Sugar and Spice (song)
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| "Sugar and Spice" | ||||
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| Single by The Searchers | ||||
| B-side | "Saints and Searchers" | |||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Merseybeat | |||
| Label | Pye 7N15566 | |||
| Writer(s) | Fred Nightingale | |||
| The Searchers singles chronology | ||||
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"Sugar and Spice" is a 1963 song by Merseybeat band The Searchers written by Tony Hatch under the pseudonym Fred Nightingale.[1] It made number two on the UK charts (on Pye) and number 44 in the USA charts.[2][3]
Covers included a hit for The Cryan' Shames, whose version was released in 1966 on the Chicago-based Destination label.[4] The song became a local and regional hit for the band and finally peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[5] The Cryan' Shames' recording of the song was included on the influential 1972 compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "The Searchers Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-searchers-p5385/biography. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ "The Searchers". British Invasion Bands. http://www.britishinvasionbands.com/the-bands/the-searchers/. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ "The Searchers...". Liverpool Beat. http://www.liverpoolbeat.com/The-Searchers.html. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ "Band History Part One". The Cryan' Shames Official. http://www.cryanshames.com/history.html. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ "Sugar & Spice (Warner) Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/sugar-spice-warner-r695133/review. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ "Sugar and Spice The Cryan' Shames". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/song/sugar-and-spice-t7153272. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
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