www.hillmanweb.com/book/gigs, Rock Island Line b/w John Henry (with The Chris Barber Jazz Band), Midnight Special b/w New Burying Ground (with The Chris Barber Jazz Band), Diggin' My Potatoes b/w I Don't Care Where They Bury My Body, Bring A Little Water, Sylvie b/w Dead Or Alive, Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O b/w I'm Alabammy Bound, On A Christmas Day b/w Take My Hand Precious Lord, My Dixie Darling b/w I'm Just A Rolling Stone, The Grand Coolie Dam b/w Nobody Loves Like An Irishman, Sally Don't You Grieve b/w Betty Betty Betty, Lonesome Traveller b/w Times Are Getting Hard Boys, Lonnie's Skiffle Pt. Tom Dooley, Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade -- Vol 8 And he did it in 1954, before Elvis was known anywhere outside of Memphis and before Bill Haley was perceived as anything but a Western swing novelty act. He is referred to as the "King of Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in the 1960s. Donegan was only paid a few pounds for the recording, and received no royalties. The album sold 60,000 copies in its first month of release, a huge number in England at that time for a debut album by a homegrown jazz group. Bob Watson - Vocals 1955, Lonnie Donegan - Guitars, Vocals, Banjo Each of those was a success, and eventually "Rock Island Line" came up as a 45 rpm release. After his release from the army in 1951, he found a new source of blues and folk music in London, in the library at the American Embassy, which allowed visitors to listen to any recordings that were on hand. Encouraged by the initial sales of New Orleans Joy, the company decided to push its luck by lifting individual songs off the album as singles. Subscription from $10.83/month Streaming plans Jim Bray - Banjo, Bass 1954 Before the smoke cleared, "Rock Island Line" also managed to reach the Top 20 in America, a major feat for a British artist at that time. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O 1 EP (Feb. 20, 1956 Grand Coulee Dam utmx_section("Personal Footer"). Donegan proved to be a popular performer in America, playing on bills with Chuck Berry, among others. With a washboard, a tea-chest bass and a cheap Spanish guitar, Donegan entertained audiences with folk and blues songs by artists such as Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 3 November 2002) was a British "skiffle" musician, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. . In 1976, however, after another series of shows and recordings in Germany, Donegan suffered a heart attack that left him sidelined, and he moved to California to recuperate. Having replaced Bishop in 1956, Wright is playing most of the lead guitar on those tracks, on the accompanying single sides, and on a pair of previously unissued tracks: the Pye re-recording of "Rock Island Line" and the slow blues "I've Got Rocks in My Bed," where he gets to play some Scrapper Blackwell-style licks. Light From The Lighthouse. Heart surgery in 1992 slowed Donegan down again, but by the end of the year he was touring once again with Chris Barber. Betty, Betty, Betty (Apr - 1958), Battle Of New Orleans (2) Long Summer Day. His bluff didn't work but the mix of personalities did, and he was in Barber's first band. Decca gave up on Donegan soon after, believing that skiffle was a flash-in-the-pan fad. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Michael Row The Boat Ashore You can search for tracks and LP's by title. Carter's "Wabash Cannonball." WebLonnie Donegan remains a beloved pioneer of English rock & roll, and the king of skiffle. Lost John After his release from the army in 1951, he found a new source of blues and folk music in London, in the library at the American Embassy, which allowed visitors to listen to any recordings that were on hand. 2000, Jazz - Released by RevOla on 22 jul. - November 2, 2002 (his death, (his third marriage); 3 children), Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. Before long, he was working backwards from Josh White to Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, and Leadbelly, among others, and by the end of the '40s, Donegan was as literate in American blues as anyone born in England. The popular skiffle style encouraged amateurs to get started, and one of the many skiffle groups that followed was The Quarrymen formed in March 1957 by John Lennon. WebLonnie Lonesome Traveller. WebLonnie Donegan Discography 1954 - 1961 Adapted from 'The Skiffle Craze' by Mike Dewe ~ Planet Books www.hillmanweb.com/rock/donegan/02.html New Orleans Joys - 1954 WebLonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group Backstairs Session A1: Midnight Special A2: New Burying Ground B1: It Takes A Worried Man B2: When The Sun Goes Down: Metronome Denmark: 2021. Donegan passed away November 3, 2002, following heart problems. The three laid down four or five songs while the producer was away, and one of the songs chosen