Lonnie Donegan (1931 - 2002)

Scottish singer, performing mainly American folk songs, and some novelty songs.

(Lonnie also recorded with Chris Barber.)
(Some of the singles are credited to "Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group")

Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Lonnie Donegan Showcase	1956	Pye Nixa	NPT 19012
[Reissue]	1968	Marble Arch	MAL 797
[Reissued as "Showcase ... Plus"]	2000	Sequel	342
[Reissue] (CD)	2006	Sanctuary	389
[Reissue] (CD)	2007	Hallmark	706392
[Reissue] (vinyl)	2009	Doxy	00037500
Live 1957: The Complete Conway Hall Concert	1958
[Reissue]	2001	Zircon	51002
[Reissued as "Donegan On Stage - Lonnie Donegan At Conway Hall"]	2008	Sanctuary
Lonnie	1958	Pye Nixa	NPT 19027
[Reissue]	2000	Sequel	NEMCD 343
Lonnie Rides Again	1959	Pye	NPL 18043
[Reissue]	1969	Marble Arch
[Reissue with bonus tracks]	2000	Castle	34427
[Reissue with bonus tracks]	2000	Sequel	NEMCD344
Sing Hallelujah	1962	Paramount	433
[Reissue]	1962	Pye	18073
Golden Age of Donegan	1962	Pye Golden Guinea	GGL 0135
[Reissue]	1966	Marble Arch
Golden Age of Donegan Volume 2	1963	Pye Golden Guinea	GGL 0170
[Reissue]	1967	Marble Arch
The Folk Album	1965	Pye	NPL18126
[Reissue]	1967	Golden Guinea
[Reissued as "The Folk Album ... Plus"] (CD)	2000	Sequel	346
Lonniepops - Lonnie Donegan Today	1970	Decca	5068
Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan	1973	Boulevard
Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann	1974	Philips	6305227
[Reissue]	1999	Jasmine	352
Putting on the Style (*)	1978	United Artists	827
[Reissue with bonus tracks]	2007	Castle	1505
Sundown	1979	Chrysalis	CHR 1158
[Reissue]	2010	Sanctuary
Jubilee Concert (live)	1981	Dakota	2001
Rare and Unissued Gems	1985
Muleskinner Blues	1999	RCA
The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast (**)	2000	Venture	CDVE 945
Putting on the Style - The Greatest Hits	2003	Castle Music	TVSAN 002

(*) Includes guests Rory Gallagher, Nicky Hopkins, Elton John et al.
(**) includes guests Van Morrison, Chris Barber, Dr John et al

Compilations.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs	1957	Mercury	MG 20229
Lonnie Donegan (*)	1957	Pye	VPV 76002
Tops With Lonnie	1958	Pye	NPL 18034
Lonnie Donegan	1959	Dot	DLP 3159
Skiffle Folk Music	1960	Atlantic	8038
More Tops With Lonnie	1961	Pye	NPL 18063
The EP Collection	1992	See For Miles	346
The EP Collection Vol 2	1999	See For Miles	382
More Than "Pye in the Sky" (8 CDs)	1994	Bear Family
Talking Guitar Blues: The Very Best of Lonnie Donegan (2 CDs)	1999	Sanctuary
Rock Island Line - The Singles Anthology 1955 - 1967 (3 CDs)	2002	Sanctuary
Puttin' On the Country Style	2004	Pulse
Skiffle King (3 CDs)	2006	Sanctuary
The Early Years (1 CDs)	2006
On Stage: Expanded Edition (1 CD)	2006
Original Skiffle Recordings 1953 - 1956:Just About As Good As It Gets (2 CDs)	2007	Smith and Co
Rare Tapes From the Late Sixties	2008	Upbeat
King of Skiffle	2008	Spectrum Audio
Midnight Special: The Skiffle Years 1953-57 (3 CDs) (**)	2008	Acrobat
Heroes Collection	2009	Pegasus
Lonnie Donegan Collection (5 CDs)	2010	Spectrum Audio

(*) 10-inch vinyl
(** Live, radio broadcasts and rarities)

Best albums(*).

