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Buddy Greco (born Armando Greco on August 14, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and pianist. Greco began playing piano at the age of four. His first professional work was playing with Benny Goodman's band. Most of Greco's work has been in the jazz and pop genres. He has had hits such as "Oh Look At Her Ain't She Pretty", "The Lady is a Tramp", and "Around the World". He has recorded about 65 albums and 100 singles.

A group of lads from London were drawn together by their love for a style and music that outclassed anything around. The music was hot jive that had the beat, energy and enthusiasm of rock ‘n’ roll and the fun and rhythm of big band swing all rolled into one.
The Jive Aces’ unique sound comes from a combination of their own original tunes in true swing style as well as fresh arrangements of songs from the swing era.

Ric was born on 8 December 1952 and brought up in Birmingham. He joined Fairport Convention in 1985. The violin was Ric's first love and he took up the instrument as a youngster. His first professional engagement was in 1972, touring Europe with Stomu Yamashta's Red Buddah Theatre. During the mid-1970s Ric was in demand as a jazz soloist and worked with, among others, Michael Garrick, Johnny Patrick and legendary jazz pianist Jaques Dieval.

Rip Roaring Cats formed in December 2008. Quickly recording their first demo 'Wolf Parlour' as a duo at Roundhouse Studios. Soon enlisting the loud and energetic drumming services of Tom Maisey they played a bunch of succesfuly rawkus gigs in London Town. After Tom's departure Rip Roaring Cats took time to evolve their music into a more aggressive, faster and complex creature. Discovering a new drummer, the youthful jazz-trained-hardcore-loving Colombian export Antonio Sanchez in early 2010, Rip Roaring Cats have just released their debut EP Tango Welles...