Gerry Marsden

Gerry Marsden

Infobox Musical artist

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Name = Gerry Marsden
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Gerard Marsden
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Born = birth date and age|1942|09|24
Toxteth, Liverpool, England
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Instrument = vocals, guitar
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Occupation = singer, songwriter
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Associated_acts = Gerry & the Pacemakers
URL = http://www.gerrymarsden.co.uk/
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Gerry Marsden (born Gerard Marsden on September 24, 1942 in Toxteth, Liverpool, England) is an English musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the British band Gerry & the Pacemakers.

Marsden's interest in music began at an early age. He remembers standing on top of an air raid shelter singing "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" and getting a great reception from onlookers. He said to himself then, "This is what I want to do."

Gerry and the Pacemakers were the second group signed by Brian Epstein and remained among his favourite artists. Their first single was "How Do You Do It," recommended by George Martin after it was initially given to The Beatles. This was the first number one hit for the Pacemakers. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and was released on EMI's Columbia label. Marsden said the recording took four or five takes. The band's second number one was "I Like It", followed by "You'll Never Walk Alone". Other singles included "It's Gonna Be Alright" (their "heaviest" song), "I'm the One," "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying," and "Ferry Cross the Mersey."

After leaving the Pacemakers—his brother Fred Marsden, Les Maguire and Les Chadwick—Gerry Marsden maintained a low-key career on television, and starred in the West End musical "Charlie Girl" alongside Derek Nimmo and Anna Neagle.

He is most remembered for the song "I Like It" and his rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone", which has been adopted as an anthem of several football clubs, the earliest being Celtic (who actually adopted the song several years before Marsden's cover was released) and the most notable being Liverpool, the club that Marsden supports. He sang the song at Wembley Stadium when Everton faced Liverpool at the 1989 F.A. Cup final shortly after the Hillsborough disaster. Marsden is a very vocal Liverpool F.C. supporter and claims that he idolised the team as a boy. However, several people who knew Marsden in his youth claim that he was an Everton supporter who later turn-coated and switched to Liverpool after they became successful under Bill Shankly. It is unknown whether the Kop's adoption of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' was responsible for Gerry allegedly changing sides. One individual who has claimed Marsden was an Evertonian is Cavern DJ Bob Wooler. [http://www.tropeamagazine.it/thebeatles/cavern/rcollectori.htm]

The Pacemakers, albeit with different musicians, still tour today and are a popular oldies draw on the circuit.

Marsden returned to No. 1 in the charts twice during the 1980s with re-recordings of two of his old hits, with all profits going to charity. In 1985 after the Bradford Football Club stadium tragedy in which 56 were killed, he formed a group called "The Crowd," which included other musicians, singers, and radio disc jockeys, to produce a new version of "You'll Never Walk Alone." After the Hillsborough football ground tragedy of 1989 which left 96 dead, he joined forces with Paul McCartney, The Christians, Holly Johnson, and his production trio Stock, Aitken & Waterman on a new version of "Ferry Cross the Mersey."

Marsden's favourite recordings are "Ferry Cross the Mersey," "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."

In 1993, Gerry Marsden published his autobiography, "I'll Never Walk Alone", co-written with former Melody Maker editor Ray Coleman.

External links

* [http://www.gerrymarsden.co.uk/ Official website]


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