The Searchers - Sugar And Spice (1963)

[@hada1291]

Had to put a comment here because I knew athos as long as the video.. since 2017✨🙂❤️

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Tehehe awwwww 🥰❤️

[@williebowen1043]

THE SEARCHERS SHOULD BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I agree 😁

[@magnusauslandstoresletten3786]

Aren`t they??????

[@magnusauslandstoresletten3786]

But they are pop/merseybeat not Rock`n`Roll!

[@kayla-Rey22]

@@magnusauslandstoresletten3786 : All chart music is pop regardless of genre. And Merseybeat is just a label given to bands who emerged from Liverpool at this time. Rock 'n Roll is not confined to Elvis, Bill Haley etc. Over the years it has evolved into a broader spectrum. Even Hard Rock and Heavy Metal is defined as rock' n'' roll and that's a long way from being the rock 'n'' roll of the fifties and early sixties.

[@karyshort]

Are you kidding 😂 me? Of course!

[@brianduncan2793]

Loved this band in the day and still do, im 71 now

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

That’s amazing 😌

[@lawrencewiddis2447]

That’s really OLD!

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@@lawrencewiddis2447 Not if you’re a 93 y.o. Age is relative, Larry…..

[@chrishomevids2879]

The Mersey bands of the time all dressed so smartly! The Searchers, Gerry and the Pacemakers and obviously the Beatles in their suits and ties.

[@elvisleeboy]

According to John McNally, they hated these particular suits. Looking at them now, it looks like a group of accountants have picked up a few instruments.

[@magnusauslandstoresletten3786]

So True!!!!!!!!!

[@john111257]

@@elvisleeboy the era

[@ZerokillerOppel1]

@@elvisleeboy It was the dress of the day...

[@elvisleeboy]

@@ZerokillerOppel1 In a sense it was, but let us face it, like The Beatles, they only wore it because they were told to in order to get a record contract.

[@elvisleeboy]

The only true line up of The Searchers.

[@philstall6262]

THIS IS THE TRUTH BEST SOUND OF 1963

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Yes I agree! 🤓

[@philstall6262]

@@Sensei_Athos_VR that also a hard record to find ln the Collection's stores this is so 🔥sounding music

[@jamiefoyers2800]

I always remember the line "sugar and spice and all things nice" but never realised where the song came from. Short and sweet!.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Glad you found it! I know that feeling when I searched something for a long time and finally found it years later. Feels really good 😜 😌

[@motorhead71]

Some of my very ,earliest music,I remember my father playing on vinyl, were these guys!! Must be one of the most "over looked "bands of da 60,s!!!!!precious memories 😢

[@johnbell4132]

A sound track to so many people's lives including mine well done the searchers

[@Ruda-n4h]

Superb. A shame that Tony Jackson got kicked out by Chris Curtis. I've never heard the real story about that or why McNally and Pender went along with it.

[@shianca10]

This song is in Good Morning Vietnam

[@michaelfranklin4276]

What a wonderful way to start a beautiful morning.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

☺️

[@KasimirRomanoff7996]

wie korrekt die musiker damals gekleidet waren, man erkennt förmlich die qualität der kleidung, heute laufen einige in jogging hose und schlabber t shirt rum. greetings from good old germany !

[@dannovak9298]

A great group from The British Invasion.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Dan Novak I love listening to their songs and merseybeat in general. It should be popular again today since music is so bad right now. 😯👍

[@ceilafincher7612]

Love this song! Good ole' days!❤😂

[@robertlangley1664]

Christmas 1963 I brought this record hopping to get a record player for Christmas ,Father Christmas didn’t let me down happy times

[@larryjohnstone6260]

Love it! How can you not feel good after that ?!

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I love it too. I don’t know who would not enjoy it. 😇👍

[@dianeshepherdlyricsoprano1394]

I certainly love it, and love THEM. I give them 100 out of ten - yes, I do mean it that way round!

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@Sensei_Athos_VR Second best Merseybeat group after the Beatles then Billy J, then Gerry and the Pacemakers.

[@trevorbantleman916]

One of my, favourite groups of the sixties, real talent all around.

[@Tonetwisters]

What a TREMENDOUS vocal combination!!

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I agree! 🥰

[@JimmyMarch]

I was playing with my band and criss sat. In on the drums for a few songs man I can still remember it after all these years what a guy

[@bryanpalmer9660]

The Searchers-faultless harmonies,pure magic even today 2021 Auckland New Zealand

[@johnlavery6116]

Tony Jackson was the voice of the Searchers..iin my opinion, his unique vocals, and stage preasence was instantly recognisable in the band's early days..they lost that when he went on to form the Vibrations ...watch the video of Saturday Night Out.....Greetings from Ireland

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I agree. 😇👍

[@SuperAnimelover100]

John Lavery A blind man can see that ! :)

[@Tonetwisters]

As an IMMEDIATE fan here in the USA, (1964) I much agree! Pender did very well on what he did, and I love his voice and style ... but they (Crummey) had no clue that there was room for both singers in the band.

