Desdemona (Searchers song)

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"Desdemona"
Desdemona - The Searchers.jpg
Single by The Searchers
from the album Second Take
B-side "The World Is Waiting for Tomorrow"
ReleasedAugust 1971 (U.S.)
Recorded1971
Genre Rock, pop
Length2:20
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Valerie Avon & Harold Spiro
Producer(s) David Paramor
The Searchers singles chronology
"Kinky Kathy Abernathy"
(1969)
"Desdemona"
(1971)

"Desdemona" is a song recorded in 1971 by The Searchers. It was their final charting single and their first in the U.S. following an almost five-year hiatus.

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The song was the first of two singles from their Second Take LP, and the only one to chart. The B-side was a non-album track. It was written by the songwriting team of Valerie Murtagh and Harold Spiro.

"Desdemona" reached No. 94 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 79 on Cash Box. [1] [2] It did not chart outside the United States.

Chart history

Chart (1971)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 94
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [4] 79

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References

  1. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  2. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 11, 1971
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  4. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 11, 1971