The Searchers "Needles And Pins" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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[@phrompunpitaksakorn8897]

The polish you know when I will post you know my name love potion no one now

[@николаймешков-ь7к]

Жалкое подобие Битлс ..

[@lojaonlineanagum660]

@@phrompunpitaksakorn8897 de

[@Wladimir.M.]

Похоже это вещь Леннона и Маккартни???

[@22lyric]

​​@@николаймешков-ь7кwell, let's not have ANY OTHER MUSIC besides what YOU like! You must be really busy if you post negative comments on everything you don't like!

[@gordonstuart5800]

That's what you call music 60s thank God I lived in that era the good days.

[@cascade5682]

The drummer having all the fun.

[@davidaaaa4611]

You are so right. I thank God I did to.

[@fshoaps]

Or yknow, Beatles imitation.

[@davidaaaa4611]

@@fshoaps yes

[@felixheiss]

Great to see Tony Jackson in the band . After all these years I realised that the drummer was clicking his fingers and not just looking like an idiot .

[@farpointgamingdirect]

Chris was a fantastic drummer. Too bad drugs and alcohol got the better of him

[@tankmchavocproductions6907]

I love these old live performances. No crazy lights, or choreographed dancers, or backing tracks or even metronomes. Just four well dressed guys with their instruments and voices making great music.

[@Mikel906]

That's so true ! I can't stand today's circus 🎪 in the music industry and sports too. Authenticity was the hallmark of that era.

[@ITILII]

Back when musicians had class, grooming, style and TALENT....pretty much illegal these days, since we see so much more 🤬Negative traits, from the top on down

[@brimkathstampex2306]

Not quite - no crazy lights etc. And not a single live note from any of them - look at and listen to it carefully, and all will be revealed.

[@ronmerchantjr1851]

Just pure straight rock n roll.rock on

[@jameswebb6289]

Miming.

[@Tiberius291]

We will never recapture the splendor of the 50s - 90s again. 😢

[@EdBenji]

Are you sure?? All that grunge garbage kicked off in the 90's ...

[@Arthur.in.the.Fridge]

90s were shite. That's when it all went wrong.

[@user-ep3ck5re4o]

Agree

[@AnimatedKadenMusicAndCartoons]

@@Arthur.in.the.Fridge50’s and 90’s are almost incomparable

[@agiagi5406]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@suz5271]

Brings back great memories of teenage years in the 60s. We were lucky to have been a teen in the 60s!!!

[@HamiltonRb]

The music was certainly good, but don't forget about the Vietnam draft, JFK, RFK, MLK assassinations, and Charles Manson. It depends on how old of a teenager you were, as to whether the memories were all good or not

[@agiagi5406]

És is imádom ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaelwood875]

"the best band to come out of Liverpool..." -John Lennon (1964)

[@altar964]

@michaelwood875 Se non fossero venuti i Beatles, oggi sentiremmo ancora cosucce del genere...

[@thomassmith8721]

​@@altar964 I agree

[@johnspooner7020]

The sixties were such a special time

[@tombradley2241]

Indeed they were

[@D.Z.A.-kp8lf]

Special, beautiful, and scary

[@SurfCityBill]

Special = crazy and chaotic.

[@PurpleObscuration]

@@SurfCityBill, The drugs were the crazy part.

[@rpminc1974]

The Best !!

[@acdc5579]

All of them dressed classy and well groomed... What happen to the people and the music nowadays ...

[@threadbear]

That's what I like best about these 1960s bands, apart from the music of course. They all looked smart and professional.

[@HarryTakagi]

Up until the 60's musicians had a strict style. However, in exchange for freedom and development, they lost order and dignity. The 60's is a watershed moment in music and an eternal milestone.

[@starlabratcherflannigan1798]

Back in the day if you made it onto Ed Sullivan you were considered to have made it

[@blairsterling6141]

Great era. Straight on great music. No fancy light shows to distract. No computers to adjust sound. No stupid theatrics. Just four great musicians with respectful clothes and super voices. The 60's had real talent. Hard working, decent, respected musicians. Conventional and standout models of proper behaviour.