from among those five for the album was "Rock Island Line." The single had a 22-week run on the English charts, peaking at number eight. In 1949, he was drafted into the British Army. New artists, most notably Tommy Steele and, later, Cliff Richard, started out playing skiffle music and put their own stamp on the material before moving on to other sounds. All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Acts who have peaked at every position in the Top 10, LONNIE DONEGAN PRESENTS KENNY BALL AND HIS JAZZMEN, Eurovision 2023: Who is the UK's 2023 entry? He began playing guitar around London, and going to the small jazz clubs springing up around the city. WebLonnie Donegan will always be remembered for his showman ship that for the younger ones looking on especially in England, such as the Beatles and the list goes on gave them hope. It was through BBC broadcasts around 1946 that Donegan first started learning to play songs like "Frankie and Johnny," "Putting on the Style," and "House of the Rising Sun." WebLonnie Donegan. This is a preliminary attempt at a chronological discography. Barber had heard that Donegan was a good banjo player; in fact, Donegan had never played the banjo at this point, but he bought one and managed to bluff his way through the audition. He formed his own group, the Tony Donegan Jazz Band, in 1952. The album, New Orleans Joy, featured songs representative of the group's live set, including a selection from Donegan's skiffle repertory -- the skiffle group, consisting of Donegan, Barber on bass, and their friend Beryl Bryden playing rhythm on washboard, recorded its vocal numbers only after arguing vociferously with the Decca producer, who wanted an instrumental number. Currie was not only more folk oriented than Wright, but also wrote songs, although Wright would turn up on Donegan sessions as late as 1965. Before the smoke cleared, "Rock Island Line" also managed to reach the Top 20 in America, a major feat for a British artist at that time. Wreck of the Old "97" Among the many tens of thousands of British teens he inspired were members of the Beatles, Gerry & the Pacemakers, and the Searchers. Donegan's "Gamblin' Man" / "Puttin' On the Style" single was number one on the UK chart in July 1957, when Lennon first met Paul McCartney. Decca gave up on Donegan soon after, believing that skiffle was a flash-in-the-pan fad. WebLonnie Donegan discography and songs: Music profile for Lonnie Donegan, born 29 April 1931. This interrupted his stay in Barber's band but proved a godsend when he was stationed in Vienna for a year, which put him in direct contact with American troops and, even more important, the American Forces Radio Network, which broadcast lots of American music. Suddenly, his manager was getting offers of $1500 a week for concert appearances in cities from Cleveland to New York -- that in a day when $800 was a year's wage in England to people of Donegan's generation. 2020, Pop - Released by Weishaupt Music & Entertainment on 3 mei 2017, Country - Released by Master Tape Records on 10 okt. His next single for Decca, "Diggin' My Potatoes", was recorded at a concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 October 1954. ); Chris Barber (bass); Beryl Bryden (washboard). [1] Donegan received an Ivor Novello lifetime achievement award in 1995[4] and in 2000 he was made an MBE. Donegan and his band eventually hooked back up with his old friend Chris Barber, who'd kept his band going throughout the previous two years, and eventually Barber and Donegan linked up with fellow jazzman Ken Colyer, into a kind of supergroup led by Colyer. For the next six years, Lonnie spent 335 weeks on the Official Singles chart. Pete Appleby - Drums 1961, BACK TO THE HILLMAN MAIN PAGE This interrupted his stay in Barber's band but proved a godsend when he was stationed in Vienna for a year, which put him in direct contact with American troops and, even more important, the American Forces Radio Network, which broadcast lots of American music. Wright, a jazz player devoted to Django Reinhardt, proved to be one of the best blues axemen in England at the time, while Ashman and Nichols made up an exceptionally tight rhythm section. Plus Review. Press control & F buttons together, put in song title or part of, then find. The Ken Colyer Jazzmen, as they were called, specialized in Dixieland jazz, and built a formidable reputation, their shows popular in every club they played. Gamblin' Man Listen to Lonnie Donegan in unlimited on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. In the late '90s, his musical credibility came around again to perhaps the highest level of respect of his life, with several multi-disc hits and career-wide compilations available. Colyer quit the group early in 1954, and Barber took over the leadership. The version of Leroy Carr's "How Long, How Long Blues" is almost as much a jazz piece as a blues