He was doing skiffle but Rory said 'I'm sorry mate, you're a bit too young'.

BBC: Looking back at the birth of The Beatles

Music filled the family house: one grandfather had been a classical pianist, the other had his own skiffle group.

BBC: Lesley Garrett: Doncaster's own diva

Their big break came in 1960 when, while auditioning for a TV show, they were spotted by skiffle legend Lonnie Donegan.

BBC: Kenny Ball: The swinging jazz star

Americans got their first chance last week to hear his album Matinee, which recalls classic British skiffle and the glory days of The Jam.

NPR: Jack Penate: South London Pop Flair

First, he set to work fine-tuning the comic delivery of the actor Owain Arthur, a sweet-faced Welshman, who plays a failed skiffle player named Francis.

NEWYORKER: Curtain-Raiser

Aged fifteen, he joined a skiffle band, playing washboard.

CNN: Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years of raucous rock'n'roll

Add to this mix some irony, audience participation and a skiffle band called "The Craze" that pops up when the scenes change, and "One Man" spirals out of neat categories into what might be considered vaudeville.

WSJ: One Spring, Two Farces