[@vheth5968]

100 PERCENT AGREE!!!

[@deborahsampson7231]

Halcyon days full of great music and hope. What went wrong?

[@jodyjackson5475]

The love of money 😢

[@MrSuzuki1187]

No lip sync, just pure talent. Song was written by Sonny Bono.

[@JSinMd]

Gerry Marsden, the leader of the Pacemakers actually wrote the tune.

[@bryanpalmer9660]

@@JSinMd Needles and Pins was written by Jack Nitzshe and Sonny Bono

[@jeffcory1056]

@@bryanpalmer9660 3 opinions, and the winner is.... YOU!

[@tonybarfridge4369]

I didn't want to know that

[@fredyucht9003]

Sonny and Jack Nitsche. Sonny's first hit!

[@misspeplo3387]

WISH THERE WAS A OLDIES AND GOODIES DANCE CLUB……….

[@rjl9707]

I am in.. at 61 !

[@johnboren8928]

There is- it's my grocery store, which plays the oldies, mostly. You can dance to them if you want to, and in my mid-70s, I don't much care what people think.

[@RonaldDesrosiers-h2f]

There used to be a place in Worcester Mass. In the late 80's early 90's ...played old rock-n-roll from the 50's & 60's ..forgot the name of the joint aka club 🤷🏼‍♂️ 😹😂😹

[@agiagi5406]

Magyarországon is ezt hallgattuk fiatalok imádta a hangulatát és mindig melegséget érzek azóta is ha meghallom!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@agiagi5406]

​@@johnboren8928Én is ,70 éves vagyok, de ezeket hallgatom és közben táncolok ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@niccoarcadia4179]

People who were young teens in the sixties be proud. You lived an existence that future generations can only wish for.

[@phyllisgrellman4741]

I agree!😊

[@phyllisgrellman4741]

Everyone of them is good looking

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

In 1964 I was 12 thinking I was going on q6. Yep! Same haircut lol

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

* 16( darn phone

[@Carol2Dogs]

I was and we had THE BEST music! 😊

[@mastersullivan]

Call me old fashioned but this is when it was great to hear music and see them perform on stage fully dressed and respectful.

[@Nevernow721]

You're old fashioned. Feel better?

[@MegaSickcat]

Ed Sullivan's show was on Sunday nights, passed by bedtime, BUT my parents let me stay up because of all the cool British bands!!

[@kevinmadden1645]

I think you mean "past your bedtime" not "passed your bedtime".

[@slickraider5027]

I am 76 years of age. In my opinion, no band could do a song better than the Searchrrs. Their songs were done almost to the point of perfection. LOVE POTION #9 and Needles And Pins were great in the 60s and are still great today. Great sound!!!

[@wmden1]

I agree. The Searchers and The Hollies put me in mind of each other, considerably. I can't help but wonder if The Searchers took a que from The Seekers, or vice versa, for their group names. The Seekers, my favorite group, I know were from Australia, but first had their hits in England. Not sure, at this time, which group was the earlier of the two.

[@garykrewer495]

And guess who wrote this song? Yes, Sonny Bono and Jack Nitzsche. They wrote it for Jackie DeShannon in 1964

[@tommymitchell2935]

😊

[@user-rb3pk2bx7f]

Good music by a clean cut band. Unlike the freak shows of today.

[@mikecondy6010]

Best comment! 😂

[@williamjackson5942]

My parents didn't think so!

[@Ministoriesforfun]

I love this song

[@marknewton6984]

Clearwater -- first love -- Needles and Pins!!

[@suewright1299]

Oh I just adored this song, “Needles and Pins” ❤ Such a beautiful song by the very best group of the 60s! My favourite singer/guitarist was Mike Pender or Pendergast, oh so very handsome. 😊 I can’t remember the names of the other singer, and the drummer and the gorgeous blond guitarist, but oh they were such a wonderful group and sang brilliant songs! I’ll be singing their sensational songs from now on. Hubby and I married in 1972 and will have been married for 53 years on Wednesday the 8th of January. My hubby is an amazing man and so very handsome and due to my health not being great with epilepsy he does all the cooking and is simply amazing!!

