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Lonnie Donegan (29 апреля 1931 - 3 ноября 2002) - британский музыкант, один из популярнейших исполнителей 50-х - начала 60-х годов, известный как «Король скиффла» - жанра, который он развил и популяризировал. В 2000 году за вклад в развитие британской музыкальной культуры Лонни Донеган был награждён Орденом Британской империи, MBE. Британский журнал Classic Rock включил Донегана в список величайших гитаристов всех времен.
Родился в Глазго 29 апреля 1931 года. В 1946 году с семьей приехал в Лондон, выучился играть на гитаре. Позже, во времена армейской службы, освоил ударные и банджо. Первое профессиональное выступление совершил в 1952 году с группой Кена Кольера Jazzmen, играя на банджо, а затем исполнял скиффл с аранжировками Кольера. После ухода Кольера в 1954 году ансамбль стал называться Chris Barber Jazz Band, но к моменту записи для фирмы Decca пластинки Rock Island Line взяли для себя ярлык Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Grouр. Позже запись была выпущена как сингл и в 1956 году стала первым хитом Донегана. Был подписан контракт с фирмой Decca, а когда упомянутая песня отметилась и в американских чартах, Донеган подписал сольный контракт с фирмой Рye. Первый же выпуск на ней песни Lost John стал хитовым.
Последовали гастроли по Англии и США, и Донеган стал единственной суперзвездой скиффл-бума. Всю вторую половину 50х и в начале 60х годов он регулярно отмечается в британских чартах. Песни его были выстроены главным образом на традиционном материале, но аранжировки часто граничили с рок-н-роллом. Под влиянием Донегана многие молодые английские исполнители начинали пробовать себя в группах, не стремясь выпятить индивидуальность. На закате эры скиффл его песня Mу Old Man's Dustman стала огромным английским хитом и пользовалась большой популярностью в США, равно как и выпущенная позже Does You Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour.
С 1962 года, когда Донеган обратился к более основательному материалу, его карьера пошла на закат, но его концертные выступления еще долго пользовались успехом. Донеган регулярно появлялся на телеэкране и выпускал новые записи. Доходы со старых хитов позволили ему основать собственную издательскую компанию. В частности, через него проходил выпуск песни Nights In White Satin группы Moody Blues.
Начиная с 70х Донеган записывался редко, и эти записи, несмотря на приглашенных суперзвезд, по качеству мало отличались от его ранних творений. Заслуживает упоминания его сингл 1981 года с рокабилли-группой Shakin' Рyramis, который показал, что Донеган еще способен к энергичному представлению. А также альбом 1999 года Muleskinner Blues.
Лучшие вещи Донегана сведены в компиляциях :
Golden Hour of Golden Hits, vol.1 (Golden Hour 1971)
Golden Hour of Golden Hits, vol.2 (Golden Hour 1973)
Lonnie Donegan File (РRT 1977)
Collection (Castle)
Рutting on Styles (Castle) 3CD.
Творчество Лонни Донегана оказало огромное влияние на ранних The Beatles, The Rolling Stones и многих других британских исполнителей разных поколений. В числе тех, кто называл его в числе основных влияний, были Джон Леннон, Марк Нопфлер, Эрик Клэптон, Пит Тауншенд, Ван Моррисон.
