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"Searchin '" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller specifically for the Coasters. [1] Atco Records released it as a single in March 1957, which topped the R&B Chart for twelve weeks. It also reached number three on the Billboard singles chart.
The following year, the Coasters crossed over to the pop chart in a big way with the double-sided "Young Blood"/"Searchin'". [4] "Searchin'" was the group's first U.S. Top 10 hit, [4] and topped the R&B chart for 13 weeks, becoming the biggest R&B single of 1957 (all were recorded in Los Angeles).
The final number one on the juke box chart, in the issue of Billboard dated June 17, was "Searchin'" by the Coasters, which was listed jointly with its flip side, "Young Blood". The single had the year's longest unbroken run atop any of the listings, spending 13 consecutive weeks in the top spot on the Best Sellers chart.
Leiber and Stoller affected the course of modern popular music in 1957, when they wrote and produced the crossover double-sided hit by the Coasters, "Young Blood"/"Searchin'". [17] They released "Yakety Yak", which was a mainstream hit, as was the follow-up, "Charlie Brown".
The Coasters [2] 9 14 - 1969: Ray Stevens, #27 US pop "Poison Ivy" The Coasters [2] 7 1 15 1964: The Paramounts, #35 UK 1980: The Lambrettas, #7 UK 1990: Young & Restless, #76 R&B "I'm a Hog for You" The Coasters 38 - - "Love Potion No. 9" The Clovers: 23 23 - 1964: The Searchers, #3 US pop 1971: The Coasters, #76 US pop 1980: Rinder & Lewis ...
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"Young Blood" was originally recorded by The Coasters [1] and released as a single together with "Searchin'" in March 1957 by Atco Records (#6087). This song is compared to the cleaner cut song "Standing on the Corner" from the musical The Most Happy Fella.
Leon Hughes was an original member of The Coasters (Bobby Nunn, Carl Gardner, and Billy Guy).He recorded with the original group line-up until 1958. His tenor voice is heard on many of the group's hits, including "Down in Mexico", "Searchin", and "Young Blood".