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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Various Refers
THE SEARCHERS
Liverpool, GB
*  1961

Line-Up (1998):

SEARCHERS (photo)
 

John McNally - voc,g,hca
Spencer James - g,voc
Frank Allen - bg,kb,voc
Eddie Rothe - ds,voc

Former Members:

Mike Pender (voc,g, 1961-cca 1981)
Tony Jackson (bg,voc, 1961-64)
Norman McGarry (ds, 1961-?); Chris Curtis (ds,voc, ?-3/66); John David (ds, 1966-?); John Blunt (ds, 3/66-1969); Billy Adamson (ds,voc, 1969-cca 1981)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Twist At The Star Club Hamburg1963
2.Meet The Searchers8/1963 Pye2
3.Sugar And Spice11/1963 Pye5
4.Meet The Searchers - Needles And Pins
(in the USA)
3/1964 Kapp 22
5.It's The Searchers5/1964 Pye4
6.Hear! Hear! (Live In Hamburg)6/1964 Mercury
7.This Is Us
(in the USA)
10/1964 Kapp 97
8.Sounds Like The Searchers
(in the USA "The New Searchers")
3/1965 Pye8
9.Take Me For What I'm Worth
(in the USA "The Searchers No. 4")
26.12.1965Pye
10.Smash Hits1966 Marble Arch
11.Smash Hits Vol 21967 Marble Arch
12.The Golden Hour Of The Searchers1970 Pye
13.Needles And Pins1971 Hallmark
14.Second Take1972 RCA
15.The Golden Hour Of The Searchers Vol. 21973 Pye
16.Rock Music From Britain1973
17.Attention1974
18.History Of British Pop1976 Mercury
19.History Of British Pop Vol 21976 Mercury
20.The Searchers File
(2LP)
11/1977 Pye
21.The Searchers12.10.1979Sire
22.Spotlight On The Searchers
(2LP)
1/1980 PRT
23.Rock Music From The 60's1980
24.When You Walk In The Room5/1980 Pye
25.Play For Today
(in the USA "Love's Melodies")
5/1981 Sire
26.100 Minutes Of The Searchers6/1982 PRT
27.Love Lies Bleeding7/1983 PRT
28.Sweets For My Sweet12/1985 PRT
29.Greatest Hits4/1986 Showcase
30.Silver Searchers4/1987 PRT
31.The Hits Collection9/1987 PRT
32.The Searchers Play The System10/1987 PRT
33.The Complete Collection
(2LP)
1988 Castle
34.The EP Collection7/1989 See For Miles
35.Hungry Heart4/1990 Arista
36.The Ultimate Collection5/1990 Castle
37.The Golden Hour Of The Searchers5/1990 Knight
38.30th Anniversary Collection
(3CD box set)
2/1992 Sequel
39.The EP Collection Vol. 211/1992 See For Miles
40.Don't Throw Your Love Away7/1994 Success
41.Sweets For My Sweet9/1994 Spectrum
42.Pearls Of The Past2/1995 B.A.M.
43.RCA UK Recordings15.06.1999
44.At the Iron Door: Their Earliest Recordings26.03.2002Castle
45.Very Best Of The Searchers07.05.2002Sanctuary
46.Definitive Pye Collection20.04.2004Sanctuary
47.BBC Sessions27.07.2004Sanctuary
48.Pye Anthology06.06.2006Castle Music
49.Most of the Searchers18.07.2006EMI
50.The Very Best Of The Searchers13.05.2008UMTV11
51.Hearts in Their Eyes03.07.2012Castle
52.Essential Collection02.10.2015Metro Select
53.Farewell Album - Greatest Hits & More1/2019 Canctuary35

John MacNally:

1. Have You Tried Love

Mike Pender:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Best of Mike Pender's Searchers03.05.2011JDC

Spencer James:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Don't Shake a Baby04.11.2014Uproar