Альбомы:
1956 Showcase (Pye Records)
1957 An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs (Mercury Records)
1957 Lonnie Donegan Live, 1957 (Zircon Records)
1958 Lonnie (Pye)
1958 Tops with Lonnie (Pye)
1959 Rides Again (Pye)
1960 Skiffle Folk Music (Atlantic Records)
1961 More Tops with Lonnie (Pye)
1962 Sing Hallelujah (Pye)
1965 Folk Album (Pye)
1970 Lonnie Pops (Decca Records)
1974 Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann (Philips Records)
1977 Puttin' on the Style (United Artists Records)
1978 Sundown (Chrysalis Records)
1981 Jubilee Concert [live] (Dakota Records)
1999 Muleskinner Blues (Import Records)
2001 Complete Conway: Live 1957 (Zircon)
2005 An Introduction to Lonnie Donegan (Castle Music UK)
2006 The Last Tour [live] (Upbeat Jazz)
Синглы:
«Rock Island Line»/ «John Henry» (1955)
«Diggin' My Potatoes»/ «Bury My Body» (1956)
«On A Christmas Day»/ «Take My Hand Precious Lord» (1956)
«Lonnie Donegan Showcase» (1956)
«Jack O’Diamonds»/ «Ham 'N' Eggs» (1957)
«My Dixie Darlin’»/«I’m Just A Rolling Stone» (1957)
«Lonnie» (1957)
«The Grand Coulee Dam»/ «Nobody Loves Like An Irishman» (1958)
«Midnight Special»/ «When The Sun Goes Down» (1958)
«Sally Don’t You Grieve»/ «Betty Betty Betty» (1958)
«Lonesome Traveller»/ «Times Are Getting Hard Boys» (1958)
«Lonnie’s Skiffle Party Pt.1»/ Pt.2 (1958)
«Tom Dooley»/ «Rock O' My Soul» (1958)
«Tops with Lonnie» (1958)
«Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour»/ «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)
«San Miguel»/ «Talking Guitar Blues» (1959)
«Lonnie Rides Again» (May 1959)
«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)
«Lively»/ «Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)» (1960)
«Virgin Mary»/ «Beyond The Sunset» (1960)
«(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)
«Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It’s Flavor» (On The Bedpost Over Night) (1961)
«More! Tops with Lonnie» (April 1961)
«The Party’s Over»/ «Over the Rainbow» (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» (1962)
«Sing Hallelujah» (1962)
«Losing My 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)2 (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 — австралийский импорт)
2Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann» (1974)
«Country Roads» (1976)
«Puttin' On The Style» (1978)
«Sundown» (1979)
«Muleskinner Blues» (1999)
«This Y’ere The Story» (2000) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Родился в Глазго 29 апреля 1931 года. В 1946 году с семьей приехал в Лондон, выучился играть на гитаре. Позже, во времена армейской службы, освоил ударные и банджо. Первое профессиональное выступление совершил в 1952 году с группой Кена Кольера Jazzmen, играя на банджо, а затем исполнял скиффл с аранжировками Кольера. После ухода Кольера в 1954 году ансамбль стал называться Chris Barber Jazz Band, но к моменту записи для фирмы Decca пластинки Rock Island Line взяли для себя ярлык Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Grouр. Позже запись была выпущена как сингл и в 1956 году стала первым хитом Донегана. Был подписан контракт с фирмой Decca, а когда упомянутая песня отметилась и в американских чартах, Донеган подписал сольный контракт с фирмой Рye. Первый же выпуск на ней песни Lost John стал хитовым.
Последовали гастроли по Англии и США, и Донеган стал единственной суперзвездой скиффл-бума. Всю вторую половину 50х и в начале 60х годов он регулярно отмечается в британских чартах. Песни его были выстроены главным образом на традиционном материале, но аранжировки часто граничили с рок-н-роллом. Под влиянием Донегана многие молодые английские исполнители начинали пробовать себя в группах, не стремясь выпятить индивидуальность. На закате эры скиффл его песня Mу Old Man's Dustman стала огромным английским хитом и пользовалась большой популярностью в США, равно как и выпущенная позже Does You Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour.
С 1962 года, когда Донеган обратился к более основательному материалу, его карьера пошла на закат, но его концертные выступления еще долго пользовались успехом. Донеган регулярно появлялся на телеэкране и выпускал новые записи. Доходы со старых хитов позволили ему основать собственную издательскую компанию. В частности, через него проходил выпуск песни Nights In White Satin группы Moody Blues.
Начиная с 70х Донеган записывался редко, и эти записи, несмотря на приглашенных суперзвезд, по качеству мало отличались от его ранних творений. Заслуживает упоминания его сингл 1981 года с рокабилли-группой Shakin' Рyramis, который показал, что Донеган еще способен к энергичному представлению. А также альбом 1999 года Muleskinner Blues.
