"Sugar and Spice" | ||||
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Single by The Searchers | ||||
B-side | "Saints and Searchers" | |||
Released | 1963 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Genre | Merseybeat | |||
Label |
Pye 7N15566 (UK) Liberty 55646 and 55689 (US) |
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Songwriter(s) | Fred Nightingale | |||
The Searchers singles chronology | ||||
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"Sugar and Spice" is a 1963 song by Merseybeat band The Searchers written by Tony Hatch under the pseudonym Fred Nightingale. It made number two on the UK charts (on Pye) and number 44 in the USA charts.
A German version sung by The Searchers is called Süß ist sie [1]
A French version sung by The Searchers is called C'est De Notre Age [2]
A chorus "Sugar and spice and all things nice" contains a reference to a nursery rhyme What Are Little Girls Made Of?.
Covers included a hit for The Cryan' Shames, whose version was released in 1966 on the Chicago-based Destination label. The song became a local and regional hit for the band and finally peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Cryan' Shames' recording of the song was included on the influential 1972 compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.