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Stars of the 50s - Alma Cogan
Britain鈥檚 highest-paid female entertainer of her era is profiled by Chris Stuart. Yet her career was tragically cut short. From 1993.
**** 4 Extra marks 60 years since the death of Alma Cogan on 26th October 1966
Chris Stuart profiles one of the biggest singing stars of the 1950s
Alma Cogan was Britain鈥檚 highest-paid female entertainer of her era.
Her biggest hit was 鈥楧reamboat鈥� - a number one in 1955.
Alma tragically died aged just 34.
Happily she鈥檚 still to be regularly heard on 麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra, as the resident singer on the ever-popular 鈥楾ake It From Here鈥�
Sadly Chris Stuart died in 2022 aged 77.
Producer: Ray Harvey
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 2 in February 1993.
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