From: Mullingar
Active: 70s/80s
Style: Pop, Rock
Lineup:
- Tommy Swarbrigg
- Jimmy Swarbrigg
Bio:
Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg recorded a string of superior pop singles between 1968-74 as
The Times, before recording as The Swarbriggs (1975), Swarbriggs Plus Two (1977),
Winter (1978) and Swarbrigg, as well as indivudual solo releases.
Probably the most talented homegrown pop act of the 70s.
Discography:
• Swarbrigg - That's What Friends Are For / Love Is
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5013 - IRL - 1975 - PS
7" - MCA Records - MCA 179 - 1975 - PS
1975 Eurovision entrant.
• Swarbrigg - Shuffle Into My Heart / Sing It Again
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5025 - IRL - 1975
7" - MCA Records - MCA 202 - 1975
• Swarbrigg - Funny / To Love
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5031 - IRL - 1975
7" - MCA Records - MCA 214 - 1975
• The Swarbriggs with The Times - That's What Friends Are For
LP - EMI - IEMC 6003 - IRL - 1975
side one:
That's What Friends Are For
Love Is
Rock On The Rocks
Tonight, I'm Serious
Dedication
Rainbow Day
side two:
Shuffle Into My Heart
Dream Time
Our Very Own Song
Sing It Again
Here We Are Again
Long Time Coming
Notes:
Recorded at Aisling Studios, Dublin.
Arranged and produced by John Drummond.
• Tommy & Jimmy Swarbrigg and The Times - Passin' The Time Away
LP - MFP Records - MFP 50205 - IRL - 1976
Reissue of the 1971 Times LP Looking Through The Eyes of The Times
• The Swarbrigg Brothers - Give Her Your Love / Rainy Days
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5041 - IRL - 1976
7" - MCA Records - MCA 243 - 1976
• The Swarbriggs - Joanne / Tonight I'm Serious
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5047 - IRL - 1976
• The Swarbriggs - Someone Else's Land / Dance All Night / Rock On the Rocks
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5054 - IRL - 1976
• The Swarbriggs - It's Nice To Be In Love Again / Here We Are Again
7" - EMI Records - EMI 2606 - IRL - 1977
• The Swarbriggs Plus Two - It's Nice To Be In Love Again
7" - EMI Records - EMI 5059 - IRL - 1977
With Nicola Kerr & Alma Carroll, 1977 Eurovision entrant.
• The Swarbriggs - Melanie's Rainbow / Time
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5070 - IRL - 1977
• The Swarbriggs - Greatest Hits
LP - EMI Records - LEAF 7013 - IRL - 1977 - foc
• The Swarbriggs - Rock'n'Roll Kisses / You Can't Tell Me
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5079 - IRL - 1978
• Winter - Turn Around / Nobody Loves You Like I Do
7" - EMI Records - 2824 - IRL - 1978
• Winter - s/t
LP - EMI Records - EMC 3266 - IRL - 1978 - inner sleeve
• The Swarbriggs - We Can Make Good Music / Baby We'll Make It This Time
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5089 - IRL - 1979
• The Swarbriggs - Don't Ask Me To Teach You To Drive / Think Love
7" - Meglo Records - 101 - IRL - 1979
• The Swarbriggs - Sacramento / I Get So Nervous
7" - Meglo Records - 104 - IRL - 1980
• Jimmy Swarbrigg - Bits of the Hits / Paper The Cracks
7" - Swarbrigg Records - SWA 001 - IRL - 1980
• Jimmy Swarbrigg - Looking Thru The Eyes Of A Beautiful Girl / Annie's Story
7" - WEA Records - K 18403 - IRL - 1980
• Jimmy Swarbrigg - Barking Up The Wrong Tree / Cradle Rock
7" - WEA Records - IR 18821 - IRL - 1981
See also:
The Times
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