"Can't Stand the Rezillos Can't Stand the Rezillos is the debut studio album by Edinburgh-based punk band the Rezillos, released on Sire Records on 21 July 1978 and including the top twenty UK hit ""Top of the Pops"", part of which was used as a jingle on BBC Radio 1. Unusually for a punk rock/new wave group, the album featured several sixties covers, ""Glad All Over"" (originally a hit for the Dave Clark Five), ""Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight"" (originally by Fleetwood Mac) and ""I Like It"", a Gerry & the Pacemakers hit. The record reached number"
"another number one single in the UK. Marsden began writing most of their songs, including ""I'm the One"",""It's Gonna Be All Right"" and ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"", as well as their first and biggest US hit, ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"", which peaked at No.4. The band also starred in an early 1965 film, ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"" (sometimes referred to as ""Gerry and the Pacemakers' version of ""A Hard Day's Night""""), for which Marsden wrote much of the soundtrack. The title song was revived in 1989 as a charity single for an appeal in response to the"
"reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, the latter recorded instead of the Beatles' ""Hello Little Girl"". ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" had been a favourite of Marsden's since seeing ""Carousel"" growing up. It quickly became the signature tune of Liverpool Football Club and, later, other sports teams around the world. The song remains a football anthem. The group narrowly missed a fourth consecutive number one when ""I'm the One"" was kept off the top spot for two weeks in February 1964 by fellow Liverpudlians' The Searchers ""Needles and Pins"". Despite this early success, Gerry and the Pacemakers never had"
"in February 1964. The group then decided to issue their own version. The record, like the group's earlier releases, was produced by George Martin. It was released in April 1964 as Gerry and the Pacemakers' fifth single in Britain, and spent 11 weeks on the United Kingdom's ""Record Retailer"" chart, reaching No. 6. In the US, it was the breakthrough single for the group, spending 12 weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, reaching No. 4. The song debuted at No. 4 in the first issue of Canada's ""RPM"" ""Top Forty-5s"" chart, while reaching No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,"
"and No. 6 on New Zealand's ""Lever Hit Parade"". Gerry and the Pacemakers performed the song on their first US television show, ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" on 3 May 1964. The group's earlier UK hit singles - ""How Do You Do It?"", ""I Like It"", ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" and ""I'm the One"" - were then reissued in the US to follow up its success, but ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"" remained their biggest hit in the United States. The song has been recorded by many other singers, including Steve Lawrence (1964), José Feliciano (1968), Rickie Lee Jones"
"Brit Award for Best British Single. Their debut album, ""Welcome to the Pleasuredome"", reached number one in the UK in 1984 with advanced sales of over one million. After the follow-up success of ""Two Tribes"" and ""The Power of Love"", the group became only the second act in the history of the UK charts to reach number one with their first three singles; the first being fellow Liverpudlians Gerry and the Pacemakers. This record remained unbeaten until the Spice Girls achieved a six-single streak in 1996–97. In 1985 the band won the Brit Award for Best British Newcomer, and also"
"Gerry Marsden Gerard Marsden MBE (born 24 September 1942) is an English musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers. Marsden was born at 8 Menzies Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, and his interest in music began at an early age. He remembers standing on top of an air raid shelter singing ""Ragtime Cowboy Joe"" and getting a great reception from onlookers. Gerry and the Pacemakers was the second group signed by Brian Epstein and remained among his favourite artists. Their first single was ""How Do You Do It,"" recommended by George Martin"
"of the Gerry and the Pacemakers song ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"" was released in aid of those affected. The song featured Liverpool musicians Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden (of the Pacemakers), Holly Johnson, and the Christians, and was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 1 on 20 May, remaining at the top for a total of three weeks. Although Gerry and the Pacemakers' earlier hit ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" had stronger ties to Liverpool FC, it was not used because it had recently been rerecorded for the Bradford City stadium fire appeal. By the"
