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Fact #10490

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A uniquely British musical form, skiffle gets its first television airing in the USA as Lonnie Donegan makes his American TV debut, singing his huge UK hit Rock Island Line on NBC's Perry Como Show in New York City. The song was first recorded in 1934 in a field recording by inmates in an Arkansas State Prison, but Donegan's version is adapted from a 1944 recording by Leadbelly. Intriguingly, though, Donegan's version will inspire New York teenager Phil Spector to acquire a guitar and thus begin the career which will introduce a whole new production style, The Wall Of Sound, to popular music.