The Shanes were a Swedish

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band active from 1963 to 1969. The group played in a variety of British- and American-influenced styles, including

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, Merseybeat, and instrumental pop. They were successful in their home country, landing a string of top ten

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, including "Chris-Craft No. 9", which reached number 2 there in 1967.

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They released one single in the UK on

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, "I Don't Want Your Love", but it did not chart there.

Members

*Lennart Grahn - vocals *Tommy Wåhlberg - guitar, vocals *Staffan Berggren - lead guitar *Tor-Erik Rautio - drums *Kit Sundqvist - keyboards, guitar, vocals *Rolf Carvenius - saxophone *Svante Elfgren - bass

Discography

LPs

* ''Let Us Show You!'' (1964) * ''The Shanegang'' (1965) * ''Shanes Again!'' (1966) * ''Ssss Shanes!'' (1967) * ''VI'' (1967)

Swedish singles

EPs

* ''Shanes-Moonlighters live!'' (1965; Columbia SEGS-138) * ''Let Me Tell Yah'' (1966; Columbia SEGS-147) * ''Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo'' (1966; La Voz De Su Amo

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Compilations

* ''The Best Of Shanes'' (1969) * ''Shanes, 1963-68!'' (1983) * ''Strictly Instrumental'' (1987) * ''

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! Shanes!'' (1991) * ''Bästa'' (1991) * ''Hi Lili Hi Lo'' (1997) * ''The Shanes'' (2000) * ''The Shanes Original Album Series'' (2012) * ''Let Them Show You: The Anthology 1964-1967'' (2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shanes, The Swedish rock music groups Musical groups established in 1963