biography
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Donegan, Lonnie
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originally Anthony Donegan
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1931–2002)
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| biography:
| Singer and guitarist, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. While playing in traditional jazz bands he introduced ‘skiffle’ sessions between jazz sets, playing American folk music with a strong rhythm section. He had success both in Britain and the USA with such songs as ‘Rock Island Line’ (which launched a skiffle craze), ‘Gamblin' Man’, and ‘Cumberland Gap’, as well as such comic novelties as ‘My Old Man's a Dustman’. He was a widely acknowledged influence on later British guitar-based rock and pop music from the Beatles onwards. |
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