[@stevetitus2817]

The music of the "British Invasion" made being a teenager in the 60s a BLAST. I'm 73 and still love this

[@ErchellBeverly]

I'm 74 and the 60s were the best decade of music.

[@raywillcox8622]

Music so good I dance and sing always

[@gazac48]

I'm 76 and still love this music, the 60's was the best time for music

[@absolutelywiseman556]

me - TOO ! :-) ❤​@@gazac48

[@Nevernow721]

​@@ErchellBeverlythe 60s through the early 70s were an historic time in music. The creativity will never be matched.

[@peterwright3283]

73 years old and this song still gives me goose bumps

[@gary2462]

must of been great days my friend

[@Ribby00]

I'm almost 40. Love this great old tune!

[@marthadoody]

Me too! I'm 64.

[@dennismunday7467]

No way this is 73 years old. It would have had to come out in 1948. This was released in 1964. 57 years more like

[@peterwright3283]

@@dennismunday7467 I am 73, not the song from 1964.

[@josephinerimmer6888]

Absolutely adored Chris Curtis. The heartthrob of my teenage years. Was heartbroken when I heard he’d died. Very underrated musician. Rest in Peace my darling.

[@agingrocker666]

People will still be watching this 200 years later and loving it.

[@GNXIsMid]

I’m 14 nearly 15 and I love this type of music (50’s and 60’s)

[@Bret4207]

Back when you and your grandmother could watch Ed Sullivan and even if she didn't like the music, she'd say, "Aren't they nice looking boys!" Different times.

[@jimgag2]

Lol. My grandmother would say...”them r cute boys” in her Irish accent.

[@petegregory517]

No tv in my grams house. I doubt she seen one till she was in her 50’s, doubt she ever watched a tv program; if she did it was most likely she already had dementia and had no idea what was going on. Yes, true.

[@cosybully]

I used to hear "They would look so much better if they'd just cut their hair."

[@stormytempest3907]

Spot On!😀

[@titusweekes649]

Ah the Sixties! When even the rock stars wore business suits!

[@laurenfairchild1040]

There will never again be melodies and lyrics like the 60s . 💗😭

[@toyman81]

From 1940 until around 1967 there was great music, Then music began to go into a dark direction, Now look at what they call music in 2020, YOU HAVE TO LAUGH. STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@fluffy1931]

@@toyman81 cool story boomertard.

[@MrTommy001]

@@fluffy1931 Eat your heart out. toyman81is spot on. What would you call great music in 2020?

[@fluffy1931]

@@MrTommy001 Joe Bonamassa , Meg Meyers, Billie Eillish & Ellie King, Pat Metheny go sod off.

[@someguyspage1809]

@@fluffy1931 Everybody has to be part of a tribe that opposes some other tribe. Fluffy is part of an anti-boomer tribe. It's human nature. Sadly.

[@lindacraig7486]

Wonderful to see Tony and Mike, the real Searchers!

[@reneemallicone6839]

Love Potion #9. Needles and Pins. Really underrated! One of the best groups of the 60s. Great Harmonies. Absolute Legends!

[@samuelvasquez2845gmailcom]

Hello from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 How are you doing today? I hope it's been a nice day? HAPPY NEW YEAR WISHES 🎉🥳💖

[@lonkeller5180]

WALK IN THE ROOM was even better - but I love Needles and Pins. Very close second.

[@Bippy55]

I was lucky as a young teen to watch CBS’ The Ed Sullivan Show. How a newspaper columnist got a chance to host such an influential force for this band, The Beatles, and many other performers. I love this group and this song.

[@johnrrokicki3467]

Believe it or not, the rhythm guitarist on this clip (John McNally) was a performing member of the Searchers for 60 years--1959-2019. Pretty amazing.

