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. 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: 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. Colyer quit the group early in 1954, and Barber took over the leadership. His success at the time saw Donegan sent to the United States, where he appeared on television on both Perry Como Show and Paul Winchell Show. 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. The name stuck. HILLMAN GIG NOTES Wabash Cannonball 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 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." The only way Donegan had of mastering his instrument was by listening to old records and painstakingly working out the music and a technique, Dont You Rock Me Daddy - o. Bring A Little Water Sylvie 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. His stint in this group was interrupted, however, when he was called up for National Service in 1949. All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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?" WebLonnie Donegan. 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. 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. The name stuck. He got something more valuable from it than money, however, for "Rock Island Line" was credited to "The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group." 2020, Pop - Released by Weishaupt Music & Entertainment on 3 mei 2017, Country - Released by Master Tape Records on 10 okt. 2019, Pop - Released by All I Have To Do Is Dream on 15 nov. 2019, Pop - Released by Sanctuary Records on 8 sep. 2014, Country - Released by Black Marlin Records on 29 nov. 2014, Country - Released by Black Sheep Music on 4 jan. 2012, Jazz - Released by Hallmark on 5 mrt. Dick Bishop - Guitars, Vocals Darling Corey, Tops With Lonnie ~ 1959 Two tracks were omitted from the original recording. Carter's "Wabash Cannonball." Complete discography, ratings, reviews and more. Donegan passed away November 3, 2002, following heart problems. 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." Among those he worked with during this period was future Moody Blues guitarist-singer Justin Hayward. The Chris Barber Jazz Band had not played before 60,000 people in their whole history, and a phenomenon was obviously afoot. 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. He returned to the chart Donegan received an Ivor Novello lifetime achievement award in 1995 and, in 2000, he was made an MBE. Rock Island Line John Henry Donegan heard it all, even -- by his own admission -- stole a couple, and absorbed every note. Putting On The Style Aint No More Cane On The Brazos. 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. Press control & F buttons together, put in song title or part of, then find. Sally Don't You Grieve (Nov - 1957) 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. 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. 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. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. In 1949, he was drafted into the British Army. The single had a 22-week run on the English charts, peaking at number eight. The name "skiffle" was hung on this music as a way of referring to it on the group's posters. 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. '.webs.com' : 'none'; --> Please enable My Dixie Darling This is a preliminary attempt at a chronological discography. To look at Lonnie Donegan today, in pictures taken 40 years ago when he was topping the British charts and hitting the Top Ten in America, dressed in a suit, his hair cut short and strumming an acoustic guitar, he looks like a musical non-entity. To look at Lonnie Donegan today, in pictures taken 40 years ago when he was topping the British charts and hitting the Top Ten in America, dressed in a suit, his hair cut short and strumming an acoustic guitar, he looks like a musical non-entity. Lonnie Donegans Golden Hour Of Golden Hits, Lonnie Donegans Golden Hour Of Golden Hits Vol. By 1980, he was making regular concert appearances again, and a new album with Barber followed. He moved with his mother to London at an early age, after his parents divorced. Dixie Darling 4. 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?" Plus Review. 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. 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. 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. 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 was an actor and composer, known for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013) Gamblin' Man 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". Me and Bobby McGee 9. 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. Aunt Rhody, My Old Man's A Dustman b/w The Golden Vanity, I Wanna Go Home (Wreck Of The John B.) 's://ssl':'://www')+'.google-analytics.com'+'/siteopt.js?v=1&utmxkey='+k+'&utmx='+(x?x:'')+'&utmxx='+(xx?xx:'')+'&utmxtime='+new Date().valueOf()+(h? Nick Nicholls - Drums 1956 and He got something more valuable from it than money, however, for "Rock Island Line" was credited to "The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group." Lazy John. WebFecha de Nacimiento: 26 de febrero de 1971 Biografa Es una cantante estadounid Yes Suh Smith&Co SSCD1123 LD9. Donegan heard it all, even -- by his own admission -- stole a couple, and absorbed every note. 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. He began playing guitar around London, and going to the small jazz clubs springing up around the city. 2023 XANDRIE SA - 45 rue de Delizy, 93692 Pantin CEDEX, France. 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. NME Rock 'n' Roll Years. London: Reed International Books. p. 27. CN 5585. ^ a b Lewis, Randy (5 November 2002). "Lonnie Donegan, 71; His Music Influenced 1960s Rock Bands". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 October 2021. ^ "Lonnie Donegan was born 90 years ago today". Frank Beacham's Journal. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021. Donegan was suddenly a star, with a public that wanted more music from him. Donegan passed away November 3, 2002, following heart problems. 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. Discography. (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. Stewball AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Lonnie made his chart debut in January 1956 with Rock Island Line. WebMore Than "Pye in the Sky" Review. Subscription from 12,50/month He got something more valuable from it than money, however, for "Rock Island Line" was credited to "The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group." 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. 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?" Is Elvis Presley now irrelevant as an influence. The next month he was at Abbey Road Studios in London cutting a song for EMI's Columbia label. 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." Lumbered The family, which moved to East London in 1933, had no desire to see him go into a dead-end profession. 