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Sweets For My Sweet / It's All Been A Dream6/1963 Pye1
2.Sweets For My Sweet EP1963 Pye
3.Sugar And Spice / Saints And Searchers9/1963 Pye2
4.Sweet Nothings / What'd I Say9/1963 Philips48
5.Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya EP10/1963 Pye12
6.Needles And Pins / Saturday Night Out12/1963 Pye1 13
7.The Searchers Play The System EP1964 Pye
8.When You Walk In The Room EP1964 Pye
9.Hungry For Love EP2/1964 Pye
10.Ain't That Just Like Me / Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya3/1964 Kapp 61
11.Don't Throw Your Love Away / I Pretend I'm With You3/1964 Pye1 16
12.(Ain't That) Just Like Me / I Can Tell4/1964 Kapp 95
13.Sugar And Spice / Saints And Searchers4/1964 Liberty 44
14.Someday We're Gonna Love Again / No One Else Could Love You7/1964 Pye11 34
15.When You Walk In The Room / I'll Be Missing You9/1964 Pye3 35
16.What Have They Done To The Rain? / This Feeling Inside11/1964 Pye13 29
17.Love Potion No. 9 / Hi Heel Sneakers11/1964 Kapp 3
18.Hitmakers Vol. 1 EP1965 Pye
19.Bumble Bee EP1965 Pye
20.The Searchers '65 EP1965 Pye
21.Goodbye My Love / Till I Met You2/1965 Pye4 52
22.Bumble Bee / A Tear Fell3/1965 Kapp 21
23.He's Got No Love / So Far Away7/1965 Pye10 46
24.When I Get Home / I'm Never Coming Back01.10.1965Pye35
25.Don't You Know Why / You Can't Lie To A Liar10/1965 Kapp
26.Take Me For What I'm Worth EP11/1965 Pye
27.Take Me For What I'm Worth / Too Many Miles26.11.1965Pye20 76
28.Four By Four EP26.11.1965Pye
29.Hitmakers Vol. 3 EP1966 Pye
30.Take It Or Leave It / Don't Hide It Away15.04.1966Pye31
31.Have You Ever Loved Somebody? / It's Just The Way Love Will Come And Go10/1966 Pye48 94
32.Popcorn Double Feature / Lovers1/1967 Pye
33.Western Union / I'll Cry Tomorrow4/1967 Pye
34.Second Hand Dealer / Crazy Dreams1967 Pye
35.Umbrella Man / Over The Weekend11/1968 Liberty
36.Kinky Kathy Abernathy / Suzanna7/1969 Liberty
37.Desdemona / The World Is Waiting For Tomorrow8/1971 RCA 94
38.Love Is Everywhere / And A Button10/1971 RCA
39.Sing Singer Sing / Come On Back To Me4/1972 RCA
40.Needles And Pins / When You Walk In The Room / Come On Back To Me8/1972 RCA
41.Valhella / Madman10/1972 RCA
42.Solitaire / Spicks And Specks2/1973 RCA
43.Needles And Pins / Sugar And Spice14.05.1976Pye
44.When You Walk In The Room / Needles And Pins / Don't Throw Your Love Away / Goodbye My Love1/1977 Big Deal
45.When You Walk In The Room / Don't Throw Your Love Away7/1978 Pye
46.Needles And Pins / Sweets For My Sweet4/1979 Flashback/Pye
47.Hearts In Her Eyes / Don't Hang On12.10.1979Sire
48.It's Too Late / This Kind Of Love Affair
(v GB)
2/1980 Sire
49.It's Too Late / Don't Hang On
(v USA)
2/1980 Sire
50.Love's Melody / Changing7/1980 Sire
51.When You Walk In The Room EP
(reissue)
7/1980 Flashback/Pye
52.Another Night / Back To The War20.03.1981Sire
53.Love's Melody / Little Bit Of Heaven5/1981 Sire
54.Needles And Pins / Don't Throw Your Love Away7/1982 Old Gold
55.I Don't Want To Be The One / Hollywood
produced by: Peter Collins
11/1982 PRT
56.Sweets For My Sweet / When You Walk In The Room7/1984 Old Gold
57.When You Walk In The Room / Be My Baby4/1987 PRT

Chris Curtis:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Down In The Boondocks / Aggravation24.06.1966Pye

Various:

Compilation Appearances:

"Sweets For My Sweet" on compilation "The Cavern - The Most Famous Club In The World" (20.8.07)

Press References:

Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
198312 370
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19732707.07.197313gig review
19762122.05.19763Singlessingle review
19794020.10.197922Singlessingle review
19794317.11.197923interview
1980901.03.19804News
19811221.03.198114Singlessingle review
19811618.04.198120Albumsalbum review
19811909.05.198120interview
New Musical Express
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1965001.10.19654Singlessingle review
1965026.11.19656Singlessingle review
1965031.12.19654LPsalbum review
1966018.03.196610Livegig review
1966008.04.19666News
1966015.04.19664Singlessingle review
1966015.04.19666News
1973014.04.197322Front Row Reviewsgig review
1973014.07.197338This Is America
1975008.11.197525
1976015.05.197618Plattersalbum review, single review
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19951729.08.19956Galerie