[@RjBenjamin353]

What tha!!!!

[@samburkes7552]

Yes John Rokicki...He, along with John Lennon, were my rhythm guitar mentors/idols..Buddy Holly, too..But that was latter 50's. These guys definitely hat that "it" factor!! McNally and Pender, the lead guitarist went on years after trying to "carry on the mantle" of the group!!

[@Ribby00]

Awesome!!!

[@johnporter3659]

John later reinvented himself as a lead guitarist.

[@annwaltman5608]

Yeah it was certainly a generation, I enjoyed growing up it was when it ❄️ it REALLY snowed.and it was time in the 60 when love was all around, specially the music.

[@waynelohn5316]

60s had best era for music

[@micolsen9824]

Tony Jackson finally gets to sing lead for this classic. Beautifully documented.

[@ChristopherBingham-sz5zb]

Sounds like a dual lead to me.

[@yesidmojica5567]

God created the Eighties for whom couldn't live the Sixties. Those are most important decades in the music history.

[@davidanderson8469]

No tattoos, manbuns or cursing. What an era.

[@JohnMiddletonBunny]

And no auto-tune!

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

I remind you that Ozzy Osbourne started in 1968 with Black Sabbath and already had tattoos.

[@edmundflores2414]

The British Invasion! I remember the fabulous 60’s. I will never forget my high school years.

[@kathrynsmith3501]

That was the real day the music died for the 1950 through 63 teens. I never cared for the British Invasion although I was 18 when it came in but it also was about the same time drugs came in and None of my friends were a part of the drug scene either. We still loved the old time rock and roll.

[@cue_khb]

@@kathrynsmith3501 Good for you. The British invasion was a CIA psy-op, to pave the way for sex, drugs and rock and roll cultural revolution.

[@candacerushing6882]

@@cue_khb Cue? You mean Q? You sound like a Qcumber.

[@Dank_Dank]

@@kathrynsmith3501 That’s what they said about late 1950s rock not being as authentic as early 1950s music

[@Luc-Sist_07]

@@Dank_Dank It is something it'll repeat for a long time. Imagine if in the 1890s people of that era thought music of the of 1900s was bad and don't know what kind of things. The same is going to happen to us, to you and me. For God's sake, it's going to happen to ALL OF US

[@bilbobaggins5408]

First record I ever bought

[@Therealbiggmakk]

I hate that i was born in 2004 i wish i could be alive in these times when music was good and life was simple.

[@SL-vi4tk]

Sans Vietnam and the racial unrest, the 60s could've been the perfect follow up to the Eisenhower years...

[@rjl9707]

Is that ever right. Would not be a young adult today.., all about Self, video games, and individualism. Not you, but you get the point.

[@gameboycat05]

Eh you had to worry about getting drafted n shit

[@philmarmanillo1354]

Unless you were drafted and died face down in a rice paddy.

[@macca8562]

I always think that without the Beatles America would have never heard great bands and songs like this from Britain.

[@jontalbot1]

That’s true. They missed the Shadows and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

[@seattlewa8500]

True. But without the U.S., the British bands would not have been nearly as successful as they were.

[@andymatthews7617]

Youngsters today have no idea how great our music was 😊

[@rsands9]

Needles and pinzah!

[@rogerivan]

Agujas y pinzas ... in spanish 😉

[@scotnick59]

Aye!

[@kathrynsmith3501]

Oh I loved that song!!!!

[@vespavideos_insta]

rsands9 Needles and Pinsel (german word for 🖌 brush)

[@samburkes7552]

@@kathrynsmith3501 ..So did I, big time, forever!!

[@iriscot5398]

This is the great thing about the internet

[@chuscrunia3645]

Volved!!!!!!!!Coruña España

[@mikecinquen]

100%

[@ronjacobson5112]

Grew up in the 60's and graduated in 64. The music groups could actually sing and harmonize.

[@fluffy1931]

keep snort'n Bobby Goldsboro - Honey, classic lyrics. Ane Ohio Express - yummy, yummy, yummy. words to live by.

