Donegan's attempt at a recording comeback late in the '60s was unsuccessful, but in 1974, a new boomlet for skiffle music in Germany brought him on tour and into the studio anew, and the following year he and Chris Barber toured together and recorded a new long-player, The Great Re-Union Album. They were successful enough that the National Jazz Federation asked the band to play a show at Festival Hall with American ragtime pianist Ralph Sutton and blues/jazz legend Lonnie Johnson. The details on the right-hand side refer to the CD in the Bear Family 8-CD set More Than Pye in the Sky and also to other items in my own collection. Rock My Soul (Oct - 1958) [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. Each of those was a success, and eventually "Rock Island Line" came up as a 45 rpm release. Donegan mostly listened to swing and vocal acts such as Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, the Ink Spots, and the Andrews Sisters during the early '40s, although he also heard some Indian music on the BBC, and African songs as transliterated for movies. 2 (Aug. 22/23, 1956 Carter's "Wabash Cannonball." 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. 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. 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. He also gained access to more American records than ever before, courtesy of the U.S. soldiers serving in the city. 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. Love Is Strange, Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade -- Vol. Light From The Lighthouse. Les Bennetts - Guitars, Vocals, Bass 1958 Donegan proved to be a popular performer in America, playing on bills with Chuck Berry, among others. b/w Jimmie Brown The Newsboy, Lively b/w Black Cat (Cross My Path Today), (Bury Me) Beneath The Willow b/w Leave My Woman Alone, I'll Never Fall In Love Again b/w Keep On The Sunny Side, Beans In My Ears b/w It's A Long Road To Travel, World Cup Willie b/w Where In This World Are We Going, My Lovely Juanita b/w Who Knows Where The Time Goes. It was during these shows, between sets by the full band, that Donegan would come on-stage with two other players and perform his own version of American blues, country, and folk standards, punched up with his own rhythms and accents, on acoustic guitar or banjo, backed by upright bass and drums. & Aug. 2, 1956) Donegan was a pivotal figure in the British Invasion due to his influence in the US in the late 1950s. Donegan was suddenly a star, with a public that wanted more music from him. 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. Returning to the UK, Donegan recorded his debut album, Lonnie Donegan Showcase, in the summer of 1956, which featured songs by Lead Belly and Leroy Carr, plus "I'm a Ramblin' Man" and "Wabash Cannonball". I'm Alabamy Bound Only when the next wave of young rockers came along, who, like Donegan, had their own ideas about music and what they wanted to do with it, did he finally fade from the charts. 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. Can you list the top facts and stats about Lonnie Donegan? Some of the songs from the original Showcase album do show a certain confidence and assertiveness seeping in, moving the music in more of a slick, popular direction. Sorted by Bestseller, Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Jasmine Records on 10/12/2012, Folk - Released by M. i. G. - music on 30/09/2016, Pop - Released by Castle Communications on 1/01/1985, Pop - Released by Sanctuary Records on 11/04/2000, Rock - Released by Castle Communications on 1/09/2016, Folk - Released by Before 1962 Recordings on 17/09/2020, Rock - Released by Vantage Music on 4/10/2016, Folk - Released by Bridge Pa Digital on 28/05/2019, Pop - Released by Sanctuary Records on 12/12/2000, Pop - Released by Castle Communications on 1/01/1957, Pop - Released by Retro Music Box on 25/06/2020, Pop - Released by Weishaupt Music & Entertainment on 3/05/2017, Country - Released by Master Tape Records on 10/10/2019, Pop - Released by All I Have To Do Is Dream on 15/11/2019, Pop - Released by Sanctuary Records on 8/09/2014, Country - Released by Black Marlin Records on 29/11/2014, Country - Released by Black Sheep Music on 4/01/2012. Lonnie Donegan remains a beloved pioneer of English rock & roll, and the king of skiffle. Putting On The Style. Jim Currie - Guitars, Vocals 1957 Donegan was born as Anthony James Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a professional violinist. The Grand Coulee Dam In 1983 Donegan toured England with Billy Joe Spears, and in 1984, he made his theatrical debut in a revival of the 1920 musical Mr. Cinders. I Want To Go Home (1) (Feb 1960) 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. Donegan was suddenly a star, with a public that wanted more music from him. More concert tours followed, along with a move from Florida to Spain. His bluff didn't work but the mix of personalities did, and he was in Barber's first band. Donegan was only paid a few pounds for the recording, and received no royalties. 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. The family, which moved to East London in 1933, had no desire to see him go into a dead-end profession. Lonnie Donegan remains a beloved pioneer of English rock & roll, and the king of skiffle. The word, according to Donegan, was suggested by Ken Colyer's brother Bill, who remembered an outfit called the Dan Burley Skiffle Group, based in Chicago in the '40s. 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. For the next six years, Lonnie spent 335 weeks on the Official Singles chart. 