Alma Cogan (19 May 1932 – 26 October 1966) was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed the "Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era. 　　Cogan's first release was "To Be Worthy of You" / "Would You", recorded on her 20th birthday.This led to her appearing regularly on the BBC's radio show Gently Bentley and then becoming the vocalist for Take It From Here, a British radio comedy programme broadcast by the BBC between 1948 and 1960. 　　Many of her recordings would be covers of U.S. hits, especially those recorded by Rosemary Clooney, Teresa Brewer, Georgia Gibbs, Joni James and Dinah Shore. One of these covers, "Bell Bottom Blues", became her first hit, reaching No. 4 on 3 April 1954.Cogan would appear in the UK Singles Chart eighteen times in the 1950s, with "Dreamboat" reaching No. 1. Other hits from this period include "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango", "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", "Sugartime" and "The Story of My Life". Cogan's first album, I Love to Sing, was released in 1958. 　　In early 1966, Cogan embarked on a series of club dates in the North of England, but collapsed after two performances and had to be treated for stomach cancer.In August, she made her final TV appearance on the guest-spot of International Cabaret. The next month, she collapsed while touring Sweden to promote Hello Baby, recorded exclusively for the Swedish market. At London's Middlesex Hospital, she succumbed to ovarian cancer on 26 October at the age of 34. 　　In deference to family custom, her death was observed with traditional Hebraic rites, with burial at Bushey Jewish Cemetery in Hertfordshire.