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The vocals of the Coasters' lead singer Billy Guy are raw and insistent. Driving the song is a pounding piano rhythm of two bass notes alternating on every second beat. [2] The theme of the song is searching for love: "Well, I'm searching, Yeah I'm gonna find her".
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).
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In 1998, a CD called "Leon Hughes: One Of The First Original Coasters" was released on Oldie CD, and a VHS tape called "The Coasters: Tribute To Their Greatest Hits" was released. Hughes still performed with a Coasters group, sometimes as "Leon Hughes and his Original Coasters." He also has done some performances with a Hollywood Flames group.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Nunn had his own group of Coasters called "The Coasters Mark II" with members Grady Chapman, Bobby Sheen, and Billy Richards Jr. (who is nephew to Billy Richards). [4] Nunn also appeared on a record by "The Coasters Two Plus Two" in 1975 called "Searchin '75" b/w "Young Blood" (released on Chelan Records and ...
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 ...
Before Guy joined The Coasters in 1955, [2] he was part of a comedy singing duo called "Bip and Bop". One single, "Ding Dong Ding", b/w "Du-Wada-Du", was released on Aladdin Records in 1955. [ 3 ] He made a number of solo records during the 1960s and 1970s.