Cover of WORRIED MAN BLUES in 1955 - with Chris Barber as It Takes A Worried Man (To Sing A Worried Song)
Cover of ROCK ISLAND LINE in 1955 - the very same recording on Decca single under his own name, while he copied Lead Belly's spoken intro word for word (see also: Bring A Little Water Silvy); started the skiffle craze; transatlantic millionseller in '56, top 10 UK & US, the year Donegan recut it for his new label Pye
Cover of BRING A LITTLE WATER, SILVY in 1956 - top 10 UK; claiming authorship just as he did with Rock Island Line; adopting Lead Belly's spoken introduction and all; role model for Ivan Heylen's De Werkmens ('73)