After gerrys girlfriend dodie julie samuel helps the group enter a music competition, their instruments are misplaced but are ultimately found in time for them to. A charity version of ferry cross the mersey was released in may 1989 in aid of those affected by the disaster at a football match between liverpool. But ferry cross the mersey should be viewed as a companion piece to the beatles classic. It still runs, but these days is mostly a tourist attraction. It is frequently considered to be their version of the beatles a hard days night. Julie samuel in ferry cross the mersey 1964 ferry cross the mersey 1964. Gerry and fred marsden, les mcguire, and les chad chadwick portray. Ferry cross the mersey 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. May 1965 us gerry and the pacemakers greatest hits. Mack was replaced on piano by les maguire around 1961. In ferry cross the mersey, the british pop rock group known as gerry and the pacemakers have made an unabashed imitation of the beatles. Ferry cross the mersey is a song written by gerry marsden.
Ferry cross the mersey 1965 jeremy summers synopsis. Ferry cross the mersey 1964 gerry and fred marsden, les mcguire, and les chad chadwick portray themselves in a romp through the early 1960s liverpool beat scene. Ferry cross the mersey dvd 1965 movie liverpool ferry. Life goes on day after day hearts torn in every way so ferry cross the mersey cause this lands the place i love and here ill stay. The mersey ferry runs along the mersey river from liverpool to the wirral peninsula in england. Enjoy this, great lambretta li 150 scooter riding footage from gerry and the pacemakers from the movie ferry cross the mersey from 1964, enjoy. Ferry cross the mersey is a 1965 musical film featuring gerry and the pacemakers. So ferry cross the mersey cause this lands the place i. This is a trailor for one of those rock n roll movies from the 1960s. So ferry, cross the mersey cause this lands the place i love and here ill stay people they rush everywhere each with their own secret care so ferry, cross the mersey and always take me there the place i love people around every corner they seem to smile and say we dont care what your name is boy well never turn you away so ill continue to say.
Gerry and the pacemakers, the fourmost, the black knights, cilla black, earl royce and the olympics, and the blackwells. Gerry and the pacemakers were one of the most popular groups of the mid1960s british invasion. Written by lead singer gerry marsden, the song is a nostalgic look at the area where he is from. Ferry cross the mersey is the soundtrack for the 1965 film of the same title. The song is from the film of the same name and was released on its soundtrack album. It was first recorded by his band gerry and the pacemakers and released in late 1964 in the uk and in 1965 in the united states. Gerry and fred marsden, les mcguire, and les chad chadwick portray themselves in a romp through the early 1960s liverpool beat scene. Originally a song written by gerry marsden for his band gerry and the pacemakers released in 1964. Then in 1983 an outrageous sexandglam quintet from marsdens own hometown, liverpool, put a campy rearrangement of one of his songs, ferry cross the mersey, on the b side of its debut. Ferry cross the mersey is not a film by the beatles. It is frequently considered to be their version of the beatles a hard days.
Ferry cross the mersey has delicate, soundtracklike strings and flute, produced by beatles producer george martin, before the beatles had used strings on any of their records. Gerry and the pacemakers ferry cross the mersey discogs. Ferry cross the mersey dvd 1965 movie liverpool mersey beat. They are known to have rehearsed at camell laird shipping yard at birkenhead. One is about a musical group trying to make it big while the other is about a group that has made it big. Read the ferry across the mersey movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. So ferry cross the mersey and always take me there the place i love. Ferry cross the merseystarring gerry and the pacemakers.
Gerry and the pacemakers, cilla black, the fourmost en jimmy saville. Brian epstein presents ferry cross the mersey featuring. Ferry cross the mersey 1964 ferry cross the mersey. Gerry and the pacemakers ferry cross the mersey lyrics. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
Both the uk and us editions feature music by gerry and the pacemakers, although other artists featured include the george martin orchestra, cilla black, the fourmost, the black knights, earl royce and the olympics, and the blackwells it was released on the columbia label in the uk and united artists in the us. The film shows the story of art students gerry and fred marsden, les maguire, and les chad chadwick as they humorously try to navigate the liverpool beat scene. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all. But first, they must retrieve their instruments which.
Art students by day and musicians by night the boys big break comes by winning a local talent contest. Lambretta fun scenes from ferry cross the mersey youtube. Living with aunt lil at her liverpool boardinghouse, gerry takes the ferry across the mersey each day to attend art school with chad, a member of his group, while fred and les, the other pacemakers, cross the river to their. With gerry marsden, freddie marsden, leslie maguire, les chadwick. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. They rivalled the beatles early in their career, playing in the same areas of hamburg, germany and liverpool, england. While their song, ferry cross the mersey, was a big hit, and is wellknown, few people, including myself, have seen the movie of the same name, which is out on dvd ferry cross the merseystarring gerry and the pacemakersdvd, but i wonder if it is an official issue it appears to be a bootleg. As screaming young fans jam the manchester airport to welcome gerry and the pacemakers back from an american tour, gerry recalls the story of the groups first success. People around every corner they seem to smile and say we dont care what your name is boy well never turn you away.