* May 3 – Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on AM, with a combined potential 100, 000 watts, from the same ship anchored off the south coast of England in international waters.

* Swinging Radio England

" Swinging London " was defined by Time magazine in its issue of 15 April 1966 and celebrated in the name of the pirate radio station, Swinging Radio England, that began shortly afterward.

This sort of music was heard in the United Kingdom over pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline, Wonderful Radio London and Swinging Radio England.

Tower put in an appearance at the offices of Swinging Radio England on Curzon Street in London.

Texas connections to British stations led Don Pierson of Eastland, Texas to promote three American-radio format stations off Britain: Wonderful Radio London or Big L, Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio.

# The ship stations of Wonderful Radio London and Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio.

Swinging Radio England or " SRE " was the " home of the boss jocks and much more music.

Swinging Radio England shared the ship from which it broadcast with another 50 kW station named Britain Radio, a beautiful music format station which called itself the " Hallmark of Quality.

They are also noted for providing " Crash " ( a big-beat cover version of Brass Incorporated's At the Sign of the Swinging Cymbal, perhaps best known as the theme song of BBC Radio 1's Pick of the Pops ) as the theme tune to Radio 1's ' Official Chart Show ' between 1998 and 2002, when Mark Goodier was the host.

Radio London's Kenny Everett ( a Liverpudlian ), Caroline's Jerry Leighton and Swinging Radio England's Ron O ' Quinn were invited to tag along.

As a result of his Radio London initiative, Pierson created Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio on board another ship in 1965.

:: SRE — Swinging Radio England aboard the MV Laissez Faire anchored off south-eastern England.

Swinging Radio England (" SRE ") was a top 40 offshore commercial station billed as the " World's Most Powerful " that operated from 3 May 1966 to 13 November 1966 from a ship in the North Sea, three and a half miles off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England.

Both the studio and the 50 kiloWatt AM transmitter of Swinging Radio England were in two separate prefabricated rooms lowered into the two holds of the MV Olga Patricia ( later renamed MV Laissez Faire ), a World War II vessel built in the USA as a supply ship.

Swinging Radio England was the brainchild of Don Pierson who lived in Eastland, Texas, USA.

The studios for Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio were in adjoining rooms, and like the transmitters which were housed in a prefabricated building lowered into one of the holds of the ship, the two rooms were located in a similar building lowered into the second hold of the ship.

The attorney for the ship venture accused CEMCO of failing to conduct this research when it was discovered that when Swinging Radio England finally got on the air, its 845 kHz signal began clashing with an Italian state-owned radio station in Rome while both 795 kHz and 815 kHz were off-channel and too close to the 809 kHz frequency used by a BBC network in Scotland.

Vick and Curtiss headed to Amsterdam to locate offices and hire Dutch-speaking deejays to staff the station which was called Radio Dolfijn ( Radio Dolphin ) after the initial notion of a " Swinging Radio Holland " The new station went on the air in mid-November 1966 and Radio England passed into history after a turbulent six months.

Swinging Radio England made its arrival with the Mitch Miller recording of " Yellow Rose of Texas ".

Rick Randall has mused that perhaps Pierson had been right and that more polish, control and saving of expenses would have been achieved had Swinging Radio England been automated.

Swinging Radio England launched the British radio careers of Roger Day and Johnnie Walker, both of whom also adopted transatlantic accents on SRE to mask their roots.

The decade was also labeled the Swinging Sixties because of the fall or relaxation of some social taboos especially relating to sexism and racism that occurred during this time.

The first, Blowup ( 1966 ), set in Swinging London, was a major international success.

* Carnaby Street was for a short time the fashion centre of 1960s " Swinging London " although it quickly became known for poor quality ' kitsch ' products.

He was the Prime Minister in the so-called " Swinging London " era of the 1960s, and therefore features in many of the books about this period of history.

In the United States, Cassette Culture was associated with DIY sound collage, riot grrrl, and punk music and blossomed across the country on cassette labels like Ladd-Frith Psyclones, Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine, Swinging Axe, Pass the Buck, E. F.

As recently as 1999 the locally-produced musical Swinging Into the Millennium was held in the upper hall.

" Hollywood Swinging " was sampled by DJ Kool in his song " Let Me Clear My Throat ," and by rapper Mase on " Feel So Good ".

A posthumous album, The Autumn Stone, was released later in 1969, and included the major Immediate recordings, a rare live concert performance, and a number of previously unreleased tracks recorded for their intended fourth LP, 1862, including the classic Swinging Sixties instrumental " Wide Eyed Girl on the Wall " and " Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass ", co-written by Ian McLagan.

She was encouraged to start singing by Liverpool promoter, Sam Leach, who gave her her first gig at The Cassanova Club, where she appeared as " Swinging Cilla ".

The " Swinging London " scene was aptly reflected in his Box of Pin-Ups ( 1964 ): a box of poster-prints of 1960s celebrities including Terence Stamp, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Jean Shrimpton, PJ Proby, Cecil Beaton, Rudolf Nureyev, Andy Warhol and notorious East End gangsters the Kray twins ( see photo ).

Owing to Quant's position in the heart of fashionable " Swinging London ", the miniskirt was able to spread beyond a simple street fashion into a major international trend.

As Moulton bicycles became an icon of the Swinging Sixties and were sold around the world by the thousands, Moulton was briefly one of the largest bicycle manufacturers in Britain.

Called " supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London " by Rolling Stone, the song was perceived by some as the band's return to their blues roots after the psychedelia of their preceding albums Between the Buttons and Their Satanic Majesties Request.

In 1995, the musical Swinging on a Star, a revue of songs written by Johnny Burke opened on Broadway and ran for three months ; Lamour was credited as a " special advisor ".

* " Swinging Down the Lane " was number one for six weeks in 1923 ;

Fashion designer Mary Quant was at the heart of the " Swinging London " scene of the 1960s, and her work culminated in the creation of the miniskirt and hot pants.

The Swinging Sixties was defined on King's Road, which runs the length of the area.

Other notable recordings of " Shake, Rattle and Roll " include a version by Arthur Conley which was a hit in 1968, as well as cover versions of Turner's and Haley's arrangements by The Beatles, Sam Cooke, Willy DeVille, Johnny Horton, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, NRBQ, Huey Lewis and the News, Doc Watson.

Swinging arm was common in small cars that were sprung softly and could carry large loads, because the camber is independent of load.

In the 1959 LP Songs for Swinging Sellers, Peter Sellers included a character " Twit Conway ", who was a rock singer.

The plot was inspired by Julio Cortázar's short story, " Las babas del diablo " or " The Devil's Drool " ( 1959 ), translated also as Blow-Up, and by the life of Swinging London photographer David Bailey.

Raymond " Ossie " Clark ( 9 June 1942 – 6 August 1996 ) was an English fashion designer who was a major figure in the Swinging Sixties scene in London and the fashion industry in that era.