Shaye Cogan

Shaye Cogan is one particular performers whose function arises today nearly exclusively in two units of cult automobiles — a fetching blonde, she appeared while an celebrity in two films starring Abbott & Costello: Comin’ Across the Hill (1951) and Jack port as well as the Beanstalk (1952), co-starring in the second option; so that as a vocalist, she appeared in another of the defining juke-box films of the past due ’50s, Mr. Rock and roll ‘n Move (1957), starring Alan Freed and offering Small Richard and Frankie Lymon as well as the Teens. The second option reflected her performing profession on Roulette Information, which was along with the truth that she was wedded to Phil Kahl, partner to Roulette main Morris Levy. Actually, Cogan wasn’t any longer of a rock and roll & roll vocalist than Gale Surprise, but she do possess a servicable tone of voice, with the capacity of credibly covering materials that might normally have fallen in to the hands of Georgia Gibbs. She got usage of some catchy novelty-type music, which “Doodle Doodle Doo,” from 1957, was the very best. Cogan was sufficient (or her indirect marital-business link with Morris Levy was important plenty of) to price her a location on a single bill with Friend Holly, Small Richard, the Del Vikings, Mickey & Sylvia, as well as the Moonglows within the Alan Freed Great Vacation Rock ‘n Move Show in the Brooklyn Paramount in NY (August 30-Sept 8, 1957). So that as past due mainly because 1960, she positioned an individual (“Mean if you ask me”) in the English Best 40. Her spouse, Phil Kahl, experienced came into the music business in 1944 with one stage was a older professional in Disney Music — he became companions with Morris Levy in 1953 in music posting and in Roulette, and later on sold-out his curiosity to Levy. Cogan was last noticed from professionally at the start from the ’60s.