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Thread #169762   Message #4104327
Posted By: Joe Offer
02-May-21 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: Donegan Lonnie great lives
Subject: RE: Donegan Lonnie great lives
"Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor" and "Rock Island Line" got moderate airplay on the radio in the US in the 1960s. That's how I first heard of Lonnie Donegan.

And the recordings played in the US had it "chewing gum lose its flavor," not spearmint/flavour:

It came out on the "Dot" label in 1961 as "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor."

The Muppets also performed the song: