Sounds Like Searchers
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| Sounds Like Searchers | ||||
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| Released | 19 March 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Studio | Pye Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Rock/Pop | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Pye | |||
| Producer | Tony Hatch | |||
| The Searchers chronology | ||||
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| US edition (Kapp Records) | ||||
| The New Searchers LP (Chris, John, Mike, Frank) The New Searchers LP (Chris, John, Mike, Frank) | ||||
Sounds Like Searchers is the fourth studio album by the English rock band The Searchers and the group's first LP featuring singer and bass player Frank Allen. Album features title track of the band's UK number-one EP Bumble Bee as well as cover versions of some well known tracks written or co-written by Burt Bacharach, John Barry or Jackie DeShannon. The album has reached the Top 10 in the UK album chart.
In the Netherlands, "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" was issued as a single A-side and reached No. 17[1] (in the meantime "Bumble Bee" reached No. 23 on the Dutch Top 40[2]). The Moody Blues also recorded and released hit version of the song at the same time. Another beat group from The Searchers hometown Liverpool, The Kubas, did a rendition of "Magic Potion" in 1965 but failed to chart.
Release
Sounds Like Searchers was released as a monaural (mono) LP album on the Pye label in the UK on March 19th 1965, Pye NPL 18111. It entered the LP charts on March 27th 1965 went to No. 8 and stayed for 17 weeks.[3] An EP called "Four by Four" with songs taken from the album (with "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" as the lead track) was released on the Pye Records NEP 24228 on November 1965 but failed to chart.
US version
Album was also released in the US on Kapp Records as "The New Searchers LP (Chris, John, Mike, Frank)" with a different cover but using similar track order (included actual hit single "What Have They Done to the Rain" instead of the song "Let The Good Times Roll"). The album peaked at No. 112 in the US album chart.[4] Album track "Bumble Bee" was released as the main single of the album in the US and went to No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Everybody Come And Clap Your Hands" | Ellie Greenwich, John Barry | Frank Allen | 2:38 |
| 2. | "If I Could Find Someone" | Chris Curtis | Mike Pender | 2:08 |
| 3. | "Magic Potion" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | Chris Curtis | 2:31 |
| 4. | "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" | Bert Berns, Jerry Wexler | Mike Pender | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Bumble Bee" | LaVern Baker, Leroy Fullylove | Mike Pender | 2:12 |
| 6. | "Something You Got Baby" | Chris Kenner | Mike Pender | 2:36 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Let The Good Times Roll" | Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee | Mike Pender, Frank Allen, Chris Curtis | 1:41 |
| 2. | "A Tear Fell" | Eugene Randolph, Dorian Burton | Mike Pender | 2:58 |
| 3. | "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" | Jackie DeShannon | Mike Pender | 2:15 |
| 4. | "You Wanna Make Her Happy" | Chris Curtis | Mike Pender | 2:10 |
| 5. | "Everything You Do" | Chris Curtis | John McNally | 1:34 |
| 6. | "Goodnight Baby" | Ellie Greenwich, John Barry | Mike Pender | 2:17 |
Personnel
The Searchers
- Mike Pender – lead guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
- John McNally – rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals
- Frank Allen – bass, lead and backing vocals
- Chris Curtis – drums, lead and backing vocals
Additional musicians and production
- Tony Hatch – producer, piano
- Ray Prickett – recording engineer
References
- ^ "Top40Hitdossier.nl". Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Top40Hitdossier.nl". Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Searchers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
