Cozy Cole - Topsy, Part II
Added: Oct 13, 2008
Author: JBauder1948
Duration: 3:34
Cozy Cole (October 17, 1909 -- January 31, 1981) was a jazz drummer who scored a #1 hit with the record "Topsy Part 2". The recording contained a lengthy drum solo, and was one of the few drum solo recordings that ever made the Billboard Hot 100 (1958) 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 Wilber 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.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. He died of cancer in 1981, in Columbus, Ohio.
Channel: Music
Rating: 4.71 (14 ratings)
Views: 2707' favoriteCount='24
Comments: 8
Added: Oct 13, 2008
Author: JBauder1948
Duration: 3:34
Cozy Cole (October 17, 1909 -- January 31, 1981) was a jazz drummer who scored a #1 hit with the record "Topsy Part 2". The recording contained a lengthy drum solo, and was one of the few drum solo recordings that ever made the Billboard Hot 100 (1958) 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 Wilber 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.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. He died of cancer in 1981, in Columbus, Ohio.
Channel: Music
Rating: 4.71 (14 ratings) Views: 2707' favoriteCount='24 Comments: 8
