It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Searchers “Love Potion Number Nine”
Liverpool, England-based band the Searchers hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart seven times, all in the mid-1960s. Only one of those singles reached the Top 10, and it’s the song for which they are most remembered. Exactly 50 years ago, the Searchers’ “Love Potion Number Nine” reached its peak position of number 3, where it would spend two weeks.