Talking Guitar Blues... The Very Best Of...

~ Release by Lonnie Donegan (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Lost John
cover recording of:
Lost John
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Lonnie Donegan
publisher:
Exile Publishing Ltd., Shalon Music and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:41
2Stewball
cover recording of:
Stewball
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Hugues Aufray and Pierre Delanoë
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 456)
translated version of:
Skewball (aka Skewbald)
42:08
3Railroad Bill
cover recording of:
Railroad Bill
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:19
4Bring a Little Water, Sylvie
cover recording of:
Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter and Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11654)
42:25
5Dead or Alive
cover recording of:
Dead or Alive
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd. and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.
2:30
6Wabash Cannonball
cover recording of:
Wabash Cannonball
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
1:56
7Nobody's Child
cover recording of:
Nobody’s Child
writer:
Cy Coben and Mel Foree
publisher:
Delmore Music Company and Sony/ATV Milene Music
4:55
8Frankie and Johnny
cover recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
publisher:
Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
version of:
Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)
5:20
9Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
cover recording of:
Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
composer:
Bill Varley and Wally Whyton
1:40
10Cumberland Gap
cover recording of:
Cumberland Gap
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)
1:57
11Gamblin' Man
cover recording of:
Gamblin' Man
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:17
12Puttin' on the Style
cover recording of:
Puttin’ on the Style
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:35
13My Dixie Darling
cover recording of:
Dixie Darling
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15143)
3:02
14Jack O'Diamonds
cover recording of:
Jack o’ Diamonds
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 259)
2:48
15On a Monday
cover recording of:
On a Monday
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
2:37
16Mule Skinner Blues
cover recording of:
New Mule Skinner Blues (revised lyrics, first recorded by Bill Monroe ca. 1950)
lyricist:
George Vaughn
composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
version of:
Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
4:44
17Grand Coulee Dam
cover recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
2:37
18Sally Don't You Grieve
cover recording of:
Sally Don't You Grieve
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
42:12
19Betty, Betty, Betty
recording of:
Betty, Betty, Betty
composer:
Lonnie Donegan
3:02
20Lonesome Traveller
cover recording of:
Lonesome Traveler (“I’m (just) a Lonely and a Lonesome Traveller”)
lyricist and composer:
Lee Hays
publisher:
Essex Musikverlag and Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
2:53
21Light From the Lighthouse
cover recording of:
Light From the Lighthouse
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:15
22Lonnie's Skiffle Party, Part 1
medley including a recording of:
Camptown Races
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
medley including a recording of:
Knees Up Mother Brown
lyricist:
Harris Weston
composer:
Bert Lee
medley including a recording of:
Little Liza Jane
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
Puttin’ on the Style
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:57
23Tom Dooley
cover recording of:
Tom Dooley
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)
43:18
24Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
cover recording of:
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Breuer
writer:
Marty Bloom and Billy Rose (US bluegrass musician)
version of:
Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?
2:45
25Fort Worth Jail
cover recording of:
Fort Worth Jail
lyricist and composer:
Dick Reinhardt
2:11
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1Battle of New Orleans
cover recording of:
Battle of New Orleans (Lonnie Donegan variation)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: V20125)
version of:
The Battle of New Orleans
3:06
2Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
cover recording of:
Sal’s Got a Sugar Lip
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood
2:24
3Take This Hammer
cover recording of:
Take This Hammer
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4299)
4:07
4You Pass Me By
cover recording of:
You Pass Me By
4:52
5San Miguel
cover recording of:
San Miguel
lyricist and composer:
Jane Bowers
1:55
6Talking Guitar Blues
cover recording of:
Ernest Tubb's Talking Blues
composer:
Ernest Tubb
1:57
7My Old Man's a Dustman
3:18
8I Wanna Go Home
cover recording of:
I Wanna Go Home
composer:
Lee Hays, Paddy Roberts (singer/songwriter) and Carl Sandburg
3:51
9Lorelei
cover recording of:
Lorelei
composer:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
2:03
10Sorry, but I'm Gonna Have to Pass
cover recording of:
Sorry, but I’m Gonna Have to Pass
composer:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
publisher:
Jerome Leiber Music, Purple Starfish Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:23
11Lively!
recording of:
Lively!
writer:
Peter Buchanan and Lonnie Donegan
3:15
12Virgin Mary
2:16
13Have a Drink on Me
cover recording of:
Have a Drink on Me (Lonnie Donegan version)
writer:
Peter Buchanan, Lonnie Donegan, Lead Belly and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
is based on:
Take a Drink on Me
2:49
14Michael Row the Boat Ashore
2:27
15Lumbered
3:00
16The Comancheros
2:02
17The Party's Over
cover recording of:
The Party’s Over (Bells Are Ringing)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Stratford Music Corporation and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)
2:42
18I'll Never Fall in Love Again
recording of:
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
lyricist:
Jimmie Currie (songwriter) and Lonnie Donegan
is based on:
Wanderin' (American folk song)
3:43
19Pick a Bale of Cotton
recording of:
Pick a Bale of Cotton
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
2:33
20This Train
recording of:
This Train (This Train Is Bound for Glory)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6702)
2:27
21Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
3:10
22Beans in My Ears
2:42
23She Was T-Bone Talking Woman
1:42
24Farewell (Fare Thee Well)
cover recording of:
Fare Thee Well
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
version of:
The Leaving of Liverpool
3:19
25World Cup Willie
2:46