 The
Searchers are a British rock band who emerged as part of the 1960s
merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blues Jeans and
Gerry and the Pacemakers.
The
band´s hits included a remake of The Drifter´ 1961 hit "Sweets For My
Sweet", remakes of Jackie DeShannon´s "Needley And Pins" and "When You
Walk In The Room", "Sugar And Spice", "Don´t Throw Your Love Away" and a
remake of The Clovers´ "Love Potion No. 9". They were the second group
after the Beatles to have a hit in America when "Needles And Pins"
chartet during the first week of March 1964.
Like
many similar acts they would do as many as three shows at different
venues in one night. They negotiated a contract with the Star Club in
the St. Pauli distric Hamburg for 128 days, with three one-hour performances a night, starting in July 1962.
Of
all the British bands that recorded at the Star Club in 1962/63, the
Searchers gave the best performance -- polished, exciting, and utterly
professional, lacking the finely honed 12-string guitar sound that their
subsequent hits would display but still a fine testament to their early
work and history. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide 
Personnel:
Chris Curtis (drums, vocals)
Tony Jackson (bass, vocals)
John McNally (guitar, vocals
Mike Pender (guitar, vocals) Tracklist:
01. Sweets For My Sweet (Shuman/Pomus) 2.20
02. Ain´t That Just Like Me (Carrol) 1.40
03. Listen To Me (Petty/Hardin) 2.05
04. I Can Tell (Samuels/McDaniels) 2.33
05. Sick And Tired (Domino) 2.47
06. Mashed Potatoes () 1.39
07. Beautiful Dreamer (Foster)1.57
08. Sweet Nothin´s (unknown) 2.18
09. Sahkin´ All Over (Kidd) 2.22
10. It´s All Been A Dream (unknown) 1.46
11. Don´t You Know (Box/Hall) 1.53
12. Maybelline (Berry) 1.59
13. Sweet Little Sixteen (Berry) 2.58
14. I Sure Know A Lot About Love (unknown) 2.22
15. Rosalie (Porter) 2.13
16. Led In The game (Holly) 1.47
17. Hey Joe (Bryant) 2.30
18.Always It´s You (Bryant/Bryant) 2.26
19. Hully Gully (Goldsmith/Smith) 2.13
20. What `d I Say (Charles) 2.52 ARMU 0012
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