Meet The Searchers

Meet The Searchers
Studio album by The Searchers
Released August 1963
Recorded 1963
Studio Pye Studios, London
Genre Pop rock, Merseybeat
Length 30:06 (1963 LP)
38:32 (2001 CD Reissue)
Label Pye
Producer Tony Hatch
The Searchers chronology
Meet the Searchers
(1963)		 Sugar and Spice
(1963)Sugar and Spice1963
Singles from Meet the Searchers
  1. "Sweets for My Sweet"
    Released: June 1963
  2. "Love Potion No. 9"
    Released: 1964 (USA)

Meet The Searchers is a 1963 album by British rock band The Searchers. The album featured their first single released in June 1963, a version of the Drifters' "Sweets for My Sweet", which was a U.K. No.1 for the band, as well as their version of the Clovers "Love Potion No.9", which was released as a single in the U.S. (but not the U.K.) the following year. "Love Potion No.9" peaked on the US charts at No. 3 on December 19, 1964.[1]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Sweets for My Sweet"Doc Pomus, Mort ShumanTony Jackson2:28
2."Alright"Jerry Ross, Lester VanadorJackson2:09
3."Love Potion No. 9"Jerry Leiber, Mike StollerJackson, Mike Pender2:05
4."Farmer John"Don Harris, Dewey TerryJackson, Pender1:59
5."Stand By Me"Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike StollerChris Curtis3:28
6."Money"Janie Bradford, Berry GordyJackson2:47
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Da Doo Ron Ron"Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie GreenwichJackson, Pender, Curtis2:25
2."Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya"James Marcus SmithJackson, Pender, Curtis2:05
3."Since You Broke My Heart"Don Everly, Phil EverlyJackson, Pender2:50
4."Tricky Dicky"Jerry Leiber, Mike StollerJackson, Pender2:08
5."Where Have All the Flowers Gone"Pete SeegerPender, Curtis2:57
6."Twist and Shout" Jackson2:45
2001 Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."It's All Been a Dream"Curtis1:49
14."Geld (Das Ist, Was Ich Wünsche)" ("Money (That's What I Want)" in German)Bradford, Gordy (Translator unknown)2:46
15."Landwirt John" ("Farmer John" in German)Harris, Terry (Translator unknown)2:00
16."Mais C'Était Un Rêve" ("It's All Been a Dream" in French)Curtis (Translator unknown)1:51

Personnel

The Searchers


References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Revised and Enlarged, Billboard Books, New York, 1992
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