Gerry & The Pacemakers
Quick! Name a band of cute boys from Liverpool, England who were managed by Brian Epstein, produced by George Martin, and got their start in the early 1960s playing small clubs in Germany. Gerry Marsden and his Pacemakers briefly worked the same territory as the Fab Four, both geographically and musically, landing seven top 40 singles in the U.S.--including their signature tune, "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"--and 11 Top-40 hits in the U.K. However, by the mid-'60s, the Beatles had eclipsed them musically, and a fickle public lost interest in their snappy but relatively conservative brand of pop. Marsden continued to write, record, and perform in various incarnations of the band, but all three of the original Pacemakers had quit music altogether by 1966.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
- Ferry Cross the Mersey
- You'll Never Walk Alone ('Carousel')
- How Do You Do It?
- I Like It
Related Artists
- The Hollies
- Beatles
- Bee Gees
- Herman's Hermits
- The Troggs
- Freddie & The Dreamers
- The Association
- The Animals
- The Dave Clark Five
- The Monkees
- The Mindbenders
- Tommy Roe
- The Merseybeats
- Freddie And The Dreamers
- Spanky & Our Gang
- Cliff Richard
- The McCoys
- Curt Boettcher
- Spanky and Our Gang
- The Goldebriars
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Comments
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lgvhnI5s on 2009-10-12 05:05:01.520:
Probably the best of the Epstein-managed groups (next to the Fab Four of course!). -
marksof on 2007-09-27 16:01:07.670:
sound of my childhood! -
hearsman on 2007-03-03 00:37:14.047:
I wonder how many families were started to this genre of music. -
hearsman on 2007-03-03 00:37:13.360:
I wonder how many families were started to this genre of music.