Лучшие вещи Донегана сведены в компиляциях :
Golden Hour of Golden Hits, vol.1 (Golden Hour 1971)
Golden Hour of Golden Hits, vol.2 (Golden Hour 1973)
Lonnie Donegan File (РRT 1977)
Collection (Castle)
Рutting on Styles (Castle) 3CD.
Творчество Лонни Донегана оказало огромное влияние на ранних The Beatles, The Rolling Stones и многих других британских исполнителей разных поколений. В числе тех, кто называл его в числе основных влияний, были Джон Леннон, Марк Нопфлер, Эрик Клэптон, Пит Тауншенд, Ван Моррисон.
Альбомы:
1956 Showcase (Pye Records)
1957 An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs (Mercury Records)
1957 Lonnie Donegan Live, 1957 (Zircon Records)
1958 Lonnie (Pye)
1958 Tops with Lonnie (Pye)
1959 Rides Again (Pye)
1960 Skiffle Folk Music (Atlantic Records)
1961 More Tops with Lonnie (Pye)
1962 Sing Hallelujah (Pye)
1965 Folk Album (Pye)
1970 Lonnie Pops (Decca Records)
1974 Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann (Philips Records)
1977 Puttin' on the Style (United Artists Records)
1978 Sundown (Chrysalis Records)
1981 Jubilee Concert [live] (Dakota Records)
1999 Muleskinner Blues (Import Records)
2001 Complete Conway: Live 1957 (Zircon)
2005 An Introduction to Lonnie Donegan (Castle Music UK)
2006 The Last Tour [live] (Upbeat Jazz)
Синглы:
«Rock Island Line»/ «John Henry» (1955)
«Diggin' My Potatoes»/ «Bury My Body» (1956)
«On A Christmas Day»/ «Take My Hand Precious Lord» (1956)
«Lonnie Donegan Showcase» (1956)
«Jack O’Diamonds»/ «Ham 'N' Eggs» (1957)
«My Dixie Darlin’»/«I’m Just A Rolling Stone» (1957)
«Lonnie» (1957)
«The Grand Coulee Dam»/ «Nobody Loves Like An Irishman» (1958)
«Midnight Special»/ «When The Sun Goes Down» (1958)
«Sally Don’t You Grieve»/ «Betty Betty Betty» (1958)
«Lonesome Traveller»/ «Times Are Getting Hard Boys» (1958)
«Lonnie’s Skiffle Party Pt.1»/ Pt.2 (1958)
«Tom Dooley»/ «Rock O' My Soul» (1958)
«Tops with Lonnie» (1958)
«Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour»/ «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)
«San Miguel»/ «Talking Guitar Blues» (1959)
«Lonnie Rides Again» (May 1959)
«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)
«Lively»/ «Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)» (1960)
«Virgin Mary»/ «Beyond The Sunset» (1960)
«(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)
«Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It’s Flavor» (On The Bedpost Over Night) (1961)
«More! Tops with Lonnie» (April 1961)
«The Party’s Over»/ «Over the Rainbow» (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» (1962)
«Sing Hallelujah» (1962)
«Losing My 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)2 (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 — австралийский импорт)
2Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann» (1974)
«Country Roads» (1976)
«Puttin' On The Style» (1978)
«Sundown» (1979)
«Muleskinner Blues» (1999)
«This Y’ere The Story» (2000) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was a British "skiffle" musician, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. He is referred to as the "King of Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in the 1960s.
Donegan was born as Anthony James Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a professional violinist. His ethnic mix was Scottish/Irish. He moved with his mother to London at an early age, after his parents divorced. Inspired by blues music and New Orleans jazz bands he heard on the radio, he resolved to learn the guitar, and bought his first at the age of fourteen.
The first band he ever played in was the trad jazz band led by Chris Barber, who approached him on a train asking him if he wanted to audition for his group. Barber had heard that Donegan was a good banjo player; in fact, Donegan had never played the banjo at this point, but he bought one and managed to bluff his way through the audition. His stint in this group was interrupted, however, when he was called up for National Service in 1949. He also played in Ken Colyer's group
In 1952, he formed his first own group, the Tony Donegan Jazzband, which found some work around London. On one occasion they opened for the blues musician Lonnie Johnson at the Royal Festival Hall. Donegan was a big fan of Johnson, and took his first name as a tribute to him. The story goes that the host at the concert got the musicians' names confused, calling them "Tony Johnson" and "Lonnie Donegan", and Donegan was happy to keep the name.
