Qobuz is also the leader in worldwide download in Hi-Res 24-Bit. The name stuck. The master of ceremonies at the show made a mistake in his announcement, introducing the American guitarist as "Tony Johnson" and the British banjo man as "Lonnie Donegan." Smith&Co SSCD1172 LD9, April 12, 1953 Hotel Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark (Donegan & Barber), Hard Time Blues (KC 9) Storyville unissued CD1, July 13, 1954 Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, Rock Island Line (DR 19299-1) Decca FJ 10647 CD1, Wabash Cannonball (DR 19306) unissued CD1, September 27, 1954 Abbey Road Studios, London, October 1, 1954 Concert Hall, Aarhus, Denmark, Precious Lord (JJ 48) Storyville unissued, October 9, 1954 University, Copenhagen, Denmark, Precious Lord, Lead Me On (CB 3) Tempo A116, Storyville A45003 CD1, October 10, 1954 Odd Fellow's Palais, Copenhagen, Denmark, Over In The New Burying Ground (JJ 84) Storyville A45005 CD8, Wabash Cannonball (JJ 86) Storyville unissued, October 30, 1954 Royal Festival Hall, London, Bury My Body (DR 20034) Decca FJ 10695 CD8, c.late October/early November, 1954 Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, November 9, 1954 Abbey Road Studios, London, Take My Hand, Precious Lord Columbia DB3850 CD1, December 13, 1954 "Jazz Club"(? 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. The family, which moved to East London in 1933, had no desire to see him go into a dead-end profession. He also gained access to more American records than ever before, courtesy of the U.S. soldiers serving in the city. Gloryland 7. 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. Jim Bray - Banjo, Bass 1954 Dixie Darling 4. 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. 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. He might've continued touring the United States but for the fact he got lonely (his wife and newborn child were brought over), and that "Lost John" had reached number two in England. For LP, just put in Title. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Grand Coulee Dam WebLonnie Lonesome Traveller. 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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. 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. If anyone has additions or corrections Id be pleased to know of them. He had left the Barber band by then, and by the spring of 1955, Donegan signed a recording contract with Pye. To find all LP'S with that song, just keep hitting next. WebInformation on Lonnie Donegan. John Cole - Harmonica 1958 It was an enormous hit in 1956 (which also later inspired the creation of a full album, An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs, released in America on the Mercury label in the early 1960s) but ironically, because it was a band recording, Donegan made no money from this recording beyond his original session fee. B Darling Corey, Tops With Lonnie ~ 1959 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 Decca (with The Chris Barber Jazz Band) July 13, 1954: London Lonnie Donegan (gtr, voc. Among those he worked with during this period was future Moody Blues guitarist-singer Justin Hayward. He was the first British male singer with two US top 10 hits. A follow-up album featuring Albert Lee presented Donegan working in a somewhat less familiar country & western vein. Boll Weevil Blues unissued LD9 April 12, 1953 Hotel Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark (Donegan & Barber) Hard Time Blues (KC 9) Storyville Decca dropped Donegan thereafter, but within a month he was at the Abbey Road Studios in London recording for EMI's Columbia label. Cake Walkin Babies (instrum.) 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. Heart surgery in 1992 slowed Donegan down again, but by the end of the year he was touring once again with Chris Barber. 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. 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. He might've continued touring the United States but for the fact he got lonely (his wife and newborn child were brought over), and that "Lost John" had reached number two in England. In 1952, he formed his first own group, the Tony Donegan Jazzband, which found some work around London. The single had a 22-week run on the English charts, peaking at number eight. 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. My Dixie Darling It was the first debut record to go gold in the UK, and reached the Top Ten in the United States. 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. 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. Subscription from $10.83/month 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. 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. They found the record's rhythm to be infectious and its sound alluring in a way that no record by anyone from England ever had before. WebScottish-born singer and guitarist who was the greatest star of skiffle, the souped-up folk style that predated British rock & roll. He's relatively little remembered outside of England, but Donegan shares an important professional attribute with Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Sex Pistols -- he invented a style of music, skiffle, that completely altered the pop culture landscape and the youth around him, and for a time, completely ruled popular music through that new form. Tops at Loving You 6. I'm Just A Rolling Stone, Nobody Loves Like An Irishman Two years later it became a hit in England, and it was re-released in the US, where it shot up to #5 on the charts. 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. Donegan and his band essentially played live in the studio (there was virtually no overdubbing in those days), but the best record of their sound comes from a concert recorded at London's Conway Hall on January 25, 1957, which was later released by Pye. (number three and number five in the U.S.) all in less than three years -- thousands of skiffle groups were springing up all over England. WebLonnie Donegan remains a beloved pioneer of English rock & roll, and the king of skiffle. Thanks in advance. / 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. © Bruce Eder /TiVo, 198 album(s) 2 (Aug. 22/23, 1956 by Bruce Eder. 