Sounds Like Searchers

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Sounds Like Searchers
Sounds Like Searchers.jpg
Studio album by
The Searchers
Released19 March 1965
Recorded1965
StudioPye Studios, London
Genre Rock/Pop
LanguageEnglish
Label Pye
Producer Tony Hatch
The Searchers chronology
It's the Searchers
(1964)		Sounds Like Searchers
(1965)		 Take Me for What I'm Worth
(1965)
German alternative cover
The Searchers Germany.jpg
The Searchers (Vogue, 1965)

Sounds Like Searchers is the fourth studio album by the English rock band The Searchers and the group's first LP featuring singer and bass player Frank Allen. Album features title track of the band's UK No.1 EP "Bumble Bee" as well as cover versions of some well known tracks written or co-written by Burt Bacharach, John Barry or Jackie DeShannon. The album has reached the Top 10 in the UK album chart.

Contents

Overview

The departure of singer Tony Jackson from the band did not threaten its popularity. The Searchers had another string of hits with new bassist and singer Frank Allen (chart-buster "When You Walk in the Room", folk protest song "What Have They Done to the Rain" and another smash "Goodbye My Love"), before they released another album. Although all band members tried to write their own compositions, just three of Chris Curtis songs made it to the album. “Frank (Allen) and I were writing, but there was never any real respect paid to our songs,” said John McNally about this period. [1] Success gave them a little more control in the studio work (two years ago they recorded their first album in one day). [2] Yet they were not satisfied. "We never had a real concept for our albums," said Frank Allen. "Plus we tended to record our songs very quickly… We certainly weren’t allowed the time to perfect our arrangements, or make them more elaborate, the way that groups like The Beatles did." [3]

Release

Sounds Like Searchers was released as a monaural (mono) LP album on the Pye label in the UK on March 19, 1965, Pye NPL 18111. It entered the LP charts on March 27, 1965 went to No. 8 and stayed for 17 weeks. [4] An EP called "Four by Four" with songs taken from the album (with "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" as the lead track) was released on the Pye Records NEP 24228 in November 1965 but failed to chart.

In the Netherlands, "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" was issued as a single A-side and reached No. 17 [5] (in the meantime "Bumble Bee" reached No. 23 on the Dutch Top 40 [6] ). The Moody Blues also recorded and released hit version of the song at the same time. Another beat group from The Searchers hometown Liverpool, The Kubas, did a rendition of "Magic Potion" in 1965 but failed to chart.

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Everybody Come And Clap Your Hands" Ellie Greenwich, John Barry Frank Allen 2:38
2."If I Could Find Someone" Chris Curtis Mike Pender, Chris Curtis 2:08
3."Magic Potion" Burt Bacharach, Hal David Chris Curtis2:31
4."I Don't Want to Go On Without You" Bert Berns, Jerry Wexler Mike Pender2:57
5."Bumble Bee" LaVern Baker, Leroy FullyloveMike Pender2:12
6."Something You Got Baby" Chris Kenner Mike Pender2:36
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Let The Good Times Roll" Shirley Goodman, Leonard LeeMike Pender, Frank Allen1:41
2."A Tear Fell"Eugene Randolph, Dorian BurtonMike Pender2:58
3."Till You Say You'll Be Mine" Jackie DeShannon Mike Pender2:15
4."You Wanna Make Her Happy"Chris CurtisMike Pender2:10
5."Everything You Do"Chris Curtis John McNally 1:34
6."Goodnight Baby"Ellie Greenwich, John BarryMike Pender2:17

US version (The New Searchers LP)

The New Searchers LP (Chris, John, Mike, Frank)
The New Searchers LP.jpg
Studio album by
The Searchers
ReleasedMarch 1965
Recorded1965
StudioPye Studios, London
Genre Rock/Pop
LanguageEnglish
Label Kapp
Producer Tony Hatch
The Searchers US chronology
The Searchers Meet the Rattles
(1964)		The New Searchers LP (Chris, John, Mike, Frank)
(1965)		 The Searchers No. 4
(1965)
Singles from The New Searchers LP
  1. "What Have They Done to the Rain"
    Released: January 1965
  2. "Bumble Bee"
    Released: March 1965

Album was released in the US on Kapp Records as "The New Searchers LP (Chris, John, Mike, Frank)" with a different cover but using similar track order (included actual hit single "What Have They Done to the Rain" instead of the song "Let The Good Times Roll"). The album entered Billboard Top 200 on March 20, 1965 went to No. 112 and stayed for 7 weeks. Album track "Bumble Bee" was released as the main single of the album in the US and went to No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. [7]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Original UK releaseLength
1."Everybody Come And Clap Your Hands"Ellie Greenwich, John BarrySounds Like Searchers2:38
2."If I Could Find Someone"Chris CurtisSounds Like Searchers2:08
3."Magic Potion"Burt Bacharach, Hal DavidSounds Like Searchers2:31
4."I Don't Want to Go On Without You"Bert Berns, Jerry WexlerSounds Like Searchers2:57
5."Bumble Bee"LaVern Baker, Leroy FullyloveSounds Like Searchers2:12
6."Something You Got Baby"Chris KennerSounds Like Searchers2:36
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original UK releaseLength
1."What Have They Done to the Rain" Malvina Reynolds non-album single2:34
2."A Tear Fell"Eugene Randolph, Dorian BurtonSounds Like Searchers2:58
3."Till You Say You'll Be Mine"Jackie DeShannonSounds Like Searchers2:15
4."You Wanna Make Her Happy"Chris CurtisSounds Like Searchers2:10
5."Everything You Do"Chris CurtisSounds Like Searchers1:34
6."Goodnight Baby"Ellie Greenwich, John BarrySounds Like Searchers2:17

Personnel

The Searchers

Additional musicians and production

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References

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  2. ↑ "Bruce Eder: Meet the Searchers". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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