"Mersey"", released in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster. The single stayed at number one for several weeks (No. 5 in Germany). Their second album, ""Colour"", released in 1990, reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and yielded the international hit ""Words"", which was No. 18 in the UK (including the Hillsborough charity single their eighth consecutive UK Top 40 hit) and Sweden, No. 5 in the Netherlands (for two weeks), and No. 1 in France (also for two weeks). The second single from the album, ""I Found Out"", reached No. 22 in France (No. 56 in"
"saw The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and producers Stock Aitken Waterman reach No. 1 with a charity cover of the Gerry & The Pacemakers song ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"", released in aid of the Hillsborough disaster the previous month. The original reached number 8 in 1964. Two sounds dominated the Summer and Autumn. The first came from Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, where several old songs from the 1940s to 1960s were joined together to create a megamix, with 'Jive Bunny' (an animated rabbit) featuring in the music videos. ""Swing the Mood"" topped the charts for five"
"How Do You Do It? ""How Do You Do It?"" was the debut single by Liverpudlian band Gerry and the Pacemakers. The song was number one in the UK Singles Chart on 11 April 1963, where it stayed for three weeks. The song was written by Mitch Murray, who offered it to Adam Faith and Brian Poole but was turned down. George Martin of EMI decided to pick it up for the new group he was producing, the Beatles, as the A-side of their first record. The Beatles recorded the song but opposed releasing it, feeling that it did not"
"I would have broken that band,"" Cowell said. In August 1999, the first single of their second album, ""Invincible"", the catchy dance tune ""If Ya Gettin' Down"", was released and became a major hit worldwide but yet again failed to go to number 1 in their home country, kept out of the top spot by Ricky Martin. Finally, in October 1999, after three consecutive number-two peaks, ""Keep on Movin'"" became their first UK number 1, as well as their biggest selling single to date. The second album hit the top five shortly thereafter. ""Don't Wanna Let You Go"" was released"
"was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, of which Peter Hall was artistic director until the year of the film's release. Cilla Black had not previously had a starring role; she had appeared briefly as herself in ""Ferry Cross The Mersey"" (1965), a vehicle for Gerry and the Pacemakers. She recorded the theme song for the film, having the same title, which was released as the B side of ""Where Is Tomorrow?"" in 1968; the single reached number 39 in the UK Charts. This would be Black's only starring role in film. Most of the remainder of the cast"
"brokered them a deal with Pye Records. In 1965 they were to appear in the film ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"" (a Gerry & The Pacemakers vehicle) as the losers in a battle of the bands, but this footage was cut from the film's final release. Their first single was ""I Love Her"" b/w ""Magic Potion"", which did not make the charts, but the group opened for The Beatles on their last British tour to support the single. In the summer of 1965 they played, as resident group, in the Rock Ballroom at Butlin's Holiday Camp in Ayr, Scotland. Following the"
"UK, becoming a substantial hit, peaking at No. 2. The group's first single, ""Fall Out"", was re-issued in late 1979, and became a minor chart hit, peaking at No. 47 in the UK. In October 1979, the group released their second album, ""Reggatta de Blanc"", which topped the UK Albums Chart, and became the first of four consecutive UK No. 1 studio albums. The album spawned the hit singles ""Message in a Bottle"" (No. 1 UK, No. 2 Canada, No. 5 Australia) and ""Walking on the Moon"" (No. 1 UK). The album's singles failed to dent the US top 40,"
"reached number 1 in 37 countries, and their subsequent singles – ""Say You'll Be There"", ""2 Become 1"", ""Who Do You Think You Are"" and ""Mama"" – all peaked at number 1 in the UK. In 1997, they released the second album, ""Spiceworld"", with the two first singles ""Spice Up Your Life"" and ""Too Much"", that entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1, making it the group's all consecutive number 1 hit single, a record of musical groups all time. The album was a global best seller, selling 20 million copies worldwide. The group also starred in their own"
"on 23 April 2001 as the lead single from S Club 7's third studio album ""Sunshine"". The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart twice in the course of one month, with Geri Halliwell's ""It's Raining Men"" spending two weeks at the top position in between. becoming the year's seventh biggest-selling single. It was also awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Single in 2002 and ITV's Record of the Year accolade. The song made it to number 3 in ""Q""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ""Guilty Pleasures"" list in August 2006. It has sold 801,000 copies in the United Kingdom, as stated"
