This page lists the song chart entries of Lonnie Donegan. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
Lonnie Donegan |
My Old Man's a Dustman (Ballad of a Refuse Disposal Officer) |
1960 |
UK 1 - Mar 1960 (13 weeks), Canada 1 - May 1960 (12 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 5 weeks - Mar 1960, Australia 1 for 2 weeks - May 1960, Australia 10 of 1960, South Africa 16 of 1960, UKMIX 704, RYM 40 of 1960 |
2 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Rock Island Line |
1955 |
US CashBox 6 - Mar 1956 (12 weeks), UK 8 - Jan 1956 (22 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Mar 1956 (17 weeks), DDD 21 of 1955, US BB 50 of 1956, UKMIX 438, Acclaimed 1096 (1954), RYM 14 of 1955, Guardian Folk/ World 27, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 |
3 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Lost John |
1956 |
Peel list 1 of 1956, UK 2 - Apr 1956 (17 weeks), US CashBox 45 - Jun 1956 (2 weeks), US Billboard 58 - Jun 1956 (2 weeks), RYM 193 of 1956 |
4 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Gamblin' Man |
1957 |
UK 1 - Jun 1957 (19 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 1 week - Jul 1957, UKMIX 128, RYM 72 of 1957 |
5 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Cumberland Gap |
1957 |
UK 1 - Apr 1957 (12 weeks), Record Mirror 1 for 4 weeks - Apr 1957, UKMIX 620, RYM 28 of 1957 |
6 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight) |
1961 |
UK 3 - Feb 1959 (12 weeks), US Billboard 5 - Aug 1961 (11 weeks), Canada 20 - Jul 1961 (7 weeks), WABC NY 52 of 1961, US Radio 68 of 1961 (peak 5 6 weeks), US BB 79 of 1961, US CashBox 85 of 1961, RYM 80 of 1959 |
7 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Michael Row the Boat |
1961 |
Germany 4 - Jan 1962 (4 months), UK 6 - Sep 1961 (11 weeks), Norway 10 - Oct 1961 (1 week), Germany 175 of the 1960s (peak 4 17 weeks), RYM 184 of 1961 |
8 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Putting On the Style |
1957 |
UK 1 - Jun 1957 (19 weeks), RYM 72 of 1957 |
9 |
Lonnie Donegan |
I Wanna Go Home |
1960 |
UK 5 - May 1960 (17 weeks), NZ Lever 7 - Aug 1960 (2 weeks), UKMIX 736 |
10 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Lively |
1960 |
NZ Lever 1 - Nov 1960 (2 weeks), UK 13 - Nov 1960 (9 weeks) |
11 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Tom Dooley |
1958 |
UK 3 - Nov 1958 (14 weeks), UKMIX 668, RYM 84 of 1958 |
12 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Battle of New Orleans |
1959 |
UK 2 - Jun 1959 (16 weeks), UKMIX 294 |
13 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Stewball |
1956 |
UK 27 - Apr 1956 (18 weeks), UKMIX 311, RYM 193 of 1956 |
14 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O |
1957 |
UK 4 - Jan 1957 (17 weeks), UKMIX 626 |
15 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Have a Drink On Me |
1961 |
Canada 7 - Jul 1961 (9 weeks), UK 8 - May 1961 (15 weeks), RYM 183 of 1961 |
16 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Betty Betty Betty |
1958 |
UK 11 - Jul 1958 (7 weeks), RYM 156 of 1958 |
17 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Sally Don't You Grieve |
1958 |
UK 11 - Jul 1958 (7 weeks), RYM 156 of 1958 |
18 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive |
1956 |
UK 7 - Sep 1956 (13 weeks) |
19 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Skiffle Session |
1956 |
UK 20 - Jul 1956 (2 weeks) |
20 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Lonnie Donegan Showcase LP |
1956 |
UK 26 - Dec 1956 (3 weeks) |
21 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Grand Coolie Dam |
1958 |
UK 6 - Apr 1958 (15 weeks) |
22 |
Lonnie Donegan |
My Dixie Darling |
1957 |
UK 10 - Oct 1957 (15 weeks) |
23 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Jack O' Diamonds |
1957 |
UK 14 - Dec 1957 (7 weeks) |
24 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Sal's Got a Sugar Lip |
1959 |
UK 13 - Sep 1959 (4 weeks) |
25 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Fort Worth Jail |
1959 |
UK 14 - May 1959 (5 weeks) |
26 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Lonnie's Skiffle Party |
1958 |
UK 23 - Nov 1958 (5 weeks) |
27 |
Lonnie Donegan |
San Miguel |
1959 |
UK 19 - Dec 1959 (4 weeks) |
28 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Lonesome Traveller |
1958 |
UK 28 - Sep 1958 (1 week) |
29 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Lorelei |
1960 |
UK 10 - Aug 1960 (8 weeks) |
30 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Virgin Mary |
1960 |
UK 27 - Dec 1960 (5 weeks) |
31 |
Lonnie Donegan |
The Party's Over |
1962 |
UK 9 - Apr 1962 (12 weeks) |
32 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Pick a Bale of Cotton |
1962 |
UK 11 - Aug 1962 (10 weeks) |
33 |
Lonnie Donegan |
The Comancheros |
1962 |
UK 14 - Jan 1962 (10 weeks) |
34 |
Lonnie Donegan |
John Henry |
1955 |
RYM 14 of 1955 |
35 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Rock o' My Soul |
1958 |
RYM 84 of 1958 |
36 |
Lonnie Donegan |
The Midnight Special |
1958 |
RYM 199 of 1958 |
37 |
Lonnie Donegan |
When the Sun Goes Down |
1958 |
RYM 199 of 1958 |
38 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Love is Strange |
1957 |
RYM 28 of 1957 |
39 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Aunt Rhody |
1959 |
RYM 80 of 1959 |
40 |
Lonnie Donegan |
The Golden Vanity |
1960 |
RYM 40 of 1960 |
41 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Seven Daffodils |
1961 |
RYM 183 of 1961 |
42 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Lumbered |
1961 |
RYM 184 of 1961 |
In addition to the above listed songs Lonnie Donegan also contributed to the
following entries:
Previous Comments (newest first)
7 Mar 2016
Double Listing - I Wanna Go Home
#15 & #43 are the same.
Data fixed, thanks
10 Jul 2011
Lonnie Donegan
Could you please provide info as to where Lonnie Donegan's Rock Island Line placed on the Billboard charts.
Thanks.
There is a page for Lonnie Donegan that has that information on it, "Rock Island Line" was song number 40 of 1955. It reached number 8 in the Billboard charts (its run there was 17 weeks starting Mar 1956).
We suspect that the year of 1954 on the Acclaimed music site is incorrect, since it entered both the US and UK charts in 1956. Our calculation places it in 1955, as do the RYM and DDD sites, because that is between the Acclaimed and Billboard dates.
Lonnie Donegan's version was the most successful although Leadbelly had a version of the song in 1944. Following Lonnie Donegan's hit it was a hit for Don Cornell in the US and Stan Freberg in the UK. Johnny Cash's version was number 93 in the Billboard chart in Feb 1970.