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Ward Swingle
real name Ward Lamar Swingle
Mobile, United States
Ward Swingle is credited on 632 releases across 109 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
632
Credits
109
Albums
8
Decades active
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In collections
Biography
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Ward Swingle (born 21 September 1927, Mobile, Alabama, USA - died 19 January 2015, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England) was an American vocalist and jazz musician. In the 1960's he was a founding member of the Les Double Six, then took the scat singing idea and applied it to the works of Bach (opens in a new tab). He was the founder and longtime leader of the Swingle Singers.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
632 releases · 109 albums · active 1957–2021
- Performance · 1,009
- Other credits · 206
- Production · 28
- Mastering · 9
Studios: Espace De Projection · CBS Studios, London · Studio 103 · Redan Recorders
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Swingle Singers
- Various
- Les Swingle Singers
- Swingle Singers
- Swingle II
- Jeanne Moreau
- Les Double Six
- The Swingles
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