[@shaykatz5648]

Same year for me 1964 high school graduation & my brother 1966.

[@22lyric]

There are SOME beautiful songs and melodies today.

[@margarethowell5321]

😢I was 15 in 65. Best years ever to grow up. And still remember all the words to all the songs. Xxx

[@roseyc.5846]

Blessed to have lived through the 1960's..what a time to have been young! Love this song. 🌹🤗❤️

[@belleray2]

Yes, the 60s had it all, lucky us!

[@alonenjersey]

There's a small bit of envy I have in folks like yourself. The music was so wonderful from both the U.S. & the U.K.

[@peteredwards7760]

Agreed !😊

[@seattlewa8500]

Unless you were an 18 year old male who was drafted and shipped off to Vietnam.

[@MichaelLantz]

The Late Tom Petty cites The Searchers as a major influence when he was kid.

[@dlsmpsn]

This was 1964 and they still had the 50's hair style. I love it.

[@MultiSilberpfeil]

Unforgettable moments... wonderful times, the sixties and seventies... quality music.. times when everything was much more relaxed. Big contrast to today's society...! "Needles And Pins - release: 1963" and still popular in 2023. The Searchers... pure youth sentiment...!

[@junedobbins3405]

Totally agree 100%

[@22lyric]

Relaxed? Pretty music, but I don't see it as relaxed. Vietnam, weekly air raid drills, horrible times right after WWII and Korea...

[@timothybrimm6299]

My late brother in law hated this song,my sister Kathy loved it ,rest in peace jim you are the best brother in law i could have ever asked for !

[@H-mv2jp]

As a poor teenager in the sixties the only concert I attended was in Liverpool starring the Searchers and Booby Vee. Who remembers him?

[@ede-armond476]

NEEDLES AND PINS-AH. What an extraordinary way to RHYME-AH.

[@MostlyBrenda]

What?? pins and begins rhyme naturally. The boys are just copying Jackie Deshannon's recording.

[@lorriechismark9032]

I AGREE-AH.

[@garyspring5981]

every bit as good as the beatles a wonderful band from the 60s

[@wnewfmer]

What made the bands so great on the Ed Sullivan show was that they didn't lip sync.

[@jimzeleny7213]

California Dreaming. Only thing live was the last chord.

[@Veekator]

Yes and the Midnight Special show...loved that too..

[@bobbyhamblen2338]

Dave Clark 5 were never live.

[@cllewis1]

I think Sullivan insisted that as many of the acts as possible perform live.

[@samburkes7552]

@@cllewis1 Chris, you are right, I believe...and stay within moral guidelines too!

[@maryhamby5734]

This was a great group and they could really sing

[@andrewwalton9700]

That drummer always makes me smile . He,s rearly into it !

[@oughtonoughton2634]

Andrew i like your comment i feel the same as you , These handsome very smart guys were the bees knees of the 60s era xx i was their xx What a beno we had , i saw these guys a few years ago ,, not many of the original group , however they were splendid in every sense lol Jane xx 💞💞💞💞

[@Qboro66]

He had the best hair too... A precursor to the 70's "Dry Look"...🤣

[@joycerichardson1810]

Chris Curtis drummed and sang the highest harmony parts.

[@TeodorChomiak]

Jak robisz to co kochasz to robisz to z całego serca ......

[@normaarchuleta9280]

They were so talented and handsome!

[@joycerichardson1810]

Especially Mike and Chris!

[@markmeade2937]

The whole group are tight, but the drummer is top notch, bravo, brilliant performance 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@markwhitman9542]

Also the only one in this clip without really ghastly teeth!

[@markmeade2937]

@@markwhitman9542 The old Colegate me thinks

[@doravernon1511]

Chris Curtis had a brother in the merchant navy who used to bring records back from America. This song was written by Sonny Bono and Jack Nietsche.

[@1983dmd]

You are right about the drummer...what a style!

[@CarolStJohn-ev9ry]

Yes, the drummer got sassy at the end!

