The Swingin’ Medallions are a beach band based out of Greenwood, South Carol, whose musical roots came from listening to the early rhythm and blues acts. After a few years of touring colleges from the Carolinas to the Louisiana Bayou, John McElrath, one of the bands co-founders, took the group to a studio to record “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love)”. The song has sold millions of copies and become a party classic for decades. “She Drives Me Out Of My Mind” and “Hey, Hey, Baby” were top 40 hits in the ’60s but “Double Shot” remains the band’s signature song.
The members of the Swingin’ Medallions have changed over the part thirty years, but it has always included eight members with at least a four piece horn section. The high-energy party style stage performance of the first Medallions has been passed down to the band that performs today.