workout, with guitarist Denny Wright subbing on the piano. The story goes that the host at the concert got the musicians' names confused, calling them "Tony Johnson" and "Lonnie Donegan", and Donegan was happy to keep the name. It was catchy, earthy, even bluesy (after a fashion) American music played in a way that the British kids could master without an enormous amount of trouble -- a guitar or two, and maybe a banjo, an upright bass (or even one made from a washtub or tea chest, a broom handle, and a piece of rope), and a washboard-and-thimble for percussion. In the late '90s, his musical credibility came around again to perhaps the highest level of respect of his life, with several multi-disc hits and career-wide compilations available. WebInformation on Lonnie Donegan. He returned to the chart Donegan received an Ivor Novello lifetime achievement award in 1995 and, in 2000, he was made an MBE. Dixie Darling 4. Chances are that UA in America was lured into distributing this album by John Cole - Harmonica 1958 His ethnic mix was Scottish/Irish. How Long How Long Blues Three years later he was the resident lead guitarist on producer Jack Goods groundbreaking TV show Boy Meets Girls. This led to the peculiar situation that any "cover" version of "Rock Island Line" which was released on record in Britain from 1956 showed the song composition credited to Lonnie Donegan.) He continued to record sporadically during the '60s, including some sessions at Hickory Records in Nashville with Charlie McCoy, Floyd Cramer, and the Jordanaires, but after 1964, he was primarily occupied as a producer for most of the decade at Pye Records. Donegan had never even held a banjo before but agreed to come to the audition, then bought a banjo and tried to fake his way through the try-out. & Feb. 24, 1957) He continued to appear regularly in the UK charts until 1962, before succumbing to the arrival of The Beatles and beat music. More than 100 million titles available in unlimited streaming in high sound quality. Smith&Co SSCD1172 LD9. He was coaxed into his first band one night when someone approached him on the train, saying that they'd heard he was a good banjo player, and invited him to audition for a new group. Lonnie Donegan remains a beloved pioneer of English rock & roll, and the king of skiffle. By 1980, he was making regular concert appearances again, and a new album with Barber followed. It was exceptionally popular among England's teenagers, who accounted for most of its sales. Donegan was suddenly a star, with a public that wanted more music from him. Donegan cut his first album, Showcase, in the summer of 1956, featuring songs by bluesmen Leadbelly and Leroy Carr, not to mention moody traditional blues like "I'm a Ramblin' Man" and A.P. It was exceptionally popular among England's teenagers, who accounted for most of its sales. / Jimmy Brown The Newsboy, My Old Man's a Dustman / The Golden Vanity, I'll Never Fall in Love Again / Keep on the Sunny Side, Pick a Bale of Cotton / Steal Away [with The Kestrels], 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All-Time. He began playing guitar around London, and going to the small jazz clubs springing up around the city. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Love Is Strange, Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade -- Vol. WebLonnie Donegan Albums: songs, discography, biography, and listening guide - Rate Your Music Lonnie Donegan Born 29 April 1931, Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Died A 2023 XANDRIE SA - 45 rue de Delizy, 93692 Pantin CEDEX, France. Ace In The Hole unissued LD9. Donegan had 31 UK top 30 hit singles, 24 were successive hits and three were number one. In 1978, however, he was back in the studio, recording the album that was his first chart entry in 15 years, Putting on the Style, an all-star skiffle-style album that teamed Donegan with Ringo Starr, Elton John, Brian May, Peter Banks, and other stars and superstars of rock who owed their entry into music to "Rock Island Line." The Federation had brought the two over to England in defiance of a Musicians' Union ban on all foreign performers and needed a non-union band like Donegan's to play support for the two guests. Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 3 November 2002) was a British "skiffle" musician, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. His next single for Decca, "Diggin' My Potatoes," cut at an October 30, 1954 concert at London's Royal Festival Hall, was banned by the BBC for its suggestive lyrics -- this hurt sales but also gave Donegan a slight veneer of daring and rebelliousness that didn't hurt his credibility with the kids. Stewball The only way Donegan had of mastering his instrument was by listening to old records and painstakingly working out the music and a technique, Donegan heard it all, even -- by his own admission -- stole a couple, and absorbed every note. 