SKIFFLE: A style of music played on rudimentary instruments, first popularized in the United States in the 1920s but revived by British musicians in the mid-1950s. The first use of the skiffle name on records was in 1925 by the unknown Jimmy O'Bryant and his Chicago Skifflers.
 
It has been estimated that in the late 1950s there were thousands of skiffle groups in England. Skiffle, that bore a passing resemblance to rockabilly, which was growing in popularity in the States during the same period that skiffle was taking Great Britain by storm.
 
It gave the working class a chance to start their own bands and indeed Skiffle groups were formed in every town and village across Britain.
Lonnie Donegan was the only skiffle act to make a serious impact on the charts. The skiffle craze was largely over by 1958 as its enthusiasts either abandoned music for more stable employment, or moved into some of the forms of music it had first suggested, including folk, the blues and rock and roll.
 
On this site we offer a wide range of "shiffle" ... old skiffle, new skiffle, foreign and loosely related skiffle.
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The Definitive Inside Story CD
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Pop at the pictures: The skiffle craze
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Peter Donegan talks about his father
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McCartney Album Is a Trip Down Memory Lane
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FYI: Alexis Korner's Skiffle Groupu I Ain't Gonna Worry No More Mp3
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*The 2.19 Skiffle Group (song samples on Amazon)
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Albert's Skiffle Band
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Avon Cities Skiffle Band
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The Beaver Street Hat Band
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Beryl Bryden Backroom Skiffle
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The Black Diamonds
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Black Botton Skiffle Group
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Bourbon Skiffle Company
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Dan Burley Bio
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Ken Coyer
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The Carp Family
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The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group
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Cleanliness & Goodliness Skiffle Band
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Ken Colyer Casey Jones & KC Moan
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The Cranes Skiffle Group
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Rod Davis
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The Delta Skiffle Group (audio)
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Dodge Brothers
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The Dog House Skiffle Group
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Lonnie Donegan
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Peter Donegan
♦Johnny Duncan
♦*Eden Street Skiffle (song samples, Amazon)
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Yhe Frenzied & The Diligent
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Eric Griffiths
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Colin Hanton
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Ashley Hutchings
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Jive Aces (Skiffle Album)
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Pete "Kiwi" Keegan
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Alexis Korner
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Lake of Stew
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Alan Lomax
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Chas. McDevitt
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Mungo Jerry
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Kick 'n' Rush Comedy Skiffle Group
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*Don Lang (song samples on Amazon)
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*Lea Valley Skiffle Group (song samples on Amazon)
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Paul Leegan and the Legends
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London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra
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Mosam Skiffle Train
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Mudfield Skiffle Group
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Arnie "Skiffle Joe" Norse
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Ode & The Bebops
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The Old Boys Skiffle Corporation
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The Quarrymen
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Railroad Bill
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Skiffle
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The Skiffle Minstrels
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Skiffle Symphony
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*The Station Skiffle Group (song samples on Amazon)
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The Sunshine Skiffle Band
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Timmendorfer Skiffle Group
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Ugly Dog Skiffle
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*Bob Wallis Washboard Beaters (song samples on Amazon)
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Wally Whyton
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Washboard Rhythm Kings
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The Viper Skiffle Group
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Wahoo Skiffle Crazies
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Werner Bros. (site not updated)
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Nancy Whiskey
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Yorkshire Tea Bags
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The London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra, Live Samples
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Lonnie Donegan
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Alison Armstrong-Lee
A boisterous young woman who could make a fantastic din with a portable domestic appliance, some gardening sticks and a rubber band
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British Skiffle Craze
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British Skiffle Revival
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*British Rock 'n' Roll / Skiffle Singles
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*Buy Skiffle on Amazon
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The Chris Barber Archives & Website Team
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Das Hamburger Skiffle Festival
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Cyril Davies Biography
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Donald's Encyclopedia / Skiffle
