Lonnie Donegan

Lonnie Donegan

1931-04-29
71 (2002-11-03)
Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Anthony James Donegan MBE, known as Lonnie Donegan, was a Scottish-born skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians

Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Anthony James Donegan MBE, known as Lonnie Donegan, was a Scottish-born skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians

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Momma Don't Allow 1956 (6.5)

A night at the Wood Green Jazz Club - an example of 'Free Cinema'.
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Becoming Led Zeppelin 2025 (7.22)

The individual journeys of the four members of the band, as they move through the music scene of the 1960s, playing small clubs throughout Britain and performing some of the biggest hits of the era, until their meeting in the summer of 1968 for a rehearsal that changes their lives forever.
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The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek 1991 (6)

Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and a career, often controversial, which spanned the period from the mid-50s to the rise of the Beatles in the 60s. At the end of his life he was suffering from paranoid delusions that people were watching him through walls. Alan Lewens' film charts an Ortonesque tale of post-war Britain.