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Artist
Swingers
12+ albums
punk rockufapop rockrussianorgcore
about
There are several artists under this name. 1.Swingers were a relatively short-lived New Zealand band whose members included Phil Judd, formerly of Split Enz, and Bones Hillman, who later went on to play for Midnight Oil. Swingers are best remembered for Counting The Beat, a catchy pop-rock hit on both sides of the Tasman Sea. Other releases failed to replicate the success of Counting The Beat. 2.Music band “SWINGERS” was formed in Zagreb, capital of Croatia. The founder and the bandleader is Robert Mareković, singer of, in its days, very popular rock and roll band called “Fantomi”. They had their first performance in club “Tvornica” in Zagreb and this one was succeeded by many others in the country. Playing great music made them famous abroad and so far they have performed on important stages in Slovenia, Austria and Germany. Those who still haven’t seen them live had a lot of opportunities to see them in TV shows and video clips. The first full-length album, “REWIND”, followed in October of 2005. “REWIND” was a cross section of the group's work over the years, and with covers of well-known standards in Italian and English, it also featured two songs in Croatian language. In the summer of 2006, the Swingers started working on a duet with mr. Ivo Robić, the very first posthumous duet in Croatia. In 1998. Robert Mareković recorded a duet with mr. Robić for the song “Jabuke i trešnje”, but wasn't satisfied with the performance and the arrangements. After the death of Ivo
