HMV Records 1950 - 1955
1950
Red Silken Stockings
(J. Brandon / P. Hart)
Original issue: Previously unreleased, recorded in December 1950.
CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 1)
1952
A: To Be Worthy Of You
(Gross / Klages)
B: Would You?
(Brown / Freed)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10280
A: CD re-issue: : Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 2)
B: CD re- issue: : Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 3)
A: To Be Loved By You
(Whitney / Kramer / Zaret)
B: The Homing Waltz(Duet with Larry Day)
(T. Connor / J. Reine)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10307
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 4)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 5)
A: Meet Me On The Corner
(Coben)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV BD series 6133
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 6)
A: Waltz Of Paree
(Giraud / Michael)
B: Pretty Bride
(Manning / Stern / Barclay)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10319
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 7)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 8)
A: Half As Much
(Williams)
B: Blue Tango
(L. Anderson / M. Parrish)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10338
A: CD issue: Issued in 2005 on EMI 7243 873482 2 6 CD ‘Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries’ (track 4)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 9)
A: I Went To Your Wedding
(J. M . Robinson)
B: You Belong To Me
(King / Stewart / Price)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10344
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 10)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1900 on CDMOIR 401 CD ‘You Belong To Me’ (track 8)
A: If’ n (Duet with Denny Dennis)
(Evens / Davis / Dunham)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV BD series 6138
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 11)
A: Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me
(C. Walker)
B: Wyoming Lullaby
(Williams / David)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV BD series 10370
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 12)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1900 on CDMOIR 401 CD ‘You Belong To Me’ (track 16)
1952
Somebody Loves Me
(Gershwin / De Sylva / MacDonald)
Original issue: Previously unreleased, recorded in December 1952.
CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 13)
You’re The Only One I Love
(Unknown)
Original issue: Previously unreleased
CD issue: Issued in 2001 on EMI 7243 5 358119 2 3 4CD box set ‘The Girl With A Laugh In Her Voice’ (disc four: track 15)
A Little Love
(Unknown)
Original issue: Previously unreleased
CD issue: Issued in 2001 on EMI 7243 5 358119 2 3 4CD box set ‘The Girl With A Laugh In Her Voice’ (disc four: track 16)
1953
A: Till I Waltz Again With You
(Prosen)
B: Happy Valley Sweetheart
(Reine / May)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10449
A: CD issue: Issued in 2005 on EMI 7243 873482 2 6 CD ‘Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries’ (track 16)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 14)
A: If I Had A Penny
(Soresi)
B:Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
(Noble)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10460
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 15)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1900 on CDMOIR 401 CD ‘You Belong To Me’ (track 15)
A: 0n The First Warm Day (Duet with Les Howard)
(B. Howard)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10464
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 16)
A: Till They’ve All Gone Home
(Alstone / Hillard)
B: Hug Me A Hug
(David / Carr)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10505
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 30190210 CD ‘An Hour Of Alma Cogan’ (track 3)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 17)
A: Sittin’ In The Sun
(P. Berlin)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV BD series 1294
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 18)
A: If I Had A Golden Umbrella
(B. Merill)
B: Mystery Street
(Plante / Phillippe / Gerard)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10530
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 19)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 20)
A: My Love, My Love
(Gold / Kosloff / Perry / Sims)
B: Wasted Tears
(Ward / Stellman)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10590
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 21)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 22)
A: Over And Over Again (Duet with Les Howard)
(Wayne)
B: Isn’t Life Wonderful (Duet with Les Howard)
(Park)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10601
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 24)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 23)
A: The Moon Is Blue
(Gilbert)
B: Ricochet
(Coleman / Darion / Gimbel)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10615
A: CD issue: Issued in 1900 on CDMOIR 401 CD ‘You Belong To Me’ (track 12)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1991 on EMI CDP 7 95594 2 CD ‘Alma Cogan – The EMI Years’ (track 12)
1954
A: Bell Bottom Blues
(D. Carr / H. David)
B: Love Me Again
(Gold / Kosloff / Perry / Sims)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10653
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 26)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 25)
A: Said The Little Moment
(Flick / Nathen / Robertson)
B: Make Love To Me
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10677
A: CD issue: Issued in 1991 on EMI CDP 7 95594 2 CD ‘Alma Cogan – The EMI Years’ (track 19)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 27)
A: Little Shoemaker
(Revil / Lemarque /Turner / Parsons)
B: Chiqui Chiqui
(Skylar / Ari)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10698
A: CD issue: Issued in 1991 on EMI CDP 7 95594 2 CD ‘Alma Cogan – The EMI Years’ (track 9)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1900 on CDMOIR 401 CD ‘You Belong To Me’ (track 6)
A: Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do It Again (Duet with Frankie Vaughan)
(Jordan / Bass)
B: Jilted (Duet with Frankie Vaughan)
(Colby / Manning)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10712
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 28)
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 30190210 CD ‘An Hour Of Alma Cogan’ (track 5)
A: Little Things Mean A Lot
(Lindeman / Stutz)
B: Canoodlin’ Rag
(Bidgood / Jerome)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10717
A: CD issue: Issued in 1991 on EMI CDP 7 95594 2 CD ‘Alma Cogan – The EMI Years’ (track 15)
B: CD issue: A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 30190210 CD ‘An Hour Of Alma Cogan’ (track 6)
A: What Am I Gonna Do Ma?
