Lonnie Donegan (Glasgow, 1931. április 29. – Peterborough, 2002. november 3.) brit énekes, zenész, dalszerző, akit a "skiffle királya"-ként is emlegetnek.
Pályafutása A Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums szerint a The Beatles előtti időszakban a legsikeresebb előadó volt Nagy-Britanniában. 31 dala jutott be a brit Top 30-ba, ebből három dal az első helyen végzett. Ő volt az első olyan brit énekes, akinek két dala is bejutott az amerikai Top 10-be.
Diszkográfia Kislemezek Rock Island Line / John Henry (1955) – UK #8 † Diggin' My Potatoes / Bury My Body" (1956) † Lost John / Stewball (1956) – UK #2 † Bring A Little Water, Sylvie / "Dead or Alive" (1956) ‡ On A Christmas Day / "Take My Hand Precious Lord" (1956) ‡ Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O (1957) – UK #4 ‡ Cumberland Gap (1957) – UK #1 ‡ Gamblin' Man / Puttin' On the Style (1957) – UK #1 ‡ My Dixie Darlin / "I'm Just a Rolling Stone" (1957) – UK #10 ‡ Jack O' Diamonds / "Ham 'N' Eggs" (1957) – UK #14 ‡ The Grand Coulee Dam / "Nobody Loves Like an Irishman" (1958) – UK #6 ‡ Midnight Special / "When The Sun Goes Down" (1958) ‡ Sally Don't You Grieve / "Betty, Betty, Betty" (1958) – UK #11 ‡ Lonesome Traveller / "Times are Getting Hard, Boys" (1958) – UK #28 ‡ Lonnie's Skiffle Party / "Lonnie Skiffle Party Pt.2" (1958) – UK #23 ‡ Tom Dooley / "Rock O' My Soul" (1958) – UK #3 ‡ Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?) / "Aunt Rhody" (1959) – UK #3 ‡ Fort Worth Jail / "Whoa Buck" (1959) – UK #14 ‡ Fort Bewildered / "Kevin Barry" / "It is No Secret" / "My Lagan Love" (1959) ‡ Battle of New Orleans / Darling Corey (1959) – UK #2 ‡ Sal's Got A Sugar Lip / "Chesapeake Bay" (1959) – UK #13 ‡ Hold Back Tomorrow - UK #26 → San Miguel" / "Talking Guitar Blues" (1959) – UK #19 ‡ My Old Man's a Dustman / "The Golden Vanity" (1960) – UK #1 ↑ I Wanna Go Home (Wreck Of the 'John B') / "Jimmy Brown The Newsboy" (1960) – UK #5 ↓ Lorelei" / "In All My Wildest Dreams" (1960) – UK #10 Rockin' Alone - UK #44 ♠ Lively" / "Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)" (1960) – UK #13 ↑ Virgin Mary" / "Beyond The Sunset" (1960) – UK #27 (Bury Me) Beneath The Willow" / "Leave My Woman Alone" (1961) Have A Drink on Me" / "Seven Daffodils" (1961) – UK #8 ↑ Michael, Row the Boat / "Lumbered" (1961) – UK #6 ↑ The Comancheros / "Ramblin' Round" (1961) – UK #14 The Party's Over" / "Over the Rainbow" (1962) – UK #9 I'll Never Fall in Love Again / "Keep on the Sunny Side" (1962) Pick A Bale of Cotton / "Steal Away" (1962) – UK #11 ↑ The Market Song" / "Tit-Bits" (1962) Losing By A Hair" / "Trumpet Sounds" (1963) It Was A Very Good Year" / "Rise Up" (1963) Lemon Tree / "I've Gotta Girl So Far" (1963) 500 Miles Away From Home / This Train (1963) Beans in My Ears" / "It's a Long Road to Travel" (1964) Fisherman's Luck" / "There's A Big Wheel" (1964) Get Out Of My Life" / "Won't You Tell Me" (1965) Louisiana Man" / "Bound For Zion" (1965) World Cup Willie / "Where In This World are We Going?" (1966) I Wanna Go Home" / "Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)" (1966) Aunt Maggie's Remedy" / "(Ah) My Sweet Marie" (1967) Toys" / "Relax Your Mind" (1968) My Lovely Juanita" / Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1969) Speak To The Sky" / "Get Out of My Life" (1972) Jump Down Turn Around (Pick a Bale of Cotton)" / "Lost John Blues" (1973) Censored"/"Ive lost my little Willie" (1976)
Albumok Lonnie Donegan Showcase – UK Albums Chart # 2; UK Singles Chart #26 ‡ Lonnie (1957) – UK # 3 Tops with Lonnie (1958) Lonnie Rides Again (1959) Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight) (1961) More! Tops with Lonnie (1961) Sing Hallelujah (1962) The Lonnie Donegan Folk Album (1965) Lonniepops – Lonnie Donegan Today (1970) The Great Re-Union Album (1974) Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann (1974) Country Roads (1976) Puttin' on the Style (1978) Sundown (May 1979) Muleskinner Blues (1999) The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast (2000) – UK #14 † This Yere de Story (2004) The Last Tour (2006) 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
Válogatásalbumok Golden Age of Donegan (1962) – UK Albums Chart #3 Golden Age of Donegan Volume 2 (1963) – UK #15 Putting On the Style (1978) – UK #51 King of Skiffle (1998) Puttin' On the Style – The Greatest Hits (2003) – UK #45
Középlemezek Skiffle Session (EP) (1956) – UK Singles Chart #20 † Railroad Bill" / "Stockalee" / "Ballad of Jesse James" / "Ol' Riley"
Jegyzetek
Források Lonnie Donegan Discussion Forum Go Lonnie go – article by Billy Bragg for The 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 – article by Alan Franks My twenty-year love affair with the joy of skiffle, article by Mark Kermode The Observer, 1 June 2008
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