Carolina Cotton

Carolina Cotton (aka the Yodeling Blonde Bombshell) was best known for her unique style of Western Swing yodeling, during the Golden Age of Western entertainment in the 1940s and 1950s.

Carolina was born Helen Hagstrom on October 20th, 1925 in Cash Arkansas and raised on her family's farm there. By 1937 she relocated to San Francisco, joined the O'Neille Sisters Kiddie Revue and performed shows at the Golden Gate Theatre. She became the singer / yodeler in Dude Martin's Roundup Gang in 1942, appearing on Bay Area radio stations.

In 1944 Carolina relocated to Los Angeles and joined Spade Cooley's Orchestra. She began her movie career with Sing Neighbor Sing (1944, Roy Acuff), and The Singing Sheriff (1944, Bob Crosby), where she made her yodeling debut with Cooley's Orchestra.

Carolina Cotton

Yodeling Blonde Bombshell Carolina Cotton £11.99