Chris Curtis, the original drummer and backing vocalist for influential 1960s Merseybeat combo the Searchers, died Feb. 28 in Liverpool, England, after a long illness. He was 63.

Chris Curtis, original drummer of 1960s pop group The Searchers, has died at the age of 63 after a long illness. Named after the 1956 John Ford western, the Liverpool-based beat combo were formed in ...

LONDON (AP) _ Chris Curtis, drummer with The Searchers at the height of the British band&#39;s fame in the 1960s, has died at the age of 63. <br/><br/>Band members said Curtis, whose real name was ...

Chris Curtis was the mercurial, maverick drummer with the beat group the Searchers. They had three No 1 records in the 1960s and, Beatles apart, they are recognised as the most significant group ...