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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Jan 3, 2021 17:29:13 GMT
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Post by baz on Jan 3, 2021 18:05:48 GMT
Our first noteworthy death of the year. I suspect Merseyside will be in mourning for him. His 1964 recording of "You'll Never Walk Alone" is embedded in every true scouser's DNA... when I lived in Liverpool, it was a very popular ringtone, then of course there's the immortal "Ferry Cross The Mersey" which is another Scouse anthem. Bless him. He'll certainly be missed but remembered with fondness.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2021 18:10:39 GMT
Terrible, terrible news! Glad I got to see him twice in 2017, also in 1988.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2021 20:16:57 GMT
A full uncut concert from 2013, enjoy!
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Post by thejanitor on Jan 3, 2021 20:53:22 GMT
Did 2021 really have to go and let us down already? đ©
R.I.P. Gerry. ââ€đč I did post this later obscure song of his when we were discussing him and the Pacemakers on another thread some time ago, but it is my absolute all time favourite of his. Seems to take on a whole new meaning now... đȘ
P.s. Aside from being on the same club circuit in the early 60s, are there any other noteworthy Gerry-Hollies connections?
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Post by johnt on Jan 3, 2021 22:25:25 GMT
Sad news. Not a good start to 2021. I didn't get to see Gerry in his heyday but saw him on a number of occasions years later on the 'Oldie' circuit concerts. I remember going over to Belgium in December 2008 mainly to see the Hollies in Antwerp and Gerry was on the bill along with many others. You'll Never Walk Alone went down a storm with the Antwerp audience too. RIP Gerry.
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Post by eric on Jan 4, 2021 0:53:01 GMT
Very sad news to start the year.
Lead by Gerry Marsden, Gerry and The Pacemakers were incredibly successful in Australia. On my local Adelaide chart, they had 12 Top 40 entries from âHow Do You Do It?â in May 1963 to âGirl On A Swingâ in October 1966. This tally included 8 Top 10 entries and a national Number 1 hit in âYouâll Never Walk Aloneâ, which spent 23 weeks on our chart.
Outside of the singles, I have always loved the star quality, energy and band tightness displayed on their live EP âGerry in Californiaâ that was released in early 1965. It is little wonder that they rocked The Cavern in its heyday.
Gerry made many tours to Australia over a long period of time. Recorded live in 1964 in Melbourne, Australia, Gerry, in the company of other luminaries, sings âWhen the Saints Go Marching Inâ on the following link:
R.I.P. Gerry
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Post by JamesT on Jan 4, 2021 9:03:32 GMT
P.s. Aside from being on the same club circuit in the early 60s, are there any other noteworthy Gerry-Hollies connections? A tenuous link was that when I saw Gerry in 2010, his bass Pacemaker was none other than Garth Watt-Roy, co-writer of 'Magic Woman Touch'. Sadly I didn't get to speak to him.
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Jan 4, 2021 13:50:11 GMT
Very sad news to start the year. Lead by Gerry Marsden, Gerry and The Pacemakers were incredibly successful in Australia. On my local Adelaide chart, they had 12 Top 40 entries from âHow Do You Do It?â in May 1963 to âGirl On A Swingâ in October 1966. This tally included 8 Top 10 entries and a national Number 1 hit in âYouâll Never Walk Aloneâ, which spent 23 weeks on our chart. Outside of the singles, I have always loved the star quality, energy and band tightness displayed on their live EP âGerry in Californiaâ that was released in early 1965. It is little wonder that they rocked The Cavern in its heyday. Gerry made many tours to Australia over a long period of time. Recorded live in 1964 in Melbourne, Australia, Gerry, in the company of other luminaries, sings âWhen the Saints Go Marching Inâ on the following link: R.I.P. Gerry Girl On A Swing was a huge hit in Canada, their last top 10 one, reaching #3. I'll Be There was their only Canadian #1. I was today years old when I found out Bobby Darin wrote it and apparently an alternate take was released in Canada and the US only (kind of like The Animals' We Gotta Get Out Of This Place):
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Post by baz on Jan 4, 2021 14:54:49 GMT
Girl On A Swing was a huge hit in Canada, their last top 10 one, reaching #3. Not only that, but Canada was the only place in the world in 1966 to get Gerry and The Pacemakers' last album which technically remains unreleased in that form here in the UK though all the tracks have appeared on compilations over the last 25 years. The very same fate befell the Swinging Blue Jeans' 1966 album with Terry so there's a loose connection between The Hollies and Gerry! Gerry's album was clearly a move to prep him for a solo career as also seen on that colour clip we have of them where Gerry is minus his guitar and he also turned up solo on "The Eamonn Andrews Show" performing "Hallelujah I Love Her So" backed by the show's houseband on May 8th 1966, which still exists.
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Post by gee on Jan 4, 2021 16:06:42 GMT
The Hollies were among the guest acts in 'Gerry's Christmas Cracker' show, a Brian Epstein production at Liverpool's Odeon theatre in December 1964, beginning on boxing day, along with The Fourmost, Cliff Bennett, Danny Williams, and Tommy Quickly
George Martin and Ron Richards each took production duties on Gerry's recordings - presumably covering for each other in between their other work
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2021 16:14:00 GMT
I was today years old when I found out Bobby Darin wrote You obviously haven't read 'Let's Stomp!' ; ) Incidentally, the last time I saw him, he told a story from the stage about how he attended a Bobby Darin recording session where 'I'll Be There' was cut, and promised Bobby that he wouldn't cover it... which all sounds very plausible until you realise that Bobby Darin released it as a single in 1960!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2021 16:18:23 GMT
he also turned up solo on "The Eamonn Andrews Show" performing "Hallelujah I Love Her So" backed by the show's houseband on May 8th 1966, which still exists. Does it? I wasn't aware of that (though I'm not doubting you!). I know a handful of episodes survive, although my "holy grail" of The Rolling Stones performing 'She Smiled Sweetly' sadly doesn't!
