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IF YOU DON'T SEE THE GREEN FOOTNOTE REFERENCE NUMBERS IN THE TEXT ABOVE TRY GOING
TO THE PREVIOUS VERSION BY CLICKING ON THE LINK "SEE OTHER VERSIONS" IN THE ORANGE
BOX ABOVE. ALSO SOMETIMES THE LYRICS ON PREVIOUS VERSIONS ARE MORE ACCURATE THAN
THE ONES DISPLAYED BY GRACENOTE AS THE CURRENT VERSION.

SEARCHIN' 5
Written by: Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller
Performed by: The Coasters 6
First released: 7
Single: March 1957
Album: 1957

1 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), colloquially known as Mounties, is the federal, national, and
paramilitary police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. The RCMP was formed
in 1920 by the merger of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police with the Dominion Police. The former was originally
named the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP). Much of the present-day organization's symbolism has been
inherited from its days as the NWMP, including a distinctive Red Serge uniform.

2 "Blueberry Hill" is a popular song published in 1940. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Al
Lewis and Larry Stock. Its most popular version was an international hit for Fats Domino in 1956, and has become a
rock & roll standard. It reached #2 on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming Domino's biggest pop hit, and spent 9
weeks at #1 on the R&B chart.

3 Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, Sergeant Friday, Charlie Chan and Boston Blackie are all fictional American detectives.

4 Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character created by "Sapper," a pseudonym of H.C. McNeile (1888-1937).
Drummond is an imitation of the hard boiled noir-style detectives appearing in contemporary American fiction. The
stories followed Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a wealthy former WWI officer who, after the war, spends his
new-found leisure time as a private detective.

5 "Searchin'" reached #3 on the Billboard Pop 100 in May of 1957. It should be noted that the group, Oak Ridge Boys,
used the same tune in thier song, "Elvira." I'm not sure if the tune was already in the public domain at the time
Stoller & Lieber wrote the words to "Searchin'," but I'm guessing it must have been. Attached below is a link to a
YouTube video of the Oak Ridge Boys that clearly demonstrates how close the music is between "Searchin'" and "Elvira,"
and a link to the Beatles' version of the song (just because it's kinda cool).

The Oak Ridge Boys-1981:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdFghZmdwXk
The Beatles-1962:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FE4639lChw

You can see the lyrics to the above 2 songs on mp3lyrics.org at:
The Oak Ridge Boys:
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/o/oak-ridge-boys/elvira/
The Beatles:
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/beatles/searchin/

6 Covered by:
The Bay City All Stars
The Beatles
Blacktop
Otis Blackwell
The Bobs
Cannibal & the Headhunters
Ace Cannon
Dave "Baby" Cortez
The Crickets
The Spencer Davis Group
Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks
The Hollies
Wanda Jackson
Johnny & the Pantry Raiders
The Lovin' Spoonful
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
The Mugwumps
Maria Muldaur
Gram Parsons
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Billy Lee Riley
Albin Robinson
Neil Sedaka
Sly & the Family Stone
et al.

7 Appears on: *
SINGLE(S):
(1)The Coasters:
A-side: "Searchin'"
B-side: "Young Blood"
(a) ATCO, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #6087, US-1957.

EP(S):
(EP1)Rock and Roll with the Coasters:
Track 1: "Searchin'"
Track 2: "Fool with the Golden Head"
Track 3: "Young Blood"
Track 4: "My Baby Comes to Me"
(a) Atco, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm EP, #4501, US-1957.

ALBUM(S):
(a)The Coasters: The Coasters
(1) Atco, 14-Track, Mono LP, US-1957.

(b)The Coasters: 20 Greatest Hits
(1) Deluxe, 20-Track, Stereo Cassette, #7786-4, US-1987.
(2) Deluxe, 20-Track, Stereo CD, #7786-2, US-1994 8 .
et al.

* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of the song than the one that was transcribed.
Also, this list is not intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

8 Transcribed from the track on this album.