When Skiffle Was King (1957) torrent

The year was 1957. As Rock N Roll conquered America, in Britain Skiffle was king. Originating from the folk and trad jazz clubs the exponents of skiffle used improvised instruments such as the washboard, tea chest bass, kazoo, cigar-box fiddle, musical saw, comb and paper, and so forth, as well as more conventional instruments such as acoustic guitar and banjo. This was wild music, British style, and it's greatest star Lonnie Donegan became an icon to the new post war generation. * All original recordings digitally remastered. * Definitive guide to skiffle featuring no less than 13 top ten hits.


01. Putting On The Style (Lonnie Donegan)
02. Singing The Blues (Tommy Steele & The Steelmen)
03. Freight Train (Chas McDevitt with Nancy Whiskey)
04. Last Train To San Fernando (Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys)
05. The Streamline Train (The Vipers)
06. Susie Q (Dale Hawkins)
07. Knee Deep In The Blues (Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra)
08. School Days Ring Ring Goes The Bell (Don Lang & His Frantic Five)
09. Short Fat Fannie (Larry Williams)
10. A White Sport Coat And A Pink Carnation (Terry Dene)
11. When The Saints Go Marching In (Chris Barber with Ottilie Patterson)
12. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O (Lonnie Donegan)
13. Pay Me My Money Down (The Vipers)
14. Footprints In The Snow (Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys)
15. Butterfingers (Tommy Steele & The Steelmen)
16. Greenback Dollar (Chas McDevitt with Nancy Whiskey)
17. Be My Girl (Jim Dale)
18. Cumberland Gap (Lonnie Donegan)
19. Rock-A-Billy (Guy Mitchell)
20. Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu (Huey Piano Smith & The Clowns)
21. Homing Bird (The Vipers)
22. Water, Water (Tommy Steele & The Steelmen)
23. Gamblin' Man Live (Lonnie Donegan)
24. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Chris Barber with Ottilie Patterson)

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