RIP Gerry Marsden.

[Hardbopjazz]

Although not jazz, still worth mentioning his passing. “Ferry, cross the Mersey,” Gerry. 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/03/entertainment/gerry-marsden-pacemakers-obituary-trnd/index.html

 

[felser]

Gerry & The Pacemakers did some really good British Invasion hits, spectacularly successful in the UK in their prime (3 #1's and a #2 right out of the chute, as well as two other top 8 records).  "Ferry Cross the Mercy" is a great record, and "I Like It", "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" and "It's Gonna Be Alright" all hold up well.  And their "You'll Never Walk Alone" is apparently a multi-purpose anthem in the UK.

[JSngry]

Looks like he outlived Helen Reddy, sure wasn't expecting that!

[danasgoodstuff]

Just got out the sheet music and played "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey", if you do it right (wrong/right) you can make it sound kinda 'Trane-ish.

[Big Beat Steve]

I've tired a long, long time ago of Ferry Cross The Mersey and You'll Never Walk alone but I did like his somewhat more Merseybeat-ish tunes at the time I was exploring 60s Beat music more thoroughly. Music-wise, I always found his aforementioned two most memorable hits to be rather atypical for MerseyBEAT (regardless of the huge local anthems outside Merseybeat they became) and these songs would probably have labeled him as a family or "variety show act" as British biographers have often described the efforts of many 60s Beat groups at the tail end of the Beat era.

RIP

[JSngry]

I used to like "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" until I heard Louis Jordan and realized that another song had the same name and I liked it a lot better. Oh well!