(Parker /Hart / Watson)
B: Skinnie Minnie (Fishtail)
(Fiorino / Norwood)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10743
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc one: track 29)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 1)
A: This Ole House
(Hamblen)
B: Skokiaan
(Glazer Musarurgwa)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10761
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 30190210 CD ‘An Hour Of Alma Cogan’ (track 7)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1900 on CDMOIR 401 CD ‘You Belong To Me’ (track 9)
A: I Can’t Tell A Waltz From A Tango
(Hoffman / Manning)
B: Christmas Cards
(Reynolds)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10786
A: CD issue: A: CD issue: Issued in 1991 on EMI CDP 7 95594 2 CD ‘Alma Cogan – The EMI Years’ (track 11)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 2)
A: (Don’t let the)Kiddygeddin’
(Skylar / Ackes)
B: Mrs Santa Claus
(Fulton / Steele)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10802
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 30190210 CD ‘An Hour Of Alma Cogan’ (track 9)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 3)
1955
A: Paper Kisses
(J. Jerome)
B: Softly, Softly
(M. Paul / P. Roberts / P. Dudan)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10828
A: CD issue: Issued in 2005 on EMI 7243 873482 2 6 CD ‘Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries’ (track 10)
B: CD issue: Issued in 2005 on EMI 7243 873482 2 6 CD ‘Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries’ (track 8)
A: Mambo Italiano
(B. Merrill)
B: The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
(Tepper / Bennett)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10832
A: CD issue: Issued in 2005 on EMI 7243 873482 2 6 CD ‘Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries’ (track 5)
B: CD issue: Issued in 2005 on EMI 7243 873482 2 6 CD ‘Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries’ (track 1)
A: Tweedle Dee
(W. Scott)
B: More Than Ever Now
(Taylor / Sonin)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10848
A: CD issue: Issued on in 1990 on CDMOIR 401 ‘You Belong To Me’ (track 3)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 6)
A: Tika Tika Tok
(Musel / Stevens / Demort / Imer)
B: Chee Chee-O-Chee
(Saracini / Turner /Parsons)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10862
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 8)
B: CD issue: Issued in 2005 on EMI 7243 873482 2 6 CD ‘Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries’ (track 18)
A: Dreamboat
(Hoffman)
B: Irish Mambo
(Redman / Cavanaugh)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10872
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 7)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 9)
A: Where Will The Dimple Be
(Merrill / Hoffman)
B: Keep Me In Mind
(Wolf / Bacharach)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10887
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 11)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 10)
A: Got ‘N Idea
(P. Roberts)
B: Give A Fool A Chance
(Stevens)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10896
A: CD issue: Issued in 1991 on EMI CDP 7 95594 2 CD ‘Alma Cogan – The EMI Years’ (track 4)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 12)
A: The Banjo’s Back In Town
(Shuman / Brown / Shuman)
B: Go On By
(Hamblen)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10917
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 13)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 14)
A: Hernando’s Hideaway
(Adler / Rose)
B: Blue Again
(McHugh / L. Fields)
Original issue: Issued on 78rpm single HMV B series 10929
A: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 15)
B: CD issue: Issued in 2005 on EMI 7243 873482 2 6 CD ‘Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries’ (track 18)
A: Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo
(Connor)
B: Twenty Tiny Fingers
(Tepper / Bennet)
Original issue: Issued on 45rpm single HMV POP 129
A: CD issue: Issued in 1991 on EMI CDP 7 95594 2 CD ‘Alma Cogan – The EMI Years’ (track 14)
B: CD issue: Issued in 1994 on EMI 7243 8 31193 2 5 3CD box set ‘The A-Z of Alma Cogan’ (disc two: track 16)
Note: All singles issued on 7” 45rpm single and 78rpm from this issue