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The Music Of The Searchers Trivia Quiz

The Searchers from Liverpool UK, were part of the Merseybeat sound that stormed the charts in the early '60s. (UK chart info, the Guinness book of British Hit Singles. US chart info, the Joel Whitburn book of Top Pop Singles 1955-2002)

A multiple-choice quiz by shipyardbernie. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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shipyardbernie

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5 mins

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Multiple Choice

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316,077

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of The Searchers' singles was the first to top the UK chart in 1963? Hint

Don't Throw Your Love Away

Sugar And Spice

Sweets For My Sweet

Needles And Pins

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many UK number one hits did The Searchers have? Hint

Four

One

Three

Two

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Searchers only had one US top ten hit; what was it called? Hint

Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya

Love Potion No.9

Farmer John

Alright

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Searchers had four albums that made the UK album chart in the '60s. Which album reached the highest position on the UK album chart? Hint

Sugar And Spice

Sounds Like The Searchers

It'sThe Searchers

Meet The Searchers

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which member of The Searchers left the group in 1964? Hint

Mike Pender

Tony Jackson

Chris Curtis

John McNally

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Question 6 of 10

6. With which song, written by Jackie DeShannon, did The Searchers have a hit in 1964? Hint

Put A Little Love In Your Heart

What The World Needs Now Is Love

Needles And Pins

When You Walk In The Room

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Searchers song hoping for a reconciliation do these lyrics come from?

"When we broke up I still wore a smile
I told myself you'd only be gone for a while" Hint

Take Me For What I'm Worth

Someday We're Gonna Love Again

He's Got No Love

When I Get Home

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Question 8 of 10

8. The group was named after a movie called "The Searchers"; who was the star of the movie? Hint

John Wayne

Audey Murphy

Randolph Scott

James Stewart

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Question 9 of 10

9. Apart from one early single "Sweet Nothins" on the Phillips label, which record label released all of The Searchers UK chart singles and albums in the '60s? Hint

Decca

Pye

Parlophone

Columbia

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of the last Searchers single on the UK and US charts in the '60s? Hint

Have You Ever Loved Somebody

Take Me For What I'm Worth

Bumble Bee

Take It Or Leave It

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of The Searchers' singles was the first to top the UK chart in 1963?

Answer: Sweets For My Sweet

"Sweets For My Sweet" was The Searchers' first UK number one. It was number one for two weeks but never charted on the US pop chart. It was a cover version of The Drifters' 1961 US number 16 on the pop chart which never charted in the UK.

2. How many UK number one hits did The Searchers have?

Answer: Three

The Searchers had three UK number one hits. The first, "Sweets For My Sweet" was number one for two weeks in 1963. The second, "Needles And Pins" was number one for three weeks in 1964. The third, "Don't Throw Your Love Away" was number one for two weeks in 1964.

3. The Searchers only had one US top ten hit; what was it called?

Answer: Love Potion No.9

"Love Potion No.9" reached number three on the US pop chart in 1964. It was never released as a single in the UK but all four tracks given are on the E.P. "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya". The original version by The Clovers was a number 23 hit on the US pop chart in 1959 which never charted in the UK.

4. The Searchers had four albums that made the UK album chart in the '60s. Which album reached the highest position on the UK album chart?

Answer: Meet The Searchers

"Meet The Searchers" reached number two on the UK album chart in 1963. UK and US album releases in the '60s usually had different tracks and/or a different number of tracks so there can't be any direct comparison. The Searchers had one album on the US album chart "Meet The Searchers/Needles And Pins", it reached number 22 in 1964.

5. Which member of The Searchers left the group in 1964?

Answer: Tony Jackson

It was Tony Jackson that left in 1964. The reasons why he left are not altogether clear but musical direction of the group, personality clashes and even who should sing on which record had a lot to do with it.

Tony Jackson formed a new group, Tony Jackson and The Vibrations. They had one UK chart entry "Bye Bye Baby" in 1964, it reached number 38 and that was it. Tony Jackson died in 2003.

6. With which song, written by Jackie DeShannon, did The Searchers have a hit in 1964?

Answer: When You Walk In The Room

It was "When You Walk In The Room" that The Searchers had a UK number three with in 1964. It reached number 35 on the US pop chart.

Jackie DeShannon's own version reached number 99 on the US pop chart, she never had a UK chart entry ever. Jackie also wrote "Put A Little Love In Your Heart". "Needles And Pins" was written by Sonny Bono and Jack Nitzsche. "What The World Needs Now Is Love" was written by Burt Bacharach.

7. Which Searchers song hoping for a reconciliation do these lyrics come from? "When we broke up I still wore a smile I told myself you'd only be gone for a while"

Answer: Someday We're Gonna Love Again

The lyrics come from "Someday We're Gonna Love Again". It was a UK number eleven in 1964; it reached number 34 on the US pop chart the same year.

8. The group was named after a movie called "The Searchers"; who was the star of the movie?

Answer: John Wayne

John Wayne played Ethan Edwards as the star of the 1956 movie that The Searchers were named after. It co-stared Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond and Natalie Wood.

9. Apart from one early single "Sweet Nothins" on the Phillips label, which record label released all of The Searchers UK chart singles and albums in the '60s?

Answer: Pye

In the UK it was the Pye record label that released all The Searchers records in the '60s. In the US apart from one early single "Sugar And Spice" on the Liberty label it was the Kapp record label that released all of The Searchers records in the '60s.

10. What was the name of the last Searchers single on the UK and US charts in the '60s?

Answer: Have You Ever Loved Somebody

The last Searchers UK and US chart single of the '60s was "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" It reached number 48 on the UK chart and number 94 on the US pop chart.

"Bumble Bee" was not released as a single in the UK but reached number 21 on the US pop chart in 1965. "Take Me For What I'm Worth" reached number 20 on the UK chart in 1965 and number 76 on the US pop chart in 1966. "Take It Or Leave It" reached number 31 on the UK chart in 1966, it did not chart in the US.

Source: Author shipyardbernie

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