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Anthony James "Lonnie" DoneganMBE(29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was aBritishskifflesinger, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle",who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians.[1][2][3]Born in Scotland and brought up in England, Donegan began his career in the Britishtrad jazzrevival but transitioned to skiffle in the mid-1950s, rising to prominence with a hit recording of the American folk song "Rock Island Line"which helped spur the broader UK skiffle movement.
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| Birth name | Anthony James Donegan |
| Also known as | The King of Skiffle |
| Born | 29 April 1931 Bridgeton, Glasgow,Scotland |
| Died | 3 November 2002(aged 71) Market Deeping,Lincolnshire, England |
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| Years active | 1949–2002 |
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Donegan had 31 UK top 30hit singles,24 were successive hits and three were number one. He was the first British male singer with two US top 10 hits.[1]Donegan received anIvor Novellolifetime achievement award in 1995[4]and in 2000 he was made anMBE. Donegan was a pivotal figure in theBritish Invasiondue to his influence in the US in the late 1950s.
Early life
editDonegan was born inBridgeton, Glasgow,Scotland, on 29 April 1931.[4]He was the son of an Irish mother (Mary Josephine Deighan) and a Scots father (Peter John Donegan), a professional violinist who had played with theScottish National Orchestra.In 1933, when Donegan was aged 2, the family moved toEast HaminEssex.[5]Donegan was evacuated toCheshireto escapethe Blitzin theSecond World Warand attendedSt Ambrose CollegeinHale Barns.[6]He lived for a while onChiswick MallinMiddlesex.[7]
Trad jazz
editAs a child growing up in the early 1940s Donegan listened mostly toswing jazzand vocal acts, and became interested in the guitar.[5]Country & westernandbluesrecords, particularly byFrank CrumitandJosh White,attracted his interest and he bought his first guitar at 14 in 1945.[5]He learned songs such as "Frankie and Johnny","Puttin' On the Style",and"The House of the Rising Sun"by listening toBBC radiobroadcasts.[5]By the end of the 1940s he was playing guitar around London and visiting small jazz clubs.[8]
Donegan first played in a major band afterChris Barberheard that he was a goodbanjoplayer and, on a train, asked him to audition. Donegan had never played the banjo but he bought one for the audition and succeeded more on personality than talent.[5]His stint with Barber'strad jazzband was interrupted when he was called up forNational Servicein 1949, but while in the army atSouthampton,he was the drummer in Ken Grinyer's Wolverines Jazz Band at a local pub. A posting toViennabrought him into contact with Americantroops,and access to US records and theAmerican Forces Networkradio station.[8]
In 1952, he formed the Tony Donegan Jazzband, which played around London. On 28 June 1952 at theRoyal Festival Hallthey opened for the blues musicianLonnie Johnson.[5]Donegan adopted his first name as a tribute. He used the name at a concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 2 June 1952.[9]
In 1953cornetistKen Colyerwas imprisoned inNew Orleansfor a visa problem. He returned to Britain and joined Chris Barber's band. They changed the name to Ken Colyer's Jazzmen and made their first public appearance on 11 April 1953 inCopenhagen.The following day,Chris Albertsonrecorded Ken Colyer's Jazzmen and the Monty Sunshine Trio—Sunshine, Barber, and Donegan—forStoryville Records.These were amongst Donegan's first commercial recordings.[10]
Skiffle
editWhile inKen Colyer's Jazzmen withChris Barber,Donegan sang and played guitar andbanjoin theirDixielandset. He began playing with two other band members during the intervals, to provide what posters called a "skiffle" break, a name suggested by Ken Colyer's brother, Bill, after theDan BurleySkiffle Group of the 1930s.[5]In 1954 Colyer left and the band became Chris Barber's Jazz Band.[8]
With awashboard,tea-chest bass,and a cheap Spanish guitar, Donegan played folk and blues songs by artists such asLead BellyandWoody Guthrie.[5]This proved popular and in July 1954 he recorded a fast version of Lead Belly's "Rock Island Line",[4]featuring a washboard but not a tea-chest bass, with "John Henry"on theB-side.[5]It was a hit in 1956[11](which also later inspired the creation of a full album,An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs,released in America on theMercurylabel in the early 1960s), but because it was a band recording, Donegan made no money beyond his session fee. It was the first debut record to gogoldin the UK, and it reached the Top Ten in the United States.[5]
