"Lonnie Donegan had a Top 10 hit with ""Michael Row The Boat"" in Sept. 1961. Who else had Top 10 hit at the very same time, with the very same song?"
The Highwaymen (folk band) father. Johann Helton (born in 1953) Standing Room Only (196- The Highwaymen (folk band) The Highwaymen were a 1960s "collegiate folk" group. They originated at Wesleyan University and had a "Billboard" #1 hit in 1961 with "Michael", a version of the African-American work song "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore", and another Top 20 hit in 1962 with "Cotton Fields". "Michael" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record. As a freshman in 1958, Dave Fisher, who in high school had sung in a doo-wop group, joined with four other Wesleyan freshman – Bob Burnett, Steve Butts, Chan
Lonnie Donegan Lonnie Donegan Anthony James Donegan (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop musicians. Born in Scotland and raised in England from the age of 1, the "British Hit Singles & Albums" lists him as "Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before The Beatles". Donegan had 31 UK Top 30 single hits, 24 being successive and three at number one. He was the first British male singer with two US Top 10 hits. Donegan received an