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Cat. No. 2916E: COZY COLE ~ COZY COLE HITS! LOVE RECORDS 504S.

Cat. No. 2916E: COZY COLE ~ COZY COLE HITS! LOVE RECORDS 504S.

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COZY COLE (WILLIAM RANDOLPH COLE) BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 1928 WITH WILBUR SWEATMAN. IN 1930, HE PLAYED FOR JELLY ROLL MORTON'S RED HOT PEPPERS, RECORDING AN EARLY DRUM SOLO ON "LOAD OF COLE". HE SPENT 1931-33 WITH BLANCHE CALLOWAY, 1933-34 WITH BENNY CARTER, 1935-36 WITH WILLIE BRYANT, 1936-38 WITH STUFF SMITH'S SMALL COMBO, AND 1938-1942 WITH CAB CALLOWAY. IN 1942 HE WAS HIRED BY CBS RADIO AS PART OF THE NETWORK RADIO'S FIRST INTERGRATED ORCHESTRA. AFTER THAT HE PLAYED WITH LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S ALL STARS.

COZY COLE HAD HITS WITH THE SONGS "TOPSY 1" AND "TOPSY 11" WHICH PEAKED AT #3 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 AND AT #1 ON THE R&B CHART. IT SOLD OVER ONE MILLION COPIES AND WAS AWARDED A GOLD DISC. BOTH TRACKS ARE ENSHRINED IN THIS CD ALONG WITH RE-RECORDED VERSIONS OF THE SONGS. THE RECORDING CONTAINED A LONG DRUM SOLO AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW DRUM SOLO RECORDINGS TO MAKE THE CHARTS AT BILLBOARD MAGAZINE. THE SINGLE WAS ISSUED BY LOVE RECORDS OF NEW YORK. COLE'S SONG "TURVY 11" REACHED #36 IN 1959.

TRACK LISTING: Topsy 1 (Original) / Bad / Turvy 1 / Afro-Caravan / Topsy-Turvy 1 / Topsy 11 (Original) / Charleston / Turvy 11 / Late & Lazy / Topsy-Turvy 11 / Crescendo / Topsy (Part 1) (re-recorded version) / Topsy (Part 11) (re-recorded version) / North Beach / Let There Be Drums / Ol' Man Mose / Sing! Sing! Sing! / Big Noise From Winnetka 1 / Big Noise From Winnetka 11 / Christopher Columbus / A Cozy Beat / Rockin' Drummer / Indian Love Call 1 / Indian Love Call 11.

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