The Best of Lonnie Donegan (22 skiffle greats)

~ Release by Lonnie Donegan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Rock Island Line
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
3:25
2Jack o' Diamonds
cover recording of:
Jack o’ Diamonds
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 259)
2:50
3Tom Dooley
cover recording of:
Tom Dooley
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)
43:19
4Puttin' on the Style
cover recording of:
Puttin’ on the Style
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:34
5I'm Alabammy Bound
1:53
6Wabash Cannonball
1:59
7Wreck of the Old '97
2:31
8Battle of New Orleans
recording of:
The Battle of New Orleans
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood (in 1936)
publisher:
Warden Music Company Inc.
part of:
Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1960 winner)
is based on:
The 8th of January
3:11
9Bring a Little Water Sylvie
cover recording of:
Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter and Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11654)
42:27
10Nobody Loves Like an Irishman
2:41
11Michael Row the Boat Ashore
2:27
12Gamblin' Man
cover recording of:
Gamblin' Man
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:19
13Nobody's Child
cover recording of:
Nobody’s Child
writer:
Cy Coben (songwriter) and Mel Foree
publisher:
Delmore Music Company and Sony/ATV Milene Music
4:58
14San Miguel
cover recording of:
San Miguel
lyricist and composer:
Jane Bowers
1:59
15Talking Guitar Blues
2:09
16Jimmie Brown the Newsboy
2:39
17Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On the Bedpost Over Night)
recording of:
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Breuer
writer:
Marty Bloom and Billy Rose (US bluegrass musician)
version of:
Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?
2:40
18My Old Man's a Dustman
3:22
19Cumberland Gap
2:01
20Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
1:44
21Grand Coulee Dam
cover recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
2:40
22Have a Drink on Me
cover recording of:
Have a Drink on Me (Lonnie Donegan version)
writer:
Peter Buchanan, Lonnie Donegan, Lead Belly and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
is based on:
Take a Drink on Me
2:48