«You will never walk alone» -Sänger Gerry Marsden gestorben

British musician Gerry Marsden died at the age of 78. With his version of “You will never walk alone”, he will not only be remembered by football fans in Liverpool.

British musician Gerry Marsden, who became famous as a lead singer for the band Gerry And The Pacemakers (“You Will Never Walk Alone”) in the 1960s, has died. His family said Sunday night that “Gerry died today after a brief illness. His wife, daughters and grandchildren are devastated,” read the message quoted by the British news agency PA.

One of the most famous songs of the Liverpool-based group, whose first three singles became number 1 in Britain, is the song “I’ll Never Walk Alone”, which has been the club anthem of the champions of Liverpool FC English football for decades and which is also often used in can be heard in other football stadiums.

From song to hymn

Liverpool FC paid tribute to Marsden on Sunday on Twitter. “It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Gerry Marsden,” the club wrote. Gerry’s words will be with us forever. You will never Walk alone. “

In an interview the club posted on its homepage in 2013, Marsden recalled how the song became the club’s anthem. Before kickoff, the top 10 current hits were always played, including “You will never walk alone” for a while.

“When it came out of the top 10, they took the song off the playlist and before the next game, the fans in the stands yelled, ‘Where’s our song?’ So they had to put it back on, “Marsden said.” I still get goose bumps at every game when the song comes out. “

Contributed to the new version

Marsden had worked on a new version of the song last spring. The video contained encouraging messages for NHS health service employees, who are more exposed than usual to the corona pandemic.

Also in solidarity, World War II veteran Tom Moore had recorded a version of the song, which even reached number one on the British charts. He was previously known for walking 100 laps around his backyard in a walker before his 100th birthday to raise money for the NHS.

I grew up in Liverpool

Marsden was born in Liverpool in 1942. With the most successful representatives of the so-called Merseybeat scene, the Beatles, Gerry And The Pacemakers not only had in common their hometown, Liverpool, but also manager Brian Epstein and producer George Martin.

Other hits of the group were “How Do You Do It?” and I like it. ”Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotherham wrote on Twitter that he was devastated by the news of his good friend’s death.

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