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 ...

Donegan, who changed his first name from Anthony to Lonnie as a tribute to bluesman Lonnie Johnson, was an inspiration himself to a generation of British musicians including John Lennon and Pete ...

NPR Music's Bob Boilen talks with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin about a song that changed his life, "Rock Island Line," by Lonnie Donegan. CORNISH: Page is one of the founding members of the rock band ...

Lonnie Donegan, a musician whose ” skiffle ” sound inspired John Lennon and Pete Townshend to learn to play guitar, died Sunday in Peterborough, central England, while on a tour of Britain, publicist ...

Lonnie Donegan, who pioneered skiffle music, crucially altering British popular music and significantly influencing the Beatles, died Sunday Nov. 3 after collapsing while on tour in England. He was 71 ...