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| After the breakup Fred Marsden went to work for British Telecom. He put his drum kit in his garage and never touched it again. Leslie Maguire joined the Royal Navy, and is occasionally recognized playing piano in the Wallasey area. Les Chadwick moved to Australia, where he formed a successful employment agency. | After the breakup Fred Marsden went to work for British Telecom. He put his drum kit in his garage and never touched it again. Leslie Maguire joined the Royal Navy, and is occasionally recognized playing piano in the Wallasey area. Les Chadwick moved to Australia, where he formed a successful employment agency. | ||
| ==Discography== | |||
| ⚫ | * http://www.britbands.bravepages.com | ||
| *''How Do You Like It?'' (October ]) | |||
| *''Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying'' (July ]) | |||
| *''Gerry & the Pacemakers' Second Album'' (November ]) | |||
| *''I'll Be There!'' (February ]) | |||
| ==External Links== | |||
| ⚫ | * British Bands: | ||
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Gerry & the Pacemakers was a British rock and roll group during the 1960s, and one of the few groups to challenge the Beatles in popularity. Like the Beatles, they came from Liverpool and were also managed by Brian Epstein.
Gerry Marsden formed the group in the late 1950s with Fred Marsden (his brother), Les Chadwick and Arthur Mack. They rivalled the Beatles early in their career, playing in the same areas of Hamburg, Germany and Liverpool, England. They began recording in 1963 with "How Do You Do It?"; the song became a #1 hit.
Their next two songs, "I Like It" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", both reached no. 1 in the UK -- the first time this feat had ever been achieved (first three singles by a performer all reach no. 1). Despite this early success, Gerry and the Pacemakers never had another number one single in the UK.
Marsden began writing most of their own songs, including "It's All Right" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey". The band also starred in a moderately successful film called Ferry Cross the Mersey. By 1965, though, their popularity was rapidly declining on both sides of the Atlantic and they soon seemed un-hip. They disbanded in 1966 (see 1966 in music). Gerry Marsden maintained a career as a television personality, and starred in the West End musical, Charlie Girl.
After the breakup Fred Marsden went to work for British Telecom. He put his drum kit in his garage and never touched it again. Leslie Maguire joined the Royal Navy, and is occasionally recognized playing piano in the Wallasey area. Les Chadwick moved to Australia, where he formed a successful employment agency.
Discography
- How Do You Like It? (October 1963)
- Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (July 1964)
- Gerry & the Pacemakers' Second Album (November 1964)
- I'll Be There! (February 1965)