The Swinging Blue Jeans

The Swinging Blue Jeans
The Swinging Blue Jeans in 1965
The Swinging Blue Jeans in 1965
Background information
OriginLiverpool, England
GenresMerseybeat
Years active1962–present
LabelsHis Master's Voice, Imperial, Capitol, Bellaphon, Columbia (EMI), RCA
Past membersRalph Ellis
Ray Ennis
Les Braid
Norman Kuhlke
Terry Sylvester
Colin Manley
John Ryan
Bruce McCaskill
Mike Gregory
Mick McCann
Jim Rodford
Hedley Vick
Garth Elliott
Phil Thompson
Tommy Hughes
Tom Murray
WebsiteOfficial website

The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four-piece 1960s British Merseybeat band, best known for their hit singles with the HMV label: "Hippy Hippy Shake", "Good Golly Miss Molly", and "You're No Good", issued in 1964. Subsequent singles released that year and the next made no impression. In 1966, their version of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Don't Make Me Over" peaked at number 31 in the UK Singles Chart, but the group never charted again.[1][2][3][4]

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  2. ^ "Back to the 60's SWINGING BLUE JEANS Supported by FAB". Pigs Nose Inn. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ^ "The Swinging Blue Jeans – Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 544. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.