Stars of the 50s - Alma Cogan

**** 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’s highest-paid female entertainer of her era.

Her biggest hit was ‘Dreamboat’ - a number one in 1955.

Alma tragically died aged just 34.

Happily she’s still to be regularly heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra, as the resident singer on the ever-popular ‘Take It From Here’

Sadly Chris Stuart died in 2022 aged 77.

Producer: Ray Harvey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993.