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Due to his excessive drinking he was pushed to the back. No denying he had a great voice

[@ericlees7518]

they finished with tony jackson because chris curtis did not like they way he played bass mmmmmmmmmm curtis was the leader of the band

[@Tark75ifty]

One of the best songs of the searchers. I like it so much.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

It’s one of my favorite songs ever. 🥰

[@terjesamuelsen9509]

Fantastic recording studio 🙏💕

[@seangabel5824]

Heard this on the radio today. Had to look it up at home

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

It’s such a great song and honestly, one of my favorites of all time 😁

[@chriswharton]

They are so relaxed.

[@steveker5084]

These guys just put out good stuff. Very good group.

[@paulvenn7423]

Sang the chorus of sweets for my sweet with them at hornsby RSL Australia when they pushed the mike in my face. Proud moment

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Ohhh I love that song too. Sweets for my sweet is one of my favorites ever 🤓

[@philstall6262]

THIS IS SO VERY GOOD FOR YOUR FEELINGS NICE BEAT TO THIS SONG.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I totally agree 🤪

[@larryburton9369]

What a beautiful and wonderful song thanks so much 😊❤

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Your welcome 😁💖

[@josephk4807]

Reminds me of childhood!!

[@carlcrook6234]

Black Jake tony was awesome on that bass guitar

[@VILJL]

The Searchers are an English group who flourished during the British Invasion of the 1960s.. The Searchers tied for being the second group from Liverpool, after the Beatles, to have a hit in the US when their "Needles and Pins" and"Hippy Hippy Shake" both reached the Hot 100 on 7 March 1964.

[@ColinStuart]

SHOWING SOME OF WHAT GOES ON TO MAKE THE MAGIC!

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Very simple and awesome ☺️

[@richardtattersall647]

Love the colour of the video so authentic.

[@Tom-vm3sx]

Fabulous songs great groups ans great singers 😊🎉

[@rolandjaudes3041]

What a Nice song!!

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Very lovely indeed 😌

[@aragorn1959]

One word ....brilliant !!!

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Very! 😁

[@จันทร์พรส์สุธาสินี]

2021 i still listen to this song and think about those time while i was a teenage girl so thanks a lot

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

You’re welcome. I still listen to the song too. It’s one of my favorite songs. 😁

[@carollindley2058]

One of my favourites from the 60s love them!♥️

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Love them too, great band! 🤓

[@aremsalaatin8217]

I love songs like this, it reminds me of stuff I've heard once or twice in the past.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

That’s goodie. And sadly they don’t make songs like this anymore 😓

[@jackiebrown7229]

My favourite song when I was a wee lassie. ☺️

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Awwww. It’s still one of my favorite songs to this day ☺️

[@jackiebrown7229]

@@Sensei_Athos_VR I still love it too ☺️

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

@@jackiebrown7229 hehe 😁

[@williebowen1043]

I love Needles and Pins from the Searchers.

[@hmkzpdpmgwap1829]

Cool bass vocal!

[@williebowen1043]

The Original Searchers Tony Jackson On Bassist, John McNallyon Guitar, Mike Pender Lead Guitar & Chris Curtis on Drums.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

The best lineup of the searchers in my opinion. ☺️

[@elvisleeboy]

@@Sensei_Athos_VR I agree, although the weakest link musically, was ironically Chris Curtis, who always looks reluctant to hit the drums properly.

[@Tom-gv2eo]

​@@elvisleeboy😢 -didn't realise that , but remember him on Top of Th Pops throwing drumstick up & catching it! This is an amazingly fast paced song.

[@elvisleeboy]

@@Tom-gv2eo I'd completely forgotten about this comment and it's crazy, because I've since become such a fan of Chris Curtis, that I'm getting a tattoo to represent him on Monday.

[@magnusauslandstoresletten3786]

Four fantastic Danish musicians!💝💝💝❤️

[@phl76music5]

They are fantastic, but the band formed in Liverpool in the 1960s. They are from England, part of the British Invasion.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Yeppers! 🤪

[@MrKenichi22]

They are British

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

He is just a Troll😅😅😅

[@sandraoyns-wilson6098]

Tony Jackson was different ,his voice was more bluesy.R.I.P. Tony.

