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Originally founded as a skiffle group in Liverpool in 1959 by John McNally and Mike Pender (Mike Prendergast), the band took their name from the classic 1956 John Wayne western The Searchers. Prendergast claims that the name was his idea, but McNally ascribes it to ‘Big Ron’ Woodbridge, their first lead singer. The issue remains unresolved.
The band grew out of an earlier skiffle group formed by McNally, with his friends Brian Dolan (guitar) and Tony West (bass). When the other two members lost interst McNally was joined by his guitarist neighbour Mike Prendergast. They soon recruited Tony Jackson with his home-made bass guitar and amplifier and styled themselves Tony and the Searchers with Joe Kelly on drums. Kelly soon left to be replaced by Norman McGarry and it is this line-up—McNally, Pender (as he soon became known), Jackson and McGarry—that is usually cited as the original foursome.
McGarry did not stay long, however, and in 1960 his place was taken by Chris Crummey (who later changed his name to Curtis). Later that year Big Ron had a successful audition with Mecca and became a ballroom singer. He was replaced by Billy Beck, who changed his name to Johnny Sandon. The band had regular bookings at Liverpool’s Iron Door Club as Johnny Sandon and th...
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Top 10 The Searchers Songs
Needles And Pins
Sweets For My Sweet
Love Potion No. 9
Sugar And Spice
When You Walk In The Room
Don't Throw Your Love Away
Needles & Pins
Someday We're Gonna Love Again
Take It Or Leave It
Twist and shout
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The Searchers: The Pye Anthology 1963 - 1967
Needles And Pins
The Definitive Pye Collection
Sweets for My Sweet
Meet the Searchers
The Greatest Hits Collection
That Was Then, This Is Now
Best Of The Searchers
It's The Searchers
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