The Acoustic Music organisation made this comment about Donegan's "Rock Island Line": "It flew up the English charts. Donegan had synthesized American southern blues with simple acoustic instruments: acoustic guitar, washtub bass, and washboard rhythm. The new style was called 'Skiffle'.... and referred to music from people with little money for instruments. The new style captivated an entire generation of post-war youth in England. "[12]
His next single forDecca,"Diggin' My Potatoes", was recorded at a concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 October 1954.[5]Decca dropped Donegan thereafter, but within a month he was at theAbbey Road Studiosin London recording forEMI'sColumbialabel. He had left the Barber band, and by spring 1955, signed arecording contractwithPye.His next single "Lost John" reached No. 2 in theUK Singles Chart.[5]
He appeared on television in the United States on thePerry ComoShowand thePaul WinchellShow.[5]Returning to the UK, he recorded his debut album,Lonnie Donegan Showcase,in summer 1956, with songs by Lead Belly andLeroy Carr,plus "Ramblin' Man"and"Wabash Cannonball".The LP sold hundreds of thousands.[5]The skiffle style encouraged amateurs and one of many groups that followed wasthe Quarrymen,formed in March 1957 byJohn Lennon.Donegan's "Gamblin' Man"/"Puttin' On the Style"single was number one in the UK in July 1957, when Lennon first metPaul McCartney.[1]His Skiffle rendition ofHank Snow's Country song "Nobody's Child"was also the inspiration forTony Sheridan's blues version which he recorded withthe Beatlesas his backing band.[13]
Donegan went on to successes such as "Cumberland Gap"and"Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)",[4]his biggest hit in the US, onDot.[5]He turned tomusic hallstyle with "My Old Man's a Dustman"which was not well received by skiffle fans and unsuccessful in America onAtlanticin 1960,[4]but it reached number one in the UK.[4]Donegan's group had a flexible line-up, but was generallyDenny Wrightor Les Bennetts, playing lead guitar and singing harmony, Micky Ashman or Pete Huggett—later Steve Jones—onupright bass,Nick Nichols—later Pete Appleby, Mark Goodwin, and Ken Rodway on drums or percussion, and Donegan playing acoustic guitar or banjo and singing the lead.[5]
His last hit single on the UK chart was his cover version of "Pick a Bale of Cotton."His fall from the chart coincided with the rise ofThe Beatlesand the otherbeat musicperformers whom he inspired.[5]
Later career
editDonegan recorded sporadically during the 1960s, including sessions atHickory RecordsinNashvillewithCharlie McCoy,Floyd Cramer,andthe Jordanaires.After 1964 he was a record producer for most of the decade at Pye Records.Justin Haywardwas one of the artists with whom he worked.[5]
Donegan was not popular through the late 1960s and 1970s (although his "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"was recorded byTom Jonesin 1967 andElvis Presleyin 1976), and he began to play the Americancabaretcircuit. A departure from his normal style was ana cappellarecording of "The Party's Over".[citation needed]
Donegan reunited with the original Chris Barber band for a concert inCroydonin June 1975. A bomb scare meant that the recording had to be finished in the studio, after an impromptu concert in the car park.[citation needed]The release was titledThe Great Re-Union Album.[5]He collaborated withRory Gallagheron several songs, notably "Rock Island Line" with Gallagher performing most of the elaborate guitar work.[citation needed]
He had his first heart attack in 1976 while in the United States and hadquadruple bypasssurgery. He returned to attention in 1978 when he recorded his early songs withRory Gallagher,Ringo Starr,Elton John,andBrian May.[4]The album was calledPutting on the Style.[5]A follow-up featuringAlbert Leesaw Donegan in less familiarcountry and westernvein. By 1980, he was making regular concert appearances again, and another album with Barber followed. In 1983, Donegan toured withBillie Jo Spears,and in 1984 he made his theatrical debut in a revival of the 1920 musicalMr Cinders.More concert tours followed, with a move from Florida to Spain. In 1992 he had further bypass surgery following another heart attack.[5]
In 1994, the Chris Barber band celebrated 40 years with a tour with both bands.Pat Halcoxwas still on trumpet (a position he retained until July 2008). The reunion concert and the tour were on CD and DVD.
