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Swing (real name : Richard Silva II) came to Stockholm from New York in 1991 after releasing his first single Hard copy/Safe Sex. He became the rapper for project Amadin. Then he met Dr Alban and they decided to make a record together, a eurodance remake of the Eurythmics hit Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This). The vocalist Birgitta Edoff was also invited to be a part of the project. The single was produced by V. Salazar and F. Lokar, engineered by P. Haggstrom. Executive producer was Dr. Alban himself. Extended version was done by V. Salazar, the Aura mix was done by Johan S., Tabledance version was remixed by P. Haggstrom. The single was recorded at Dr. Records. A video was shot for Sweet Dreams, Alban and Birgitta appeared in the clip. In 1995 also was released Sweet Dreams Remixes. It includes 2 tracks : The Real Version & Junglebook Mix. 1997 : Swing changed his name into Swingfly and recorded a single featuring Lutricia McNeal entitled Street Life. Today Swing is a highly respected artist in the Swedish music industry. He has appeard as a guest rapper in many project such as Blacknuss Al-Sars and Teddybears STHLM aka Teddybears Stockholm (on the track Hey Boy). His music has also been featured in a lot of films, TV-series and adverts. 2001 : Swing did a rap duet with Ayo entitled Come Get It. 2002 : he did a collective single called Come Get It / It's Alright with 8-Off Agallah, AYO and Dappa Don. 2006 : he released the hip-hop single Something's Got Me Started and did guest raps on Freddie Cruger's album Soul Search. 2008 : Swing scored a big hit in Sweden with the song Singing That Melody. He's currently working on his upcoming solo album. Thanks to Anton "MC Kasper" Skaletsky and Vision The biography was last updated Sun, June 14th 2009 Did you like this article ? Tell your friends
Latest Swing news18/10/2008 : Swing now makes music under the name Swingfly and is currently having a big hit in Sweden with the song Singing That Melody. Discover the clip here (thanks to Niklas Adolfsson from Dance Artist Info). Links to SwingOfficial websites Swing official website (under construction)
DISCLAIMER : unless you see the artist's name among the credits of this biography, it was only created by gathering infos from the web and from fan sources. Sorry if, even if I did all verifications I could, some parts of the biography are false or lack accuracy. If you are the artist himself or contributed to the project, please wait till I come back from holidays.
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