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." He formed his own group, the Tony Donegan Jazz Band, in 1952. 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 heard it all, even -- by his own admission -- stole a couple, and absorbed every note. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O, Lonnie Donegan Showcase (Aug. 22/23, 1956) 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." Donegan heard it all, even -- by his own admission -- stole a couple, and absorbed every note. By 1980, he was making regular concert appearances again, and a new album with Barber followed. 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. 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. Three years later he was the resident lead guitarist on producer Jack Goods groundbreaking TV show Boy Meets Girls. (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; Lonnie made his chart debut in January 1956 with Rock Island Line. Lost John WebLonnie Donegan Showcase More images Tracklist Wabash Cannonball How Long, How Long Blues Nobody's Child I Shall Not Be Moved I'm Alabammy Bound I'm A Ramblin' Man 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. In 1949, he was drafted into the British Army. 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. Dead or Alive, SESSION: August 22/23, 1956 The UK King of Skiffle, Lonnie Donegan was born Anthony James Donegan MBE (April 29 1931 November 3 2002) in Bridgeton, Glasgow, before joing Chris Barbers Big Jazz Band. Love Is Strange, Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade -- Vol. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's - '.webs.com' : 'none'; --> 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. 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. Among the many tens of thousands of British teens he inspired were members of the Beatles, Gerry & the Pacemakers, and the Searchers. 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. After his return, he formed a band of his own, which initially consisted of jazz guitarist Denny Wright, Micky Ashman on bass, and Nick Nichols on drums. Pete Korrison - Mandolin 1955 On one occasion they opened for the blues musician Lonnie Johnson at the Royal Festival Hall. He formed his own group, the Tony Donegan Jazz Band, in 1952. 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. 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. WebScottish-born singer and guitarist who was the greatest star of skiffle, the souped-up folk style that predated British rock & roll. 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. ), 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, ?? WebListen to Lonnie Donegan in unlimited on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. 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. 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 record was a hit, racking up sales in the hundreds of thousands. All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. WebLonnie Donegan & His Group, Lonnie Donegan Group, Lonnie Donegan With His Group Artist [a4469366] Edit Artist Marketplace 293 For Sale Vinyl and CD 1 12 of 12 Sort Show 1 The name stuck. ); Chris Barber (bass); Beryl Bryden (washboard). 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. 2 (Aug. 22/23, 1956 The single had a 22-week run on the English charts, peaking at number eight. More concert tours followed, along with a move from Florida to Spain. & Feb. 24, 1957) He began playing guitar around London, and going to the small jazz clubs springing up around the city. 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. 's://ssl':'://www')+'.google-analytics.com'+'/siteopt.js?v=1&utmxkey='+k+'&utmx='+(x?x:'')+'&utmxx='+(xx?xx:'')+'&utmxtime='+new Date().valueOf()+(h? NOTE: He also wrote the song and first released it in 1959, to no success. 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. 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 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. WebListen to Lonnie Donegan in unlimited on Qobuz and buy the albums in Hi-Res 24-Bit for an unequalled sound quality. 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. 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. Dick Bishop - Guitars, Vocals But Wright's best single moment comes in his fiery but all too brief electric guitar solo during "Cumberland Gap." WebFecha de Nacimiento: 26 de febrero de 1971 Biografa Es una cantante estadounid Decca dropped Donegan thereafter, but within a month he was at the Abbey Road Studios in London recording for EMI's Columbia label. 2020, Pop - Released by Weishaupt Music & Entertainment on 3 mei 2017, Country - Released by Master Tape Records on 10 okt. There's also one fine Chris Barber/Lonnie Donegan original, "Harmonica Blues," dating from 1955 and never before issued. Aunt Rhody, My Old Man's A Dustman b/w The Golden Vanity, I Wanna Go Home (Wreck Of The John B.) He appeared on television in the United States on the Perry Como Show and the Paul Winchell Show. Returning to the UK, he recorded his debut album, Lonnie Donegan Showcase, in summer 1956, with songs by Lead Belly and Leroy Carr, plus "I'm a Ramblin' Man" and "Wabash Cannonball". The LP sold hundreds of thousands. WebLonnie Donegan Albums: songs, discography, biography, and listening guide - Rate Your Music Lonnie Donegan Born 29 April 1931, Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Died Feel free to contribute! 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. He had left the Barber band by then, and by the spring of 1955, Donegan signed a recording contract with Pye. WebInformation on Lonnie Donegan. 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. But in 1954, before anyone (especially anybody in England) knew what rock & roll was, Donegan was cool, and his music was hot. Leinemann's Potatoes 8. WebLonnie Donegan was born on 29 April 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Qobuz is also the leader in worldwide download in Hi-Res 24-Bit. 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). 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. B 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. The family, which moved to East London in 1933, had no desire to see him go into a dead-end profession. Rock Island Line John Henry Golden Hour [UK] GH 514 Lonnie Donegan's' Golden Hour Of Golden Hits: Rock Island Line; Jack ODiamonds; Tom Dooley; Puttin On The Style; Im Alabammy Bound; 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. 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. 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. (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. Carter's "Wabash Cannonball." 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. 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 got something more valuable from it than money, however, for "Rock Island Line" was credited to "The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group." 1 EP (Feb. 20, 1956 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. 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. 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