Johnny Duncan (bluegrass musician)
- Johnny Duncan (bluegrass musician)
Johnny Duncan (September 7 1932 - July 15 2000) was a skiffle music star. He was born in the Windrock coal mining camp overlooking the town of Oliver Springs, Tennessee and became a British skiffle star in 1957 with the hit record "Last Train to San Fernando",
Brief biography
Johnny Duncan entered the United States Army and was sent to the United Kingdom where he met and married his wife Betty in 1952. After a short return to the United States he went back to the UK with Betty who needed a hospital operation.Fact|date=February 2007
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
On a visit to London Duncan went to hear Chris Barber's Dixieland Band which had turned Lonnie Donegan into a star with his international skiffle hit recording of "Rock Island Line". Barber signed Duncan to play with his band where he stayed for a year.
Big solo hit
His first unsuccessful solo recording was a cover version of Hank Williams' "Kaw-Liga", but in 1957 his recording of a calypso called "Last Train To San Fernando" became the seventeenth most popular recording of that year in the UK, when its only rivals were Buddy Holly's "That’ll Be The Day"; "True Love" by Bing Crosby and "Diana" by Paul Anka.Fact|date=February 2007
As a result of his chart success he became a regular on "6.5 Special", the first teenage program on BBC Television and his own program "Tennessee Songbag" on BBC Radio.Fact|date=February 2007
Demise
Although Duncan continued to record for a period of time the skiffle fad faded and so did his success. Following his divorce he emigrated to Australia, briefly returned to the United Kingdom, and then back to Australia where he married for a second time. On occasion he did perform in Australia, but he had basically left the music industry after his return to Australia. In 1999 while his health was fading he did make new recordings in Australia just before he died there in 2000.
External links
* [http://www.oshistorical.com/articles/johnnyduncan.htm Mini biography @ Oshistorical.com]
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