The success of the song "Beach Baby" (#4 in the US[4], #13 in the UK[5][6], #1 in Canada[7]) led to demand for live appearances.

[9] Formed in 1985 (originally under the name Heyday), Nightfly was a supergroup consisting of Spencer James on lead vocals, Zak Starkey on drums, Boz Burrell (ex-Bad Company) on bass, Micky Moody (ex-Whitesnake) on guitar and Mickey Simmonds on keyboards.

[1] In December 1985 long-time lead singer of The Searchers, Mike Pender, announced that he was leaving the group.

[12] Founding member John McNally recalled Spencer James from the Brentford gig and he was recruited as the new lead singer.

His mastery of the synthesizer guitar also added authentic strings and keyboard sounds to The Searchers stage performances, emulating their original studio recordings.