[@pmajudge]

ANYONE HERE IN 2021 -----THE 1960'S & 1970'S WERE THE VERY BEST ERA ! FROM U.K

[@DougHinVA]

I lived thru all the 1960s stuff on Ed Sullivan in the USA and recall well my father saying ' ...they'll be gone in a few weeks ' about the Beatles ready to appear on Ed Sullivan as my sister and I waited for the B&W TV picture to improve with 'rabbit ears' ...

[@sharonwarren4479]

2024!

[@rodpettet2819]

Here in 2024

[@amalzyner]

I find this performance absolutely perfect. Particularly impressive to me is the "crescendo" participation of Chris Curtis' drums that "tells" the full story . It seems I can't listen enough of it

[@johngrout6039]

Love the expert key changes.

[@Bigfoots777]

someone covers it on electric kit & sounds pretty good

[@billye9127]

@@Bigfoots777 the only perfect song plus i will never find another you by the seekers brian wilson quote

[@paddyc20]

Chris was my dads uncle..

[@Daniel-ts3uy]

What drums? That ain't no Keith Moon.

[@rainstein3680]

There is simply no other era like the 60s for many reasons, especially musically!!

[@gustaveeaster9601]

I lived through the sixties now I’m in my sixties.....

[@janethartwig774]

I enjoyed the 60’s and now I’m in my 70’s.

[@CaliforniaEBRDude]

I think it's a real privilege to have lived in the 1960s and remember it. I'm in my 60s too. Enjoy it.

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

right and glad to be a witness to all the great songs and bands. im 66

[@PariahAvenger]

After all these years I still adore this song.

[@andreacloyd3672]

Oh me 2. Almost 4gotten band.except by us fans. Of that era Underrated.

[@suzieparis6821]

Same..think i was 7 when it came out..sittin outside singin it

[@anton1949]

Oh Yes!

[@seadog2396]

SAME. ADORE IT....

[@8778yeh]

Will someone please invent a time machine for dog's sake...

[@soxbearshwks8988]

watched this on our little '13 inch portable tv with rabbit ears in the barracks El Toro Marine Air base in SoCal....USMC 63-67

[@TwiggyArmstrong]

RIP Tony Jackson and Chris Curtis. You both are the sound of the early/original Searchers ✨

[@frankieneal772]

Good days ….1960’S….When life Had a meaning…

[@WhoDaresWins-B20]

Going on 77 years of age and this song was the first of theSearchers I remember and loved. I cannot stop watching their performances. The SEARCHERS; part of my teenage years. I remember having this song playing every day on the hit parade whilstI worked Afternoon shift. So sad that two members are no longer with us. Chris Curtis was quite the lad. Tony Jackson a great bassist.. I wish I had a time machine to go back to the days when this band played.

[@douglasmasterson443]

One of the Best 1960s songs !! The only complaint is that songs were very short in those days!!

[@stormytempest6521]

Hello Douglas, Agree with you, a unique sound in fact, gets better with age, strange sound, just pure Talent and Hard practice, you can feel something Different in this track! Regards.

[@wesleycook7687]

They were short because there was limited time on top 40 radio and lots of records to be played. Extended versions of later years were album cuts. It's true that some extended versions were played on the radio like Safety Dance for example. The Wall and Nights Without Satin were better in the 4 minute version. The long versions just included shouting , sound effects and extended instrumental segments.

[@gameboycat05]

For real. I love the Dave Clark Five but their albums are so short, like 20 minutes long almost each

[@GK-ev5rd]

Just good time rock n roll when one song after another blared on our favorite TOP 40 Radio station through our transistor radios. It was a GREAT TIME!

[@1gigi]

This was the only song my elderly neighbor would ask me to blast on the speakers. Rest easy Rick. We miss you..

[@johnpage4581]

I am in my 80th year and think how lucky I was to have such great music to listen to.

[@bassage13]

I'm 47, I grew up with the Ramones cover of this. They loved 50's music.

