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Thread #119075 Message #2582764
Posted By: GUEST,Roger Rettig
06-Mar-09 - 01:56 PM
Thread Name: Best song Lonnie Donegan ever performed
Subject: RE: Best song Lonnie Donegan ever performed
Quite right, Doc.
'The Passing Stranger' was recorded at Elstree Film Studios, Borehamwood in late-1954. It was released on Oriole Records. Ken Sykora and Bryan Daly played guitars. I'm not sure how this one-off single fitted into the scheme of things because I don't think it was released until 1956. Presumably Oriole thought that they might have a 'winner' in view of Donegan's success some time after the record was cut!
RR