GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS IN CONCERT - MELBOURNE - MARCH, 21, 2009

This popular band from Liverpool, UK is a contemporary of the Beatles with a common manager as the latter. They are, in my opinion, as talented as the Beatles with many of their own musical compositions. One of their most popular hits - You' ll Never Walk Alone originating from the great Rogers & Hammerstein musical - CAROUSEL - has become the virtual club song of the English Premiere League Soccer team - LIVERPOOL. It has become one of the best known songs in UK since the 1960s because of its performance and recording by Gerry & the Pacemakers.

I & my wife with a few friends of mine have just finished attending the concert of this famous pop song group held tonight at the premiere venue of The Palm at the Crown Theatre. The following video links are 4 of their great hits performed during tonight's concert in Melbourne.

After the concert the lead singer GERRY MARSDEN was so kind as to autograph one of his CD HIT SINGLES for me and also posed with me in a personal photo attached herewith. He is one of the most friendly, approachable and funny persons among the great entertainers I have talked with. And I have met quite a few after attending their concerts ( including Barry Mandalow, Johnny Mathis, Pat Boone, Johnny Tillotson, Frank Sinatra, Matt Monroe, Englebert Humperdinck, The Brothers Four, Peter,Paul & Mary, The Platters, Patti Page, Connie Frances, Barbara Streisand, Judy Durham of the Seekers, Ventures, The Shadows, Cliff Richard, etc. ). Actually, it was Gerry who proposed to have the photograph taken. We enjoyed his concert tremendously and I hope you like the songs, too !

Lead singer GERRY MARSDEN autographed his top hits singles CD

GERRY ON STAGE

WIDE ANGLE VIEW OF STAGE

Top hits performed by GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS at the concert :-

I' LL BE THERE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2vlLLHlbVs&feature=channel_page

FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oJXw8pnw3M&feature=channel

MY HOME MADE VERSION OF ABOVE SONG - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfrOi_G6lU&feature=channel_page

I LIKE IT - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAES36QL-U&feature=channel

YOU' LL NEVER WALK ALONE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NslQspqepbU&feature=channel

MY HOME MADE VERSION OF THE ABOVE SONG - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXtf983QyWg&feature=channel_page