The Essential Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Would You?
  2:21
• 2
  The Homing Waltz

  Alma Cogan with Larry Day
  3:02
• 3
  Half as Much
  2:23
• 4
  Waltz of Paree (Under Paris Skies)
  3:18
• 5
  Blue Tango
  2:20
• 6
  I Went to Your Wedding
  3:06
• 7
  Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me
  2:28
• 8
  Wyoming Lullaby
  3:05
• 9
  Till I Waltz Again With You
  2:42
• 10
  Happy Valley Sweetheart
  2:48
• 11
  On the First Warm Day

  Alma Cogan with Les Howard
  2:02
• 12
  If I Had a Penny
  2:47
• 13
  Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
  2:16
• 14
  Hug Me a Hug

  Alma Cogan with Les Howard
  2:11
• 15
  If I Had a Golden Umbrella
  2:09
• 16
  Mystery Street
  2:35
• 17
  Sittin’ in the Sun
  2:32
• 18
  Wasted Tears
  2:16
• 19
  Isn’t Life Wonderful?

  Alma Cogan with Les Howard
  2:32
• 20
  Ricochet
  2:46
• 21
  Bell Bottom Blues
  2:36
• 22
  Love Me Again
  2:52
• 23
  Make Love to Me
  2:26
• 24
  The Little Shoemaker
  2:34
• 25
  Jilted

  Alma Cogan with Frankie Vaughan
  2:21
• 26
  Canoodlin’ Rag
  2:29
• 27
  Little Things Mean a Lot
  3:19
• 28
  I Can’t Tell a Waltz From a Tango
  2:29
• 29
  This Ole House
  2:22
• CD 2
• 1
  Softly, Softly
  2:56
• 2
  Mambo Italiano
  2:25
• 3
  Paper Kisses
  2:20
• 4
  The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
  2:31
• 5
  Tweedlee-Dee
  2:20
• 6
  More Than Ever Now
  2:50
• 7
  Tika Tika Tok
  2:07
• 8
  Dreamboat
  1:49
• 9
  Keep Me in Mind
  2:32
• 10
  Chee Chee-Oo Chee (Sang the Little Bird)
  2:37
• 11
  Got ’n Idea
  2:42
• 12
  Give a Fool a Chance
  2:44
• 13
  Where Will the Dimple Be?
  2:24
• 14
  Go On By
  2:28
• 15
  The Banjo’s Back in Town
  2:08
• 16
  Blue Again
  2:23
• 17
  Hernando’s Hideaway
  3:09
• 18
  Twenty Tiny Fingers
  2:38
• 19
  Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo
  2:13
• 20
  Pickin’ a Chicken
  2:23
• 21
  Love and Marriage
  2:41
• 22
  The Sycamore Tree
  2:23
• 23
  Willie Can

  Alma Cogan with Desmond Lane
  2:11
• 24
  Lizzie Borden
  2:37
• 25
  Bluebell
  2:18
• 26
  Don’t Ringa Da Bell
  1:58
• 27
  It’s All Been Done Before

  Alma Cogan with Ronnie Hilton
  3:09
• 28
  The Birds and the Bees
  2:17
• 29
  Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
  2:19
• 30
  Mama, Teach Me to Dance
  2:16
• 31
  I’m in Love Again
  2:04
• 32
  In the Middle of the House
  2:09

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Release credits

• Alma Cogan
  vocal [2.8, 2.14, 2.18-19, 2.23, 2.28, 2.32, 1.21, 1.27-28]
• Desmond Lane
  tin whistle [23]

Issues

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  The Essential Collection

  2x CD
  10 September 2007