With a washboard, a tea-chest bass and a cheap Spanish guitar, Donegan entertained audiences with folk and blues songs by artists such as Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. This proved so popular that in July 1954 he recorded a fast-tempoed version of Leadbelly's "Rock Island Line", featuring a washboard but not a tea-chest bass, with "John Henry" on the B-side. It was an enormous hit in 1956 (which also later inspired the creation of a full album, An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs, released in America on the Mercury label in the early 1960s) but ironically, because it was a band recording, Donegan made no money from this recording beyond his original session fee. (Nevertheless, Donegan received considerable music publishing royalties from "Rock Island" simply by claiming the British copyright on an unregistered song which was considered to be in the Public Domain. This led to the peculiar situation that any "cover" version of "Rock Island Line" which was released on record in Britain from 1956 showed the song composition credited to Lonnie Donegan.) It was the first debut record to go gold in the UK, and reached the Top Ten in the United States. His next single for Decca, "Diggin' My Potatoes", was recorded at a concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 October 1954.[4] Decca dropped Donegan thereafter, but within a month he was at the Abbey Road Studios in London recording for EMI's Columbia label. He had left the Barber band by then, and by the spring of 1955, Donegan signed a recording contract with Pye. His next single "Lost John" reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart.
His success at the time saw Donegan sent to the United States, where he appeared on television on both Perry Como Show and Paul Winchell Show. Returning to the UK, Donegan recorded his debut album, Lonnie Donegan Showcase, in the summer of 1956, which featured songs by Lead Belly and Leroy Carr, plus "I'm a Ramblin' Man" and "Wabash Cannonball". The LP was a hit, securing sales in the hundreds of thousands.[4] The popular skiffle style encouraged amateurs to get started, and one of the many skiffle groups that followed was The Quarrymen formed in March 1957 by John Lennon. Donegan's "Gamblin' Man" / "Puttin' On the Style" single was number one on the UK chart in July 1957, when Lennon first met Paul McCartney.
Donegan went on to make a series of popular records with successes including "Cumberland Gap" and, particularly "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bedpost Over Night)", his only hit song in the U.S., released on Dot. He turned to a music hall style with "My Old Man's a Dustman" which was not well received by skiffle fans, or in an attempted but ultimately unsuccessful American release by Atlantic in 1960, but it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. Donegan's group had a flexible line-up, but was generally formed by Denny Wright or Les Bennetts (of Les Hobeaux and Chas McDevitt's skiffle groups) playing lead guitar and singing harmony vocals, Micky Ashman or Pete Huggett - later Steve Jones - on upright bass, Nick Nichols - later Pete Appleby and Mark Goodwin - on drums or percussion and Donegan playing acoustic guitar or banjo and singing the lead.
He continued to appear regularly in the UK charts until 1962, before succumbing to the arrival of The Beatles and beat music.
Add 1: In the early fifties after Donegan was demobbed from National Service he joined Chris Barber and Ken Colyer and others called Ken Colyer's Jazzmen which consisted of Ken Colyer (trumpet), Chris Barber (trombone), Monty Sunshine (clarinet), Lonnie Donegan (banjo), Jim Bray (bass) Dickie Bishop (Guitar) and Ron Bowden (drums). This group recorded two excellent blues numbers with Lonnie Donegan as vocal called "In the evening when de sun go down" and "The Midnight Special" After a year, Ken colyer stormed out of the group and Chris Barber took over.
http://www.p.griggsy.btinternet.co.uk/Untitled/Lonnie.html (Memories of Lonnie Donegan by Paul Griggs) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Donegan was born as Anthony James Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a professional violinist. His ethnic mix was Scottish/Irish. He moved with his mother to London at an early age, after his parents divorced. Inspired by blues music and New Orleans jazz bands he heard on the radio, he resolved to learn the guitar, and bought his first at the age of fourteen.
