Lonnie Donegan

Lonnie Donegan

male, deceased (2002)
musician, skiffle music, banjoist, Skifflemusician, Order of the British Empire, From GLASGOW…King of Skiffle
Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 - 3 November 2002) was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits...
Ken Colyer

Ken Colyer

male, deceased (1988)
British jazz trumpeter, British Merchant Navy, Sailor, traditional jazz, Skifflemusician, Cornetist…skiffle, jazz musician
Kenneth 'Ken' Colyer (April 18 1928-March 8 1988) was a British jazz trumpeter and cornetist, specializing in traditional jazz. His band was also...
Brownie McGhee

Brownie McGhee

male, deceased (1996)
Rabbit Foot Minstrels, harmonica, guitarist, singer, saxophone, folk music…Skifflemusician, musician
Walter "Brownie" McGhee (November 30 1915 - February 16 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the...
Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

male, 65 years old
Led Zeppelin, Record producer, composer, Songwriter, guitarist, Rock guitarist…Rock musician, Skifflemusician, English session musician
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio...
Tommy Steele

Tommy Steele

male, 73 years old
Thomas Willam Hicks, South East London, Thomas Hicks, Bermondsey, London, England, Skifflemusician…musician
Tommy Steele OBE (born December 17, 1936 in London, England) is a English entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first pop idol. Born...
Chas McDevitt

Chas McDevitt

male, 75 years old
banjo, Oriole Records, Eaglesham, Frankie Lymon & the Teenager, Camberley, banjoist…Skifflemusician, skiffle
Chas McDevitt (b Charles James McDevitt, Eaglesham, Glasgow, Scotland, 4 December 1934) is a British musician, one of the leading lights of the...
Bruce Welch

Bruce Welch

male, 68 years old
musician, bognor regis, covered, From BoGnOr ReGiS, drums, County Durham…Skifflemusician, skiffle
Bruce Welch (born Bruce Cripps, 2 November 1941 in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer and singer, best...
Nancy Whiskey

Nancy Whiskey

female, deceased (2003)
From GLASGOW, Scottish, Folk singer, Jimmie McGregor, Topic Records, Skifflemusician…musician
Nancy Whiskey was a Scottish folk singer, best known for the 1957 hit song "Freight Train". While attending art school in Glasgow, Anne Wilson...
Pops Foster

Pops Foster

male, deceased (1969)
New Orleans jazz musician, baton rouge, from New Orleans, jazz musician, from Louisiana, banjo…musician, Skifflemusician
George Murphy "Pops" Foster (May 19, 1892 - October 29, 1969) was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass. He also...
Wally Whyton

Wally Whyton

male, deceased (1997)
2i's Coffee Bar, The 2i's Coffee Bar, Love Me Do, Skifflemusician, soho, The Beatles…skiffle, Vipers Skiffle Group
Wally Whyton (born Wallace Victor Whyton, 23 September 1929, London - died 22 January 1997, London), was a British musician, songwriter and radio...