Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line [1954].*

* 1st. Studio Recording*
Recorded 1951 as Tony Donegan Jazz Band

[Original Version Circa 1929 by Clarence Wilson].
A Version Was Recorded in 1934 at Cummins State Farm Prison in Arkansas
Composed by Prisoner Kelly Pace.
Re- Arranged and Recorded in the 1940's by Lead Belly.
Most Popular Version Recorded 1954 by Lonnie Donegan

Issued as The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Grouo
on Decca 10647 A [1955] - [UK]
Charted 1955 Uk # 8 US # 8
and LP "Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Skiffle Group -
New Orleans Joy" [1955]
Also Recorded 1954 [Live], 1956 [London],
1975 [Germany], 1977, 1981 [Live] and 1998

Recorded 13 July 1954 -
Decca Studio, West Hampstead, London, UK –
Lonnie Donegan [gt/vcl solo], Chris Barber [bass],
Beryl Bryden [washboard]

Born Anthony James Donegan in Bridgdon, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
[1931 - 2002]
1995 - IVOR NOVELLO Lifetime Achievement Award
Recorded 1951 to 1998
2000 - Awarded MBE {Member of British Empire]