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Read Full Biography Overview Biography In 1978, however, he was back in the studio, recording the album that was his first chart entry in 15 years, Putting on the Style, an all-star skiffle-style album that teamed Donegan with Ringo Starr, Elton John, Brian May, Peter Banks, and other stars and superstars of rock who owed their entry into music to "Rock Island Line." The next month he was at Abbey Road Studios in London cutting a song for EMI's Columbia label. Among those he worked with during this period was future Moody Blues guitarist-singer Justin Hayward. Donegan's group had a flexible line-up, but was generally formed by Denny Wright or Les Bennetts (of Les Hobeaux and Chas McDevitt's skiffle groups) playing lead guitar and singing harmony vocals, Micky Ashman or Pete Huggett - later Steve Jones - on upright bass, Nick Nichols - later Pete Appleby and Mark Goodwin - on drums or percussion and Donegan playing acoustic guitar or banjo and singing the lead. '.webs.com' : 'none'; --> Donegan received no encouragement to play an instrument or choose music as a profession, for his father, like many talented musicians during the economic slump of the '30s, was continually out of work. He was an actor and composer, known for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013) Sally Don't You Grieve (Nov - 1957) Anthony James Donegan was born in Glasgow, Scotland on April 29, 1931, the son of a classical violinist who had played with the Scottish National Orchestra. He also gained access to more American records than ever before, courtesy of the U.S. soldiers serving in the city. By the spring of 1955, he was signed to Pye Records, and his single, "Lost John," hit number two in England, although it never hit in America. Donegan was suddenly a star, with a public that wanted more music from him. Which upcoming albums are you most excited for? by Bruce Eder. http://www.p.griggsy.btinternet.co.uk/Untitled/Lonnie.html, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Suddenly, his manager was getting offers of $1500 a week for concert appearances in cities from Cleveland to New York -- that in a day when $800 was a year's wage in England to people of Donegan's generation. Ron Bowden - Drums 1954 Unlike a lot of American rock & roll of the mid-'50s, and even more British attempts at the music from the same period and after, Donegan's music remains eminently enjoyable and enlivening. He was successful enough, however, to be brought over to America to appear on the Perry Como Show, followed by an appearance on the Paul Winchell Show. I'm Alabamy Bound Encouraged by the initial sales of New Orleans Joy, the company decided to push its luck by lifting individual songs off the album as singles. Tops at Loving You 6. The only way Donegan had of mastering his instrument was by listening to old records and painstakingly working out the music and a technique, Subscription from $10.83/month He got something more valuable from it than money, however, for "Rock Island Line" was credited to "The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group." Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's - It seemed to fit, and it caught on; the Ken Colyer Jazzmen became almost as popular for Donegan's between-set skiffle songs as they were for their Dixieland music. WebExplore releases from Lonnie Donegan at Discogs. He'd left the Barber band by then -- though Barber continued to play on his records into the middle of the following year -- enticed into a solo career by offers of huge amounts of money to embark on a solo performing career. Les Bennetts - Guitars, Vocals, Bass 1958 Lonnie Donegans Golden Hour Of Golden Hits, Lonnie Donegans Golden Hour Of Golden Hits Vol. (function(){var k='0521688706',d=document,l=d.location,c=d.cookie;function f(n){if(c){var i=c.indexOf(n+'=');if(i>-1){var j=c.indexOf(';',i);return escape(c.substring(i+n.length+1,j<0?c.length:j))}}}var x=f('__utmx'),xx=f('__utmxx'),h=l.hash; If anyone has additions or corrections Id be pleased to know of them. What's more, his music, like that of Presley and Haley, was vital to the early musical careers and future histories of the Beatles, the Stones, and hundreds of other groups. To find all LP'S with that song, just keep hitting next. While Donegan was racking up hits -- "Bring a Little Water, Sylvie" (number seven), "Don't You Rock Me, Daddy-O" (number four), "Cumberland Gap (number six), and "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On the Bedpost Overnight?" Donegan was suddenly a star, with a public that wanted more music from him. He'd left the Barber band by then -- though Barber continued to play on his records into the middle of the following year -- enticed into a solo career by offers of huge amounts of money to embark on a solo performing career. Donegan went on to make a series of popular records with successes including "Cumberland Gap" and, particularly "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bedpost Over Night)", his only hit song in the U.S., released on Dot. He turned to a music hall style with "My Old Man's a Dustman" which was not well received by skiffle fans, or in an attempted but ultimately unsuccessful American release by Atlantic in 1960, but it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. Before long, he was working backwards from Josh White to Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, and Leadbelly, among others, and by the end of the '40s, Donegan was as literate in American blues as anyone born in England. 