Meet the Searchers

by The Searchers

Meet the Searchers cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1963
  • Label: Pye
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:03:51
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Tony Jackson, Chris Curtis, John McNally, Mike Pender

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Emerging alongside The Beatles in the fertile Liverpool scene, The Searchers established themselves with jangly guitars and impeccable vocal harmonies. Their energetic debut perfectly encapsulates the optimistic, harmony-driven sound of early Merseybeat pop.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, jangly, infectious, dance, cover

Tracklist

  1. Sweets for My Sweet (2:28)
  2. Alright (2:09)
  3. Love Potion No. 9 (2:05)
  4. Farmer John (1:59)
  5. Stand By Me (3:28)
  6. Money (That's What I Want) (2:47)
  7. Da Doo Ron Ron (2:25)
  8. Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya (2:05)
  9. Since You Broke My Heart (2:50)
  10. Tricky Dicky (2:08)
  11. Where Have All the Flowers Gone (2:57)
  12. Twist and Shout (2:45)
  13. It's All Been a Dream (1:49)
  14. Liebe ("Money" in German) (2:46)
  15. Farmer John (1:59)
  16. Mais C'etait Un Reve ("It's All Been a Dream" in French) (1:50)
  17. Sweets for My Sweet (2:29)
  18. Alright (2:09)
  19. Love Potion Number Nine (2:05)
  20. Farmer John (2:00)
  21. Stand By Me (3:33)
  22. Money (That's What I Want) (2:49)
  23. Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya (2:13)
  24. Since You Broke My Heart (2:53)
  25. Tricky Dicky (2:10)
  26. Twist and Shout (2:48)

Credits

  • The Searchers - primary artist
  • Chris Curtis - drums, vocals
  • Mike Pender - lead guitar, vocals
  • Tony Jackson - lead vocals, bass guitar
  • John McNally - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Doc Pomus - written-by
  • Mort Shuman - written-by
  • Jerry Ross - written-by
  • Lester Vanadore - written-by
  • Leiber & Stoller - written-by
  • Dewey Terry - written-by
  • Don "Sugarcane" Harris - written-by
  • Dean Beard - written-by
  • Ray Doggett - written-by
  • Slim Willet - written-by
  • Berry Gordy - written-by
  • Janie Bradford - written-by
  • Spector, Greenwich & Barry - written-by
  • James Marcus Smith - written-by
  • Don Everly - written-by
  • Pete Seeger - written-by
  • Bert Russell - written-by
  • Phil Medley - written-by

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