Lonnie Donegan Essays

  • Personal Narration: A Short Story

    804 Words  | 2 Pages

    It was around 3am, I awoke thinking my wife had woken up to use the bathroom and disturbed me from my sleep like usual in the process. In my grogginess, I saw the opportunity to finally steal back the sheets, only to awake her in the process. I said I was sorry and told her I thought she had gotten up and out of bed. When she flipped over to face me, she let out a muffled cry of panic and pulled her feet away from the end of the bed so quickly she practically knocked me out of the bed. She then embraced

  • george harrison

    763 Words  | 2 Pages

    George Harold Harrison, the youngest Beatle, was born February 25, 1943. He had two brothers, Harold Jr. and Peter, and a sister, Louise. His mother, Louise, was a housewife, and his father, Harold, was a bus driver.George's initial interest in the guitar came about slowly. His mother remembers that she started finding paper covered in drawings of guitars among his school things. So, she bought George an old second hang guitar from one of his class mates for three pounds. George tried to teach himself

  • Joe Cocker's Influence

    1331 Words  | 3 Pages

    Joe Cocker’s cover of a not as well known song by a mega popular band (popularity and well known status of the Beatles), combined with the timing of the world (counterculture, experimentation, not so rigid roles) and his own talent and personal twist on “With a Little Help from My Friends” (everything he changed about the song), helped Joe Cocker rise to success that he might otherwise not have found without the indirect help from the Beatles. The Beatles are an iconic English rock band and are