Title.	year.
Muleskinner Blues	1999
Showcase	1956
Original Skiffle Recordings 1953 - 1956:Just About As Good As It Gets (2 CDs)	2007
Rock Island Line - The Singles Anthology 1955 - 1967	2002

(*) Based on critical opinion.

Anthology - Lonnie Donegan, Ray Bush, Alexis Korner, Bob Cort, City Ramblers et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Skiffle	1968	Ace of Clubs	ACL 1250

Anthology - Lonnie Donegan, Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group, Chas McDevitt, Alexis Korner Skiffle Group.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
Original Hits of the Skiffle Explosion (3 CDs)	2009	Big 3	?

Singles.

Title.	year.	Label.	number
Rock Island Line/ John Henry	1955	Decca	F 10647
Midnight Special/ New Burying Ground	1955
Diggin' My Potatoes/ (1)	1956
Railroad Bill/ Stackalee	1956
The Ballad of Jessie James/ Ol' Riley	1956
Lost John/ Stewball	1956	Pye Nixa	N 15036
Bring A Little Water, Sylvie/ Dead Or Alive	1956	Pye Nixa	N 15071
Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O/ (2)	1956	Pye Nixa	N 15080
On A Christmas Day/ (3)	1956
Cumberland Gap/ Love Is Strange	1957	Pye Nixa	N 15087
Putting On The Style/ Gamblin' Man	1957	Pye Nixa	N 15093
My Dixie Darling/ I'm Just A Rolling Stone	1957	Pye Nixa	N 15108
Jack O' Diamonds/ Ham 'n' Eggs	1957	Pye Nixa	7N 15116
The Grand Coolie Dam/ (4)	1958	Pye Nixa	7N 15129
Sally Don't You Grieve/ Betty Betty Betty	1958	Pye Nixa	7N 15148
Lonesome Traveller/ (5)	1958
Lonnie's Skiffle Pt 1/ Lonnie's Skiffle Pt 2.	1958
Tom Dooley/ Rock O' My Soul	1958
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour/(6)	1959
Fort Worth Jail/ Whoa Buck	1959
Battle Of New Orleans/ Darling Cory	1959
Kevin Barry/ My Laggan Love	1959
Sal's Got A Sugar Lip/ Chesapeake Bay	1959
Hold Back Tomorrow	1959
San Miguel/ Talking Guitar Blues	1959	Pye Nixa
My Old Man's A Dustman/ The Golden Vanity	1960	Pye
I Wanna Go Home (Wreck of the John B)/(7)	1960
Lorelei/ In All My Wildest Dreams	1960
Rockin' Alone	1960
Lively/ Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)	1960
Virgin Mary/ Beyond The Sunset	1960
(Bury Me) Beneath The Willow/ (8)	1961
Have a Drink On Me/ Seven Daffodils	1961
Michael Row The Boat Ashore/ Lumbered	1961
The Comancheros/ Ramblin' Round	1961
The Party's Over/ Over The Rainbow	1962
I'll Never Fall In Love Again/ (9)	1962
Pick A Bale Of Cotton/ Steal Away	1962	Pye
The Market Song/ Tit-Bits	1962
Losing My Hair/ Trumpet Sound	1963
It Was A Very Good Year/ Rise Up	1963
Lemon Tree/ I've Gotts 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/ (10)	1966
Aunt Maggie's Remedy/ My Sweet Marie	1967
Toys/ Relax Your Mind	1968
My Lovely Juanita/ (11)	1969
Speak To the Sky/ Get Out of My Life	1972
Jump Down Turn Around,(Pick A Bale of Cotton)	1973

(1) I Don't Care Where They Bury My Body.
(2) I'm Alabammy Bound.
(3) Take My Hand Precious Lord.
(4) Nobody Loves Like An Irishman.
(5) Times Are Getting Hard Boys.
(6) Does Your chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight)/Aunt Rhody 
(7) Jimmie Brown The Newsboy
(8) Leave My Woman Alone
(9) Keep on the Sunny Side
(10) Where In This World Are We Going
(11) Who Knows Where the Time Goes

EPs.