[@NitaLessing]

Lets face they could sing in our days you could hear the words

[@holmfirthcomputers220]

Superb! Many thanks ;)

[@colinclarke4285]

Saw these perform in Canterbury at the marlowe ..still brilliant after 60 years

[@aragorn1959]

Superb video .. one of the best groups of the 60s ( Beatles aside ) together with Dave Clark 5 ,The animals and the Moody blues Great memories thanks

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

You’re welcome and I love groups such as the Dave Clark five and the animals as well. 😇

[@williebowen1043]

Dont forget the Zombies, Cream Spencer Davis Group, the Hollies Bee Gees, The Who & Gerry and the Pacemakers.

[@hmkzpdpmgwap1829]

Kinks too!

[@raymunchieftain4170]

Love it !!! Searchers definitely Great !!!!

[@edwardrossman9448]

talented lineup here talented lineup

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I agree 😁

[@suziekg77]

Bear singer the searchers had in tony Jackson. South distinct and recognisable voice ❤️

[@จันทร์พรส์สุธาสินี]

,,,feel happy to see this

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Me too, it’s just that great ☺️

[@angelomercure3747]

Thank you very much for posting this wonderful song.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

You’re welcome 😇

[@jimmyvlogit1899]

I was talking about Donuts with the wife and wondered what they were made of, I started singing this. Had to come listen.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Glad you stopped by and listened to this amazing, timeless song! 😁

[@Tonetwisters]

Wow! Lip sync city, but still so good to see them, and in color, too! And Tony Jackson on the lead! Thanks for putting this up!

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

You’re welcome 😇

[@gabrielrolfo3268]

Greetings From Argentina

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Hello there from the U.S 😌

[@robertm7071]

Wonderful. What memories!

[@sanyi1959]

This is a good song from my childhoood! Thank you!🎉❤🎉❤🎉

i wrote this song

[@RobertLaberge]

Fantastic Liverpool band. Second best only to The Beatles! I just love seeing them diddley-dancing somewhat like the bobble-head puppets from the hit series from that era, Thunderbirds. It's so much of the times.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

The searchers are one of my favorite bands ever and I agree. 😇

[@stephaniem5091]

I don't think they were second best. I think The Searchers and The Beatles were on a par. They were both fantastic. :)

[@benjohnmiller]

I don't know man...there was a time in the Merseybeat era when the Beatles and Gerry & the Pacemakers were neck-and-neck for popularity. Of course, with the benefit of hindsight, we now know the Beatles were in a league of their own and incomparable to anyone else. But those Merseybeat days must have been absolutely magic 😀

[@benjohnmiller]

@@stephaniem5091 😀 you are, of course, perfectly entitled to enjoy and love two bands equally. But when history remembers music from the mid-to-late 20th century, we all know which band will be at the top of the list 😉

[@bloodlegion4874]

That drummer is really rocking lol. This is such a great song though

[@Tonetwisters]

I love this song. But it's funny ... Tony Jackson was tuning his bass at the start, and he's not even plugged into an amp ... doesn't even have a cable! :-)

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I love the song too and yes I noticed that too 😜

[@Orangemga1600]

@@Sensei_Athos_VR look closely, there is a cable...but they are miming anyway!

[@FKMDC]

Gotta be convincing somehow

[@Tonetwisters]

@@Orangemga1600 Well, I gave it a 10th and 11th look! :-) I still didn't see one! I believe those Rivoli basses had the output jack on the top of the instrument and it would have been clearly visible, as the two guitars are. No biggie! Glad to have this classic piece of rock and roll history!

[@markbennett7068]

Ace bunch of lads from Bootle and Kirkdale.

[@timmotel5804]

Loved the band and loved this song. Thanks for posting. That was a long time ago. I was 11 years old. My first set of drums was a silver sparkle set of Ludwigs.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

You’re welcome and those drums must of been awesome ☺️👍

[@trevorkeyes1694]

Best ever song the searchers

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I agree. This is the best song by them in my opinion. 😇

[@williebowen1043]

I love Needles and Pins

[@josephinerimmer6888]

Oh I did love Chris Curtis!!!

[@daniellitcherb6465]

GOLD

[@wesleycook7687]

Always good. Have their greatest hits on cassette. Very good Sound quality on the cassette. CDs lose the echo for some reason. Digital signature I guess. Vynil and Cassettes don't.

[@jeffpetrey69]

They were awesome

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I agree 😌

[@prenevost53]

Thanks for posting. For another version that's really superior check out the Cryin' Shames version from four years later.

[@HerrTeutates]

einfach der Hammer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LarryFogarty]

LOVED THEM

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Larry Fogarty such a great band to listen to. I love them too. 😇👍

[@AnthonySimpson-t7f]

Still listening sugar and spice 1963 Mersey sound Tony Simpson thanks

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Welcome 🤓

[@Ruda-n4h]

You can see what an influence Buddy Holly and the Crickets had on British beat groups.

[@Wixom2200]

Very good point!

