Late 1957 until March 1961
Resplendent in their royal blue blazers, GP badges, gold buttons, red hankies!
 Gerry
started singing and strumming in 1957, at the Florence Institute, a boys
Club in the Dingle. He continued to lead various skiffle groups (the Mars
Bars is the best know) and trios while working for British Railways. Realised
the limitations of a trio on his first Hamburg trip (12/60).
 Early members of
Gerry's groups include....Dixie Dean (washboard), Jim Tobin (bass), Joe
Bower and Brian O'Hara (both guitar), Arthur McMahon (piano), Alec Randall.
Line-up
 Gerry Marsden:
guitar, vocal;
Freddie Marsden: drums;
Les Chadwick: bass.
April 1961 to late
1967
Recorded some of the era's classics.
Burgeoning local popularity was reflected in December 1961 Mersebeat
poll, where they came second. Within a year, they'd won Brian Epstein's
patronage and an Emi deal. No space to detail their remarkable feats!
Line-up
 Gerry
Marsden: guitar, vocal;
Les McGuire: piano;
Freddie Marsden: drums;
Les Chadwick: bass.
DISCOGRAPHY
(1963 - 1965)
SINGLES
'How Do You Do It?'/'Away from You'
COLUMBIA DB 4987
3/63
'I Like It'/'It Happened to Me'
COLUMBIA DB 7041
6/63
'You 'll Never Walk Alone'/'It's Alright'
COLUMBIA DB 7126 10/63
'I'm the One'/'You've Got What I Like'
COLUMBIA DB 7189 1/64
'Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying'/
'Show Me That You Care'
COLUMBIA DB 7268 4/64
'It's Gonna Be Alright'/'It's Just Because'
COLUMBIA DB 7353 8/64
'Ferry Cross the Mersey'/You You You'
COLUMBIA DB 7437 12/64
'I'll Be There'/'Baby You're So Good to Me'
COLUMBIA DB 7504 3/65
'Walk Hand in Hand'/'Dreams'
COLUMBIA DB 7738 10/65
EPs
'How Do You Do It'
COLUMBIA SEG 8257 7/63
'You 'll Never Walk Alone'
COLUMBIA SEG 8295 12/63
'I'm the One'
COLUMBIA SEG 8311 2/64
'Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying'
COLUMBIA SEG 8346 5/64
'It's Gonna Be Alright'
COLUMBIA SEG 8367 12/64
'Gerry in California'
COLUMBIA SEG 8388 2/65
'Ferry Cross the Mersey'
COLUMBIA SEG 8397 3/65
'Rip It Up'
COLUMBIA SEG 8426 6/65
LP
'How Do You Like It'
COLUMBIA 33 SX 1546 10/63
'Ferry Cross the Mersey' (with other acts)
COLUMBIA 33 SX 1676 1/65
'Dreans', in which
Gerry dreams of Liverpool FC, is the quirkiest record from the Mersey boom.
Since then he has recorded both as Gerry Marsden and as Gerry and the Pacemakers
and is prone to recording new version of 'You 'll Never Walk Alone'. The
Tony Sheridan song 'Please Let Them Be', which is mentioned in the chapter
'Germany Calling', was released in 1967 on CBS 2784 under the name of Gerry
Marsden: a smashing record that didn't sell and has never been reissued.
Date
of entry into UK charts - Title - Highest position
3/63
"How Do You Do It"
1
5/63
"I Like It"
1
10/63
"Iou 'll Never Walk Alone"
1
1/64
"I'm the One"
2
4/64
"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" 6
12/64
"Ferry Cross the Mersey"
8
3/65
"I'll Be There"
15
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