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Anthony James "Lonnie" Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians.
"My Old Man's a Dustman" is a song first recorded by the British skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan. It reached number one in the British, Irish, Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand singles charts in 1960. The chorus of the song is: [1]
"Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)" is a novelty song by Lonnie Donegan. Released as a single in 1959, it entered the UK Singles Chart on 6 February 1959 and peaked at number three. [2] It was also Donegan's greatest chart success in the United States, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961. [3]
In 1968, "Plus jamais", a French version of the song was recorded by the Belgian singer Liliane Saint-Pierre.The song reached No. 44 on the Ultratop chart in Belgium. [5]It was also recorded by Timi Yuro on her 1968 album Something Bad on My Mind, Lena Martell, Charlie Hodges, [6] Richard Marx (B-side to "The Way She Loves Me"), and Marco T. [citation needed]
"Puttin' On the Style" was a 1957 hit for skiffle artist Lonnie Donegan.It was recorded live at the London Palladium and released as a double A-side along with "Gamblin' Man" and reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in June and July 1957, where it spent two weeks in this position. [4]
The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast [2] is a live album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, with Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber, released in 2000.Lonnie Donegan had played with the Chris Barber jazz band when he had his first hit with "Rock Island Line"/"John Henry" in 1955.
The Negro singer, Lead Belly, heard it, rearranged it in his own style, and made commercial phonograph recordings of it in the 1940s. One of these recordings was studied and imitated phrase by phrase, by a young English singer of American folk songs [referring to Lonnie Donegan], who subsequently recorded it for an English company. The record ...
Lonnie Donegan scored the British charts in 1961, peaking at no. 9 during a 12-week run. [8] Gene Ammons recorded it for Prestige Records Late Hour Special (1961). [9] Bobby Darin included this song as the last track in his 8th studio album and debut album with Capital Records in 1962: Oh! Look at Me Now. [10]