: CD Celebration – The Ultimate Collection Released: 1 May 2006 Label: EMI Formats: 3xCD The Essential Collection Released: 10 September 2007 Label: Avid Entertainment Formats: 2xCD Bell Bottoms, Dreamboats, Tangos & Eskimos Released: 29 September 2008 Label: Acrobat Music Formats: 4xCD Dreamboat Her 31 Finest: 1953–1956 Released: 27 October 2008 Label: Retrospective Formats: CD He Just Couldn't Resist Her – The Very Best of Alma Cogan Released: 11 March 2016 Label: Jasmine Formats: CD The Essential Recordings Released: 26 May 2017 Label: Primo Formats: 2xCD Two Classic Albums Plus Singles 1952–1962 Released: 20 January 2017 Label: Real Gone Music Formats: 4xCD The Very Best of Alma Cogan Released: 23 October 2020 Label: One Day Music Formats: 2xCD
EPs TitleDetails"The Girl with a Laugh in Her Voice" Released: September 1955 Label: His Master's Voice"The Girl with a Laugh in Her Voice" (No. 2) Released: 1955 Label: His Master's Voice"The Girl with a Laugh in Her Voice" (No. 3) Released: June 1956 Label: His Master's VoiceThe Hits from My Fair Lady Released: 1958 Label: His Master's Voice Split EP with Ronnie HiltonShe Loves to Sing Released: March 1959 Label: His Master's Voice
Singles Title YearPeak chart positions UK AUS FIN GER SWE "To Be Worthy of You"b/w "Would You"1952————— "The Homing Waltz" (with Larry Day)b/w "To Be Loved by You"————— "Waltz of Paree"b/w "Pretty Bride"————— "Blue Tango"b/w "Half as Much"————— "I Went to Your Wedding"b/w "You Belong to Me"————— "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me"b/w "Wyoming Lullaby"————— "Till I Waltz Again with You"b/w ""Happy Valley Sweetheart"1953————— "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"b/w ""If I Had a Penny————— "On the First Warm Day" (with Les Howard)b/w "The Windsor Waltz" (by Les Howard)————— "Till They've All Gone Home"b/w "Hug Me a Hug (Kiss Me a Kiss)" (with Les Howard)————— "If I Had a Golden Umbrella"b/w "Mystery St."————— "My Love, My Love"b/w "Wasted Tears"————— "Over and Over Again" (both sides with Les Howard)b/w "Isn't Life Wonderful"————— "Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)"b/w "The Moon Is Blue"————— "Bell Bottom Blues"b/w "Love Me Again"19544———— "Make Love to Me"b/w "Said the Little Moment"————— "Little Shoemaker"b/w "Chiqui-Chaqui (Chick-ee Chock-ee)"————— "Jilted" (both sides with Frankie Vaughan)b/w "Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do It Again"————— "Little Things Mean a Lot"b/w "Canoodlin' Rag"11———— "Skinnie Minnie (Fish Tail)"b/w "What Am I Going to Do Ma (The Doo-Ma Song)"————— "This Ole House"b/w "Skokiaan"————— "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"b/w "Christmas Cards"6———— "(Don't Let The) Kiddygeddin"b/w "Mrs. Santa Claus"————— "Paper Kisses"b/w "Softly, Softly"1955————— "Mambo Italiano"b/w "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane"————— "Tweedlee-Dee"b/w "More Than Ever Now"————— "Tika Tika Tok"b/w "Chee-Chee-Oo-Chee (Sang the Little Bird)"————— "Dreamboat"b/w "(The Diddle-Ee-I) Irish Mambo"1———— "Where Will the Dimple Be"b/w "Keep Me in Mind"————— "Got'n Idea"b/w "Give a Fool a Chance"————— "The Banjo's Back in Town"b/w "Go on By"1716———— "Hernando's Hideaway"b/w "Blue Again"————— "Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo"b/w "Twenty Tiny Fingers"617———— "Love and Marriage"b/w "Sycamore Tree"1956————— "Willie Can"b/w "Lizzie Borden"13———— "Don't Ring-A Da Bell"b/w "Bluebell"————— "No Other Love" (by Ronnie Hilton)b/w "It's All Been Done Before" (with Ronnie Hilton)————— "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"b/w "The Birds and the Bees"2225———— "Mama Teach Me to Dance"b/w "I'm in Love Again"————— "In the Middle of the House"b/w "Two Innocent Hearts"20———— "Pickin' a Chicken" (US-only release)b/w "Willie Can"————— "You, Me and Us"b/w "Three Brothers"195718———— "Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)"b/w "Lucky Lips"26———— "Chantez, Chantez"b/w "Funny, Funny, Funny"————— "Fabulous"b/w "Summer Love"————— "That's Happiness"b/w "What You've Done to Me"————— "Party Time"b/w "Please Mister Brown (Mister Jones, Mister Smith)"————— "The Story of My Life"b/w "Love Is"195825———— "Sugartime"b/w "Gettin' Ready for Freddy"16———— "Stairway of Love"b/w "Comes Love"————— "Sorry, Sorry, Sorry"b/w "Fly Away Lovers"————— "There's Never Been a Night"b/w "If This Isn't Love"————— "Mama Says"b/w "Last Night on the Back Porch"1959— 27———— "Pink Shoe Laces"b/w "The Universe"————— "We Got Love"b/w "I Don't Mind Being All Alone"26———— "Dream Talk"b/w "O Dio Mio"196048———— "The Train of Love"b/w "The "I Love You" Bit" (with Oscar Nebbish, aka Lionel Bart)27———— "Must Be Santa"b/w "Just Couldn't Resist Her With Her Pocket Transistor"————— "Cowboy Jimmy Joe"b/w "Don't Read the Letter"196137———— "With You in Mind"b/w "Ja-Da"————— "All Alone"b/w "Keep Me in Your Heart"—97——— "She's Got You"b/w "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"1962————— "Goodbye Joe"b/w "I Can't Give You Anything but Love"————— "Tell Him"b/w "Fly Me to the Moon"1963—78——10 "Just Once More"b/w "Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy"————— "Tennessee Waltz"b/w "I Love You Too Much"1964——32—1 "Tennessee-Waltz" (German-language version)b/w "Mein schönster Traum (Que reste-t-il de nos amours)"———10— "It's You"b/w "I Knew Right Away"————— "The Birds and the Bees" (Scandinavia-only release)b/w "Quando la luna"1965——32—1 "Hill-Billy-Boy (Home on the Range)" (Germany-only release)b/w "Ich liebe die Sonne (We'll Sing in the Sunshine)"1965———39— "Ba-Ba-Song (Whiffenpoof-Song)" (Germany-only release)b/w "Ruf mich an"————— "Snakes and Snails"b/w "How Many Nights, How Many Days"————— "So fängt es immer an (A Lovers Concerto)" (Germany-only release)b/w "Nun bist du mein Mann (Now That I Found You)"————— "Eight Days a Week"b/w "Help!"—76——— "Love Ya Illya" (under the name Angela and the Fans)b/w "I Know You"1966————— "Laß nicht soviel Zeit vergeh'n" (Germany-only release)b/w "An jedem Tag ist Zeit (There Is a Time and Place)"————— "Hello Baby" (Sweden-only release)b/w "There's a Time"————— "Now That I've Found You"b/w "More"—————"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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