Lonnie Donegan
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Lonnie Donegan
Anthony James Donegan MBE, known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the King of Skiffle, who influenced 1960s British pop musicians. The British Hit Singles & Albums lists him as "Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before the Beatles"...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth29 April 1931
opinion original
My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out.
organized shows
The shows weren't organized at all. They just happened.
iron pigs fooled
I fooled you. I fooled you. I got pig iron. I got pig iron. I got all pig iron.
singing folks folk-music
I always thought I was singing American folk music.