03-11-2015, 08:11
2002: Lonnie Donnegan:
aged 71
cause of death heart Attack: whilst on his way to perform at the George Harrison tribute concert...
was a major influence of just about every band who emerged from the UK in the 1960s...
he was the first UK artist to score two US top 10 hits and back in the 50s and early 60s he was as
big to that era as the Beatles were to theirs...
he recorded his own material and traditional folk songs like "tom dooley" plus went head to head
on the UK charts with Johnny Horton with "battle of New Orleans"...Lonnie won that battle for the Brits
peaking at #2 over there, he also recorded numerous novelty songs like "does your chewing gum lose its flavour"
and "my old man's a dustman" etc etc...
highly underrated and under appreciated by the public at large...
here's one of my favourites from Lonnie Donnegan:
[video=youtube;SE50GiTMJXo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE50GiTMJXo[/video]
aged 71
cause of death heart Attack: whilst on his way to perform at the George Harrison tribute concert...
was a major influence of just about every band who emerged from the UK in the 1960s...
he was the first UK artist to score two US top 10 hits and back in the 50s and early 60s he was as
big to that era as the Beatles were to theirs...
he recorded his own material and traditional folk songs like "tom dooley" plus went head to head
on the UK charts with Johnny Horton with "battle of New Orleans"...Lonnie won that battle for the Brits
peaking at #2 over there, he also recorded numerous novelty songs like "does your chewing gum lose its flavour"
and "my old man's a dustman" etc etc...
highly underrated and under appreciated by the public at large...
here's one of my favourites from Lonnie Donnegan:
[video=youtube;SE50GiTMJXo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE50GiTMJXo[/video]
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.