"Searchin for Some Kind of Clue" is the title of a song written by Nelson Larkin, Donny Kees and Pal Rakes, and recorded by American country music artist Billy Joe Royal.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Kind of Blue | Kind Hearts and Coronets | Give Us a Clue | Der Müller und sein Kind | Christopher and His Kind | That Kind of Girl | Some Kind of Wonderful | King Without a Clue | What Kind of Man | There's a Kind of Hush | Stubborn Kind of Fellow | Get a Clue | Fall Be Kind | What Kind of Day Has It Been | This Kind of Love | The Third Clue | The Telltale Clue | There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World | Some Kind of Wonderful (Soul Brothers Six song) | Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)#Young Divas version | Searchin' | Rebels Without a Clue | Payment in kind | Kind Turkey Records | Kind of Like Spitting | Kind of a Drag | In kind | I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue | I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue |
After leaving that group, in 1956 Gardner formed the Coasters with the Robins' bass singer Bobby Nunn, Leon Hughes and Billy Guy, at the behest of the songwriting/producing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and had a two-sided hit in 1957, "Youngblood" (on which Gardner sang lead) and "Searchin'".
It also includes the bonus tracks "Ain't Nothing to Do" (recorded in 1985), "Searchin'" (recorded in 1986), and "Queen Bitch" (recorded in 1987).
The record "Searchin' 75" b/w "Young Blood" stated that these recordings were from the album called "Reunion." In 1976, he recorded an album with "The World Famous Coasters" which included Will "Dub" Jones.
The song's notable gimmick was in citing specific law-enforcement figures from popular culture, such as Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, Joe Friday, Sam Spade, Boston Blackie, Bulldog Drummond, and the Northwest Mounted Police (The Mounties).
Some famous songs released by TSR Records in the 1980s (while TSR was based in the former RSO building at 8335 Sunset Boulevard), include "Coming Out of Hiding" by Pamala Stanley, "Searchin' (Looking For Love)" by Hazell Dean, "So Many Men, So Little Time" by Miquel Brown and "High Energy" by Evelyn Thomas.
A cover of Hazell Dean's "Searchin'" was released as the third and final single from the album, and peaked at number 40.