Lonnie Donegan discography
| Lonnie Donegan discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 12 |
| EPs | 14 |
| Live albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 14 |
| Singles | 60 |
| Box sets | 2 |
This is the discography of British skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| New Orleans Joys (credited to Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Skiffle Group) |
— | |
| Lonnie Donegan Showcase | 2 | |
| Lonnie |
|
3 |
| Lonnie Rides Again |
|
— |
| Sing Hallelujah |
|
— |
| The Lonnie Donegan Folk Album |
|
— |
| Lonniepops – Lonnie Donegan Today |
|
— |
| Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann (with Leinemann) |
|
— |
| Country Roads (with Leinemann) |
|
— |
| Puttin' On the Style |
|
51 |
| Sundown |
|
— |
| Muleskinner Blues | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| The Great Re-Union Album (credited as by Chris Barber, reunion of Chris Barber's Jazz Band) |
|
— |
| Jubilee Concert |
|
— |
| Live 1957 – The Complete Conway Hall Concert |
|
— |
| The Skiffle Sessions – Live in Belfast (with Van Morrison and Chris Barber) |
|
14 |
| This Yere De Story – His Life Story in His Own Words and Music |
|
— |
| The Last Tour |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| Tops with Lonnie |
|
— |
| More Tops with Lonnie |
|
— |
| A Golden Age of Donegan |
|
3 |
| A Golden Age of Donegan Volume Two |
|
15 |
| The Hit Singles Collection |
|
— |
| Rock Island Line – The Best of Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group |
|
— |
| The EP Collection |
|
— |
| King of Skiffle |
|
— |
| Talking Guitar Blues – The Very Best of Lonnie Donegan |
|
— |
| Rock Island Line – The Singles Anthology 1955–1967 |
|
— |
| Puttin' On the Style – The Greatest Hits |
|
45 |
| My Old Man's a Dustman – The Singles As & Bs 1954–61 |
|
— |
| Singles Collection 1955–1962 |
|
— |
| Gold |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Box sets
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| More Than 'Pye in the Sky' |
|
| The Collection |
|
EPs
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| Backstairs Session |
|
— |
| The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group |
|
— |
| Skiffle Session |
|
20 |
| Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade |
|
— |
| Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade Vol. II |
|
— |
| Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade Vol. III |
|
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| Donegan on Stage |
|
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| Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade Vol. IV |
|
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| Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade Vol. V |
|
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| Relax with Lonnie |
|
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| Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade Vol. VI |
|
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| Yankee Doodle Donegan |
|
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| Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade Vol. VII |
|
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| Lonnie Donegan Hit Parade Vol. VIII |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Singles
| Title
(A-side/B-side)[A] |
Year | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [3] |
GER [4] |
IRE [5] |
NOR [6] |
NZ [7] |
US [8] | ||
| "Rock Island Line" [B] b/w "John Henry" |
1955 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| "Diggin' My Potatoes" [B] b/w "Bury My Body" |
1956 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Midnight Special" [C] b/w "When the Sun Goes Down" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lost John" [B] b/w "Stewball" |
2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | |
| "Bring a Little Water, Sylvie" [D] b/w "Dead or Alive" |
7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "On a Christmas Day" [E] b/w "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O" [D] b/w "I'm Alabammy Bound" |
1957 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Cumberland Gap" [D] b/w "Love Is Strange" |
1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Gamblin' Man" [D] b/w "Putting On the Style" |
1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "My Dixie Darling" [D] b/w "I'm Just a Rollin' Stone" |
10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Jack O'Diamonds" [D] b/w "Ham 'n' Eggs" |
1958 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Nobody Loves an Irishman" [D] b/w "The Grand Coulee Dam" |
— 6 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sally Don't You Grieve" [D] b/w "Betty, Betty, Betty" |
11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Times Are Getting Hard Boys" [D] b/w "Lonesome Traveller" |
— 28 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lonnie's Skiffle Party (Part 1)" [D] b/w "Lonnie's Skiffle Party (Part 2)" |
23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tom Dooley" [D] b/w "Rock o' My Soul" |
3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)" [D] b/w "Aunt Rhody (The Old Grey Goose)" |
1959 | 3 | 5 | 20 | — | 5 | — | — | 5 |
| "Fort Worth Jail" [D] b/w "Whoa Buck" |
14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Battle of New Orleans" [D] b/w "Darling Corey" |
2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| "Hold Back Tomorrow" [F] b/w "Deedle-Dum-Doo-Die-Day" |
26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sal's Got a Sugar Lip" [G] b/w "Chesapeake Bay" [H] |
13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Kevin Barry" [I] b/w "My Laggan Love" |
— | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | |
| "San Miguel" [D] b/w "Talking Guitar Blues" |
19 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "My Old Man's a Dustman (Ballad of a Refuse Disposal Officer)" [J] b/w "The Golden Vanity" |
