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'He exceeded all his father’s dreams'

Edit NME 18 Feb 2016
David Bowie's cousin has written a letter reflecting on their childhood. Bowie passed away from cancer last month (January 10), two days after his 69th birthday and the release of final album 'Blackstar' ... Amadeus went on to state in the letter ... "I remember one afternoon in the late 1950s when David was introduced to Dave King, Alma Cogan and Tommy Steele. 'My son is going to be an entertainer, too' he said ... She concluded ... Grohl explained....

more than just a love for dogs

Edit Independent Online 02 Feb 2016
What are your earliest and fondest memories? ...   ... Some acts and people who visited the nightclub  included Gene Kelly, Shirley Bassy, Burt Lancaster, Tommy Steel, (Alma Cogan and her mother), Eartha Kitt, Pier Angeli (the girlfriend of the legendary James Dean) and last but not least, the man who has been billed as the greatest entertainer of all times Mr Bo jangles Sammy davis Jr.  ...   ...   ...   ... ....

Alfred Fenech: more than just a love for dogs

Edit The Malta Independent 02 Feb 2016
What are your earliest and fondest memories? ...   ... Some acts and people who visited the nightclub  included Gene Kelly, Shirley Bassy, Burt Lancaster, Tommy Steel, (Alma Cogan and her mother), Eartha Kitt, Pier Angeli (the girlfriend of the legendary James Dean) and last but not least, the man who has been billed as the greatest entertainer of all times Mr Bo jangles Sammy davis Jr.  ...   ...   ...   ... ....

David Bowie's Cousin Gives A Sweet Insight Into What He Was Like As A Child

Edit NME 27 Jan 2016
“It is not true," she wrote ... And when Bowie was taken to the Royal Variety Performance in the late 50s, Amadeus remembers that David’s dad told famous 50s faces Dave King, Alma Cogan and Tommy Steele, “My son is going to be an entertainer too, aren’t you David?” to which Bowie replied, “Yes, Daddy”....

'David exceeded his father's dreams': Bowie's cousin corrects report about singer's childhood

Edit Mashable 27 Jan 2016
LONDON — Among the outpouring of tributes to David Bowie, the Economist did a fine job of honouring the late singer via an obituary and some brilliantly placed subheadings ... See also. David Bowie's endlessly surprising career in one spectacular GIF ... He even owned a record player which was rare for children at the time ... I remember one afternoon in the late 1950s when David was introduced to Dave King, Alma Cogan and Tommy Steele ... Image ... ....

The Beatles' Rubber Soul is 50: and it's still ahead of its time

Edit The Guardian 03 Dec 2015
Bob Stanley ... Maybe it’ll be Let It Be’s turn soon ... The Beatles were, by 1965, regulars at the soirees of pre-rock singer Alma Cogan’s home on Kensington High Street. Lennon nicknamed Cogan “Sara Sequin” and, according to her sister, had a fling with her; McCartney wrote the beginnings of Yesterday on her piano ... Alma Cogan would die in 1966, and Brian Epstein a year later; there’s an odd feeling of foreshadowing. Twitter ... ....

Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?

Edit The Guardian 15 Jun 2015
Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them. Can’t and Won’t, by Lydia Davis. Sarah Elizabeth Moore’s June reading. Contribute with Guardian Witness. Guardian readers and Marta Bausells. Monday 15 June 2015 15.31 BST Last modified on Monday 15 June 2015 15.33 BST ... sleep-reading. flavadaveflynn has just finished Teju Cole’s Every Day is for the Thief and also recommended Gordon Burn’s Alma Cogan. ... Alma Cogan ... ....

Musical ecstasy of the 50s

Edit Deccan Herald 11 Apr 2015
A classic rewind. There is a passage in Doctor Faustus of Thomas Mann, “Cast in three movements (the violin concerto) has no key signature, but, if I may so express myself, three tonalities are built into it ... I hope you understand that ... 2 ... But there were also a host of voices never heard of again like Caterina Valenti, Alma Cogan, Malcolm Vaughan, Eve Bosewell, Ronnie Hilton, Steve Conway, Dennis Lotis, Jim Dale and Ruby Murry ... ....

Saint Etienne Presents Songs for a London Winter, review: A Christmas CD without a whiff ...

Edit The Independent 17 Dec 2014
You can guess from the title that this isn’t going to be your run-of-the-mill Christmas compilation. There’s no Slade, Cliff Richard or even Bing Crosby here ... Many will not be familiar ... At least with Alma Cogan, “the girl with giggle in her voice”, we’re on more traditional ground with the singalong “Must Be Santa” although his “big red cherry nose” does sound suspect. It must be all that sherry ... Happy holidays! ... ....

Chris White obituary

Edit The Guardian 05 Nov 2014
Chris White began his career covering Batley Variety Club, where he met performers including Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones and Eartha Kitt ... Chris went on to work for several music journals, and his eclectic music tastes are reflected in the vast range of albums for which he wrote sleeve notes, with artists profiled ranging from Alma Cogan and Johnnie Ray to Danny La Rue and Billy Fury ... The two made a furtive exit before the bill arrived ... ....

India Knight: ‘Chick lit is in its death throes’

Edit The Guardian 24 Oct 2014
Bridget Jones look out – a new breed of risk-taking, not-so-nice literary heroines is replacing the sad singletons ... Edge of Reason ... Every time I hear it, I reduce myself to complete hilarity by imagining, say, Alma Cogan, delightedly singing “Spinstery Girl” – “and that’s the way I’ll stay-ay!” – while everyone in the country hums along approvingly, thumbs aloft ... A single woman of a certain age – a spinster – is more alarming still ... ....

Mark Rylance-backed novel wins £5,000 literary prize

Edit BBC News 10 Oct 2014
A debut novel whose supporters include actor Mark Rylance and Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has won a £5,000 award given to "fearless" new writing ... Burn, who died of bowel cancer in 2009, wrote the Whitbread Prize-winning Alma Cogan and three other novels ... 'Linguistic flair' ... ....

The Beatles biographer reveals exclusive original manuscripts of some of the best pop songs ever written

Edit The Independent 19 Sep 2014
A Hard Day’s Night. Reading the words now, and probably trying too hard to work out exactly what he [John] is trying to say, it would seem the message is simple. work hard, bring the money home, and you will get marital bliss ... It originally said ... Help! ... Worried that it was someone else’s tune that had crept into his subconscious, for several weeks he played it to friends, such as the singer Alma Cogan, asking if they recognised it ... ....
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