The Searchers... The other great Liverpool band..

Chris Curtis - drums; Tony Jackson - bass; Mike Pender - guitar/vocals; John McNally - guitar.

 

Looks right to me. Original bass player Tony Jackson known around Liverpool as Black Jake.

 

That's what I call good news.

 

I always thought this sounded like the name of some gangster: 'Needles' Enpinza. Wouldn't want to know what earned a handle like that.

 

To answer the OP question-
Yes, they are both Ed Sullivan CBS. Both are on 'ED Sullivan's Rock and Roll years' by SOFA.

 

An awesome band and one of my all time favorites. Wasn't there supposed to be a new box set coming from the archives?

 

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In my top three bands for sure (Beatles and Hollies are the other two) - some of their albums/singles are criminally neglected. Any news of another Searchers project is good news!

 

The Ed Sullivan Show
Season 17, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/5/1964
April 5, 1964: The Searchers, Nipsey Russell, Teresa Brewer, Senor Wences

Music: 

--The Searchers- "Needles and Pins" and "Ain't That Just Like Me?"

--Teresa Brewer sings "Bye Bye Blackbird."

--Franco Corelli (Italian tenor) - sings "Adio La Madre."

--The Little Singers of Tokyo (two dozen Japanese children) sings "Sakura" and "Swanee."



Comedy:

--Nipsey Russell (comedian) - pokes fun at current dances.

--Senor Wences (ventriloquist) - does a routine with his puppets Johnny & Pedro.

--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet) - does an income tax routine with Ed. 



Also Featured:

--Mata & Hari (dance-pantomime team).

--On film:Ed narrates film clips of past World's Fairs.

Source: http://www.tv.com/shows/the-ed-sullivan-show/season-17/

 

A great little group from Merseyside. Was listening to The Searchers "The R&B Sound" this evening. It's a comp with a focus on the 'harder' stuff from The Searchers, and it plays like a rockin' Merseybeat album. Closed my eyes and imagined I was in the Iron Door Club circa 1961-2. Great stuff.

Love Merseybeat!

 

The Searchers were a great and underrated group!

 

Yep. Couple of paisani - two Italian guys from my old neighborhood.

 

I have to say Steve you did an amazing job on The Searchers SACD! a gem!

 

Enzio - that's the guy. And "Needles" was Armando "Needles" Nidillo, an enforcer who worked with Joe "The Animal" Barboza in the Boston area.

 

The Searchers in 1968. Note the facial hair:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q98cLZ5CkI0&feature=related

 

The Searchers' "Umbrella Man" is one of my definite "shoulda been a hit" singles from the Sixties. What a great song

Looking forward to a Steve Hoffman (indie) Searchers project~!

 

Their performance at the 1964 NME Pollwinners Show at Wembley is nothing short of stunning. Unlike their records, which are mostly well-crafted yet fairly tame pop, on stage they could be a ferocious rock'n'roll band that could Mach Shau! with the best of 'em.

Check out Chris Curtis STANDING UP while playing drums and shouting "What'd I Say"!!!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238QFnnjwwY

 

Tallulah Bankhead: Now, Mr. Pinza, do you know Groucho Marx?
Ezio Pinza: Groucho Marx? What a peculiar name.



From the then new NBC radio programme "The Big Show", Sunday 12th November 1950 (the first show was the previous Sunday):

http://ia600201.us.archive.org/11/i...e/Marx_Brothers06_Plebo_You_Bet_Your_Life.mp3

 

Great and really underrated band.

 

Love the Searchers, always fun.

I heard this DC5 tune the other week and noticed it sounded much like the Searchers:



I could easily see the Searchers doing this one.

 

Never did find a copy for a decent price. Might be time to start searching again?

 

"The Searchers... The other great Liverpool band.."
What, because there have only been two? Or all the other Liverpool bands are rubbish? As a scouser I find that thread title quite insulting....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bands_and_artists_from_Merseyside

Of course, we'd all like to forget Sonia though....

 

That would be Ezio