Formed around 1960, they got first recording contract in 1963.
In their best years  63-65 they released 5 albums, and had 10 Top 20 Hits.
Harmonie beat with a 12 string guitar, which influenced the US band BYRDS.
The SEARCHERS where one of the best and most successful bands in the beat boom  years.
They didn't write to many songs on their own, that was the bringdown in the next years.
Live  always amazing, they had a comeback with 2 great LPs in the beginning of the 80s, but
sorry some years later they split in two different bands, working in the cabaret-club scene.

Style:  Harmonie Beat

see: 
Rory Storm & The Hurricanes ; Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers ;
Tony Jackson & The Vibrations ; Roundabout (=Deep Purple) ;


Musicians:
Mike Pender - lead guitar, vocals; John McNally - rhythm guitar, vocals;
Tony Jackson - bass, vocals; Frank Allen (1965) - bass; Chris Curtis - drums, vocals;
John Blunt (1966-69) - drums  (on 'Second Take' LP); Billy Adamson (1969) - drums;


Tracks:
Hearts in her Eyes  /Will Birch-John Wicks)
Switchboard Susan  (Mickey Jupp)
Feeling Fine  (John David)
This Kind of Love Affair  (McNally-Pender-Allen)
Lost in your Eyes  (Tom Petty)
It's too late  (John David)
No Dancing  (Noel Brown)
Coming from the Heart  (Bob Dylan)
Don't hang on   (McNally-Pender-Allen)
Love's gonna be Strong   (Ronnie Thomas)
Back to the War  (John Hiatt)
Love's Melody  (Andy McMasters)
Silver  (Dave Paul)
Infatuation  (Randy Bishop)
She made a Foll of you  (John 'Moon' Martin)
Almost Saturday Night  (John Fogerty)
You are the new Day  (John David)
Everything but a Heartache  (Will Birch-Ritchie Bull)
Radio Romance  (Will Pirch-Paul Shuttleworth-Vic Collins)
Murder in my Heart  (Ronnie Thomas)
September Gurls  (Alex Chilton)
Another Night  (McNally-Pender-Allen)
Changing  (McNally-Pender-Allen)