The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four-piece 60s British merseybeat band, best … Read Full Bio ↴The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four-piece 60s British merseybeat band, best known for their proto-rave-up hit single "Hippy Hippy Shake" (also known as "The Hippy Hippy Shake"). Intriguingly, while the song sounds rather Beatles-clone like, the Beatles did in fact do a cover version of this song for the BBC. The Swinging Blue Jeans had a spell of moderate success, breaking into the U.S. with the aforementioned hit but also charting again and again in the U.K. such as with the top 5 cover track "You're No Good". Sadly, they seemed to fly along with the all-pervading merseybeat success story. Once the novelty started to pale, the hits dried up, and the band eventually retired to the oldies circuit.

Guitarist Terry Sylvester left the group in the late 60s, and he joined another seminal Britsh rock act, The Hollies, as a replacement for the departing Graham Nash. The Swinging Blue Jeans, with some original members, soldiered on through the decades. A version of the group, with singer-songwriter and guitarist Ray Ennis remaining, continues to tour to this day.

Tutti Frutti
The Swinging Blue Jeans Lyrics

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Wabadadooda wambambam
Tutti Frutti all route it Tutti Frutti all route it
Tutti Frutti
All route it Tutti Frutti all route it
Tutti Frutti
All route it
Wabadadooda wambambam

Von Liverpool kommen wir
Mit einem tollen Beat.
Gestern waren wir neu;
Heut' tanzen alle mit!
So geht's jeden Tag
So geht's jede Nacht
Bis uns der Rhythmus crazy macht!
Tutti Frutti...

Von Liverpool kommen wir
Und alles hat gestaunt.
Ost und West
Süd und Nord
Über diesen Supersound!
So geht's jeden Tag
So geht's jede Nacht
Bis uns der Rhythmus crazy macht!
Tutti Frutti...

Von Liverpool kommen wir mit einem tollen Beat...

Overall Meaning

The Swinging Blue Jeans's song Tutti Frutti is an upbeat rock and roll track that celebrates the band's success and popularity. The repetitive and catchy lyrics "Wabadadooda wambambam, Tutti Frutti all route it" create an energetic and fun atmosphere that gets listeners grooving along. The verses explain that the band is from Liverpool and has a great beat that everyone loves. They go on to say that they have been dancing to this rhythm every day and every night, and it has made them crazy.

The chorus, "Tutti Frutti," is an Italian phrase that means "all fruits" and is used to describe a colorful mixture of different flavors. In the context of the song, it represents the variety and excitement that the band brings with their music. The verses also mention that people from all over, from the East to the West, have been amazed by their "supersound." This emphasizes the band's impact and attraction that is felt not only locally but globally.

Overall, the song is an upbeat and joyous declaration of the band's success and universal appeal - a celebration of their music, culture, and the beat that they bring.

Tutti FruttiThe Swinging Blue Jeans Lyrics

Tutti Frutti
The Swinging Blue Jeans Lyrics