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Lonnie Donegan's eldest son, Anthony, also formed his own band, as Lonnie Donegan Junior, who also performed "World Cup Willie" for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. On his album A Beach Full of Shells, Al Stewart paid tribute to Donegan in the song "Katherine of Oregon". In "Class of '58" he describes a British entertainer who is either ...
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The song was written by Lonnie Donegan, Peter Buchanan (Donegan's manager between 1956 and 1962), [2] and Beverly Thorn; Thorn was not credited on the original release. . According to his autobiography, Beverley Thorn was a pseudonym of Leslie Bricusse, the songwriter who wrote hit shows with Anthony N
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 song was also covered by Elvis Presley on the album From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee in 1976. In 2019, Donegan's son, Peter auditioned for The Voice UK in which Tom Jones turned his chair for him. Jones, when finding out and taken aback by who he was, performed an impromptu duet of the song with Peter. [8]
Lonnie Donegan's version of the song first entered the UK singles charts June 13, 1957, starting at number 11, after which it moved to number 7, number 2, and eventually, by June 28, was at number 1., where it remained for two weeks, before being overtaken by Elvis Presley's 'All Shook Up', after which the track spent 3 weeks at number two ...
The title and lyrics of the Donegan version were changed in the UK because "Spearmint" is a registered trademark there, and the BBC would not play songs that mentioned trademarks. [ dubious – discuss ] Donegan's version of the song was recorded live at the New Theatre Oxford in December 1958, [ 4 ] and was released both as a single and as a ...
"Gamblin' Man" was a 1957 hit single for skiffle artist Lonnie Donegan. It was recorded live at the London Palladium and released as a double A side along with " Puttin' On the Style ". [ 1 ] It reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in June and July 1957, where it spent two weeks in this position. [ 2 ]