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. www.hillmanweb.com Grand Coulee Dam In 1949, he was drafted into the British Army. 1956 "Jazz Club"(? A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. 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: Colyer quit the group early in 1954, and Barber took over the leadership. 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. 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. In 1949, he was drafted into the British Army. © Bruce Eder /TiVo, 227 album(s) By 1980, he was making regular concert appearances again, and a new album with Barber followed. Which upcoming albums are you most excited for? 2016, Folk - Released by Bridge Pa Digital on 28 mei 2019, Pop - Released by Sanctuary Records on 12 dec. 2000, Pop - Released by Castle Communications on 1 jan. 1957, Pop - Released by Retro Music Box on 25 jun. He began playing guitar around London, and going to the small jazz clubs springing up around the city. Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade -- Vol 4 (November 1957) 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. 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. Dead or Alive, SESSION: August 22/23, 1956 His bluff didn't work but the mix of personalities did, and he was in Barber's first band. The record was a hit, racking up sales in the hundreds of thousands. 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. Smith&Co SSCD1172 LD9. A 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. Leinemann's Potatoes 8. Among those he worked with during this period was future Moody Blues guitarist-singer Justin Hayward. WebListen to Lonnie Donegan in unlimited on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. 1 b/w Lonnie's Skiffle Pt. 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?" 's://ssl':'://www')+'.google-analytics.com'+'/siteopt.js?v=1&utmxkey='+k+'&utmx='+(x?x:'')+'&utmxx='+(xx?xx:'')+'&utmxtime='+new Date().valueOf()+(h? Donegan was a big fan of Johnson, and took his first name as a tribute to him. Ham 'N' Eggs A follow-up album featuring Albert Lee presented Donegan working in a somewhat less familiar country & western vein. The Chris Barber Jazz Band had not played before 60,000 people in their whole history, and a phenomenon was obviously afoot. WebListen to Lonnie Donegan in unlimited on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. Jim Bray - Banjo, Bass 1954 c.November, 1957 Pinewood Film Studios, Bucks. [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 Boll Weevil Blues unissued LD9 April 12, 1953 Hotel Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark (Donegan & Barber) Hard Time Blues (KC 9) Storyville The family, which moved to East London in 1933, had no desire to see him go into a dead-end profession. Mickey Ashman - Bass 1956 Qobuz is also the leader in worldwide download in Hi-Res 24-Bit. Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It's Flavour 10. You can search for tracks and LP's by title. Rock Island Line John Henry The name "skiffle" was hung on this music as a way of referring to it on the group's posters. He formed his own group, the Tony Donegan Jazz Band, in 1952. 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. d.write('-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; Nov 20/21, 1998 Whitla Hall, Belfast (The Skiffle Sessions with Van Morrison, Chris Barber, et al), I Know Where I'm Going unissued LD9 C C Rider (Going Down The Road) " LD9, She Was Big, She Was Blonde, She Was Beautiful " LD9. 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. 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. 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." Gamblin' Man 2020, Rock - Released by Castle Communications on 1 sep. 2016, Folk - Released by Before 1962 Recordings on 17 sep. 2020, Rock - Released by Vantage Music on 4 okt. 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 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. The name "skiffle" was hung on this music as a way of referring to it on the group's posters. 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. 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. Plus Review. More than 100 million titles available in unlimited streaming in high 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. The name stuck. He first became interested in the guitar at age nine, but it was to be another five years before he took matters into his own hands and bought his first guitar for 12.50 (about $70 American in those days). Sequel Records has decided to honor Lonnie Donegan with its Lonnie 2000 series, reissuing all of his classic Pye/Nixa sides from 1955 through 1962, and ShowcasePlus is the place to begin. Lonnie Donegan was born on 29 April 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. 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?" The Chris Barber Jazz Band, as they became known, were popular enough to justify the recording of an album for Britain's Decca Records label. Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions. His next single "Lost John" reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart. . Single: "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?" To find all LP'S with that song, just keep hitting next. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Anthony James Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 3 November 2002), 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. Donegan heard it all, even -- by his own admission -- stole a couple, and absorbed every note. WebInformation on Lonnie Donegan. As "Rock Island Line" took the country by storm, Decca suddenly had one of the bigger -- and most wholly unexpected -- hits in its history up to that time. 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