[@DiegoMontemayor34]

I'm not going to lie, the only reason why I searched this band was because I'm a big Beatles fan, and in an interview from 1964 both John Lennon and Paul McCartney said that this was the band that they enjoyed listening the most, and now I can see why!!

[@donaldspring8408]

Very cool! Love the Beatles too but imo this song is superior to anything they ever did.

[@alfred5029]

Wow!! where can you find that interview?

[@iancurtis1152]

@@donaldspring8408 🤔

[@Musicandguitars2745]

Do you have a link to that interview?

[@reginamaria8602]

Diego você parece com um dos Beatles

[@rpminc1974]

So much greatness and genius comes out of simplicity !!

[@topologyrob]

That's just what I was thinking

[@gameboycat05]

The simpler songs spark the most inspiration

[@rusoviettovarich9221]

One of the few times a group actually performed their song LIVE....no way can you match that drummer.

[@cherixbiggs5819]

That drummer was Chris Curtis....the most talented musician on the planet. He sang high harmony, composed, and was, the leader until he left the band. Such an incredible sense of humor! ❤️❤️ RIP dear Chris.

[@samburkes7552]

@@cherixbiggs5819 Didn't know he was the most talented of all of them. I've held thim all in very high esteem, with the Beatles, Hollies , Who, Gerry & Pacemakers. .Didnt know he has passed on. Such a loss. They were a great Liverpudlian band, some of my heroes!!

[@bryemycaz]

@@cherixbiggs5819 Plus he helped form the band which became Deep Purple.

[@gedcrummey1604]

His real name was Chris Crummey! He was my uncle!@@cherixbiggs5819

[@MarkMeade-e1y]

The drummer is absolutely on point , brilliant, the performance top drawer 🎼🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@tomhughes9845]

Dave Clark himself!

[@geoben1810]

I was 8 years old in '64. This is what was playing in the background of my wonder years... Just one the iconic songs of the 60s that defined the decade... ✌😄

[@craigw.scribner6490]

I was nine in '64--and you are so right, George!!!

[@hilarybromley3064]

Yup I was 17 and these were magical years

[@davidfrehlini968]

@@hilarybromley3064. This is one I had to miss. Sorry to say. I was 18 years old and still going through Marine Corps Boot Camp down at Parris Island S.C. But I still love this Song. God Bless.

[@TevinSpencer-q7h]

They had such class back then suits and ties and everything u rarely see this from todays preformers

[@PaulEdwards-b6l]

At 67 I just missed out but boy what a time to be alive again. Paul from Birmingham England

[@rainstein3680]

Oh yes!!! The Ed Sullivan Show was the hip 60s show that had everyone from The Beatles to Elvis to The Doors and every freaking British Invasion band like these incredible guys!! The 60s forever!!!

[@calvinbealer7264]

The GREATEST MUSIC 🎵🎶 DECADE PERIOD.

[@johnpeglau713]

When they got home to Britain after this show drummer Crumley (Curtis) and Pendergrast (Pender) lead guitar did the dirty. They conspired to have bass and singer Tony Jackson kicked out of Ithe group he formed in Liverpool in 1959.

[@wesleycook7687]

He did leave but returned in the 70s for certain revival shows. He was ousted because of a drug problem. He might have helped form the group but Brian Jones also was kicked out of the Stones even though he was the founder. I've always heard that Mike Pender was the leader of the Searchers but you can hear anything. But, all the bands had conflict over the years so it might depend on what they were doing at the time.

[@Meme-zc4cw]

Love those tasty 5 stroke roll drum fills.

[@joycerichardson1810]

Chris Curtis.

[@jhfit]

I was thinking the same thing. Noticeably superior drumming

[@davidperchard]

I was lucky enough to see them live, an absolutely brilliant band. Chris Curtis their drummer was superb.

[@RASmith-gt9mm]

He had a stiff ride arm though, no wrist. Did OK, anyhow!

[@suraya1224]

He resembles Dennis Wilson, a little.