"group and he began designing some of the outfits that would ultimately become the group's trademark matching stage costumes. The glittering costumes coupled with their synchronised dance routines often led to comparisons with The Jackson Five. The group achieved huge commercial success in the mid 1980s, with their second album ""Silk & Steel"" reaching no.1 and selling in excess of 1.2 million copies in the UK alone. By the end of the decade, they had achieved fifteen UK Top 40 hit singles and four Top 20 albums (three of them reaching Platinum status). Pearson would join his four siblings on"
"""Freak like Me"" scored the group their first UK number 1 single. Follow-up single ""Round Round"" also debuted on top of the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 2 in Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. Both singles were certified silver by the BPI. On the back of the success of the singles, the group's second album, ""Angels with Dirty Faces"", debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified triple platinum, selling almost a million copies in the UK alone. It is to date their highest-selling album. In the UK, the third single from"
"Cross the Mersey"". In 1993, Marsden published his autobiography, ""I'll Never Walk Alone"", co-written with former ""Melody Maker"" editor Ray Coleman. On 15 September 2003, Marsden had triple bypass heart surgery at Broad Green Hospital in Liverpool. He had a second heart operation in 2016, and announced his retirement in November 2018. Gerry Marsden Gerard Marsden MBE (born 24 September 1942) is an English musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers. Marsden was born at 8 Menzies Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, and his interest in music began at an early age."
"The Pacemakers, who also hailed from Liverpool, were very much rivals of the Beatles in their early days—Gerry and the Pacemakers attained the first number one (""How Do You Do It"") before the Beatles, and also claimed their second and third number ones before the Beatles did, slowly losing steam afterwards as Beatlemania launched and the Beatles dominated music worldwide in 1964. A true indication of how successful the Beatles became thanks to ""From Me to You"" (though it would soon be overshadowed by ""She Loves You"" and ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"") was expressed by McCartney: ""The first"
"from that show have now been included on the album: 'Gerry and the Pacemakers Live at the BBC', released on Parlophone Records in October 2018. Since then Gerry has occasionally toured with various line-ups of the band on the oldies circuit. Drummer Freddie Marsden died on 9 December 2006 in Southport, age 66. On 15 March 2017 Gerry Marsden collapsed onstage at a Gerry and the Pacemakers concert in Newport, South Wales, UK, and was helped offstage after telling the audience he was scheduled to undergo knee surgery the next week. Marsden did not return, and a spokesperson said only"
"first chart-topping song, for although ""Please Please Me"" reached the summit on almost every chart, it was only number two on Record Retailer's chart, generally considered to be the most authoritative for the time. ""From Me to You"" would be the first of eleven consecutive British number one singles by the Beatles. ""From Me to You"" replaced Gerry and the Pacemakers' ""How Do You Do It"", a song that had been offered to the Beatles (and even recorded by them, though it remained officially unreleased until 1995) but ultimately rejected by them in favour of ""Please Please Me"". Gerry &"
"production team by producer George Martin. 'Let It Be' went straight to No. 1 where it stayed for three weeks knocking Stock's own 'Respectable' by Mel and Kim off the top spot. Two years later Stock would again collaborate with McCartney on the Gerry and the Pacemakers hit-Ferry Cross the Mersey, recorded to raise funds for the victims and their families of the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989 which also went straight to No. 1. In 1987 Pete Waterman formed PWL the in-house label of SAW and one of the first artists to be released on the label was Australian soap"
"number 26 in the UK charts in Spring 1984, while the second single ""Forest Fire"" reached 41. The first album, ""Rattlesnakes"", was released in October 1984. Produced by Paul Hardiman and featuring string arrangements by Anne Dudley, the album peaked at No. 13 in the UK and was certified Gold for sales over 100,000 copies. NME included in its Top 100 Albums of All-Time list, and the title track was later covered by the American singer Tori Amos. The Welsh band Manic Street Preachers included the album amongst their top ten list. Due to the insistence of their label ,"
