Mersey Beat
Group member Gerry Marsden wrote the song, and they released it as a single in 1964 in the U.K. and in 1965 in the U.S. It went to #8 in the U.K. and #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song also appears their 1965 film Ferry Cross the Mersey and on the soundtrack album. It was the first film to be shot on location in Liverpool after the city became famous for its music scene — The Beatles and all that. Gerry and The Pacemakers were the second group signed to Brian Epstein, who also managed the Fab Four. And Epstein, not surprisingly, appears in the film as a manager who signs Gerry and The Pacemakers. Cilla Black also appears in the film and performs “Is This Love?”
Gerry and The Pacemakers were from Liverpool, England, and played in many of the same areas as did The Beatles, including Hamburg, Germany. Among their hits were “How Do You Do it?”, “I Like It,” “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” and “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying.”
