How successful was the Coasters' second release?
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Their next release, however, 1957Õs double-sided hit of ÒSearchinÓÕ and ÒYoung Blood,Ó struck a major chord with the young, burgeoning rock and roll audiences. As Ward described it, in ÒSearchinÓÕ the narrator Òis searching for his runaway girlfriend, vowing to track her down with the tenacity of a Northwest Mountie or a Bulldog Drummond, as the group executes a fiendishly tricky vocal arrangement built around the chant of ÔGonna find her.ÕÓ The other side, ÒYoung Blood,Ó tells of seeing a beautiful girl on the street, following her home, and being banished by her father. Interjected into the singing are comic comments on the situation by each member of the Coasters. Ward summed: ÒFunny, true, sexy, and innocent, it captured the entire teenage experience in just over two minutesÉ reminded America that teenagers could be black, and that adolescence forged a bond of desires and concerns that even transcended race.Ó ...
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