In 1973, the original French group disbanded and Ward Swingle moved to London and re-formed the group with new members as Swingle II. They would later perform and record under the name The Swingles and then, The New Swingle Singers and eventually, simply, The Swingle Singers. Since the London group's incarnation, the group has never disbanded. Members have come and gone and the other members have re-auditioned for the voice part that has left.
The Swingle Singers are a mostly a cappella vocal group formed in 1962 in Paris, France with Ward Swingle, Anne Germain, Jeanette Baucomont and Jean Cussac. Christiane Legrand, the sister of composer Michel Legrand, was the lead soprano in the original French group. There are a total of eight members in the group: two sopranos, two altos, two tenors and two basses
The original group was French and they were singing together in the 60's. They were amazing - this group is very good too (English though, not French). The French group did a lot of interpretations of Bach which were amazing. Ward Swingle was the arranger. A genius.
the person 3rd last on the left is my music teacher at school. He can still sing the same today!
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In 1973, the original French group disbanded and Ward Swingle moved to London and re-formed the group with new members as Swingle II. They would later perform and record under the name The Swingles and then, The New Swingle Singers and eventually, simply, The Swingle Singers. Since the London group's incarnation, the group has never disbanded. Members have come and gone and the other members have re-auditioned for the voice part that has left.
msandisue 2 months ago
The Swingle Singers are a mostly a cappella vocal group formed in 1962 in Paris, France with Ward Swingle, Anne Germain, Jeanette Baucomont and Jean Cussac. Christiane Legrand, the sister of composer Michel Legrand, was the lead soprano in the original French group. There are a total of eight members in the group: two sopranos, two altos, two tenors and two basses
msandisue 2 months ago
The original group was French and they were singing together in the 60's. They were amazing - this group is very good too (English though, not French). The French group did a lot of interpretations of Bach which were amazing. Ward Swingle was the arranger. A genius.
msandisue 2 months ago
i lyk figgy pudding.
sweetheart511111 3 months ago
yeah there is two groups, theres this one and the newer one
both are beautiful :)
reanna0409 4 months ago
Great mix of different carols! Very well sung! On a side note, are these different swingle singers?
difym 7 months ago
@difym i think this is the older group...there is a newer group
Emmydoo93 5 months ago
Haha, at 1:10... the AMAZING chord sequence followed by the bass "happy new year". Love it.
Nexodaedalus 9 months ago 5
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danilodemori 2 years ago
wow! such a beauty!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!
FcoJavier54 2 years ago
OMG! I love this medley! Good to see they have a live video of this!
PolytheneHam 2 years ago