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It's not The Beatles, but what do you know about the other "Mersey Beat" group of the early 1960s?
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Gerry and The Pacemakers from Liverpool were part of the Merseysound headed by The Beatles that took the UK by storm in 1963 and the World in 1964. How well do you know them and their music?
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Gerry and the Pacemakers Trivia Questions
1. Which UK city spawned Gerry and the Pacemakers?

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: Liverpool

The reference to The Beatles and 'Mersey Beat' might have given this one away if you didn't already know. Like The Beatles, they began in the same clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany.

2. Can you get the title of Gerry and The Pacemakers first UK number one hit from these lyrics? "You give me a feeling in my heart Like an arrow passin' through it"

From Quiz The Music of Gerry and The Pacemakers

Answer: How Do You Do It

"How Do You Do It" was number one for three weeks on the UK chart in 1963. It reached number nine on the US pop chart in 1964. Written by record producer Mitch Murray it was first offered to Adam Faith who turned it down. The Beatles recorded it but never released it at the time. It became the first UK number one record by a Liverpool group, the second was "From Me To You" by another Liverpool group.

3. What was Gerry's surname?

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: Marsden

Born in 1942 in the Toxteth district of Liverpool, Gerry Marsden founded the group in 1959.

4. Their second UK single release was also their second number one hit. Do these lyrics give you a clue to the title? "Do that again, you're driving me insane "Kiss me once more, that's another thing I like you for"

From Quiz The Music of Gerry and The Pacemakers

Answer: I Like It

"I Like It" was number one for four weeks on the UK chart in 1963. It reached number 17 on the US pop chart in 1964. Again written by record producer Mitch Murray it was their second consecutive UK number one. It knocked that other Liverpool groups' "From Me To You" off the top of the UK chart.

5. With which song did Gerry & the Pacemakers score their first UK number one single in 1963?

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: How Do You Do It?

Written by Mitch Murray, both Adam Faith and The Beatles turned down the chance to record "How Do You Do It?". Gerry & the Pacemakers knocked Cliff Richard's "Summer Holiday" out of the top spot in April 1963 to score their first number one hit -- the first chart-topper by a Brian Epstein Liverpool group. The Beatles' third single, "From Me To You", replaced the Pacemakers at the top of the UK chart after they had spent three weeks at number one.

6. The title of their first UK album was a combination of the titles of their first two singles. Can you get the correct one from these four alternatives?

From Quiz The Music of Gerry and The Pacemakers

Answer: How Do You Like It

Their first UK album "How Do You Like It" reached number two on the UK album chart in 1963 and remained on the chart for 28 weeks. It failed to chart in the US.

7. Gerry & the Pacemakers became the first act ever to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart with their first three releases. Which Liverpool group was the second to achieve this?

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Gerry & the Pacemakers topped the UK singles chart with their first three releases -- "How Do You Do It?" in April 1963, "I Like It" in May 1963, and "You'll Never Walk Alone" in October 1963. It would be 20 years before another group managed such an achievement and, appropriately, it was another Liverpool group, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. FGtH topped the UK chart with "Relax" in 1983 and with "Two Tribes" and "The Power of Love" in 1984.

8. Gerry & the Pacemakers scored their third and final UK number one single with a song from which Rogers & Hammerstein musical?

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: Carousel

The song is "You'll Never Walk Alone" and originated in the 1945 musical "Carousel". The song has been a number one hit four times, once in the US Billboard R&B chart, for Roy Hamilton in 1954, and three times in the UK. Gerry & the Pacemakers topped the UK singles chart with it in October 1963, The Crowd did so in June 1985, and Robson & Jerome followed in November 1995. Shortly after Gerry & the Pacemakers spent four weeks at number one with the song, it was adopted by Liverpool Football Club as an unofficial anthem. It is still sung by the mass crowd at Anfield before and during Liverpool home matches, and it is also regularly heard at other soccer grounds around the world.

9. What is the missing mode of transport that the group wants in this song? "______ Cross The Mersey"

From Quiz The Music of Gerry and The Pacemakers

Answer: Ferry Cross The Mersey

"Ferry Cross The Mersey" was a number eight hit on the UK chart in 1964. It reached number six on the US pop chart in 1965. The album from the movie reached number 19 on the UK album chart in 1965. It reached number 13 on the US album chart the same year.

10. Who managed Gerry & the Pacemakers?

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: Brian Epstein

Born Brian Samuel Epstein in Liverpool in 1934, he became famous as the manager of The Beatles. He also managed numerous other Liverpool-based artists including Cilla Black and Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas as well as Gerry & the Pacemakers. Sir George Martin was the producer for The Beatles, and also for Gerry & the Pacemakers. He produced an amazing 30 UK number one singles, and 23 US chart-toppers. Malcolm McLaren famously managed the Sex Pistols. Tony Secunda was one of the top music managers of the 1960s and 1970s, managing groups such as The Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Move, T. Rex, Motörhead and The Pretenders.

