Ticket to Ride -- A Beatles Tribute

by The Swingle Singers

Overview

The Swingle Singers began their existence in 1963 as an a cappella group performing accessible if challenging versions of Bach melodies. Their enthusiasm and musicianship made them popular from the start, and they have since explored a wide variety of superior music. This project from 2002 has the eight singers digging into 16 songs from the pens of Lennon and McCartney, ranging from famous Beatles hits to a few relatively obscure songs (if anything the Beatles ever recorded was really lesser known!). Although the tunes all found their origin in the rock world, the Swingle Singers come up with a series of inventive vocal arrangements that transform the music into jazz, sometimes in surprising ways. No matter how familiar one is with these melodies and lyrics, they sound brand new in this a cappella format. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	03/26/2002
Label:	PRIMARILY ACAPELLA
UPC:	0602437335528

Tracks

1. Ticket to Ride
2. Penny Lane
3. Revolution
4. Day Tripper
5. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
6. Birthday
7. Lady Madonna
8. Yesterday
9. Strawberry Fields Forever
10. Drive My Car
11. Blackbird/I Will
12. When I'm Sixty-Four
13. The Fool on the Hill
14. All My Loving
15. I Am the Walrus
16. Good Night

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Swingle Singers   Primary Artist
Patrick Ardagh-Walter   Bass (Vocal),Vocals
Andrew Gray   Tenor (Vocal),Vocals
Wendy Nieper   Alto (Vocals),Vocals
Michael "Spiderman" Robinson   Vocals
Sarah Simmonds   Alto (Vocals),Vocals
Michael Robinson   Tenor (Vocal)
Ann de Renais   Vocals
Joanna Forbes   Musical Director,Soprano (Vocal),Vocals

Technical Credits

Ward Swingle   Music Advisor
Paul McCartney   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Mark Williams   Arranger
Andrew Gray   Arranger
John Milner   Digital Editing,Mastering,Producer
Joanna Forbes   Producer
Jonathan Rathbone   Arranger