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Michael John Prendergast MBE (born 3 March 1941), known professionally as Mike Pender, is an English singer and guitarist. He was an original founding member of Merseybeat group the Searchers . [1] He is best known as the lead vocalist on many hit singles by the Searchers, including the song " Needles and Pins " and "What Have They ...
Mike Pender's Searchers contains lead singer and guitarist Mike Pender, formerly of The Searchers. Pender left The Searchers in December 1985 hoping to explore new musical directions while preserving the classic 12-string guitar style that he helped to popularise.
- Mike Pender of The Searchers
- Mike Pender, Barrie Cowell, Keith Roberts, Mike Pender Jnr.
- 1985–present
- Liverpool, England
A 'HIT' again - after 42 years! Released in May 2008 'The Very Best of The Searchers' features both the voice and guitar work of Mike Pender on ALL 25 tracks! This TV promoted album very quickly went as high as Number 8 in the British National Charts, giving Mike a Silver Disc, proving that 60s classic songs live forever.
The Searchers originariamente presero forma come duo, quando i chitarristi Mike Prendergast (successivamente rinominatosi Mike Pender) e Johnny McNally, dopo aver fatto esperienza esibendosi in gruppi skiffle del distretto di Bootle, Liverpool, nel 1959 decisero di unirsi e scelsero il nome in onore del film omonimo con John Wayne.
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Mike Pender, one of the band’s founder members and lead singer in this period has finally told his story through his autobiography ‘Origins of the Searchers and The Search for Myself’. Mike tells Jason Barnard about his musical journey and new book that for the first time uncovers what really happened all those years ago.
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. [3] The band grew out of an earlier skiffle group formed by McNally in 1957, with his friends Brian Dolan (guitar) and Tony West (bass).
25 giu 2019 · We caught up with Mike Pender, one of the original four Searchers and the lead guitarist and vocalist, for some perspective on the early days and what he’s up to now.
