Styles: Jazz, Swing
Year: 2005
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 64:24
Size: 104,9 MB
Art: Front
(3:22) 1. Topsy I (Original Version)
(2:29) 2. Bad
(2:24) 3. Turvy I
(4:58) 4. Afro-Caravan
(2:36) 5. Topsy-Turvy I
(3:30) 6. Topsy II (Original Version)
(2:09) 7. Charleston
(2:31) 8. Turvy II
(2:16) 9. Late & Crazy
(2:24) 10. Topsy-Turvy II
(2:44) 11. Crescendo
(3:16) 12. Topsy (Part I)*
(3:29) 13. Topsy (Part II)*
(2:19) 14. North Beach
(2:13) 15. Let There Be Drums
(2:45) 16. Ol' Man Mose
(2:08) 17. Sing! Sing! Sing! (With A Swing)
(2:27) 18. Big Noise From Winnetka (PartI)
(2:40) 19. Big Noise From Winnetka (PartII)
(2:20) 20. Christopher Columbus
(2:16) 21. A Cozy Beat
(2:10) 22. Rockin' Drummer
(2:23) 23. Indian Love Call (Part I)
(2:24) 24. Big Noise from Winnetka 2
Cozy Cole Hits!
Year: 2005
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 64:24
Size: 104,9 MB
Art: Front
(3:22) 1. Topsy I (Original Version)
(2:29) 2. Bad
(2:24) 3. Turvy I
(4:58) 4. Afro-Caravan
(2:36) 5. Topsy-Turvy I
(3:30) 6. Topsy II (Original Version)
(2:09) 7. Charleston
(2:31) 8. Turvy II
(2:16) 9. Late & Crazy
(2:24) 10. Topsy-Turvy II
(2:44) 11. Crescendo
(3:16) 12. Topsy (Part I)*
(3:29) 13. Topsy (Part II)*
(2:19) 14. North Beach
(2:13) 15. Let There Be Drums
(2:45) 16. Ol' Man Mose
(2:08) 17. Sing! Sing! Sing! (With A Swing)
(2:27) 18. Big Noise From Winnetka (PartI)
(2:40) 19. Big Noise From Winnetka (PartII)
(2:20) 20. Christopher Columbus
(2:16) 21. A Cozy Beat
(2:10) 22. Rockin' Drummer
(2:23) 23. Indian Love Call (Part I)
(2:24) 24. Big Noise from Winnetka 2
William Randolph "Cozy" Cole (October 17, 1909 – January 9, 1981) was an American jazz drummer who had hits with the songs "Topsy I" and "Topsy II". "Topsy II" peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at No. 1 on the R&B chart. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. The track peaked at No. 29 in the UK Singles Chart in 1958.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, a small record label in Brooklyn, New York. Cole's song "Turvy II" reached No. 36 in 1959. William Randolph Cole was born in 1909 in East Orange, New Jersey. His first music job was with Wilbur Sweatman in 1928. 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 1938–42 with Cab Calloway. In 1942, he was hired by CBS Radio music director Raymond Scott as part of network radio's first mixed-race orchestra. After that he played with Louis Armstrong's All Stars. Cole appeared in music-related films, including a brief cameo in Don't Knock the Rock. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s he continued to perform in a variety of settings. Cole and Gene Krupa often played drum duets at the Metropole in New York City during the 1950s and 1960s. Cole is cited as an influence by many contemporary rock drummers, including Cozy Powell, who took his nickname "Cozy" from Cole. In 1981, he died of cancer in Columbus, Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_Cole
Cozy Cole Hits album for sale by Cozy Cole was released Jun 07, 2005 on the Love label. Lyrical is a word sometimes used to describe Cozy Cole's drumming style because his melodious technique goes far beyond mere beat-keeping. Cozy Cole Hits buy CD music The recordings that appeared under his name in the late '50s and '60s are mostly big-band jazz instrumentals that emphasize the drums. "Topsy II," a remake of an old Benny Goodman tune, became a left-field hit on the pop and R&B charts in 1958, introducing the veteran Cole to a new generation of listeners and presaging the rise of rock & roll drummers such as Sandy Nelson and Preston Epps.
Cozy Cole Hits assembles 24 of Cole's recordings for the Love and Coral labels from 1958-1965, including all of his chart hits from the period. In addition to "Topsy II" and its many sequels, Cole steps behind the microphone to sing "Ol' Man Mose," covers Sandy Nelson's "Let There Be Drums," and is joined by a girl group that sings the praises of the "Rockin' Drummer." Most of the music follows in the big-band style of "Topsy II," but several of Cole's later recordings are clearly aimed at the rock & roll audience. Love Records is still in operation and owns Cole's masters, so Cozy Cole Hits is a legitimate release created from the original tapes. However, because it was produced in small quantities, it is available only as a CD-R with poor-quality inserts. The cheap appearance may lead some buyers to assume that their copy of Cozy Cole Hits is a counterfeit or a bootleg, when actually it is the official product as sold through major retailers and directly from Love Records. ~ Greg Adams.http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6878006/a/cozy+cole+hits.htm
Cozy Cole Hits album for sale by Cozy Cole was released Jun 07, 2005 on the Love label. Lyrical is a word sometimes used to describe Cozy Cole's drumming style because his melodious technique goes far beyond mere beat-keeping. Cozy Cole Hits buy CD music The recordings that appeared under his name in the late '50s and '60s are mostly big-band jazz instrumentals that emphasize the drums. "Topsy II," a remake of an old Benny Goodman tune, became a left-field hit on the pop and R&B charts in 1958, introducing the veteran Cole to a new generation of listeners and presaging the rise of rock & roll drummers such as Sandy Nelson and Preston Epps.
Cozy Cole Hits assembles 24 of Cole's recordings for the Love and Coral labels from 1958-1965, including all of his chart hits from the period. In addition to "Topsy II" and its many sequels, Cole steps behind the microphone to sing "Ol' Man Mose," covers Sandy Nelson's "Let There Be Drums," and is joined by a girl group that sings the praises of the "Rockin' Drummer." Most of the music follows in the big-band style of "Topsy II," but several of Cole's later recordings are clearly aimed at the rock & roll audience. Love Records is still in operation and owns Cole's masters, so Cozy Cole Hits is a legitimate release created from the original tapes. However, because it was produced in small quantities, it is available only as a CD-R with poor-quality inserts. The cheap appearance may lead some buyers to assume that their copy of Cozy Cole Hits is a counterfeit or a bootleg, when actually it is the official product as sold through major retailers and directly from Love Records. ~ Greg Adams.http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6878006/a/cozy+cole+hits.htm
Cozy Cole Hits!
Topsy 2 was a great hit single from 1958. I didn't know nothing else from Cozy Cole. Here many other recordings, some are OK, others are so and so, but no one is like Topsy 2. Sadly, the sound quality of this compilation is poor.
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