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. Carter's "Wabash Cannonball." Lumbered 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. Ive Got Rocks In My Bed. He also gained access to more American records than ever before, courtesy of the U.S. soldiers serving in the city. WebListen to Lonnie Donegan in unlimited on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. His bluff didn't work but the mix of personalities did, and he was in Barber's first band. Walton-on-Thames Film Studios, Surrey (J.Currie, gtr), August 28, 1957 British Legion Hall, Plymouth, Devon. He continued to appear regularly in the UK charts until 1962, before succumbing to the arrival of The Beatles and beat music. But Wright's best single moment comes in his fiery but all too brief electric guitar solo during "Cumberland Gap." '&utmxhash='+escape(h.substr(1)):'')+'" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">')})(); 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. 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. WebListen to Lonnie Donegan in unlimited on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. He returned to the chart 38 years after his last appearance, guesting with Van Morrison on his I Wanna Go Home single in 2000. 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. 1 EP (Feb. 20, 1956 The man extending the invitation was Chris Barber, himself an aspiring young jazzman. 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 passed away November 3, 2002, following heart problems. With three Number 1s (Cumberland Decca gave up on Donegan soon after, believing that skiffle was a flash-in-the-pan fad. Donegan was only paid a few pounds for the recording, and received no royalties. Donegan passed away November 3, 2002, following heart problems. Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. I Want To Go Home (1) (Feb 1960) 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. 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. Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann - Country Roads (LP, Album) Monty Sunshine's Jazzband* Feat. Lonnie Donegan Monty Sunshine's Jazzband* Feat. Lonnie Donegan - Mama Don't Allow (LP) For the next six years, Lonnie spent 335 weeks on the Official Singles chart. Lost John More concert tours followed, along with a move from Florida to Spain. Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade -- Vol 4 (November 1957) Colyer quit the group early in 1954, and Barber took over the leadership. By mid-1958, however, skiffle was waning rapidly as a commercial sound, but Donegan continued to appear on the charts right into 1962. The next month he was at Abbey Road Studios in London cutting a song for EMI's Columbia label. Cet lment a bien t ajout / retir de vos favoris. 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. Lonnie Donegan remains a beloved pioneer of English rock & roll, and the king of skiffle. 3 Tops With Lonnie. 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. In 1952, he formed the Tony Donegan Jazzband, which played around London. On 28 June 1952 at the Royal Festival Hall they opened for the blues musician Lonnie Johnson. Donegan adopted his first name as a tribute. He used the name at a concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 2 June 1952. . above March 1958 sessions, Pye Studios, London, Baby Don't You Know That's Love unissued CD3, c.October 1958 poss Pye Studios, London (Les Bennetts, gtr), Lonnie's Skiffle Party - Pt.1 N 15165 CD3, Bewildered ("Relax with Lonnie") NEP 24107 CD3, c.November 1958 Scottish TV Studios, Glasgow, Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour N 15181, P 2042107 CD4, My Only Son Was Killed In Dublin (Dying Rebel) unissued CD4, Battle Of New Orleans ("ruddy British") N 15206 LD2, Battle Of New Orleans ("bloomin' British") N 15206 CD4, c. early September, 1959 Royal Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, September 10/11, 1959 Pye Studios, London (Clyde Valley Stompers), October 22, 1959 Pye Studios, London ("Lonnie Rides Again"), Talking Guitar Blues (British version) N 15237 CD4, c.February 1960 Gaumont Cinema, Doncaster, My Old Man's A Dustman (alt) Polydor 2042 107 LD8, March 5, 1960 New York City ("Yankee Doodle Donegan"), Nobody Understands Me NEP 24127, Atl 2063 CD5, March 10, 1960 New York City (George Barnes, gtr), Sorry, But I'm Gonna Have To Pass NEP 24127, Atl 2123 CD5, Black Cat (Crossed My Path Today) N 15312 CD5, c.August 1961 Winter Gardens Pavilion Theatre, Blackpool, I'll Never Fall In Love Again N 15446 CD6, I'll Never Fall In Love Again (alt) unissued CD6, c.May 1962 Pye Studios, London ("Sing Hallelujah") (Denny Wright, gtr), Good News, Chariot's A'Comin' NPL 18073 CD6, Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord " CD6, c.November 1962 poss Brighton, Sussex (w. Max Miller), Cajun Joe (The Bully of the Bayou) (F639) Hick 1345 CD7, Fisherman's Luck (F640) N 15679, Hick 1267 CD7, Louisiana Man (F641) N 15893, Hick 1299 CD7, Interstate Forty (alt) (F642) NPL 18126 CD7, There's A Big Wheel (F644) N 15679, Hick 1267 CD7, Lovey Told Me Goodbye (F647) Hick 1299 CD7, c. early 1965 IBC or Marquee Studios, London ("The Folk Album"), Where In This World Are We Going " , N 15993 CD7, c.June 1965 IBC or Marquee Studios, London, c.October 1966 poss London (Joe Brown, bjo), Who Knows Where The Time Goes " ,F12984 LD1, Come To Australia (Great Uncle Albert Is Dead) Intercord 145001 LP, Jump Down, Turn Around (Pick A Bale of Cotton) Ariola 12604 LD5, 1974 Peer Studios, Hamburg, Germany ("Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann"), Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour " LP, 1975 Peer Southern Studio ("Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann - Country