| LC control no. | n 85194185 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Swingle, Ward |
| Birth date | 19270921 |
| Death date | 20150119 |
| Place of birth | Mobile (Ala.) |
| Place of death | Eastbourne (East Sussex, England) |
| Field of activity | Music |
| Affiliation | New Swingle Singers Swingle Singers Double Six (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Choral conductors Composers Pianists Music teachers Tenors (Singers) |
| Found in | Johnston, B. Sonnets of desolation [SR] p1984: container (Ward Swingle, director, New Swingle Singers) Who's who in American music. Classical, 2nd ed. (Swingle, Ward Lamar; b. Sep. 21, 1927, Mobile, Ala.; composer, pianist, educator; directed Swingle Singers and New Swingle Singers) Washington post WWW site, Jan. 21, 2015 (Ward Swingle; died Jan. 19 [2015] in Eastbourne, England; he was 87; the death was announced by the Swingles, which he started in the early 1960s and was long known as the Swingle Singers; a gifted tenor, Mr. Swingle also worked as a backup singer for such entertainers as Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour and Blossom Dearie; in 1959, he helped found the vocal group Les Double Six; in 1973, Mr. Swingle disbanded the Swingle Singers, only to re-form it in England under various names, including Swingle II and the New Swingle Singers; stepped down in 1984; Ward Lamar Swingle was born in Mobile, Ala., on Sept. 21, 1927) |
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