Donegan had a late renaissance when in 2000 he appeared onVan Morrison's albumThe Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast 1998,an acclaimed album featuring him singing with Morrison and Chris Barber, with a guest appearance byDr John.Donegan also played at theGlastonbury Festivalin 1999, and was made anMBEin 2000.
Donegan also appeared atFairport Convention'sannual music festivalon 9 August 2001. His final CD wasThis Yere de Story.
Peter Donegan started touring as his father's pianist when he was aged 18. In 2019, Peter appeared on the showThe Voiceas a contestant, and duetted withTom Joneswith the song "I'll Never Fall in Love Again".[14]Anthony Donegan also performs under the name, Lonnie Donegan Jr.
Personal life
editDonegan married three times. He had two daughters (Fiona and Corrina) with his first wife, Maureen Tyler (divorced 1962), a son and a daughter (Anthony and Juanita) with his second wife, Jill Westlake (divorced 1971), and three sons (Peter, David and Andrew)[15]with his third wife, Sharon whom he married in 1977.[16]
Lonnie Donegan died on 3 November 2002, aged 71, after having a heart attack inMarket Deeping,Lincolnshiremid-way through a UK tour,[17]and before he was due to perform at a memorial concert forGeorge Harrisonwiththe Rolling Stones.[18]He had cardiac problems since the 1970s and several heart attacks.[19]
Legacy
editMark Knopflerreleased a tribute to Lonnie Donegan titled "Donegan's Gone" on his 2004 album,Shangri-La,and said he was one of his greatest influences.[2]Donegan's music formed a musical starring his two sons.Lonnie D – The Musicaltook its name from theChas & Davetribute song which started the show. Subsequently, Peter Donegan formed a band to perform his father's material and has since linked with his father's band from the last 30 years with newcomer Eddie Masters on bass. They made an album together in 2009 titledHere We Go Again.Lonnie Donegan's eldest son, Anthony, also formed his own band, as Lonnie Donegan Junior, who also performed "World Cup Willie" for the2010 FIFA World Cupin South Africa.
On his albumA Beach Full of Shells,Al Stewartpaid tribute to Donegan in the song "Katherine of Oregon". In "Class of '58" he describes a British entertainer who is either Donegan or a composite including him. In a 2023 video interview with Steve Houk, Stewart described 'Rock Island Line' as a record "that completely changed the complexion of English society, and changed my life and everybody else's".[citation needed]
Peter SellersrecordedPuttin' on the Smilefeaturing "Lenny Goonagain", who travels to the "Deep South"ofBrightonand finds an "obscure folk song hidden at the top of the American hit parade", re-records it and reaches number one in the UK.
David Lettermanpretended to try to rememberJimmy Fallon's name during theTonight Show conflictbetweenJay LenoandConan O'Brien,calling Fallon "Lonnie Donegan."[20]
In the 2019 movieJudy,the actorJohn Dagleishportrays Lonnie Donegan, who replaces an illJudy Garland.He is shown in the (entirely fictional) final scene generously allowing her to make one last appearance on stage.
Quotations
edit- "I'm trying to sing acceptable folk music. I want to widen the audience beyond the artsy-craftsy crowd and the pseudo intellectuals–but without distorting the music itself."NME– June 1956[21]
- "In Britain, we were separated from our folk music tradition centuries ago and were imbued with the idea that music was for the upper classes. You had to be very clever to play music. When I came along with the old three chords, people began to think that if I could do it, so could they. It was the reintroduction of the folk music bridge which did that." – Interview, 2002.[22]
- "He was the first person we had heard of from Britain to get to the coveted No. 1 in the charts, and we studied his records avidly. We all bought guitars to be in a skiffle group. He was the man." –Paul McCartney[22]
- "He really was at the very cornerstone of English blues and rock." –Brian May.[2]
- "I wanted to beElvis Presleywhen I grew up, I knew that. But the man who really made me feel like I could actually go out and do it was a chap by the name of Lonnie Donegan. "–Roger Daltrey[23]
- "Remember, Lonnie Donegan started it for you." –Jack White'sacceptance speech at theBrit Awards.[24]
- "You know in my little span of life I've come across such a sea of bigotries and prejudices. I get so fed up with it now. I feel I have to do something about it." -BBC Panorama[25]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- Lonnie Donegan Showcase(December 1956) –UK# 2;UKNo. 26 ‡
- "Wabash Cannonball"/"How Long, How Long Blues"/"Nobody's Child"/"I Shall Not Be Moved"/"I'm Alabamy Bound"/" I'm a Rambling Man "/"Wreck of the Old 97"/"Frankie and Johnny"
- Lonnie(November 1957) – UK No 3
- Lonnie Rides Again(May 1959) – re-released in 1960 as *Skiffle Folk Songs
- Sing Hallelujah(December 1962)
- The Lonnie Donegan Folk Album(August 1965)
- Lonniepops – Lonnie Donegan Today(1970)
- Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann(with Leinemann, 1974)
- Country Roads(with Leinemann, 1976)
- Puttin' on the Style(February 1978)
- Including guest musiciansRory Gallagher,Elton John,Brian May,Ronnie WoodandRingo Starramongst others.