Title.	year.	Label.	Number
Backstairs Session	1955
Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade	1956
Stewball	1956
Lost John	1956
Skiffle Session	1956	Pye Nixa	NJE 1017
Jessie James	1956
Donegan on Stage	1957
Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O	1957
Hit Parade, Vol. 2	1957
Hit Parade, Vol. 3	1957
Hit Parade, Vol. 4	1957
More Than "Pye in the Sky"	1957
Hit Parade, Vol. 5	1958
Song along With Lonnie	1958
Hit Parade, Vol. 6	1959
Relax With Lonnie	1959
Hit Parade, Vol. 7	1960
Yankee Doddle Donegan	1960
Hit Parade, Vol. 8	1961
I Wanna Go Home	2000

Hit Albums.

Title.	year.	Highest position.
Lonnie Donegan Showcase	1956	2
Lonnie	1958	3
Golden Age of Donegan	1962	3
Golden Age of Donegan Volume 2	1963	19
Putting On The Style	1978	51
The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast	2000	14
Putting on the Style - Greatest Hits	2003	45

Hit singles.

Title.	year.	Highest position
Rock Island Line/ John Henry	1955	8
Lost John/ Stewball	1956	2
Bring A Little Water, Sylvie/ Dead Or Alive	1956	7
Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O/ (2)	1956	4
Cumberland Gap/ Love Is Strange	1957	1
Putting On The Style/ Gamblin' Man	1957	1
My Dixie Darling/ I'm Just A Rolling Stone	1957	10
Jack O' Diamonds/ Ham 'n' Eggs	1957	14
The Grand Coolie Dam/ (4)	1958	6
Sally Don't You Grieve/ Betty Betty Betty	1958	11
Lonesome Traveller/ (5)	1958	8
Lonnie's Skiffle Pt 1/ Lonnie's Skiffle Pt 2.	1958	23
Tom Dooley/ Rock O' My Soul	1958	3
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour/(6)	1959	3
Fort Worth Jail/ Whoa Buck	1959	14
Battle Of New Orleans/ Darling Cory	1959	2
Sal's Got A Sugar Lip/ Chesapeake Bay	1959	13
Hold Back Tomorrow	1959	26
San Miguel/ Talking Guitar Blues	1959	19
My Old Man's A Dustman/ The Golden Vanity	1960	1
I Wanna Go Home (Wreck of the John B)/(7)	1960	5
Lorelei/ In All My Wildest Dreams	1960	10
Rockin' Alone	1960	44
Lively/ Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)	1960	13
Virgin Mary/ Beyond The Sunset	1960	27
Have a Drink On Me/ Seven Daffodils	1961	8
Michael Row The Boat Ashore/ Lumbered	1961	6
The Comancheros/ Ramblin' Round	1961	14
The Party's Over/ Over The Rainbow	1962	9
Pick A Bale Of Cotton/ Steal Away	1962	11

Hit EPs.

Title.	year.	Highest position.
Skiffle Session	1956	20

Popular downloads.

Title.
Rock Island Line
My Old Man's A Dustman
Cumberland Gap
Gamblin' Man
Virgin Mary
Lost John

Book: "Puttin' On The Style: The Lonnie Donegan Story" by Spencer Leigh and John Firminger (2003)
Book: "The Skiffle Craze" by Chris Barber and Mike Dewe (1998)
Book: "Skiffle: The Roots of UK Rock" by Chas McDevitt (1998)

Website:

www.rocky-52.net/chanteursd/donegan_l.htm

Last updated on 10/12/2010