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Skiffle first became popular in the early 1900s in the US, starting in New Orleans. The Oxford English Dictionary states that skiffle was a term used for rent party.

Originally, skiffle groups were referred to as spasm bands. By the 1920s and 1930s, a form of skiffle was being played in Louisville and Memphis. Skiffle's roots are also found in the jazz bands of the 1940sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the and 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb..

The first use of the name on records was in 1925 by the otherwise unknown Jimmy O'Bryant and his Chicago Skifflers. In 1948 Dan Burley & His Skiffle Boys , led by barrelhouse piano player and journalist Burley, brought together New Orleans bassistBass can refer to many different things. Musical SAMPA: [beIs], rhyming with "face" Instrument An abbreviated name for the bass guitar An abbreviated name for the double bass A common name for the Basso vocal range. Terminology Bass (musical term) A bassl Pops FosterGeorge Murphy Foster almost always known as Pops Foster ( 18 May 1892 30 October, 1969) was a jazz musician, best known for his vigorous string bass playing. Foster also played tuba and trumpet professionally. Foster was born in a plantation near McCall,, and guitar-playingnylon strings. steel strings and more guide dots on the fretboard. A guitar is a stringed musical instrument played with the fingers or a plectrum ( guitar pick). The sound is produced by vibrating strings. Guitars have a body (which is hollow for acousti brothers BrownieWalter "Brownie" McGhee ( 1915 1996) was a folk- blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and suffered from polio as a child, which incapacitated his leg. and Sticks McGhee .

Skiffle became extremely popular in the UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly in the late 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb.. Skiffler Lonnie DoneganLonnie Donegan ( April 29, 1931- November 3, 2002) was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all. He is sometimes called the King of Skiffle and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in had major international success with the Leadbelly song, "Rock Island Line" and the novelty song "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's [sic] Flavor on the Bedpost Over Night?" Other well-known British skiffle groups include The Gin Mill Skiffle Group , and The Quarry Men, who later became the rock band The Beatles.