- Sundown(May 1979)
- Muleskinner Blues(January 1999)
- The song "Lost John" was used to open theJohn Peeltribute album
Compilation albums
edit- Tops with Lonnie(September 1958)
- More! Tops with Lonnie(April 1961)
- Golden Age of Donegan(1962) –UKNo. 3
- Golden Age of Donegan Volume 2(1963) – UK No. 15
- Putting on the Style(1978) – UK No. 51
- King of Skiffle(1998)
- Puttin' on the Style – The Greatest Hits(2003) – UK No. 45[1]
- This Yere de Story(2004)
Live albums
edit- The Great Re-Union Album(1974)
- The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast(2000) – UK No 14 †
- Recorded November 1998 withVan Morrison,Chris Barberand others.
- The Last Tour(2006)[1]
- Jubilee Concert 1st Half(2007)
- Jubilee Concert 2nd Half(2007)
- Lonnie Live! Rare Tapes from the Late Sixties(2008)
- Donegan on Stage – Lonnie Donegan at Conway Hall
EPs
edit- "Rock Island Line" / "John Henry" / "Digging My Potatoes" / "Bury My Body". 45 rpm,Decca6345 (1954) †
- Skiffle Session (EP)(1956) –UKNo. 20 †
- "Railroad Bill" / "Stockalee" / "Ballad of Jesse James" / "Ol' Riley"
- Backstairs Session (EP)(1956)[26]: 37 – †
- "Midnight Special" / "New Burying Ground" / "It Takes a Worried Man" / "When the Sun Goes Down".[27]
- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight)(1961)
Singles
edit| Year | A-side | B-side | UK | US | Notes |
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| 1955 | "Rock Island Line" | "John Henry" | 8 | 8 | † |
| 1956 | "Diggin' My Potatoes" | "Bury My Body" | – | – | † |
| "Lost John" | "Stewball" | 2 | 58 | † | |
| "Stewball" | "Lost John" | 27 | – | † | |
| "Bring a Little Water, Sylvie" | "Dead or Alive" | 7 | – | ‡ | |
| "On a Christmas Day" | "Take My Hand Precious Lord" | – | – | ‡ | |
| 1957 | "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O" | "I'm Alabammy Bound" | 4 | – | ‡ |
| "Cumberland Gap" | "Love Is Strange" | 1 | – | ‡ | |
| "Gamblin' Man" | "Puttin' On the Style" | 1 | – | ‡ | |
| "My Dixie Darlin'" | "I'm Just a Rolling Stone" | 10 | – | ‡ | |
| "Jack O' Diamonds" | "Ham 'N' Eggs" | 14 | – | ‡ | |
| 1958 | "The Grand Coulee Dam" | "Nobody Loves Like an Irishman" | 6 | – | ‡ |
| "Midnight Special" | "When the Sun Goes Down" | – | – | ‡ | |
| "Sally Don't You Grieve" | "Betty, Betty, Betty" | 11 | – | ‡ | |
| "Lonesome Traveller" | "Times Are Getting Hard, Boys" | 28 | – | ‡ | |
| "Lonnie's Skiffle Party" | "Lonnie Skiffle Party Pt.2" | 23 | – | ‡ | |
| "Tom Dooley" | "Rock O' My Soul" | 3 | – | ‡ | |
| 1959 | "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)" | "Aunt Rhody" | 3 | 5 | ‡ |
| "Fort Worth Jail" | "Whoa Buck" | 14 | – | ‡ | |
| "Bewildered" | "Kevin Barry" / "It Is No Secret" / "My Laggan Love" | – | – | ‡ | |
| "The Battle of New Orleans" | "Darling Corey" | 2 | – | ‡ | |
| "Sal's Got a Sugar Lip" | "Chesapeake Bay" | 13 | – | ‡ | |
| "Hold Back Tomorrow" | "Deedle-Dum-Doo-Die-Day" | 26 | – | ¶ | |
| "San Miguel" | "Talking Guitar Blues" | 19 | – | ‡ | |
| 1960 | "My Old Man's a Dustman"/" The Golden Vanity " | 1 | – | – | ↑ |