Roads"), 1975 Bonn, Germany (Chris Barber Great Reunion Concert), June 5, 1975 Fairford Hall, Croydon ("The Great Reunion Album"), Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour Intercord 145 001 LP, Hit Me Across The Head With A Spoon Mama " LP, March 2, 1977 Air Recording Studios, Oxford St., London (Wrigley's Jingles), 1981 ("The Shakin' Pyramids & Lonnie Donegan" EP), June 5, 1981 ("Lonnie Donegan Jubilee Concert"), 1984 ("Hooked On Number Ones - 100 Non-stop Hits"), 1987 (Monty Sunshine - "Mama Don't Allow"), Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me Pinorrekk HB-P-7012, Issued 1998 ("Muleskinner Blues") (with Van Morrison *), This album was originally called Rock Island Line Rolls On. By 1980, he was making regular concert appearances again, and a new album with Barber followed. The single had a 22-week run on the English charts, peaking at number eight. Can you list the top facts and stats about Lonnie Donegan? Carter's "Wabash Cannonball." WebLonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group albums and discography on AllMusic including all best, old, and new album information. 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. Diggin My Potatoes / Bury My Body (1956) . & Aug. 2, 1956) Donegan was suddenly a star, with a public that wanted more music from him. For the next six years, Lonnie spent 335 weeks on the Official Singles chart. (Strangely enough, a live film clip of Donegan and Wright doing that song exists, in the movie The Six-Five Special). Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight)? & Feb. 24, 1957) Donegan was a pivotal figure in the British Invasion due to his influence in the US in the late 1950s. I Shall Not be Moved He began playing guitar around London, and going to the small jazz clubs springing up around the city. 2021. He formed his own group, the Tony Donegan Jazz Band, in 1952. Apart from the excellent sound, the surprising element of this body of songs is just how bracing it remains almost 50 years after it was recorded -- the tendency is to dismiss the skiffle boom as an embarrassing fluke, but in fact the level of musicianship achieved by Donegan and company (especially guitarist/singer Dick Bishop) was exceptional, and their feel for the material was a match for that of any white Americans this side of Bob Dylan. Donegan proved to be a popular performer in America, playing on bills with Chuck Berry, among others. WebLonnie made his chart debut in January 1956 with Rock Island Line. Donegan was suddenly a star, with a public that wanted more music from him. WebLONNIE DONEGAN DISCOGRAPHY compiled by Dave Moore c.1951 Tony Donegan Jazz Band. Frankie and Johnny 5. [+] Eight CDs, and nearly 10 hours of music may seem like overkill to most onlookers, but this is a boxed set that truly justifies itself, once you've listened to it. But in 1954, before anyone (especially anybody in England) knew what rock & roll was, Donegan was cool, and his music was hot. 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. Casey's Last Ride 2. Chances are that UA in America was lured into distributing this album by The next month he was at Abbey Road Studios in London cutting a song for EMI's Columbia label. 's://ssl':'://www')+'.google-analytics.com'+'/siteopt.js?v=1&utmxkey='+k+'&utmx='+(x?x:'')+'&utmxx='+(xx?xx:'')+'&utmxtime='+new Date().valueOf()+(h? The name "skiffle" was hung on this music as a way of referring to it on the group's posters. Gamblin' Man (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; 2000, Jazz - Released by RevOla on 22 jul. 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. More than 100 million titles available in unlimited streaming in high sound quality. Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It's Flavour 10. The next month he was at Abbey Road Studios in London cutting a song for EMI's Columbia label. Tom Dooley, Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade -- Vol 8 Donegan passed away November 3, 2002, following heart problems. 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. More than 100 million titles available in unlimited streaming in high sound quality. WebFecha de Nacimiento: 26 de febrero de 1971 Biografa Es una cantante estadounid A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. The family, which moved to East London in 1933, had no desire to see him go into a dead-end profession. In 1949, he was drafted into the British Army. [1] Donegan received an Ivor Novello lifetime achievement award in 1995[4] and in 2000 he was made an MBE. Long Summer Day. WebMore Than "Pye in the Sky" Review. 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. 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." 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. The Chris Barber Jazz Band had not played before 60,000 people in their whole history, and a phenomenon was obviously afoot. Rock My Soul (Oct - 1958) Smith&Co SSCD1172 LD9. 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. 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?" Each of those was a success, and eventually "Rock Island Line" came up as a 45 rpm release. 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. 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." With three Number 1s (Cumberland Gap, Gamblin Man/ Putting On The Style, My Old Mans A Dustman) as well as having hits that peaked at every position in the Top 10. By mid-1958, however, skiffle was waning rapidly as a commercial sound, but Donegan continued to appear on the charts right into 1962. Lonnie Donegan was born on 29 April 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. 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. NOTE: He also wrote the song and first released it in 1959, to no success. Albums include Lonnie Donegan Showcase, Rock Island Line / John Henry, and The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast. 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. 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