The Shanes (Swedish band)

The Shanes were a Swedish rock band active from 1963 to 1969.

The group played in a variety of British- and American-influenced styles, including British R&B, Merseybeat, and instrumental pop. They were successful in their home country, landing a string of top ten hit singles, including "Chris-Craft No. 9", which reached number 2 there in 1967. They released one single in the UK on Columbia Records, "I Don't Want Your Love", but it did not chart there.

Members

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

LPs

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

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 [Spain] EPL-14.302)

Compilations

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