The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four piece 1960s British
Merseybeat
band,
best known for their proto
rave-up hit single,
"Hippy Hippy Shake".
The album Hippy Hippy Shake was released
1964. It was released by EMI
on the HMV label.
In Canada
it was issued by Capitol Records (T6069) and in the U.S.
on Imperial Records (LP-9261)[1]. The Swinging Blue Jeans were
originally founded by Ray Ennis and Les Braid. They performed on many
popular TV
shows in Great Britain, Scandinavia,
and Europe.
They performed live with The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The
Searchers, and the Merseybeats.
Later addition Terry Sylvester was not an original band
member, and The Swinging Blue Jeans had the standard Merseybeat line-up
of two guitars,
a bass
guitar and drums.
The beat group had a three year spell of moderate success,
flying along with the all-pervading merseybeat success story. Once the
novelty started to pale, the hits dried up, and the band eventually
retired to the oldies
circuit.
Sylvester (from The Escorts)
left the group in 1968, and joined The Hollies as a replacement for the
departing Graham Nash.
The Swinging Blue Jeans, with some original members, continue
to tour to this day.
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Contents
- 1 Band
members
- 2 Discography
- 3 References
- 4 External
links
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Band members
- Ray Ennis - Vocalist / Guitarist -
born Raymond Vincent Ennis, 26 May 1940, in Huyton, Liverpool.
- Ralph Ellis - Guitarist - born 8 March 1942, in Liverpool.
- Les Braid - Bassist / Keyboardist
- born William Leslie Braid, 15 September 1937, in West Derby
Road, West
Derby, Liverpool
— died 31
July 2005,
at Fazackley Hospital, Fazackley, Liverpool.
- Norman Kuhlke - Drummer - born 17 June 1942, in Liverpool.
- Terry Sylvester
- Singer, Guitarist - born 8 January 1946, in Liverpool. (ex-Escorts, pre-The
Hollies)
- Colin Manley - Guitarist - born 16 April 1942, in Liverpool —
died 9
April 1999.
- John Ryan - Drummer - born 5 April 1953, in Pinehurst
Avenue, Liverpool.
- Bruce McCaskill - Guitarist / Vocalist -
born 15
January 1940.
- Mike Gregory - Bass guitarist - born
Michael Gregory, 7 November 1946, at Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Liverpool.
- Jim Rodford -
Bassist - born James Rodford, 7 July 1941, in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Discography
(UK Singles Chart details)
- "It's Too Late Now" / "Think of Me" (HMV POP 1170, 1963) - UK Chart High:
Number 30.
- "Hippy Hippy Shake" / "Now I Must
Go" (HMV POP 1242, Dec 63) - Number 2.
- "Good Golly Miss Molly" /
"Shaking Feeling" (HMV POP 1273, Mar 64) - Number 11.
- "You're No Good" / "Don't You Worry
About Me" (HMV POP 1304, May 64) - Number 3.
- "Don't Make Me Over" /
"What Can I Do Today" (HMV POP 1501, Jan 66) - Number 31.
References
- Guinness Book
of British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN
0-85112-190-X
External links