"girl group album of all time in the UK. The album contained three UK number ones: ""Never Ever"", ""Under the Bridge""/""Lady Marmalade"" and ""Bootie Call"". ""Never Ever"" is the second best-selling girl group single of all-time in the UK, behind the Spice Girls' ""Wannabe"". It also won two Brit Awards: Best British Single and Best British Video, and the group were nominated for Best British Breakthrough Act. Their second album, ""Saints & Sinners"" (2000), became their first number-one album and achieved multi-platinum success. It included the UK number one singles ""Pure Shores"" and ""Black Coffee"". Amid in-fighting among the group"
"success in the British charts. Gareth Gates, who finished as the runner-up behind Young in the first series, scored a number-one hit with a cover of ""Unchained Melody"" in March 2002, replacing Young's debut single at the top of the charts. Gates' subsequent releases ""Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)"" and the double A-side ""The Long and Winding Road"" / ""Suspicious Minds"" both reached the top of the charts in 2002. After ""What My Heart Wants to Say"" ended this run of number-one singles, Gates was joined by The Kumars to record the Comic Relief single for 2003, ""Spirit in the"
"the earlier singles, this song was a slower-paced ballad, but it also went to Number One in December and making the band the first act for two decades (since Gerry & the Pacemakers, a fellow Liverpool band, in 1963) to achieve chart-toppers with its first three releases. The video was not banned on this occasion but still caused trouble for the group – because it depicted a nativity scene (and on its first showing did not feature any members of the band, who were subsequently added as picture framing). The song's release was preceded by an advertising campaign that, cheekily,"
"the band's drummer, and their debut album, ""Crocodiles"", met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20. Their second album, ""Heaven Up Here"" (1981), again found favour with critics and reached number 10 in the UK. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the mid-1980s, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with the single ""The Cutter"", and the attendant album, ""Porcupine"" (1983), which reached number two in the UK. The next release, ""Ocean Rain"" (1984), regarded as their landmark release, spawned the hit singles ""The Killing Moon"", ""Silver"" and ""Seven Seas"". One more studio"
"with ""Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"" (Laurie 3271) with some success. By late 1965, their popularity was rapidly declining on both sides of the Atlantic. They disbanded in October 1966, with much of their latter recorded material never released in the UK. Gerry Marsden became a popular cabaret and children's TV entertainer. He reformed the Pacemakers in 1972 with prominent Liverpool musicians Jose McLaughlin, Billy Kinsley and Pete Clarke. This second version of the group, as well as touring internationally, became the only 'Merseybeat' band to ever record for ""The John Peel Show"" on BBC Radio 1in April 1973. The tracks"
"1999, their follow-up single, ""All the Small Things"" hit No. 2 and their debut album received moderate success peaking at No. 15 which then spanned another, this time a Top 20 hit. Oasis score their 5th No. 1 hit and their second consecutive No. 1 after their world tour with ""Go Let It Out"" which was taken from their new album, ""Standing on the Shoulder of Giants"", which topped the UK charts 2 months after the single. Welsh band, the Manic Street Preachers scored their second UK No. 1 single, with a limited availability release ""The Masses Against the Classes"""
"on every live performance with the band since 1973 to the present day. On returning to England from the US in 1982 Pickett, by now in demand as a session player and arranger, joined Boy George's band, Culture Club on keyboards and backing vocals initially co-writing It's A Miracle and Karma Chameleon. The latter song, according to Sir Richard Branson ( in ""Losing My Virginity"") to whom his label Culture Club were signed ""Became Number 1 in every country in the world that had a chart, selling 1.4 million records in the UK alone."" This earned Phil two Ivor Novello"
"countries and all the following singles – ""Say You'll Be There"", ""2 Become 1"", ""Who Do You Think You Are"" and ""Mama"" – also peaked at number one in United Kingdom. In 1997, they released their second album, ""Spiceworld"", and their first two singles ""Spice Up Your Life"" and ""Too Much"", entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, making seven consecutive number one hit singles, an all-time record for a musical group. The album was a global best seller, selling 20 million copies worldwide. The group also starred in their own film, ""Spiceworld: The Movie"", which grossed $100 million"