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The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four piece 1960s British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 Merseybeat
Beat music

Beat music, also known as Merseybeat or Brumbeat , is a pop music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, Rhythm and blues and Soul music....
 band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
, best known for their proto rave-up hit single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
, "Hippy Hippy Shake".

Swinging Blue Jeans were originally founded by Ray Ennis and Les Braid. They performed on many popular TV
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 shows in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. They performed with The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
, Gerry & The Pacemakers
Gerry & the Pacemakers

Gerry & the Pacemakers were a United Kingdom rock and roll musical ensemble during the 1960s. In common with The Beatles, they came from Liverpool and were management by Brian Epstein....
, The Searchers
The Searchers (band)

The Searchers are a United Kingdom rock music band who emerged as part of the 1960s merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry & The Pacemakers....
, and The Merseybeats
The Merseybeats

The Merseybeats are a beat music band that emerged from the Liverpool scene in the early 1960s, performing at The Cavern Club along with The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers and other similar artists....
.

An album to the single Hippy Hippy Shake was released in 1964 by EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
 on the HMV label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
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The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four piece 1960s British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 Merseybeat
Beat music

Beat music, also known as Merseybeat or Brumbeat , is a pop music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, Rhythm and blues and Soul music....
 band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
, best known for their proto rave-up hit single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
, "Hippy Hippy Shake".

Career

The Swinging Blue Jeans were originally founded by Ray Ennis and Les Braid. They performed on many popular TV
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 shows in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. They performed with The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
, Gerry & The Pacemakers
Gerry & the Pacemakers

Gerry & the Pacemakers were a United Kingdom rock and roll musical ensemble during the 1960s. In common with The Beatles, they came from Liverpool and were management by Brian Epstein....
, The Searchers
The Searchers (band)

The Searchers are a United Kingdom rock music band who emerged as part of the 1960s merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry & The Pacemakers....
, and The Merseybeats
The Merseybeats

The Merseybeats are a beat music band that emerged from the Liverpool scene in the early 1960s, performing at The Cavern Club along with The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers and other similar artists....
.

An album to the single Hippy Hippy Shake was released in 1964 by EMI
EMI

The EMI Group is a United Kingdom music company comprising the major record label EMI Music ? which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in London, England, United Kingdom ? and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York City....
 on the HMV label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
. In Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 it was issued by Capitol Records
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
 (T6069) and in the U.S.
United States

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 on Imperial Records
Imperial Records

Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 in music by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 in music by label owner EMI....
 (LP-9261).

Later addition Terry Sylvester was not an original band member, and The Swinging Blue Jeans had the standard Merseybeat line-up of two guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
s, a bass guitar
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 and drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
. The beat group had a three year spell of moderate success, flying along with the all-pervading merseybeat success story. Sylvester (from The Escorts
The Escorts (Liverpool band)

The Escorts were a Beat music musical ensemble from Liverpool, England. In 1963, they were voted the ninth most popular group in Liverpool by readers of Mersey Beat magazine....
) left the group in 1968, and joined The Hollies
The Hollies

The Hollies are an England Pop music band from Manchester formed in the early 1960s. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style they became one of the leading British bands of the era, and they enjoyed considerable popularity in many other countries although they did not achieve major US chart success until the early 1970s....
 as a replacement for the departing Graham Nash
Graham Nash

Graham William Nash is a British singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills & Nash ....
.

Once the novelty started to pale, the hits
Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
 dried up, and the band eventually retired to the cabaret circuit. The Swinging Blue Jeans, with some original members, continue to tour to this day.

Band members

  • Ray Ennis - Vocalist / Guitarist
    Guitarist

    A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
     - born Raymond Vincent Ennis, 26 May 1942, Huyton
    Huyton

    Huyton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, in Merseyside, England. It has close associations with its neighbour, Roby, Merseyside, having both formerly been part of the Huyton with Roby Urban District....
    , Liverpool
    Liverpool

    Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
  • Ralph Ellis - Guitarist - born 8 March 1942, Liverpool
  • Les Braid - Bassist
    Bassist

    A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
     / Keyboardist
    Keyboardist

    A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either piano or organ ....
     - born William Leslie Braid, 15 September 1937, West Derby Road, West Derby
    West Derby

    West Derby is a suburb in the north of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is also a Liverpool City Council Ward . At the United Kingdom Census 2001, the population of the ward was 14,801 ....
    , Liverpool — died 31 July 2005, Fazakerley Hospital, Fazakerley
    Fazakerley

