by Bruce EderAnn Cole was a genuinely great soul singer who had the misfortune to be too far ahead of her time. She was daring enough to record Got My Mojo Working, which shed performed on-stage (which was how Muddy Waters found the song) in 1956. Cole also cut records on the Timely, Baton, and Sir labels, and in 1956 she was voted the Most Promising Female R&B Vocals. Cole cut many records, but only ever had one pop-chart hit, in 1962 with Dont Stop the Wedding on Roulette. The A-side was a sort of answer record to the Etta James song Stop the Wedding; ironically, Dont Stop the Weddings B-side, Have Fun, was also her last R&B charting song.