| "I Wanna Go Home (Wreck of the 'John B')" | "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy" | 5 | – | ↓ | |
| "Lorelei" | "In All My Wildest Dreams" | 10 | – | ||
| "Rockin' Alone (In An Old Rocking Chair)" | "I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail" | 44 | – | ♠ | |
| "Lively" | "Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)" | 13 | – | ↑ | |
| "Virgin Mary" | "Beyond the Sunset" | 27 | – | ||
| 1961 | "(Bury Me) Beneath the Willow" | "Leave My Woman Alone" | – | – | |
| "Have a Drink on Me" | "Seven Daffodils" | 8 | – | ↑ | |
| "Michael, Row the Boat" | "Lumbered" | 6 | – | ↑ | |
| "The Comancheros" | "Ramblin' Round" | 14 | – | ||
| 1962 | "The Party's Over" | "Over the Rainbow" | 9 | – | |
| "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" | "Keep on the Sunny Side" | – | – | ||
| "Pick a Bale of Cotton" | "Steal Away" | 11 | – | ↑ | |
| "The Market Song" | "Tit-Bits" | – | – | ||
| 1963 | "Losing by a Hair" | "Trumpet Sounds" | – | – | |
| "It Was a Very Good Year" | "Rise Up" | – | – | ||
| "Lemon Tree" | "I've Gotta Girl So Far" | – | – | ||
| "500 Miles Away From Home" | "This Train" | – | – | ||
| 1964 | "Beans in My Ears" | "It's a Long Road to Travel" | – | – | |
| "Fisherman's Luck" | "There's a Big Wheel" | – | – | ||
| 1965 | "Get Out of My Life" | "Won't You Tell Me" | – | – | |
| "Louisiana Man" | "Bound for Zion" | – | – | ||
| 1966 | "World Cup Willie" | "Where in This World Are We Going?" | – | – | |
| "I Wanna Go Home" | "Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)" | – | – | ||
| 1967 | "Aunt Maggie's Remedy" | "(Ah) My Sweet Marie" | – | – | |
| 1968 | "Toys" | "Relax Your Mind" | – | – | |
| 1969 | "My Lovely Juanita" | "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" | – | – | |
| 1972 | "Speak to the Sky" | "Get Out of My Life" | – | – | |
| 1973 | "Jump Down Turn Around (Pick a Bale of Cotton)" | "Lost John Blues" | – | – | (Australia only release) |
| 1976 | "I've Lost my Little Willie" | "Censored" | – | – |
Billing
editMost of the aboverecordswere accredited to Lonnie Donegan; except, as follows:
† Billed as the Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
‡ Billed as Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group
¶ Billed as Lonnie Donegan meetsMiki & Griffwith the Lonnie Donegan Group
↑ Billed as Lonnie Donegan and his Group
↓ Billed as Lonnie Donegan andWally Stott'sOrchestra
♠ Billed as Miki and Griff with the Lonnie Donegan Group[1]
See also
editBibliography
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External links
edit
- Lonnie Donegan Discussion Forum
- Go Lonnie go– article byBilly BraggforThe Guardian
- My Memories of Lonnie Donegan by Paul Griggs
- Lonnie Donegan biography and discography
- Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group
- His Old Man’s the Guv’nor[dead link]– article by Alan Franks
- My twenty-year love affair with the joy of skiffle,article byMark KermodeThe Observer,1 June 2008