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    Ward Lamar Swingle (September 21, 1927 – January 19, 2015) was an American vocalist and jazz musician who founded The Swingle Singers in France in 1962...
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    The Swingles are an a cappella vocal group. The Swingle Singers were originally formed in 1962 in Paris under the leadership of Ward Swingle. In 1973,...
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  • of the Swingle Singers Walter Tennyson Swingle (1871–1952), U.S. agricultural botanist The Swingles is a vocal octet founded by Ward Swingle. Swingletree...
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  • Christopher Cross at Grammys Dave Russell at Grammys Flaco Jimenez at Grammys Ward Swingle at Grammys India.Arie at Grammys Timbaland at Grammys Erykah Badu at...
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    medium pushed jazz singing nearer to avant-garde art music. In the 1960s Ward Swingle was the product of an unusually liberal musical education. He took the...
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    (January 27, 2013). "Operation Opera: Echoes of Scarlett O'Hara, Bach and Ward Swingle in Previn's 'Streetcar'". Operation Opera. Retrieved January 6, 2020...
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    Barbra Streisand Album Barbra Streisand Bach's Greatest Hits Ward Swingle & The Swingle Singers Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests Andy Williams...
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  • Classical (other than opera) Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), the Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Berio: Sinfonia...
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    ); Andrés Segovia (date unknown; for guitar; "The Old Castle" only.) Ward Swingle (date unknown; for vocal ensemble, double bass and percussion; Limoges...
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  • Yams Died of Accidental Drug Overdose". Bernstein, Adam (2015-01-20). "Ward Swingle, musician who made Bach swing, dies at 87". The Washington Post. Retrieved...
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  • of Wine and Roses" performed by Henry Mancini Best New Artist Ward Swingle (The Swingle Singers) Best Recording for Children Leonard Bernstein (conductor)...
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  • others, Louis and Monique Aldebert, Roger Guérin, Christiane Legrand, Ward Swingle, Eddy Louiss and Bernard Lubat. The band name alluded to the fact that...
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  • yodeller. Trevor Ward-Davies (70), English bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich) 19 – Ward Swingle (87), American jazz singer (The Swingle Singers). 22...
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  • Day's Night Best Performance by a Chorus Ward Swingle for The Swingle Singers Going Baroque performed by The Swingle Singers Best Instrumental Performance...
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  • (Crooked Little Man)" – The Serendipity Singers 1966 Ward Swingle (choir director) (performed by The Swingle Singers) Anyone for Mozart? Jazz Suite on the Mass...
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  • Reese Europe, Cootie Williams, William Manuel Johnson, Urbie Green, Ward Swingle, Cow Cow Davenport, members of Take 6 and many more. Tubist Howard Johnson...
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  • "We Dig Mancini" Best Performance by a Chorus Ward Swingle for Anyone for Mozart? performed by the Swingle Singers Best Instrumental Performance Herb Alpert...
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  • Pauline Challoner Ferdy Mayne Cinematography Mieczyslaw Jahoda Music by Ward Swingle Production company Avala Film Release date 1968 (1968) Running time UK:...
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  • Linda Hirst – contraltos John Potter & Ward Swingle – tenors John Lubbock & David Beavan - basses Ward Swingle – keyboards Daryl Runswick – bass guitar...
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    Philharmonic and The Swingle Singers, conducted by Berio, Columbia Masterworks, 1969. Orchestre Philharmonique, Sinfonia Singers, dir. Ward Swingle, cond. Berio...
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  • Jeanne Moreau Jean-Paul Belmondo Cinematography Jean Rabier Music by Ward Swingle Distributed by Variety Distribution Release date 1963 (1963) Language...
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    of Music where she taught from 1926 for 45 years. Her pupils include Ward Swingle and Babette Effron. Karin Dayas was married to the German-born violinist...
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  • Mimi Perrin (founder) Monique Guérin Louis Aldebert Ward Swingle (future arranger of the Swingle Singers) Jean-Louis Conrozier Roger Guérin Christiane...
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  • Bitter Ending (category The Swingle Singers albums)
    voices composed by Andre Hodeir as commissioned by Ward Swingle. The work is performed by the Swingle Singers with a jazz quintet. This was the last work...
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    baseball player (Clio) Barret Swatek, actress and comedian (Birmingham) Ward Swingle, jazz arranger and composer (Mobile) Dabo Swinney, football head coach...
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  • Spring Festival. His Jazz Magnificat (1985) was written for Ward Swingle and The Swingle Singers and his Variations on the 'Sussex Carol' was commissioned...
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  • cinematographer Ward Stamer, Canadian politician Ward Sutherland, Canadian Politician Ward Sutton, American illustrator Ward Swingle (1927–2015), American...
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    Nightingale"), Maureen O’Connor, Patti Palmer (born Esther Calonico), Kay and Ward Swingle. During the 1940s, the band's popularity diminished, but Fio Rito continued...
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  • Rags and All that Jazz (category The Swingle Singers albums)
    Bott – sopranos Carol Hall & Linda Hirst – mezzo-sopranos John Potter & Ward Swingle – tenors John Lubbock & David Beavan - basses Patrick Gowers – keyboards...
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  • educator, cancer. Bob Sadino, 81, Indonesian businessman. Ward Swingle, 87, American musician (The Swingle Singers, Les Double Six). Bob Symes, 90, British inventor...
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