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The Swingles are a vocal group formed in 1962 in Paris, France by Ward Swingle with Anne Germain, Claude Germain, Jeanette Baucomont, Christiane Legrand, Claudine Meunier, Jean-Claude Briodin, and Jean Cussac. Until 2011, the group consisted of eight voices: two sopranos, two altos, two tenors and two basses. The French group performed and recorded typically with only a double bass and drums as accompaniment.

Anyone For Mozart? Philips. Swingle Bach Style Philips. See all by same artist.

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Shop vinyl, CDs and cassettes by Les Swingle Singers. The group later performed and recorded under the name The Swingles, then The New Swingle Singers and The Swingle Singers before settling on The Swingles. The group has never disbanded. As individual members have left the group, remaining members have held auditions for replacements.

The Swingle Singers discography. The Paris-based Swingle Singers recorded regularly for Philips in the 1960s and early 1970s and the successor London-based group continued to record, for Columbia, CBS, Virgin Classics and other record labels from 1974 to the present. Jazz Sébastien Bach (1963) Philips – . Bach's Greatest Hits. Going Baroque, de Bach aux Baroques (1964) Philips. Swinging Mozart (1965) Philips – .