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. Subscription from $10.83/month 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. John Cole - Harmonica 1958 Best British musicians before the Beatles? Jim Bray - Banjo, Bass 1954 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. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O, Lonnie Donegan Showcase (Aug. 22/23, 1956) He began playing guitar around London, and going to the small jazz clubs springing up around the city. 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. Putting On The Style. A follow-up album featuring Albert Lee presented Donegan working in a somewhat less familiar country & western vein. The record was a hit, racking up sales in the hundreds of thousands. 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. My Dixie Darling 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. 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. 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. Subscription from $10.83/month Streaming plans & Aug. 2, 1956) I Shall Not be Moved I Want To Go Home (1) (Feb 1960) Donegan was suddenly a star, with a public that wanted more music from him. A follow-up album featuring Albert Lee presented Donegan working in a somewhat less familiar country & western vein. Pete Huggett - Bass, Strings 1958 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. 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. Decca gave up on Donegan soon after, believing that skiffle was a flash-in-the-pan fad. 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. Donegan proved to be a popular performer in America, playing on bills with Chuck Berry, among others. 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. 2000, Jazz - Released by RevOla on 22 jul. 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. 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." NOTE: He also wrote the song and first released it in 1959, to no success. 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. [+] 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. 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. The man extending the invitation was Chris Barber, himself an aspiring young jazzman. Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It's Flavour 10. 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. This proved so popular that in July 1954 he recorded a fast-tempoed version of Leadbelly's "Rock Island Line", featuring a washboard but not a tea-chest bass, with "John Henry" on the B-side. 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. 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. It was exceptionally popular among England's teenagers, who accounted for most of its sales. 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. Each of those was a success, and eventually "Rock Island Line" came up as a 45 rpm release. More than 100 million titles available in unlimited streaming in high sound quality. 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. 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. 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. Which upcoming albums are you most excited for? 1 b/w Lonnie's Skiffle Pt. 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. 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. WebLonnie Donegan Albums: songs, discography, biography, and listening guide - Rate Your Music Lonnie Donegan Born 29 April 1931, Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Died Cet lment a bien t ajout / retir de vos favoris. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's - (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. 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. c.November, 1957 Pinewood Film Studios, Bucks. Add 1: In the early fifties after Donegan was demobbed from National Service he joined Chris Barber and Ken Colyer and others called Ken Colyer's Jazzmen which consisted of Ken Colyer (trumpet), Chris Barber (trombone), Monty Sunshine (clarinet), Lonnie Donegan (banjo), Jim Bray (bass) Dickie Bishop (Guitar) and Ron Bowden (drums). Casey's Last Ride 2. To find all LP'S with that song, just keep hitting next. Pete Appleby - Drums 1961, BACK TO THE HILLMAN MAIN PAGE To look at Lonnie Donegan today, in pictures taken 40 years ago when he was topping the British charts and hitting the Top Ten in America, dressed in a suit, his hair cut short and strumming an acoustic guitar, he looks like a musical non-entity. Chances are that UA in America was lured into distributing this album by More than 100 million titles available in unlimited streaming in high sound quality. 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. [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 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. Tops at Loving You 6. Pete Korrison - Mandolin 1955 A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. 2 (Aug. 22/23, 1956 For the next six years, Lonnie spent 335 weeks on the Official Singles chart. Subscription from $10.83/month 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. 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. ), BBC Radio, London, April 18, 1955 "Jazz Club", BBC Radio, London, May 9, 1955 "Jazz Club", BBC Radio, London, (In The Evening) When The Sun Goes Down CD8, May 19, 1955 IBC Studios, London ("Backstairs Session"), Harmonica Blues (CB hca) Polygon unissued CD1, January 9, 1956 "Jazz Club", BBC Radio, London, January 11, 1956 IBC Studios, London ("Skiffle Session"), The Ballad Of Jesse James (DB vcl) Nixa NJE1017 CD1, ?? WebLonnie Donegan Pop - Released by Castle Communications on 1/01/1985 16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo Starting at $117.99 My Old Man's A Dustman - The Singles As & Bs 1954 - 1961 Lonnie Donegan Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Jasmine Records on 10/12/2012 16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo Starting at $18.99 Discography Lonnie Donegan Follow Artist + Scottish-born singer and guitarist 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. Lonnie Donegan | Discography | Discogs Boll Weevil Blues unissued LD9 April 12, 1953 Hotel Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark (Donegan & Barber) Hard Time Blues (KC 9) Storyville . [1] Donegan received an Ivor Novello lifetime achievement award in 1995[4] and in 2000 he was made an MBE. Heart surgery in 1992 slowed Donegan down again, but by the end of the year he was touring once again with Chris Barber. ); Chris Barber (bass); Beryl Bryden (washboard). 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. 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. WebExplore releases from Lonnie Donegan at Discogs. 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. Cake Walkin Babies (instrum.) WebLonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group albums and discography on AllMusic including all best, old, and new album information. The next month he was at Abbey Road Studios in London cutting a song for EMI's Columbia label. 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