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- ABring a Little Water, Sylvie
- BDead or Alive
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- ACumberland Gap
- Blove is strange
Lonnie Donegan, 'Cumberland Gap' and 'Love is Strange', on Nixa 15087; Donegan was the British skiffle pioneer whose acoustic folk-inflected recordings of American blues and folk songs helped spark the British rock-and-roll boom of the mid-1950s.AI summary
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- ACumberland Gap
- Blove is strange
Lonnie Donegan recorded 'Cumberland Gap' and 'Love Is Strange' for Nixa Records—among the earliest skiffle and rock-and-roll recordings in Britain, from the artist who pioneered the skiffle craze in the UK.AI summary
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- ADon't you rock me Daddy-O
- BI'm Alabamy Bound
Lonnie Donegan, the skiffle pioneer, performs 'Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O' and 'I'm Alabamy Bound' on Nixa 15080, an early recording before his major commercial success.AI summary
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- AHam 'n' eggs
- BJack o' diamonds
Lonnie Donegan's 'Ham 'n' Eggs' and 'Jack o' Diamonds' on Nixa 15116; Donegan was a British skiffle pioneer whose folk and blues interpretations sparked the skiffle craze of the 1950s and influenced the British rock boom.AI summary
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- AHam 'n' Eggs
- BJack o' Diamonds
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- AHam 'n' eggs
- BJack o' diamonds
Lonnie Donegan performing 'Ham 'n' Eggs' and 'Jack o' Diamonds' on Nixa Records. Donegan was a British skiffle pioneer who achieved major commercial success in the mid-1950s; this Nixa pressing documents his early recording work.AI summary
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- AI'm just a rollin' stone
- BMy Dixie Darling
Lonnie Donegan, the British skiffle pioneer, recorded "I'm just a rollin' stone" and "My Dixie Darling" for Nixa, a small British label that released blues and folk material.AI summary
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- AJohn Henry
- BRock Island Line
Lonnie Donegan's 'Rock Island Line', recorded with Chris Barber's band and issued in Decca's jazz series, was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1956 and set off the British skiffle craze. It is coupled here with 'John Henry'.AI summary
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- APutting on the Style
- BGamblin' Man
Lonnie Donegan's "Putting on the Style" and "Gamblin' Man" on Nixa, recorded in the early skiffle boom of the mid-1950s, capture the genre that brought folk and American blues forms to British teenagers and influenced the rock era that followed.AI summary
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- ARock island line
- B(BobSharples)Portuguese washerwoman
Lonnie Donegan recorded 'Rock Island Line' and 'Portuguese Washerwoman' for Decca POPE7048. Donegan was the British skiffle pioneer who brought folk-based, acoustic-guitar-driven rock to the UK charts in the mid-1950s; 'Rock Island Line' was one of his signature recordings and a major hit in 1956. This is a landmark record of British popular music.AI summary
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- AStewball
- BLost John
Lonnie Donegan, the king of British skiffle, with Stewball and Lost John on Nixa N15036.AI summary
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- AThe Golden Vanity
- BMy Old Man's a Dustman
Lonnie Donegan, the British skiffle pioneer, performs 'The Golden Vanity' and 'My Old Man's a Dustman' on Pye in the late 1950s; 'My Old Man's a Dustman' became one of his signature tunes and a hit.AI summary
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- AThe Grand Coulee Dam
- BNobody Loves Like an Irishman
Lonnie Donegan on Nixa, performing 'The Grand Coulee Dam' and 'Nobody Loves Like an Irishman' — the British skiffle pioneer and one of the first UK rock and pop stars.AI summary
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- AThe Grand Coulee Dam
- BNobody Loves Like an Irishman
Lonnie Donegan on Nixa 15129, with 'The Grand Coulee Dam' and 'Nobody Loves Like an Irishman'. Donegan was a British skiffle and folk artist of the 1950s–1960s, best known for 'Rock Island Line', and a major influence on British popular music.AI summary
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- ATom Dooley
- BRock o' My Soul
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- AWhen the Sun goes down
- BMidnight Special
Lonnie Donegan, the British skiffle pioneer, recorded these early blues numbers for Nixa, a small independent British label of the early 1950s.AI summary