Curiosidades

She was a major British recording artist in the 1950s and early 1960s

A blue plaque commemorating Cogan was installed by the entrance of 44 Stafford Court, her longtime residence, on 4 November 2001.

Spent 5 years of her youth in Worthing where her father ran a shop.

Sister of actress Sandra Caron.

Friend of Lionel Bart.

Sister-in-law of Brian Greene.

Aged 14, she was recommended by Vera Lynn for a variety show at the Grand Theatre in Brighton and in July 1947 she appeared there for a week with Max Miller.

Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era.

Her father was a singer, but it was Cogan's mother who had showbusiness aspirations for both her daughters (she had named Cogan after silent screen star Alma Taylor).

Cogan first performed in public at a charity show at the Palace Theatre in Reading, and at the age of eleven, competed in the "Sussex Queen of Song" contest held at a Brighton hotel, winning a prize of £5.

She was an English singer of traditional pop in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Although Jewish, she attended St Joseph's Convent School in Reading.

In deference to family custom, her death was observed with traditional Jewish rites, with burial at the Jewish Cemetery in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

Cogan's parents, Mark and Fay Cogan, had another daughter, the actress Sandra Caron, who went on to play "Mumsey" in The Crystal Maze, and one son, Ivor Cogan.

Her father's family, the Kogins, arrived in Britain from Russia, while her mother's family were refugees from Romania.

Cogan was close to the other Beatles as well, especially Paul McCartney, who first played the melody of "Yesterday" on her piano; he also played tambourine on her recording of "I Knew Right Away".

She attended art college at Worthing.