The Swingers
The Swingers were a New Zealand rock band that played from 1979 to 1982 . Their music combined elements of rock with those of jazz . Phill Jud sang and played guitar , Bones Hillman was a bass player and Ian Gilroy was a drummer. Other members were David Key and Buster Stiggs.
They had their biggest hit in 1982 with the title track from their second album Counting the Beat . It peaked at number 1 in New Zealand and Australia and also earned them album release in the United States. Nevertheless, the band could not build on the success and fell apart shortly afterwards.
Discography
Date of publication | title | Label | table | Certificate | Catalog number | |
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Albums | ||||||
1981 | Practical jokers | NZ: Ripper, AU: Mushroom | - | - | ||
1982 | Counting the beat | NZ: Ripper, AU: Mushroom, US: Backstreet | - | - |
Web links
- The Swingers at Allmusic (English)