    Fazakerley is a suburb of north Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and a Liverpool City Council Ward . At the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 15,062....
    , Liverpool
  • Norman Kuhlke - Drummer
    Drummer

    A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
     - born 17 June 1942, Liverpool
  • Terry Sylvester
    Terry Sylvester

    Terry Sylvester , was the guitarist/singer with The Escorts , The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Hollies: He replaced Graham Nash who left the band in December 1968....
     - Singer, Guitarist - born 8 January 1946, Liverpool (ex-The Escorts
    The Escorts (Liverpool band)

    The Escorts were a Beat music musical ensemble from Liverpool, England. In 1963, they were voted the ninth most popular group in Liverpool by readers of Mersey Beat magazine....
    , pre-The Hollies
    The Hollies

    The Hollies are an England Pop music band from Manchester formed in the early 1960s. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style they became one of the leading British bands of the era, and they enjoyed considerable popularity in many other countries although they did not achieve major US chart success until the early 1970s....
    )
  • Colin Manley - Guitarist - born 16 April 1942, Liverpool — died 9 April 1999 (ex-guitarist with The Remo Four
    The Remo Four

    The Remo Four were a 1950s-1960s Rock music Musical ensemble from Liverpool, England. They were contemporaries of The Beatles, and later had the same manager, Brian Epstein....
    )
  • John Ryan - Drummer - born 5 April 1953, Pinehurst Avenue, Liverpool (ex-drummer with Liverpool Express
    Liverpool Express

    Liverpool Express was a 1970s British rock musical ensemble. They are best known for songs such as "You Are My Love" and "Every Man Must Have A Dream", and record chart several hit record....
    )
  • Bruce McCaskill - Guitarist / Vocalist - born 15 January 1940
  • Mike Gregory - Bass guitarist - born Michael Gregory, 7 November 1946, Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Liverpool (ex-bassist with The Escorts)
  • Mick McCann - Drummer - born 2 February 1949, Liverpool; occasionally deputised for Kuhlke in 1967/8
  • Jim Rodford
    Jim Rodford

    Jim Rodford is a musician who played with The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans and was a founding member of Argent .In the late 1950s, and early 1960s he was a member of The Bluetones, the biggest band in St Albans at the time....
     - Bassist - born James Rodford, 7 July 1941, St Albans
    St Albans

    Saint Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans....
    , Hertfordshire
    Hertfordshire

    Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
  • Hedley Vick - Guitarist - 22 April 1953, Birkenhead
    Birkenhead

    Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool....
    , Merseyside
    Merseyside

    Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. Taking its name from the River Mersey, the title "Merseyside" came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974, after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, and the county consists of five metropolitan boroughs adjoining the Mersey estuary,...


Discography

(UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 details)
  • "It's Too Late Now" / "Think of Me" (HMV
    HMV

    His Master's Voice is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up phonograph....
     POP 1170, 1963) - Number 30
  • "Hippy Hippy Shake" / "Now I Must Go" (HMV POP 1242, December 1963) - Number 2
  • "Good Golly Miss Molly" / "Shaking Feeling" (HMV POP 1273, March 1964) - Number 11
  • "You're No Good
    You're No Good

    "You're No Good" is a song written by the late Clint Ballard, Jr. The song was first recorded in 1963 by female soul music singer Dee Dee Warwick, followed in a matter of weeks by a version by Betty Everett....
    " / "Don't You Worry About Me" (HMV POP 1304, May 1964) - Number 3
  • "Don't Make Me Over
    Don't Make Me Over (song)

    "Don't Make Me Over" is a song songwriter by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It is best known to North American audiences in the original version, a 1962 soul single sound recording and reproduction by the United States singing Dionne Warwick....
    " / "What Can I Do Today" (HMV POP 1501, January 1966) - Number 31
  • "Tremblin'" / "Something's Coming Along" (with Kiki Dee
    Kiki Dee

    Kiki Dee is a successful singer-songwriter, with a career that has lasted over 40 years.Her most famous song was a duet with Elton John, entitled "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", which was released in 1976 and went to Chart-topper both in the UK Singles Chart and the United States Billboard Hot 100 record chart....
    , Madeline Bell
    Madeline Bell

    Madeline Bell is an United States soul music singer, who became famous as a performer in England during the 1960s, having arrived from the United States in the Gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with vocal group The Bradford Singers....
    ), (HMV POP 1596, July 1967)

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