Spike posted a bit of The Searchers last week and it made me realize how little-represented on MOG this group is. The Searchers were one of the "other" groups from Liverpool that became popular in '64-'65. Hits: Needles and Pins, Sweets for My Sweet, Love Potion #9. Their songs were distinguished by the extensive use of the electric 12-string guitar, which inspired The Byrds, who inspired Georg...
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Sorry to get all non-obscure with you, but I can't help it. The only other MOG post about this early British Invasion group from Liverpool was by oceanrain in 8/4/07, and except for a brief mention in a comment by dermahrk, attention focused only on their wonderful 1960s hits. As Searchers aficionados probably all know, they went through the 1970s without creating much attention, but then mir...
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27th part of my ongoing look at the music that made liverpool great.liverpool bands have produced some of the best music ever,every week i’m going to post a song/video from a group or singer from liverpool some popular and some not so popularthis week it’s The SearchersThe Searchers was the name of a band from Liverpool that took its name from the 1956 John Wayne movie of the same name. A line
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| 1 Sweets for My Sweet |
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| 2 Ain't That Just Like Me |
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| 3 Listen to Me |
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| 4 I Can Tell |
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| 5 Sick and Tired |
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