Lonnie Donegan, The Hit Collection

Lonnie Donegan MBE, the King Of Skiffle and ‘first real British pop superstar’ was born on 29 April 1931 and celebrated his 50th year in the music business in 2001. He shot to fame in 1956, when Rock Island Line sold an unprecedented 3 million copies, shooting into the British and American top ten. Britain had never heard anything like it and youngsters were hooked.

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