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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.
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"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 ]
"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]
When he was 18 he signed an eight-year publishing contract [11] as a songwriter with the skiffle artist and record producer Lonnie Donegan, a move Hayward later regretted, as it meant the rights to all his songs written before 1974 would always be owned by Donegan's Tyler Music. [12]
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
"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]
Lonnie Donegan released it as a single in 1957 (available on Rock Island Line: The Singles Anthology 1955-1967, released 1985) Betty Johnson recorded a version for Atlantic Records in 1958. Mance Lipscomb; Ramblin' Jack Elliott (on multiple LPs) The Fendermen 1960 on the album Mule Skinner Blues