11. This song was their fifth UK hit but their first US hit. Can you get the title from these lyrics? "Your heart may be broken tonight But tomorrow in the morning light"

From Quiz The Music of Gerry and The Pacemakers

Answer: Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

"Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" was a number six hit on the UK chart in 1964. It was their first and biggest hit on the US chart reaching number four in 1964. Of the alternative Gerry and The Pacemakers singles, "I'm The One" reached number two on the UK chart in 1964. It reached number 82 on the US pop chart the same year. "It's Gonna Be Alright" reached number 24 on the UK chart in 1964. It reached number 23 on the US pop chart in 1965. "Walk Hand In Hand" reached number 29 on the UK chart in 1965 and was their last UK chart entry. It did not chart in the US.

12. Gerry & the Pacemakers first performed under what name before being forced to change it because of objections from a chocolate manufacturer?

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: Gerry & the Mars Bars

Yes, believe it or not, they really did begin performing in Liverpool and Hamburg as Gerry Marsden & the Mars Bars. You would have thought that the Mars company, which at that time produced chocolate Mars Bars, would appreciate the free advertising, but apparently not!

13. There were four members of Gerry and The Pacemakers including Gerry's older brother, what is his name?

From Quiz The Music of Gerry and The Pacemakers

Answer: Freddie

Freddie Marsden was two years older than Gerry, being born on October 23 1940. He was the drummer in the group and they had both been in skiffle groups before forming Gerry and The Pacemakers. After the hits dried up Freddie became a civil servant and later a driving instructor opening his own driving school business called "Pacemakers". Freddie Marsden died in 2006 aged 66.

14. Which Gerry & the Pacemakers hit single was also the title track for a 1965 film starring the band in which Cilla Black, Jimmy Savile and The Fourmost also appeared?

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: Ferry Cross the Mersey

The film was "Ferry Cross the Mersey" which was shot in Liverpool with many scenes inside pubs and clubs near Gerry's home. The title song, written by Gerry Marsden, reached number eight in the UK Singles Chart and number six in the US 100 Billboard chart. The song did eventually make it to number one in the UK chart -- it was revived in 1989 as a charity single for the Hillsborough football crowd disaster appeal with Gerry Marsden performing along with other Liverpool icons including Paul McCartney and Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Holly Johnson.

15. Gerry and The Pacemakers had a UK & US top 20 hit with "I'll Be There", it was written by a well known American singer. Who was that singer?

From Quiz The Music of Gerry and The Pacemakers

Answer: Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin wrote "I'll Be There" which was a number 15 hit on the UK chart in 1965. It reached number 14 on the US pop chart the same year. Bobby's own version reached number 79 on the US pop chart in 1960. It never charted in the UK.

16. Gerry's brother was the drummer for Gerry & the Pacemakers right up until his death at the age of 66. What was his name?

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: Freddie

Freddie Marsden was Gerry's older (by 21 months) brother. He was born in Toxteth, Liverpool in November 1940 and was a founder member of the band in 1959 and still played gigs right up until his death in December 2006. The original 1959 line-up was Gerry & Freddie Marsden, Les Chadwick and Arthur McMahon.

17. Gerry and The Pacemakers had the same manager (Brian Epstein), producer (George Martin) and record company (EMI) as The Beatles. But their records were on a different UK label, what label was it?

From Quiz The Music of Gerry and The Pacemakers

Answer: Columbia

While The Beatles were on the same record label as Adam Faith, The Hollies and Peter Sellers, Parlophone. Gerry and The Pacemakers were on the Columbia label along with Cliff Richard, The Shadows and The Dave Clark Five. The Rolling Stones were on the Decca label along with Billy Fury, Tom Jones and Brian Poole & The Tremeloes. The London label was used by UK Decca to release various US label singers such as Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Del Shannon.

18. Find the missing lyrics: "_________ through the wind _________ through the rain Though your dreams be tossed and blown _________, __________ With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone"

From Quiz Gerry and the Pacemakers

Answer: Walk on

Surely no song has ever been sung so often by so many. It is an anthem for both Liverpool and Glasgow Celtic football teams, but it is also sung regularly by fans of numerous other clubs up and down Britain and throughout the world.

19. The group used to be known as Gerry Marsden and The Mars Bars, why did they change the name?

From Quiz The Music of Gerry and The Pacemakers

Answer: The Mars company who made Mars Bars complained about the use of the brand name

How short sighted of the Mars company to complain about the use of the brand name. They would have got world wide free publicity if the group had kept the name. I don't think I have eaten a Mars Bar since.

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