| Description | Track 1: Lonnie Donegan talks about the difference between pop music today and the pop music of his youth, he talks about dance hall bands having a great influence on the music that was played, he gives the example of Duke Ellington's 'Take the A Train', 2.44 mins
Track 2: He says that today the customer calls the tune, he talks about old-fashioned tunes at the top of the charts, he says he sings songs that appeal to the people who buy his records, 2.03 mins, 2.03 mins
Track 3: The interviewer asks whether the pop music scene is bigger and more varied than it was twenty years ago; Lonnie Donegan says that there has always been a 'current trend' plus other types of song around the edges; he talks about the BBC's control over radio when he was young - they played a lot of classical music - this meant that people heard music they would not normally hear - this doesn't happen today, 2.59 mins
Track 4: They talk about the Third Programme - he thinks it is too 'far out' and 'intellectual', 2.16 mins
Track 5: He talks about his early musical influences which included Radio India broadcasts, jazz and blues, folk, 2.30 mins
Track 6: He talks about hating pop music when he was young, for example Doris Day, Gracie Fields, Vera Lynn; he talks about singing folk songs in the interval of his jazz concerts to illustrate the origins of jazz, 2.33 mins
Track 7: He begins to explain the origins of the word 'skiffle' (tape ends),1.06 mins
Total: 16.13 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0732480 |