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Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...Swinging Blue Jeans

http://www.my-generation.org.uk/sbj.htm

With Hippy Hippy Shake, You're No Good, Good Golly Miss Molly, Don't Make Me Over, Promise You'll Tell Her and It's Too Late Now as their hits, Liverpool's The Swinging Blue Jeans have been described as having stayed the most faithful to their original sound of all the 60's acts still performing. They remain one of the most popular 60's acts today, often including in their set some superb renditions of the songs of one of their earliest influences Gene Vincent, as well as their own 60s hits.

They once had their own show at The Cavern in Liverpool, and often gave new acts a chance to show what they could do by giving them a guest spot. You might have heard of one of them. They were called The Beatles.
Today's Swinging Blue Jeans still features original members Ray Ennis - lead, rhythm guitar and vocals and Les Braid - bass, aided and abetted superbly by Phil Thompson - drums, and the newest member of the band Alan Lovell - lead guitar, vocals.

The Blue Genes were formed as a semi - pro band in 1959, eventually changing their name to the Swinging Blue Jeans and turning professional in 1962.

Following a number of successful resident engagements at such famous Liverpool clubs as the Mardi Gras and The Cavern, the Jeans were offered resident seasons at the Star Club in Hamburg alongside such Liverpool groups as The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers, and Merseybeats.

In 1963, the Swinging Blue Jeans blasted their way into the charts with 'Hippy Hippy Shake', which resulted them appearing on the very first show of the long running BBC Television series 'Top Of The Pops'. Amongst other new chart climbers on that show was a band calling themselves 'The Rolling Stones'.!

Due to the incredible international success of 'Hippy Hippy Shake' the Jeans were featured on every major pop TV show in Great Britain, Scandinavia and Europe, they also featured in no less than 3 feature films.

Hit singles were the norm, 'Good Golly Miss Molly', 'You're No Good', 'Don't Make Me Over' and 'It's Too Late Now' were all chart successes. Mixed in with the hit singles were two hit albums, 'Blue Jeans A Swinging' and 'Swinging Blue Jeans At The Cascade'.

The Swinging Blue Jeans are still one of the most popular of the authentic 60's band their annual tour commitments take in such wide flung countries as Germany, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Norway, New Zealand, Denmark, UAE, Holland, Ireland, Poland, Canada, the USA, and of course Great Britain.

1994 was a particularly exiting year for the Blue Jeans. A major sell-out tour with Gerry and the Pacemakers and Helen Shapiro during the spring months was followed by a highly successful season at Windsor Golf and Country Club in Kenya: and a super tour with the Searchers, Billy J. Kramer and The Merseybeats in the autumn rounded off a busy year to perfection.

Discussions are now in progress regarding a Blue Jeans tour of Australia and New Zealand, and it seems that Kenya, having now tasted 'Jeansomania' want the guys back again too!.

Founder members of the Blue Jeans, Ray Ennis and Les Braid, often tend to look back and think themselves lucky to have been involved in a Liverpool explosion of popular music that played such a vital part in the exciting era now fondly referred to all who lived through it as .... the 'Swinging Sixties'.!

The current line-up of the Swinging Blue Jeans features: Ray Ennis (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Les Braid ( Bass guitar and backing vocals), Alan Lovell (lead guitar and vocals) and Phil Thompson (drums and percussion).

All members of the Swinging Blue Jeans hail from Liverpool, they were raised on the excitement of rock 'n' roll and the Swinging Sixties, and it's that type of background that remains in their live stage act .... when you see and hear them you will feel that excitement and understand what the early sixties were all about, it's an experience that will reach out and touch you!

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http://www.my-generation.org.uk/sbjdisco.htm



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