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	Lonnie Donegan - The King of Skiffle - Official Website
		Lonnie Donegan MBE (April 29, 1931 - November 4, 2002), the King of Skiffle and 'first real British pop superstar' shot to fame in 1956, when Rock Island Line sold an unprecedented 3 million copies, shooting into the British and American top ten.
		Lonnie's 1955 breakthrough hit 'Rock Island Line' has been voted #38 in MOJO Magazine's '100 Records That Changed the World' poll, by a cross-selection of prominent rock and roll musicians.
		Lonnie was a great vocal phraser, he swung from the off.
	www.lonniedoneganinc.com (889 words)

	Document Records - Vintage Blues and Jazz
		From the Document vaults we bring you the Lonnie Donegan Podcast.
		This interview with Lonnie Donegan was conducted by Document MD Gary Atkinson in 1995 and appeared in that summer's edition of the fanzine "The Leadbelly Letter" which came out of New York.
		Originally recorded on cassette, the interview has now be remastered for your listening pleasure.
	www.document-records.com (2138 words)

	Lonnie Donegan - The King of Skiffle - Official Website
		Lonnie Donegan - The King of Skiffle - Official Website
		The long awaited re-release of the first half of the concert of Lonnie Donegan at the Fairfield Hall on 5th June 1981.
		A Tribute to Lonnie Donegan, Royal Albert Hall
	www.lonniedoneganinc.com /shop.htm (357 words)

	Lonnie Donegan - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: To look at Lonnie Donegan today, in pictures taken 40 years ago when he was topping the British charts and hitting the top Ten in America, dressed in a suit, his hair cut short and strumming an acoustic guitar, he looks like a musical non-entity.
		Donegan's attempt at a recording comeback late in the 1960's was unsuccessful, but in 1974, a new boomlet for skiffle music in Germany brought him on tour and into the studio anew, and the following year he and Chris Barber toured together and recorded a new long-player, The Great Re-Union Album.
		Lonnie Donegan remains a beloved pioneer of English rock 'n roll, and the king of skiffle.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/692/Lonnie-Donegan/1024042.html (2135 words)

	Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lonnie Donegan was a very influential member of the pop music scene in the United Kingdom in the 50's and 60's, and is best known as the individual who launched the skiffle movement.
		Donegan was a great admirer of country, folk, and blues music from the United States, to such an extent that he changed his name to Lonnie as a tribute to bluesman Lonnie Johnson.
		Lonnie Donegan's skiffle music was very influential on younger musicians who would become prominent in the music world in the years to come.
	www.tsimon.com /donegan.htm (548 words)

	Lonnie Donegan \| \| Guardian Unlimited Arts
		Lonnie Donegan, who has died aged 71 was the first British pop superstar and the founding father of British pop music, and the musician who provided the original inspiration for John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and a host of others.
		Lonnie Donegan had carved out an impressive niche in the music world, but the move towards comedy and cabaret was his commercial downfall.
		Lonnie Donegan may have been the godfather of British pop, but at heart he was an updated music-hall performer, adrift in the wrong era.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,11711,829945,00.html (1656 words)

	Lonnie Donegan
		Lonnie Donegan was widely acknowledged to be the 'King Of Skiffle'.
		Donegan was already an accomplished banjo player with the Chris Barber jazz band when the opportunity to provide a 'skiffle' break during the band's stage performances arose.
		Sadly, Lonnie Donegan who was frequently troubled with a heart condition during his later years, died on November 4th 2002 while touring- still actively pursuing his musical career at the age of 71.
	www.45-rpm.org.uk /dirl/lonnied.htm (666 words)

	Lonnie Donegan Tributes
		Lonnie Donegan, who has died aged 71, was the first British pop superstar, and the founding father of British pop music, the musician who provided the original inspiration for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and a host of others.
		Donegan is survived by Sharon and their sons, Peter, David and Andrew; by Fiona and Corrina, the children of his first marriage; and by Anthony and Juanita, the children of his second marriage.
		Donegan was born Anthony Donegan in Glasgow in 1931.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/hillmans2/donegan2.html (6310 words)

	Lonnie Donegan Information
		Lonnie Donegan MBE (April 29, 1931 – November 3, 2002) was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name.
		Donegan was the first person to become famous playing skiffle in the United Kingdom, and went on to have an influential hit in Britain and the U.S.A..
		Donegan was unfashionable and generally ignored through the late 1960s and 1970s (although he wrote "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" for Tom Jones in 1969), and he began to play on the American cabaret circuit.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Lonnie_Donegan (1277 words)

