Meet The Searchers

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]

Personnel

Michael Pender - lead guitar, backing vocals
John McNally - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Tony Jackson - bass, lead vocals
Chris Curtis - drums, backing vocals

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sweets for My Sweet"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	2:28
2.	"Alright"	Jerry Ross, Lester Vanador	2:09
3.	"Love Potion No. 9"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	2:05
4.	"Farmer John"	Don Harris, Dewey Terry	1:59
5.	"Stand By Me"	Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	3:28
6.	"Money"	Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy	2:47

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Da Doo Ron Ron"	Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich	2:25
8.	"Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya"	James Marcus Smith	2:05
9.	"Since You Broke My Heart"	Don Everly, Phil Everly	2:50
10.	"Tricky Dicky"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	2:08
11.	"Where Have All the Flowers Gone"	Pete Seeger	2:57
12.	"Twist and Shout"	Phil Medley, Bert Russell	2:45

2001 Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"It's All Been a Dream"	Curtis	1:49
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

References

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

The Searchers

John McNally Frank Allen Spencer James Scott Ottaway Tony Jackson Mike Pender Chris Curtis Billy Adamson John Blunt Eddie Rothe

Studio albums	Meet the Searchers Sugar and Spice It's the Searchers Sounds Like Searchers Take Me for What I'm Worth Hungry Hearts

Singles	"Sweets for My Sweet" "Sugar and Spice" "Sweet Nothin's" "Needles and Pins" "Don't Throw Your Love Away" "Someday We're Gonna Love Again" "When You Walk in the Room" "Love Potion No. 9" "What Have They Done to the Rain" "Goodbye My Love" "He's Got No Love" "When I Get Home" "Take Me for What I'm Worth" "Take It or Leave It" "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" "Popcorn, Double Feature" "Western Union" "Second Hand Dealer" "Umbrella Man" "Kinky Kathy Abernathy" "Desdemona" "Love Is Everywhere" "Sing Singer Sing" "Needles and Pins" "Vahevala" "Solitaire" "I Don't Want To Be The One" "Hearts In Her Eyes" "It's Too Late" "Love's Melody" "Another Night"

Related	Discography Mike Pender's Searchers

Book:The Searchers

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