The stars who turned out for Glasgow-born musician Lonnie Donegan’s memorial service included Brian May, Mark Knopfler and Bill Wyman.
The Bridgeton-born singer was the king of skiffle and the founding father of British pop. His mother was Irish, his father was Scottish and a violinist who once played with the Scottish National Orchestra, and later joined the Merchant Navy.
Donegan changed his name to Lonnie after his idol, the American blues guitarist Lonnie Johnson, with whom he had once played.Between 1956 and 1962 he had recorded an incredible 26 hits, including Rock Island Line, an old American song – and other classics like Cumberland Gap and My Old Man’s a Dustman.
Thousands of these groups were launched – among them, The Peepel, seen here entertaining holidaymakers on a beach in Millport in July 1957.In Liverpool, Donegan inspired the Quarrymen, featuring one John Lennon, which of course later evolved into The Beatles… Stars attending the memorial service at St Paul's Church in Covent Garden six months later, also performed at the event.
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