The Searchers were founded as a skiffle group in Liverpool in 1959 by John McNally and Mike Pender, the band took their name from the 1956 John Ford western film 'The Searchers'. Skiffle is a genre of folk music with influences from blues, jazz, and American folk music.

The band's hits include a remake of the Drifters' 1961 hit, 'Sweets for My Sweet'; 'Sugar and Spice' (written by their producer Tony Hatch); remakes of Jackie DeShannon's 'Needles and Pins' and 'When You Walk in the Room'; a cover of the Orlons' 'Don't Throw Your Love Away'; and a cover of the Clovers' 'Love Potion No. 9'.

'The Searchers' is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision epic Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas–Indian wars, and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece (Natalie Wood), accompanied by his adoptive nephew (Jeffrey Hunter).

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