Gerry and the Pacemakers
Gerry and the Pacemakers were an English beat group prominent in the 1960s Merseybeat scene. In common with the Beatles, they came from Liverpool, were managed by Brian Epstein and produced by George Martin. Their early successes helped make popular the Merseybeat sound and launch the wider British beat boom of the mid-1960s.
They were the first act to have all of their first three singles reach No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart: "How Do You Do It?", "I Like It" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", the latter from the musical Carousel. This record was not equalled for 20 years, until the mid-1980s success of fellow Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Another of their most famous songs is "Ferry Cross the Mersey", which refers to the River Mersey, which flows past Liverpool, and was the title song for the film of the same name, which the group starred in. The group also enjoyed some success in North America as part of the British Invasion, with seven of their singles reaching the US Top 40, their biggest hit there being "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying", which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The group broke up in 1966, though singer/guitarist/band leader Gerry Marsden would reform the group on and off through the subsequent years, until his retirement in 2018. Since his death in 2021 his bandmates, from his final lineup of the band, have returned to touring as Gerry's Pacemakers, as Marsden requested before he retired.
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