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In the meantime "Sweets for My Sweet" establishing the band in the UK, so Philips decided to release 13 more Searchers' tracks from these live sessions. The result was an album named Sweets for My Sweet – The Searchers at the Star-Club Hamburg. The album peaked at number 11 on the German album chart on 5 March 1964. [4]
The Searchers recorded them at one of the BBC's usual locations the Playhouse Theatre, the Paris Theatre or the studio out at Maida Vale. "What usually happened was that we'd have done a gig late the previous night, and then we’d have to go in at 9.30 the next morning to tape the radio session," said guitarist John McNally. Normally there was ...
The Iron Door club (situated at 13 Temple Street, Liverpool) played the same role in the Searchers’ career as the Cavern Club did for The Beatles. [1] It was a small music club in Liverpool managed by Les Ackerley, manager of the Searchers at the time, and it was the venue where their UK popularity started. [2]
Britain’s longest-running pop band The Searchers have spoken about coming back out of retirement for a brand new tour – and this time it really could be their last.. Rising to fame as part of ...
The Searchers are an English Merseybeat group who flourished during the British Invasion of the 1960s. [1] [2] The band's hits include a remake of the Drifters' 1961 hit, "Sweets for My Sweet"; "Sugar and Spice" (written by their producer Tony Hatch); remakes of Jackie DeShannon's "Needles and Pins" and "When You Walk in the Room"; a cover of the Orlons' "Don't Throw Your Love Away"; and a ...
The Searchers did not release any official live album in the UK (although there were several low-cost concert albums or live collector's CDs). Philips Records recorded their performance in 1963 at the German Star-Club , Hamburg .
The Searchers played 126 appearances at The Star-Club, The Rattles 154. [4] Mike Pender said: "Playing at the Star-Club and mixing acts like the Everly Brothers, Gene Vincent and Jerry Lee Lewis gave us great confidence." [5] The first US live album by The Searchers Hear! Hear! went to No. 120 on Billboard Top 200 in the summer of 1964.
Despite previous album, Searchers, was a flop in the UK, it was a moderate commercial success in the US and that opened door for a follow-up on the Sire Records.The general feeling in the company was that, there was a need for an extra depth and edge to any new product, and the American producer Ed Stasium was brought in to add the missing elements. [1]