The Shanes were a Swedish

Sweden

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 rock and roll

Rock and roll

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 band active from 1963 to 1969.

The group played in a variety of British- and American-influenced styles, including R&B, Merseybeat

Beat music

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, psychedelia

Psychedelic music

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, and instrumental pop. They were very successful in their home country, landing a string of top ten hit singles, including "Christ Craft No. 9", which reached #2 there in 1967. They released one single in Britain on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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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