[@keithparker1346]

Holly was hugely influential

[@danbam3411]

Good Morning Vietnam

[@mikelewis1436]

Tony 'Black Jake' Jackson on lead vocal - the Searchers' own John Lennon except he was a genuine hard nut!

[@emmanuelfiolakis9297]

If everything in the Internet was real, we are all made from all that!

[@mads4it555]

Great music. Thanks for posting. Shame about the sync issue though

[@mikebennett3812]

Lip Sync has improved these days - In fairness this is a promo: Not an actual recording session (no sound baffles and the Ficord 4 track is the wrong model), the mixing panel we used then at the EMI studios was a basic 32 channel - From my actual memory! The Searchers were a bloody great band and their songs continue to please subsequent generations. More than said for the doof doof rubbish abounding at the moment.

[@thekitowl]

Looks suspiciously like Pye studios to me .

[@HenrtPrice]

It a great song

[@kona1965]

Gooooood morning Vietnam!!!!!!!

[@KozmykJ]

Wow! 3 channel mono mixing. Ludwig Kit Good old Hofner - Rhythm Gibson - Lead Epihone - Bass

[@heavymetalbebop]

Dang,I actually owned that drum kit in this video,I kept and used it for about 20 years and eventually sold it,bad move !!!.

[@andreacloyd3672]

U can tell what era this song is from by the equipment & the stripped dwn just singing & playin - not alot of fancy overdubs or computer generatored musical effects. The music had 2 stand on its own!

[@ericlees7518]

yus mmmmm

[@LisaSivanov-s9f]

In memory of Edward my song always❤

[@michaelwhittaker5432]

Far better `driven ` sound and vocal construction than the Beatles could ever do

[@colinmcnab6145]

Millions wouldn't agree with you the Beatles were the top group at that time with the Stones not far behind.

[@elvisleeboy]

This is great song, but sounds of its time. Beatles music from the same year, is ageless.

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

And yet The Searchers couldn't write a tune to save their fucking lives. Idiot.😅

[@dianeshepherdlyricsoprano1394]

The Searchers were the top guys for me. Mike was a hunk but as a few years passed, he just got more handsome and sexy. Sorry,, I should be talking about their music. Goes without saying, that was the tops too!

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Diane Shepherd one of my favorites of all time. I absolutely love the searchers. Great band. 😇

[@dianeshepherdlyricsoprano1394]

Sir Athos Putnam. Many thanks for acknowledging my comments. You and I have GREAT taste!

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

Diane Shepherd yeppers. I love merseybeat in general and I also listen to music that was recorded from 1860-1980. I mainly listen to music from the 60s. 😇👍

[@dianeshepherdlyricsoprano1394]

I do too. The 60s was undoubtedly the best music era. I sing 60s songs and a few 50s, and some from the 70s. Also recorded a "duet" with the "guys" !! I also sing musical theatre and even some light opera! So I have a wide range of genres, but I simply adored the 60s. I have all the Searchers videos in my folder now. Shame they split, but hey ho, that's life. I won't fall out with them over it!

[@SylentEcho]

Someone please find that documentary on them that John Peel hosted. I'm surprised that there's not one documentary about them, here on youtube.

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

SylentEcho I would love to see it. ^_^

[@andreacloyd3672]

It was simple & clean music bcj then

[@samburgerandfry]

Part of this song was used in soundtrack in Super Mario Bros 3 on stage 2

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I did not know that. :0

[@samburgerandfry]

Sir Athos Putnam here is the link to Super Mario Bros 3 soundtrack. When i heard this song part of it reminded me of SMB 3 soundtrack kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYWYn5mHf7VnZrs

[@BleedBNG]

Tony Hatch wrote this song for The Searchers in '63. Sounds a little like Sheila by Tommy Row from '62 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpqQqJmbmJp7fbssi=oS4lZFaRASWGV__w

[@Curtis-d8j]

This version is a cover. The original was by "The Cryan Shames". At least, that's the version i have in my collection.

[@mikemiller659]

Thought I was listening to george" E Girl

[@PhilipStall-f8t]

Song from Good Morning Vietnam

[@Kevin-ro1fo]

Brian Epstine almost signed the searchers first 🎸🎵🎶

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

Epstein. Ps. And that's not even true because he had no interest in managing local groups until he saw The Beatles.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

also recorded by the Cryan' Shames

[@Sensei_Athos_VR]

I forgot about that version. :0

[@drock6966]

Good Morning Vietnam 🙂✌

[@pmacksmith2167]

I don't know why but this reminds me of thunderbirds

[@zachi4550]

oh cool

[@cyyoung9175]

Which one is Frank ? Dusty Springfields true blue friend. Seems likd a great guy in an interview about h e r.

[@trevorreid985]

Frank Allen replaced Tony Jackson in 1964