	Lonnie Donegan, sultan of skiffle, dies at 71 \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		Lonnie Donegan, father of skiffle, first global superstar of British pop and the first to popularise fl music, has died on tour aged 71, it was announced yesterday.
		Donegan was due to sing in a tribute concert for George Harrison in London later this month.
		Donegan, who called himself Lonnie in homage to the fl blues guitarist Lonnie Johnson, was the son of a Glasgow classical violinist.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,830121,00.html (630 words)

	Lonnie Donegan Biography : OLDIES.com
		Donegan" s mother was Irish and his father Scottish, and from the age of two he was raised in East Ham, London.
		Donegan's music inspired thousands of teenagers to form amateur skiffle combos, with friends playing broomstick tea-chest bass, washboards and other instruments fashioned from household implements.
		Donegan, a remarkable survivor, continued to perform even after undergoing further heart surgery in May 2002, but died a few months later while midway through a UK tour.
	www.oldies.com /artist-biography/Lonnie-Donegan.html (789 words)

	Lonnie Donegan information - Search.com
		Lonnie Donegan MBE (April 29, 1931 – November 3, 2002) was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hit's to his name.
		Donegan was the first person to become famous playing skiffle in the United Kingdom, and went on to have an influential hit in Britain and the U.S.A..
		Donegan was unfashionable and generally ignored through the late 1960s and 1970s (although he wrote "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" for Tom Jones in 1969), and he began to play on the American cabaret circuit.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Lonnie_Donegan (1294 words)

	LONNIE DONEGAN 1931-2002
		We were sad to announce the death of Lonnie Donegan in the early hours of Sunday November 3rd 2002.
		Donegan's enthusiastic espousal of skiffle, blues, gospel and American folk music was instrumental in igniting the 1960s British blues revival.
		Lonnie Donegan appeared on the Perry Como Show on American television, in an intriguing comedy double act with Ronald Reagan, and sharing the bill with a debuting comedian, Woody Allen.
	www.artists2events.co.uk /artists/LonnieDonegan1931-2002.html (727 words)

	LONNIE DONEGAN
		Lonnie Donegan was at the height of his popularity and I decided that I wanted a Skiffle Group, so I recruited my brother Nigel, who was only eight at the time, to play washboard and a school friend on tea chest bass and we called ouselves "The Satellites".
		In the days before colour television and magazines I had only seen Lonnie and his group, and their instruments in fl and white, now here before me was the real thing and in colour.
		The show was over far to quickly but the night was complete when Lonnie came out to the stage door to sign autographs and I was one of the lucky ones.
	www.p.griggsy.btinternet.co.uk /Untitled/Lonnie.html (824 words)

	Lonnie Donegan started it all
		Lonnie was born in Mill Street, Bridgeton, in 1931, the son of a violinist who wasn't making much money.
		Lonnie met first wife Maureen when he was playing banjo in her father's pub in London's Mile End Road.
		Lonnie once said: "Jill never loved me. Her mother put her up to marrying me because she wanted her to be married to a star.
	beatles.ncf.ca /donegan2.html (1590 words)

	Lonnie Donegan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lonnie Donegan (R.I.P.), the real granddaddy of British skiffle music, legend and inspiration to millions.
		Much maligned for his sheer arrogance at the time Donegan knew what he was doing and where it could take him but I bet he didn't realise what an impact his music would eventually have.
		Prior to this, the last recording I have featuring Lonnie Donegan is a superb 2000 album by Van Morrison called 'The Skiffle Sessions' where the great men also team up with jazz man Chris Barber.
	www.toxicpete.co.uk /lonniedonegan.html (410 words)

	CNN.com - Lonnie Donegan, UK's first pop superstar, dies - Nov. 4, 2002
		Donegan, who was christened James Anthony, died after collapsing midway through a UK tour.
		Donegan made regular comebacks and in 1978 persuaded stars such as Elton John and Ringo Starr to join him on the "Puttin' on the Style" album, which featured reworkings of many of his old hits.
		Donegan loved being on the road and was regularly performing to sell-out crowds until the end, despite faltering health.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/04/skiffle.donegan (690 words)