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Post by baz on Jan 4, 2021 16:22:40 GMT
The Hollies were among the guest acts in 'Gerry's Christmas Cracker' show, a Brian Epstein production at Liverpool's Odeon theatre in December 1964, beginning on boxing day, along with The Fourmost, Cliff Bennett, Danny Williams, and Tommy Quickly lol... I'd forgotten about the Christmas Cracker show! Read about it many years ago and the stage had a giant cracker prop... Gerry MC'd the show and would ask the audience something like "So who have we got in the cracker?" and pull one end of it and the next act would start playing. Not that that always happened as sometimes the cracker got stuck and the flash powder had acts choking on the fumes! One thing I never understood was why they were on Columbia and not Parlophone. The Beatles, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Fourmost, Billy J.Kramer, Cilla Black were all George Martin acts from the Epstein stable, all on Parlophone except for Gerry. Never understood that, given George Martin went on about the labels being rivals and him trying to get one over on them and particularly Norrie Paramor.
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Jan 4, 2021 16:30:23 GMT
The Hollies were among the guest acts in 'Gerry's Christmas Cracker' show, a Brian Epstein production at Liverpool's Odeon theatre in December 1964, beginning on boxing day, along with The Fourmost, Cliff Bennett, Danny Williams, and Tommy Quickly George Martin and Ron Richards each took production duties on Gerry's recordings - presumably covering for each other in between their other work Terry himself tweeted that Ron Richards produced "You'll Never Walk Alone".
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Jan 4, 2021 16:32:42 GMT
I was today years old when I found out Bobby Darin wrote You obviously haven't read 'Let's Stomp!' ; ) Incidentally, the last time I saw him, he told a story from the stage about how he attended a Bobby Darin recording session where 'I'll Be There' was cut, and promised Bobby that he wouldn't cover it... which all sounds very plausible until you realise that Bobby Darin released it as a single in 1960! Ha! Sorry...I've been writing my little face off while there's still a pandemic and I'm not pressured to go get a "real" job. However, I fully intend to as my WIP is set in the time and it'll come in handy...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2021 17:07:12 GMT
A BIG thanks to Baz! : )
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2021 17:16:22 GMT
This is the earliest clip I've seen with the "new" Pacemakers.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2021 14:35:13 GMT
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Post by Stranger on Jan 5, 2021 15:02:58 GMT
For someone who seemed to be a natural songwriter, he really seemed to walk away from it, didn't he?
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Post by The Dude on Jan 6, 2021 18:04:16 GMT
Did 2021 really have to go and let us down already? đ© R.I.P. Gerry. ââ€đč I did post this later obscure song of his when we were discussing him and the Pacemakers on another thread some time ago, but it is my absolute all time favourite of his. Seems to take on a whole new meaning now... đȘ P.s. Aside from being on the same club circuit in the early 60s, are there any other noteworthy Gerry-Hollies connections? What a beautiful song!....
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Post by thejanitor on Jan 6, 2021 19:10:08 GMT
Glad someone else appreciates it! âș I think it perfectly captures a feeling of bittersweet melancholy and uniquely too with the surreal lyrics.
Shame his post-Pacemakers solo career didn't really take off, as his other singles from the 1967-69 period are quite decent too. Would've loved an album or two of this kind of stuff!
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Post by peterc on Dec 2, 2023 18:02:39 GMT
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Post by moorlock2003 on Dec 3, 2023 20:45:10 GMT
Girl On A Swing was a huge hit in Canada, their last top 10 one, reaching #3. Not only that, but Canada was the only place in the world in 1966 to get Gerry and The Pacemakers' last album which technically remains unreleased in that form here in the UK though all the tracks have appeared on compilations over the last 25 years. The very same fate befell the Swinging Blue Jeans' 1966 album with Terry so there's a loose connection between The Hollies and Gerry! Gerry's album was clearly a move to prep him for a solo career as also seen on that colour clip we have of them where Gerry is minus his guitar and he also turned up solo on "The Eamonn Andrews Show" performing "Hallelujah I Love Her So" backed by the show's houseband on May 8th 1966, which still exists. âGirl on A Swingâ hit #28 in the US, and an album was released under the same name on the Laurie label, with approximately the same tracks as the Canadian âTodayâ LP. It was the groupâs sole true stereo album released by Laurie. All the others are rechannelled stereo.
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Post by moorlock2003 on Dec 3, 2023 20:47:14 GMT
Very sad news to start the year. Lead by Gerry Marsden, Gerry and The Pacemakers were incredibly successful in Australia. On my local Adelaide chart, they had 12 Top 40 entries from âHow Do You Do It?â in May 1963 to âGirl On A Swingâ in October 1966. This tally included 8 Top 10 entries and a national Number 1 hit in âYouâll Never Walk Aloneâ, which spent 23 weeks on our chart. Outside of the singles, I have always loved the star quality, energy and band tightness displayed on their live EP âGerry in Californiaâ that was released in early 1965. It is little wonder that they rocked The Cavern in its heyday. Gerry made many tours to Australia over a long period of time. Recorded live in 1964 in Melbourne, Australia, Gerry, in the company of other luminaries, sings âWhen the Saints Go Marching Inâ on the following link: R.I.P. Gerry Girl On A Swing was a huge hit in Canada, their last top 10 one, reaching #3. I'll Be There was their only Canadian #1. I was today years old when I found out Bobby Darin wrote it and apparently an alternate take was released in Canada and the US only (kind of like The Animals' We Gotta Get Out Of This Place): US Laurie created the compact 2:48 edit of âIâll Be Thereâ with its quick fade-out.
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