Lonnie Donegan
| Born | April 29, 1931 |
| Hometown | Bridgeton, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Jill Westlake, Sharon Donegan, Maureen Donegan |
| Children | Peter Donegan |
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Chris Barber, one of the greatest figures in the history of British jazz – obituary
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10 songs that bring back memories of my travels: Tom Ravenscroft's playlist. From Sheffield to Tokyo via New York and rural France, the DJ recalls his adventures with friends and family – and the music that accompanied them
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The gay svengalis who shaped the future of British pop
If Russell T Davies wishes to follow his hit Aids-era saga, It’s a Sin, with another “queeriod” drama set against British social history, he could do worse than rewind to the Fifties skiffle scene for inspiration. There, the man who also gave us A Very English Scandal, about the infamous Jeremy Thorpe trial, would find many more attractive dramatis personae – but not the likes of Lonnie Donegan, Billy Fury or the other pretty-boy pioneers of British rock ’n’ roll. Rather, the seemingly disparate
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John Pilgrim obituary
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The song Rock Island Line, is about a railroad. It is not a Wonderwall, an Imagine or a Stairway to Heaven. There is, of course, a men-in-sheds aspect to the exhumation of half- forgotten pop tunes, but even among the shed-men of rock, the name of Lonnie Donegan is not often heard.