[@markkini]

If there not in the rock and roll hall of fame they should be

[@Daniel-ts3uy]

I searched for them and their not.

[@Gratefulkate83]

Watching their countenance - totally fascinates me. So glad these recordings exist ❤

[@rowley1950]

The Searchers! Surely in the top 5 of British groups back then... Fabulous music, great guys, thanks for uploading

[@fannycraddock99]

Always loved Needles & Pinza!

[@snapfinger1]

Saw them live. Blue suits, brylcream hair, the works. The last band like this that came to town was Badfinger. Talk about influence.

[@brendadrumm9451]

As I commented maybe u didn't see it saw them with my sister over 50 yrs ago in a club they were all there not on a proper stage just there good old days xx

[@snapfinger1]

@@brendadrumm9451 love me Brenda love me true. My hearts beating like a drum :)

[@brendadrumm9451]

@@snapfinger1 go to bed ur tired lol x

[@carlharrison1765]

MUM AND DADS SONG - ABSOLUTE MAGIC

[@sixtiefan]

The music of the groups of the 1960s shows that they have an idea of ​​music. handmade music and not on the computer like today

[@elliothagen9874]

Another good song from the 60's.

[@Frederick-t8t]

I wish they had more hits. Excellent vocals. Sonny Bono cowrote this great classic.

[@DianeDobish]

The 60s, The Beatles and the bands of the "British Invasion" changed my life in the most spectacular way.

[@samuelvasquez2845gmailcom]

Hello from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 How are you doing today? I hope it's been a nice day? HAPPY NEW YEAR WISHES 🎉🥳💖

[@stellajennings2265]

Omg i was in love with Mick hope hes well after all these years.❤❤❤

[@Jameslopez5682]

Hello Stella how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@Twinkling-Lights]

The 60s long warm sunny days and this gorgeous song on the transistor radio lots of times ,it’s a heavenly song and Bob Lind wow a fabulous singer ❤

[@ritadoe1286]

Those were the days, it was music 🎶 you can understand and listen to-not strain to hear. 🇬🇧

[@simongleaden2864]

This song was No. 1 in the British charts the week I was born. It's pretty good.

[@Dhernz_]

Tony Jackson gave the searchers their sound in the early years & Chris Curtis was a great frontman. R.I.P Tony Jackson & Chris Curtís ✨

[@gedcrummey1604]

Thank you Daniel! Chris was my uncle x

[@ciudadanopatriotadechile5051]

😢😢😭😭😭😭

[@Dhernz_]

@@gedcrummey1604 that’s so cool. Do you have any stories about him?

[@peterwatkins3502]

Chris Curtis was the drummer, Mike Pender lead vocals (front man) and John McNally was lead guitar. Tony Jackson left shortly after this to be replaced by Frank Allen.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

@@peterwatkins3502 You disagree with the original comment .. Me: *rushes off to google* Gottit! Chris Curtis is the drummer but "Mike Pender took the main lead vocal on the next two singles, both of which topped the UK charts: "Needles And Pins" and "Don't Throw Your Love Away", each featuring Chris Curtis on co-lead/high-harmony vocal. However, live footage of these songs, as performed on The Ed Sullivan Show and NME Poll Winners concert respectively, show Pender and Jackson singing the lead vocal together in close harmony, with vocal support from Curtis. That suggests some differences existed between the live band and the studio version at that time." I"ve never notice the drummer before but he's a hum dinger! That smile could light up a room.

[@Noex63]

Classic pop... can change your mood

[@beastbee0118]

Nah. This is pure classic rock right here.

[@Noex63]

I think you're right... Keith Richards used to wear the same black resin, thick rimmed specs!@@beastbee0118

[@treecloser]

Mijn moeder draaide in mijn jeugd altijd muziek van Gene Pitney, Roy Orbinson, Julio Iglesias, André Hazes. Gene Pitney heeft vele prachtige nummers gemaakt en gezongen. 24 hours from Tulsa, It hurts to be in love, Something gotta hold of my heart. Thank you for posting this video ❤