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More concert tours followed, along with a move from Florida to Spain. He continued to record sporadically during the '60s, including some sessions at Hickory Records in Nashville with Charlie McCoy, Floyd Cramer, and the Jordanaires, but after 1964, he was primarily occupied as a producer for most of the decade at Pye Records. My Dixie Darling Sorted by Bestseller, Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Jasmine Records on 10 dec. 2012, Folk - Released by M. i. G. - music on 30 sep. 2016, Pop - Released by Castle Communications on 1 jan. 1985, Pop - Released by Sanctuary Records on 11 apr. Thanks in advance. In the late '90s, his musical credibility came around again to perhaps the highest level of respect of his life, with several multi-disc hits and career-wide compilations available. What's more, his music, like that of Presley and Haley, was vital to the early musical careers and future histories of the Beatles, the Stones, and hundreds of other groups. Still later, Jimmy Currie, a veteran of Tony Crombie's Rockets (the first home-grown rock & roll band in England, patterned loosely after Bill Haley's Comets) became Donegan's lead guitarist in what is regarded as his strongest band. My Dixie Darling Diggin My Potatoes / Bury My Body (1956) . Subscription from $10.83/month He had left the Barber band by then, and by the spring of 1955, Donegan signed a recording contract with Pye. WebLonnie Donegan was born on 29 April 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. WebAnthony James Donegan MBE , known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians. Pete Huggett - Bass, Strings 1958 His next single "Lost John" reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart. [1][2][3] Born in Scotland and brought up in England, Donegan began his career in the British trad jazz revival but transitioned to skiffle in the mid-1950s, rising to prominence with a hit recording of the American folk song "Rock Island Line" which helped spur the broader UK skiffle movement. It was country & western and blues records, especially those by Frank Crumit and Josh White, that really attracted Donegan's interests. WebLonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann (2-CD) Released in 1999 $11.19 Super Savings List Price: $24.99 Add to Cart Tracks of Disc 1 1. function utmx_section(){}function utmx(){} Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade -- Vol. _udn = "none"; Each of those was a success, and eventually "Rock Island Line" came up as a 45 rpm release. By 1980, he was making regular concert appearances again, and a new album with Barber followed. Additionally, Donegan was extremely charismatic as a performer, and not just within the context of his time -- he would have found some kind of audience at almost any point in the 1950s in England. Aunt Rhody, My Old Man's A Dustman b/w The Golden Vanity, I Wanna Go Home (Wreck Of The John B.) In concert, the group's sound was fuller still, with Donegan and Wright sharing guitar chores with bearded, bespectacled Dick Bishop, who had played on Donegan's earliest records. The Chris Barber Jazz Band had not played before 60,000 people in their whole history, and a phenomenon was obviously afoot. 's://ssl':'://www')+'.google-analytics.com'+'/siteopt.js?v=1&utmxkey='+k+'&utmx='+(x?x:'')+'&utmxx='+(xx?xx:'')+'&utmxtime='+new Date().valueOf()+(h? The family, which moved to East London in 1933, had no desire to see him go into a dead-end profession. Donegan passed away November 3, 2002, following heart problems. Singles. Gamblin Man. BINGO! Leinemann's Potatoes 8. He continued to record sporadically during the '60s, including some sessions at Hickory Records in Nashville with Charlie McCoy, Floyd Cramer, and the Jordanaires, but after 1964, he was primarily occupied as a producer for most of the decade at Pye Records. In six months, "Rock Island Line" sold three million copies, 50 times the initial sales of the album it came from, an extraordinary figure in anyone's accounting. Inspired by blues music and New Orleans jazz bands he heard on the radio, he resolved to learn the guitar, and bought his first at the age of fourteen. d.write('