![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpFgusCWZX3b5RcyeWR0VtSIt9v4vnCM8dCiQP4bIbDJ4CJCfJRiBvxuEHoNf_vAo_SJf26kKoEKF6dNHqHRSPab2Pg-4w9AOCY1LaBwjGoj-IHRL2yEn4uvh0dMKUgCmvDCLPIq-cIk/s400/searchers.jpg)
...is actually a cover. Specifically, of a semi-obscure Southern soul record by Jimmy Hughes from the same year.
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I'm embarrassed to admit that before I stumbled across this one on the intertubes the other day I was unfamiliar with not just the original but with Hughes himself. That said, on balance, and as spine-tingling as the Hughes version is, I think I still prefer the cover. Something about those harmonies, I suspect.