Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 de abril de 19313 de novembro de 2002) foi um músico de skiffle britânico. Conhecido como o "Rei do Skiffle", emplacou mais de 20 canções no Top 30 do Reino Unido, sendo frequentemente citado como influência por uma geração de músicos britânicos que tornaram-se famosos na década de 1960.[1]

Lonnie Donegan
Informação geral
Nome completo Anthony James Donegan
Também conhecido(a) como O Rei do Skiffle
Nascimento 29 de abril de 1931
Origem Glasgow, Escócia
Gênero(s) Skiffle, traditional pop music, blues, folk, country
Afiliação(ões) Tony Donegan Jazz Band
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group

Morreu em 2002 aos 71 anos, após sofrer um ataque cardíaco enquanto estava em turnê e prestes a participar de um concerto com o The Rolling Stones em homenagem a George Harrison.[2]

Discografia editar

Singles editar

  • 1955 "Rock Island Line" / "John Henry"
  • 1956 "Diggin' My Potatoes" / "Bury My Body"
  • 1956 "Lost John" / "Stewball"
  • 1956 "Bring A Little Water, Sylvie" / "Dead or Alive"
  • 1956 "On A Christmas Day" / "Take My Hand Precious Lord"
  • 1957 "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O"
  • 1957 "Cumberland Gap"
  • 1957 "Gamblin' Man" / "Puttin' On the Style"
  • 1957 "My Dixie Darlin'" / "I'm Just a Rolling Stone"
  • 1957 "Jack O' Diamonds" / "Ham 'N' Eggs"
  • 1958 "The Grand Coulee Dam" / "Nobody Loves Like an Irishman" (1958)
  • 1958 "Midnight Special" / "When The Sun Goes Down"
  • 1958 "Sally Don't You Grieve" / "Betty, Betty, Betty" (1958)
  • 1958 "Lonesome Traveller" / "Times are Getting Hard Boys" (1958)
  • 1958 "Lonnie's Skiffle Party" / "Lonnie Skiffle Party Pt.2"
  • 1958 "Tom Dooley" / "Rock O' My Soul" (1958)
  • 1959 ""Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bedpost Over Night)" / "Aunt Rhody"
  • 1959 "Fort Worth Jail" / "Whoa Buck"
  • 1959 "Fort Bewildered" / "Kevin Barry" / "It is No Secret" / "My Lagan Love Buck"
  • 1959 "Battle of New Orleans" / "Darling Corey"
  • 1959 "Sal's Got A Sugar Lip" / "Chesapeake Bay"
  • 1959 "Hold Back Tomorrow"
  • 1959 "San Miguel" / "Talking Guitar Blues" (1959)
  • 1960 "My Old Man's A Dustman" / "The Golden Vanity"
  • 1960 "I Wanna Go Home (Wreck Of the 'John B')" / "Jimmy Brown The Newsboy"
  • 1960 "Lorelei" / "In All My Wildest Dreams"
  • 1960 "Rockin' Alone"
  • 1960 "Lively" / "Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)"
  • 1960 "Virgin Mary" / "Beyond The Sunset"
  • 1961 "(Bury Me) Beneath The Willow" / "Leave My Woman Alone"
  • 1961 "Have A Drink on Me" / "Seven Daffodils"
  • 1961 "Michael, Row the Boat" / "Lumbered"
  • 1961 "The Comancheros" / "Ramblin' Round" (1961)
  • 1962 "The Party's Over" / "Over the Rainbow" (1962)
  • 1962 "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" / "Keep on the Sunny Side"
  • 1962 "Pick A Bale of Cotton" / "Steal Away"
  • 1962 "The Market Song" / "Tit-Bits"
  • 1963 "Losing My Hair" / "Trumpet Sounds"
  • 1963 "It Was A Very Good Year" / "Rise Up"
  • 1963 "Lemon Tree" / "I've Gotta Girl So Far"
  • 1964 "500 Miles Away From Home" / "This Train"
  • 1964 "Beans in My Ears" / "It's a Long Road to Travel"
  • 1964 "Fisherman's Luck" / "There's A Big Wheel"
  • 1965 "Get Out Of My Life" / "Won't You Tell Me"
  • 1965 "Louisiana Man" / "Bound For Zion"
  • 1966 "World Cup Willie" / "Where In This World are We Going"
  • 1966 "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" (apenas na Austrália)

Álbuns editar

  • 1956 Lonnie Donegan Showcase
  • 1957 Lonnie
  • 1958 Tops with Lonnie
  • 1959 Lonnie Rides Again
  • 1961 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight)
  • 1961 More! Tops with Lonnie
  • 1962 Sing Hallelujah
  • 1965 The Lonnie Donegan Folk Album
  • 1970 Lonniepops - Lonnie Donegan Today
  • 1974 Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann
  • 1976 Country Roads
  • 1978 Puttin' On the Style
  • 1979 Sundown
  • 1999 Muleskinner Blues
  • 2000 This Y'ere The Story
  • 2000 The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast
  • 2006 The Last Tour

Coletâneas editar

  • 1962 Golden Age of Donegan
  • 1963 Golden Age of Donegan Volume 2
  • 1978 Putting On the Style
  • 1998 King of Skiffle
  • 2003 Puttin' On the Style - The Greatest Hits

EPs editar

  • 1956 Skiffle Session (EP)
  1. "Railroad Bill"
  2. "Stockalee"
  3. "Ballad of Jesse James"
  4. "Ol' Riley"

Referências

  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19ª ed.). Londres: Guinness World Records Limited. págs. 164–165. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. "'Skiffle king' Donegan dies" - BBC, 4 de novembro de 2002

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