 Other musicians on the recording included George Barnes and Allan Hanlon on guitar, Abie Baker on bass, Ed Shaughnessy and Gary Chester on drums and Bobby Rosengarden and Ray Kessler on percussion.In 1963, "Sweets for My Sweet" was released by Merseybeat band the Searchers as their debut single, reaching number one on the UK Single Chart for two weeks that August.The Searchers' version was also issued in the US in the spring of 1964, but failed to chart.