Swinging Blue Jeans

The Blue Genes were formed as a semi - pro band in 1959, eventually changing their name to the Swinging Blue Jeans and turning professional in 1962.

Following a number of successful resident engagements at such famous Liverpool clubs as the Mardi Gras and The Cavern, the Jeans were offered resident seasons at the Star Club in Hamburg alongside such Liverpool groups as The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers, and Merseybeats.

In 1963, the Swinging Blue Jeans blasted their way into the charts with Hippy Hippy Shake, which resulted them appearing on the very first show of the long running BBC Television series Top Of The Pops. Amongst other new chart climbers on that show was a band calling themselves 'The Rolling Stones'.!

Due to the incredible international success of Hippy Hippy Shake the Jeans were featured on every major pop TV show in Great Britain, Scandinavia and Europe, they also featured in no less than 3 feature films.

Hit singles were the norm, Good Golly Miss Molly, You're No Good, Don't Make Me Over and It's Too Late Now were all chart successes. Mixed in with the hit singles were two hit albums, Blue Jeans A Swinging and Swinging Blue Jeans At The Cascade.

The Swinging Blue Jeans are still one of the most popular of the authentic 60's band their annual tour commitments take in such wide flung countries as Germany, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Norway, New Zealand, Denmark, UAE, Holland, Ireland, Poland, Canada, the USA, and of course Great Britain.

Founder members of the Blue Jeans, Ray Ennis and Les Braid, often tend to look back and think themselves lucky to have been involved in a Liverpool explosion of popular music that played such a vital part in the exciting era now fondly referred to all who lived through it as .... the 'Swinging Sixties'.!

The current line-up of the Swinging Blue Jeans features: Ray Ennis (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Les Braid ( Bass guitar and backing vocals), Alan Lovell (lead guitar and vocals) and Phil Thompson (drums and percussion).