1960 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| "I Wanna Go Home (The Wreck of the John 'B')" b/w "Jimmie Brown the Newsboy" [G] |
5 | — 93 |
— | — | 8 | — | 7 | — | |
| "Lorelei" b/w "In All My Wildest Dreams" |
10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lively" [J] b/w "Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)" |
13 | 29 | — | — | 10 | — | 1 | — | |
| "Virgin Mary" b/w "Beyond the Sunset" |
27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "(Bury Me) Beneath the Willow" b/w "Leave My Woman Alone" |
1961 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Have a Drink on Me" [J] b/w "Seven Daffodils" |
8 | 20 | 7 | 50 | 5 | — | 5 | — | |
| "Michael, Row the Boat" [J] b/w "Lumbered" |
6 | 80 | — | 4 | 2 | 10 | — | — | |
| "The Comancheros" b/w "Ramblin' Round" [K] |
1962 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "The Party's Over" b/w "Over the Rainbow" |
9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" b/w "Keep on the Sunny Side" [K] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Pick a Bale of Cotton" [J] b/w "Steal Away" |
11 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | |
| "The Market Song" [L] b/w "Tit-Bits" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Losing by a Hair" [K] b/w "Trumpet Sounds" |
1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "A Very Good Year" [J] b/w "Rise Up" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lemon Tree" b/w "I've Gotta Gal So Fine" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "500 Miles Away from Home" [J] b/w "This Train" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Beans in My Ears" b/w "It's a Long Road to Travel" |
1964 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Fisherman's Luck" b/w "There's a Big Wheel" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Get Out of My Life" b/w "Won't You Tell Me" |
1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Louisiana Man" b/w "Bound for Zion" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "World Cup Willie" b/w "Where in This World Are We Going" |
53[9] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Auntie Maggie's Remedy" b/w "My Sweet Marie" |
1966 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Come to Australia (Great Uncle Albert Is Dead)" [M] b/w "Bol Weevil Blues" |
1967 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Toys" b/w "Relax Your Mind" |
1968 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "My Lovely Juanita" b/w "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" |
1969 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Burning Bridges" b/w "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" |
1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Don't Blame the Child" b/w "Come to Australia (Great Uncle Albert Is Dead)" |
1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Speak to the Sky" b/w "Get Out of My Life" |
1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano" [N] b/w "South" |
1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Lost John" (live) b/w "Jenny's Ball" (live) |
1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I've Lost My Little Willie" b/w "Censored" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Rock Island Line" (re-recording) b/w "Ham 'n' Eggs" (re-recording) |
1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Puttin' On the Style" (re-recording) b/w "Drop Down Baby" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Cumberland Gap"/"Wabash Cannonball"/"Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O" (medley) [O] b/w "Only My Pillow" / "Grab It and Growl" |
1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Donegans Dancing Sunshine Band" [P] b/w "Leaving Blues" |
1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I Wanna Go Home" [Q] b/w "New Burying Ground" / "Midnight Special" |
2000 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Notes
- ^ The B-sides listed are for the UK releases of the singles except where not applicable. Various other songs were released as B-sides to the main A-sides in other countries.
- ^ a b c Both sides credited as the Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group.
- ^ Both sides credited as Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Credited as Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group.
- ^ Both sides with Chris Barber's Jazz Band.
- ^ Both sides credited as Miki and Griff with the Lonnie Donegan Group.
- ^ a b Side credited as Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group.
- ^ Credited as with Ian Menzies and His Clyde Valley Stompers.
- ^ "Kevin Barry" was only released as a single in Ireland.
- ^ a b c d e f g Both sides credited as Lonnie Donegan and His Group.
- ^ a b c Side credited as Lonnie Donegan and His Group.
- ^ Both sides with Max Miller.
- ^ "Come to Australia (Great Uncle Albert Is Dead)" was credited as Lonnie Donegan Group and was only released as a single in Australia.
- ^ Both sides with Kenny Ball.
- ^ Both sides with the Shakin' Pyramids.
- ^ Both sides credited as Donegans Dancing Sunshine Band.
- ^ Both sides with Van Morrison and Chris Barber.
References
- ^ a b c d e "LONNIE DONEGAN". Official Charts. 12 January 1956. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
- ^ Hall, Ron (2007). The CHUM Chart Book 1957–1986. p. 61.
- ^ "Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ Chart positions are from the Evening Herald.
- ^ "Norwegian Charts". Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "flavour of new zealand - search lever". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Top Pop Singles 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 250. ISBN 978-0898202052.
- ^ "Britain's Top 50 Bubbling Under" (PDF). Record Mirror. 16 July 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 11 August 2025.