COZY COLE HITS "TOPSY PART II" SUPER HARD TO FIND: LOVE#500-STEREO (1958) HEAR

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REMARKS: A GREAT FINDING!!.

IF YOU WERE A TEENAGER IN 1958 YOU PROBABLY HAD TOPSY PART II ON 45...IT REACHED THE #1 SPOT!!! BUT AS TEENAGERS WE WERE (SOME OF US) TO BUY THE RARE LP ISSUED MONTHS LATER ON THE ORIGINAL TINY "LOVE" LABEL!!!...HERE IT IS!

Cozy Cole (October 17, 1909 – January 9, 1981) was an American jazz drummer who scored a #1 Cashbox magazine hit with the record "Topsy Part 2". "Topsy" peaked at number three on Billboard Hot 100, and at number one on the R&B chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The track peaked at #29 in the UK Singles Chart in 1958. The recording contained a lengthy drum solo, and was one of the few drum solo recordings that ever made the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single was issued on the tiny Brooklyn-based Love Records label.

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 Cole continued to perform in a variety of settings. Cole and Gene Krupa often played duets at the Metropole in New York City during the 1950s and 1960s.

He died of cancer in 1981, in Columbus, Ohio.

Cole is cited as an influence by many contemporary rock drummers, including Cozy Powell, who took his nickname 'Cozy' from Cole.

01 - Topsy I (Original Version)

02 - Bad

03 - Turvy I

04 - Afro-Caravan

05 - Topsy-Turvy I

01 - Topsy II (Original Version)

02 - Charleston

03 - Turvy II

04 - Late & Lazy

05 - Topsy-Turvy II

06 - Crescendo

WEB & BLOG REMARKS:

CD REVIEW

"Back in 1959 I had Cozy Cole's BAD on a 45 rmp record then stupidly recorded it on a 4 track reel to reel tape and gave my 45's away. BAD was a favorite of our group, and we even painted the word BAD 1, Bad 2, Bad 3, etc. on the rear fenders of our cars, but none of us could recall who recorded the song. Doing Internet searches for BAD only turned up a song of Michale Jackson's by that name and that was definitely not the BAD we wanted. I have a 3rd or 4th generation copy of BAD on a cassette tape and have been hunting for either an original or just the name of the artist for many many years. I thought it sounded similar to Topsy that I heard on an Oldies CD which was recorded by Cozy Cole and I decided to check and see what else he recorded. WaLla, there was BAD on the album. I'm so excited! Best cruising song ever made"

"A great cd from one of the most overlooked great drummers of our time. A must cd for all drummers."

"Who ever said jazz drummers couldn't rock??

Here we have one of the greatest & wildest drummers, Mr. Cozy Cole himself!

This is a very hard-to-find album, in which figures his best known masterpiece, "Topsy Parts I & II", and a lot of lost treasures.

Every single song starts with a "big" voice introduction, which makes me smile everytime, and of course the Allan Hartwell big band is really heavy.

I wouldn't say it's definitely my favorite jazz album, because it doesn't seem only restricted to that kind of music to me.. it's somethin' like "Big Beat"! Yeah that's it, if you dig that sound

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