Swinging Medallions, The
Get your serious groove up on the dance floor with this party band
Genre:
60's,
70's,
Beach,
Dance,
Funk,
Motown,
Rock
Location: Greenwood, SC
About Swinging Medallions, The:
The Swingin' Medallions have been based out of the Greenwood South Carolina area, since the early 1960's. The Swingin' Medallions musical roots came from listening to the early rhythm and blues acts. The music most often associated with the band is beach music, frat rock, R&B, or shaggin' music. After a few years of touring colleges from the Carolinas to the Louisiana Bayou, John McElrath took the group to Arthur Smith's Studio in Charlotte North Carolina, to record "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)". The song became a million seller in 1966, and has been a party classic for college students for decades. "She Drives Me Out Of My Mind" and "Hey, Hey, Baby" were top 40 hits in 1966 and 1967, but "Double Shot" remains the signature song of the Swingin' Medallions.The members of the Swingin' Medallions have changed over the past thirty years, with John McElrath being the leader and only member to be performing today. The personnel of the band has always included around eight members with at least a four piece horn section. The high energy party style stage performance of the first Swingin' Medallions
has been passed down to the band that performs today. The present Swingin' Medallions
stage show has coined them the name "The Party Band of the South."
Many of The Swingin' Medallions attended and graduated from Lander University in Greenwood, SC while performing in the south east. The University of Georgia was also the home of some of the band members.
Lewis Grizzard wrote in a 1993 article that, "Even today, when I hear the Swingin' Medallions sing "Double Shot of My Baby's Love, " it makes me want to stand outside in the hot sun with a milkshake cup full of beer in one hand and a slightly-drenched nineteen-year-old coed in the other."
Available For:
Corporate Events
Fraternity/Sorority Parties
Private Parties
Rehearsal Dinner
Wedding Reception
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Swingin' Medallion Recordings
Double Shot of My Baby's Love
Hey, Hey Baby
She Drives Me Out of My Mind
Hang on Sloopy
Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
Round and Round
How Do You Stop
Oleander
Shaggin' in The Moonlight
I Wanna Be Your Guy
I'm Gonna Make Her Mine
Samples of a vast repertoire:
Mustang Sally
With This Ring
Under the Boardwalk
Ain't too Proud to Beg
It's All Right
Fire
Carolina Girls
I Got You (I Feel Good)
My Girl
Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
Walkin' the Dog
Stay
Domino
Brown Eyed Girl
Margaritaville
Ms. Grace
Hard to Handle
Shotgun
Old Time Rock-n-Roll
39-26-40 Shape
Groove Me
Knock on Wood
Shout
Jump, Jive and Wail
Family Tradition
Louie Louie
Who's Makin' Love
Let it Whip
She's a Bad Mama Jama
Mambo #5
Country Grammar
Can I Get a Witness
Ride That Train
Boogie Shoes
Shake Your Booty
Word Up
The Joker
Soul Man
YMCA
Brick House
Wild Thing
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Wonderful Tonight
When a Man Loves a Woman
Let's Get it On
Sittin' on The Dock of The Bay
What I Like About You
Play That Funky Music White Boy
The House is a Rockin'
Johnny B. Goode
Sweet Home Alabama