# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-pender
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:50:24.275Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-pender"
name: "Mike Pender"
slug: "mike-pender"
description: "Michael John Prendergast, known professionally by the stage name Mike Pender, is an English musician. He was an original founding member of Merseybeat group the Searchers. He is best known as the lead vocalist on many hit singles by the Searchers, including the song \"Needles and Pins\" and \"What Have They Done to the Rain?\"."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Pender.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.209473333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671669/"
    handle:    "nm0671669"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://mikependersearchers.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/773411"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "ميك پيندير (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pender"
    title: "Mike Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC_%ED%8E%9C%EB%8D%94"
    title: "마이크 펜더"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pender"
    title: "Mike Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pender"
    title: "Mike Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pender"
    title: "Mike Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pender"
    title: "Mike Pender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d7c97269-5d2a-4d83-83ac-9c5e0f2f2c1a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6040654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1110071"
    title: "Mike Pender"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump