Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

According to wikipedia, Lonnie Donegan was "Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before the Beatles." And yet, I'd never heard of him. Before my time, I guess. I wonder how many WU readers know of him?

In 1959, his song below hit #3 on the UK charts and #5 in the US (making it his biggest US hit).

It was a cover of this song from the 1920s:

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 07, 2020
Category: Music | 1950s

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For the record, I was born in 1965.

Posted by Laurel on 08/13/20 at 02:12 PM

I remember hearing this song when I was a kid, probably on the pop station my mom would put on to keep us kids from bugging her. And, of course, on Dr. Demento later on. I was born in '56. Pretty sure the Good Doctor is older than me. If he's still around.

Posted by David Plechaty on 08/15/20 at 02:20 AM

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