Skiffle

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Skiffle · In the mid-1950s, skiffle swept through Britain as a craze, with roots in American folk and blues; Lonnie Donegan had a hit with Rock Island Line in 1956. All you needed was a cheap guitar, a washboard and a tea-chest bass. Thousands of teenagers started a band this way, among them John Lennon with The Quarrymen.

Listening

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  Rock Island Line · Lonnie Donegan, 1955
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  Freight Train · Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group, 1957
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  Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O · The Vipers Skiffle Group, 1957
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In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Genre Map^NL Map
• Mixtape 3^NL Reader
• Mixtape 2: Youth Cultures 1950-1980^NL Reader
• Mixtape 3: The Beatles^NL Reader

See also

• Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
• The Vipers Skiffle Group
• New Orleans jazz
• Appalachian folk (mountain music)
• Delta blues
• British beat and the British Invasion