	Lonnie Donegan and the Beatles - Bill Harry - Mersey Beat
		Among Donegan’s appearances in 1956 was a concert at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
		The Donegan appearance also sparked off George’s desire for a guitar and he bought a second-hand one from a boy in school for £3, which his mum had lent him.
		Anyway, he found out where Lonnie was staying, which happened to be in a house in Speke, so George went round and hammered on the door until he came out and gave George his autograph.
	triumphpc.com /mersey-beat/beatles/lonniedonegan-beatles2.shtml (355 words)

	Lonnie Donegan 2
		Lonnie suffered with heart problems during the eighties and I didn't see him again until 1992 when he was appearing in Hatfield with Chris Barber in his first show since a heart attack.
		Lonnie sadly passed away on 3rd November 2002 at the home of two of his closest friends Mel and Linda Roberts.
		I was privileged to attend Lonnie's cremation at Peterborough on Thursday 14th November 2002.
	www.p.griggsy.btinternet.co.uk /Untitled/Lonnie2.html (864 words)

	Lonnie Donegan
		Due to Vince's persistence and Lonnie's friendliness, Vince was invited into Lonnie's dressing room after the Wednesday second house show and then for his skiffle group to play for Lonnie on the Saturday morning at the theatre.
		Lonnie introduced Vince as the kid who came to see him backstage at the Empire during his first week in variety.
		As Vince walked onstage he greeted Lonnie with a "not worthy" bow and soon discovered that Lonnie intended to remain onstage and perform the duets.
	www.vinceeager.co.uk /lonnie.htm (682 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| 'Skiffle king' Donegan dies
		Musician Lonnie Donegan, known as the "king of skiffle", has died aged 71.
		Donegan was staying with friends during his tour.
		Donegan has been described as Britain's first musical superstar and his skiffle music swept through the country in the 1950s.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/2400229.stm (548 words)

	Lonnie Donegan \| Music Artist \| Videos, News, Photos & Ringtones \| MTV
		To look at Lonnie Donegan today, in pictures taken 40 years ago when he was topping the British charts and hitting the top Ten in America, dressed in a suit, his hair cut short and strumming an...
		To look at Lonnie Donegan today, in pictures taken 40 years ago when he was topping the British charts and hitting the top Ten in America, dressed in a suit, his hair cut short and strumming an acoustic guitar, he looks like a musical non-entity.
		While Donegan was racking up hits--"Bring A Little Water, Sylvie" (#7), "Don't You Rock Me, Daddy-O" (#4), "Cumberland Gap (#6), and "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On the Bedpost Overnight?" (#3, and #5 in the U.S.) all in less than three years--thousands of skiffle groups were springing up all over England.
	www.mtv.com /music/artist/donegan_lonnie/artist.jhtml (2394 words)

	Lonnie Donegan - Biography - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The originator of "skiffle" and a major figure in the music industry throughout the U.K. and beyond, Lonnie Donegan proved an irreplaceably influential figure to such timelessly popular bands as the Beatles, among countless others.
		Born Anthony Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland, Donegan mastered multiple instruments before borrowing the moniker of blues legend Lonnie Johnson and joining Ken Coyler's blues band in the early '50s.
		Later forming the Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group and scoring a hit on both sides of the pond with "Rock Island Line," Donegan's unique blend of jazz and country blues had music lovers tapping their feet and musicians worldwide forming their own skiffle groups.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/lonnie-donegan/125643/biography (231 words)

	Lonnie Donegan
		It would also launch Donegan's solo career as the King of Skiffle as well as becoming one of the U.K.'s top entertainers of the late 50's (even to a degree that would inspire the likes of Adam Faith as well as John Lennon, among others).
		Born in Glasgow Scotland, Anthony Donegan (who himself was inspired to change his name to Lonnie in honour of his idol Lonnie Johnson) was playing drums at the age of 13.
		Donegan was encouraged to pursue a solo career as he formed the Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group which included members of The Chris Barber Jazz Band.
	members.tripod.com /rant58/id448.htm (431 words)

	Lonnie Donegan
		Lonnie Donegan died in Peterborough on Sunday 3rd November, 2002.
		Lonnie probably expected to die in the saddle.
		To illustrate the power of the man, shortly before his death, he received a telephone call from Eric Clapton, who was arranging a tribute concert to George Harrison to be held at the Royal Albert Hall.
	www.spectropop.com /remembers/LDobit.htm (395 words)

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