9 thoughts on “ Battle Of New Orleans - Lonnie Donegan - The Hit Singles Collection (Vinyl, LP) ”

1. Donegan was a class singer and guitarist and on this collection you hear him at his very best. He covers a lot of those early country and folk songs that were so poular in the USA. In Britain he virtually invented the skiffle group and as such had a huge influence on a young John Lennon .

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2. Apr 08,  · Song Have A little Drink On Me (Michael Barrymore, ) Artist Lonnie Donegan; Album Michael Barrymore; Licensed to YouTube by Aviator Management GmbH, and 4 Music Rights Societies.

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3. the song is about the battle of New Orleans fought between the British led by Packenham and the Americans led by General Andrew Jackson (Ole Hickory) though Lonnie seems to have got this backwards. Characters count: /

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4. The UK King of Skiffle, Lonnie Donegan was born Anthony James Donegan MBE (April 29 – November 3 ) in Bridgeton, Glasgow, before joing Chris Barber’s Big Jazz Band.

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5. Feb 20,  · The Battle of New Orleans, singer Lonnie Donegan in , is a light hearted view of the brave defence of New Orleans in led by Andrew Jackson against the British Army.

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6. Soon after Lonnie's death in at the age of 71, Mark Knopfler wrote a superb Donegan-esque song in tribute called Donegan's Gone. Many people of a certain age must have also realised that something had 'gone' - even though Lonnie's last actual hit was as long ago as , after six hectic years of constant hit singles, a relative oasis in the British desert of pre-Beatles late fifties 4/5(2).

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7. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of Battle Of New Orleans on Discogs. Label: Pye Nixa - 7N • Format: Vinyl 7 Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group* - Battle Of New Orleans (, Vinyl) | Discogs/5(10).

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9. There are 18 tunes on this disc and all the best ones. No one has ever matched Lonnie Donegan. Just great and excellent value. It starts with Rock Island Line then Cumberland Gap, Battle of New Orleans,Don't You Rock Me Daddy O, Bring a Little Water Sylvie, The Grand Coulee Dam, Sally Don't You Grieve, Dead or Alive, Tom Dooley, Jack of Diamonds,My Dixie Darling, Betty Betty Betty, /5(60).

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