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*Essential Skiffle 2-CD (Raucus Records)
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Funky Grizzly
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German Licks: Skiffle - Bands und das Drumherum
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Gutter Brothers History
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History of British Rock - Part 1
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*Les Hobeaux, (song samples on Amazon)
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Jug Bands and Skiffle Music
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The Legends of Skiffle video
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Jimmy O'Bryant and his Chicago Skifflers
His sound often was used to describe country blues music records, which included the compilation "Hometown Skiffle" (1929), and "Skiffle Blues" (1946) by Dan Burley & His Skiffle Boys. It was used by Ma Rainey (1886╨1939) to describe her repertoire to rural audiences. The term skiffle disappeared from American music in the 1940.
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Oldies Music Encyclopedia: "Skiffle"
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My 20-year love affair with the joy of skiffle
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National Skiffle Society
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The Brain Newey Skiffle Group
This band played in Enfield and surrounding area during the fifties. They were very accomplished and are remembered for their rendition of "Toll the Bell Easy", which is available from the iTunes music store.
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Scrabble Solver Word - SKIFFLE
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Skiffle
by Alex Balmforth
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Smithonian Folkways various artists recordings
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Strourbridge Washboards
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The Tea Chest
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What is Skiffle
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The Quarrymen, That'll Be the Day
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The Quarrymen, I'll Follow the Sun
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Avon Cities Skiffle Group, Green Corn
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Dan Burley Skiffle Boys, South Side Shake, 1946
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The Carp Family, In a Pickle
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Ken Colyer Skiffle Group, Downbound Train
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Bob Cort Skiffle, School Day
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The Cranes, Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O + Banana Boat Song
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Delta Skiffle Group, Pick a Bale of Cotton
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A Day In The Life of the Doghouse Skiffle Group
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Lonnie Donegan, Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour
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Lonnie Donegan, Grand Coulee Dam
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Lonnie Donegan, I Shall Not Be Moved
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Lonnie Donegan, Rock Island Line. 1999
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Freight Train Boogie,
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Lew Dite's Skiffle Box, (5 songs)
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Glen Echo Festival Sunshine Skiffle 08, Bananas
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Half Man Half Biscuit, New York Skiffle
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High Life Skiffle Group, Midnight Special
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Island Skiffle Tramps, Banks of the Ohio & Gloryland
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Pete "Kiwi" Keegan and his Legendary Skiffle Band in Norwich
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Kermode Uncut: Skiffle at the Albert Hall
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Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n' Skiffle, Good Morning Blues
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Japanese Skiffle Band, School Day
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JET Skiffle and Blues, Wabash Cannonball
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The Jive Aces Skiffle Combo, Mama Don't Allow
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Paul Leegan & The Legends: Skiffle Session
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The Chas Mcdevitt Skiffle Group, Cotton Song
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The Lighttown Skiffle Group, Troela O Troela
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Alan Lomax & the Ramblers, Hard Case
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Charlie McNare, Meadow Lane Stomp
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Jimmy Miller & His Barbecues, Sizzling Hot
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The MudSkippers Skiffle in the Name of (The X Factor)
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New Skiffle Spirits, Tight Like That
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The Old Boys Skiffle Corporation, Worried Man
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Jimmy Page, Mama Don't Allow
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Paramount All Stars, Hometown Skiffle
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The Quarrymen, Beatles skiffle tribute "Live"
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Skiffle City Ramblers, (from movie,"A girl with guitar")
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Skiffle Group from Balaklava, Wild Olive
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The Royal Shiffle Group, um i huvet
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The Skiffle Minstrels,/b> All Night Diner
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Sonny Stewart & His Skiffle Kings, Black Jack
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Sunday Skiflle w/Brother Sonny. I Saw the Light
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Sunday Skifflers, Cakewalk
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Van Morrison w/Lonnie Donegan, Frankie and Johnny
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Ugly Dog Skiffle Combo, Rocky Top
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Vindscreen Vipers, Mama Don't Allow
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Vindscreen Vipers, Mama Don't Allow
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The Vipers Skiffle Group, Don`t You Rock Me Daddy-O
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Wahoo Skiffle Crazies/Jug Band Music
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The Westcott Skiffle, Good Mornin' Blues
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Nancy Whiskey, Freight Train