The Searchers

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musical group rock band

The Searchers are an English rock band from Liverpool best known for their jangly guitar sound and 1960s hits like "Needles and Pins" and "Love Potion No. 9."

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The Searchers canonical 14

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeYearsStartYear 1959 ⓘ
associatedAct Merseybeat ⓘ
surface form: Merseybeat scene
basedIn Liverpool ⓘ
cityOfOrigin Liverpool ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre Merseybeat ⓘ
beat music ⓘ
jangle pop ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasGenreCharacteristic 12-string guitar sound ⓘ
close vocal harmonies ⓘ
hasPart Billy Adamson ⓘ
Chris Curtis ⓘ
Frank Allen ⓘ
John Blunt ⓘ
John McNally ⓘ
Mike Pender ⓘ
Spencer James ⓘ
Tony Jackson ⓘ
inception 1959 ⓘ
influenced R.E.M. ⓘ
The Byrds ⓘ
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement British Invasion ⓘ
notableAchievement US Billboard Hot 100 hits in the 1960s ⓘ
multiple UK top 10 singles in the 1960s ⓘ
part of the 1960s British Invasion in the United States ⓘ
notableFeature jangly guitar sound ⓘ
notableWork Don’t Throw Your Love Away ⓘ
Goodbye My Love ⓘ
Love Potion No. 9 ⓘ
Needles and Pins ⓘ
Sugar & Spice ⓘ
surface form: Sugar and Spice

Sweets for My Sweet (album) ⓘ
surface form: Sweets for My Sweet

Take Me for What I’m Worth ⓘ
What Have They Done to the Rain ⓘ
When You Walk in the Room ⓘ
recordLabel Kapp Records ⓘ
Liberty Records ⓘ
Pye Records ⓘ
Sire Records ⓘ

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British Invasion → notableBand → The Searchers ⓘ
Merseybeat → notableBand → The Searchers ⓘ
The Cavern Club → hostedArtist → The Searchers ⓘ
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? → notableCoverArtist → The Searchers ⓘ
Tito Burns → managed → The Searchers ⓘ
Planet of the Apes (1968 film score) → hasTrack → The Searchers ⓘ
Kapp Records → releasedMusicBy → The Searchers ⓘ
The Swinging Blue Jeans → associatedAct → The Searchers ⓘ
The Fourmost → sharedSceneWith → The Searchers ⓘ
The Undertakers → sharesSceneWith → The Searchers ⓘ
The Iron Door Club → hostedPerformanceBy → The Searchers ⓘ
The Merseybeats → associatedAct → The Searchers ⓘ
Money (That's What I Want) → hasCoverVersion → The Searchers ⓘ
Mort Shuman → wroteSongsFor → The Searchers ⓘ