Shaye Cogan was an American singer and film actress who appeared in several popular movies in the early 1950s. She was born Shaye Coggins, and started her professional career as a performer in vaudeville with her brothers, Mike and Charlie Coggins, as the Coggins Trio. In 1948, having changed her stage name, she appeared as one of the singers in a show at the Village Vanguard in New York. After being discovered singing at the Copacabana club, she became a vocalist with Vaughn Monroe's orchestra, singing on the Camel Caravan radio and television programs. She also appeared in the Abbott and Costello movies Comin' Round the Mountain as Clora McCoy, and Jack and the Beanstalk as Eloise/Princess/Darlene. She was married to Phil Kahl, an associate of Roulette Records owner Morris Levy, and won a recording contract with the company, releasing a succession of pop and novelty records in the mid and late 1950s, including "Doodle Doodle Doo". In the same year, she featured in the early rock and roll movie, Mister Rock and Roll, which starred Alan Freed as himself and also featured Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Frankie Lymon, Lionel Hampton, Brook Benton and Ferlin Husky. [More at Wikipedia]

January 1st, 1924 in   /  Died:   Jun 12th, 2009 - aged 84