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Cozy Cole

Cozy Cole (October 19, 1909 – January 31, 1981) was a well known jazz drummer who had a #1 hit with the song "Topsy Part 2". The song contained a lengthy drum solo, and one of the few drum solo recordings that ever made the popular Billboard top 100 (1958) charts. The single, issued on the tiny Brooklyn-based Love Records, was a sensation.

He is cited as an influence by many contemporary rock drummers, including Cozy Powell, who admiringly named himself after Cole.

William Randolph Cole was born on October 17, 1909 in East Orange, NJ. His first big job was with Wilber Sweatman in about 1928. In 1930 he played for Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, recording an early drum solo on "Load of Cole". He then spent 1931-33 with Blanche Calloway, 1933-34 with Benny Carter, Willie Bryant in 1935-36, Stuff Smith's small combo 1936-38 and Cab Calloway 1938-42.

Cozy appeared in a few music related films through the years, right up to the 1950s, including a very brief cameo in Don't Knock The Rock.


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