The first band he ever played in was the trad jazz band led by Chris Barber, who approached him on a train asking him if he wanted to audition for his group. Barber had heard that Donegan was a good banjo player; in fact, Donegan had never played the banjo at this point, but he bought one and managed to bluff his way through the audition. His stint in this group was interrupted, however, when he was called up for National Service in 1949. He also played in Ken Colyer's group
In 1952, he formed his first own group, the Tony Donegan Jazzband, which found some work around London. On one occasion they opened for the blues musician Lonnie Johnson at the Royal Festival Hall. Donegan was a big fan of Johnson, and took his first name as a tribute to him. The story goes that the host at the concert got the musicians' names confused, calling them "Tony Johnson" and "Lonnie Donegan", and Donegan was happy to keep the name.
With a washboard, a tea-chest bass and a cheap Spanish guitar, Donegan entertained audiences with folk and blues songs by artists such as Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. This proved so popular that in July 1954 he recorded a fast-tempoed version of Leadbelly's "Rock Island Line", featuring a washboard but not a tea-chest bass, with "John Henry" on the B-side. It was an enormous hit in 1956 (which also later inspired the creation of a full album, An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs, released in America on the Mercury label in the early 1960s) but ironically, because it was a band recording, Donegan made no money from this recording beyond his original session fee. (Nevertheless, Donegan received considerable music publishing royalties from "Rock Island" simply by claiming the British copyright on an unregistered song which was considered to be in the Public Domain. This led to the peculiar situation that any "cover" version of "Rock Island Line" which was released on record in Britain from 1956 showed the song composition credited to Lonnie Donegan.) It was the first debut record to go gold in the UK, and reached the Top Ten in the United States. His next single for Decca, "Diggin' My Potatoes", was recorded at a concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 October 1954.[4] Decca dropped Donegan thereafter, but within a month he was at the Abbey Road Studios in London recording for EMI's Columbia label. He had left the Barber band by then, and by the spring of 1955, Donegan signed a recording contract with Pye. His next single "Lost John" reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart.
His success at the time saw Donegan sent to the United States, where he appeared on television on both Perry Como Show and Paul Winchell Show. Returning to the UK, Donegan recorded his debut album, Lonnie Donegan Showcase, in the summer of 1956, which featured songs by Lead Belly and Leroy Carr, plus "I'm a Ramblin' Man" and "Wabash Cannonball". The LP was a hit, securing sales in the hundreds of thousands.[4] The popular skiffle style encouraged amateurs to get started, and one of the many skiffle groups that followed was The Quarrymen formed in March 1957 by John Lennon. Donegan's "Gamblin' Man" / "Puttin' On the Style" single was number one on the UK chart in July 1957, when Lennon first met Paul McCartney.
Donegan went on to make a series of popular records with successes including "Cumberland Gap" and, particularly "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bedpost Over Night)", his only hit song in the U.S., released on Dot. He turned to a music hall style with "My Old Man's a Dustman" which was not well received by skiffle fans, or in an attempted but ultimately unsuccessful American release by Atlantic in 1960, but it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. Donegan's group had a flexible line-up, but was generally formed by Denny Wright or Les Bennetts (of Les Hobeaux and Chas McDevitt's skiffle groups) playing lead guitar and singing harmony vocals, Micky Ashman or Pete Huggett - later Steve Jones - on upright bass, Nick Nichols - later Pete Appleby and Mark Goodwin - on drums or percussion and Donegan playing acoustic guitar or banjo and singing the lead.
He continued to appear regularly in the UK charts until 1962, before succumbing to the arrival of The Beatles and beat music.
Add 1: In the early fifties after Donegan was demobbed from National Service he joined Chris Barber and Ken Colyer and others called Ken Colyer's Jazzmen which consisted of Ken Colyer (trumpet), Chris Barber (trombone), Monty Sunshine (clarinet), Lonnie Donegan (banjo), Jim Bray (bass) Dickie Bishop (Guitar) and Ron Bowden (drums). This group recorded two excellent blues numbers with Lonnie Donegan as vocal called "In the evening when de sun go down" and "The Midnight Special" After a year, Ken colyer stormed out of the group and Chris Barber took over.
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