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Gerry From Gerry & The Pacemakers R.I.P.

Pearlee — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:19:40 GMT

To all you baby boomers:

Gerry Marsden has passed away at age 78 from a brief illness from a heart infection.

R.I.P.

The British Invasion is dying off...😪

Source: LAD Bible

@dulwich. Ever work with him?

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goldensrbest — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:12:17 GMT

So remember their music.

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felixmom — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:13:35 GMT

........and ferry cross the Mersey!!!!

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Pearlee — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:20:07 GMT

Ooops I had to edit my post...they didn't sing what I had up initially. 😊

How about Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying instead.

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catter70 — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:19:31 GMT

One of my favorite British groups along with The Dave Clark Five. Brings back memories. RIP, Gerry.

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Pearlee — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:22:50 GMT

Interesting that Gerry from the Pacemakers group died of a heart infection!

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qualitygal — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:43:46 GMT

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh no he's a favorite of mine. I play his music often.

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twinsister — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:53:05 GMT

I loved Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying. So sad. Another one from my youth gone. R.I.P.

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Kitty Galore — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 19:56:46 GMT

@felixmom wrote:
........and ferry cross the Mersey!!!!

@felixmom That's been my favorite always ! Rip

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Witchy Woman — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:17:52 GMT

@catter70

I was lucky enough to see Dave Clark 5 in their prime. Gosh, they were a bunch of cuties!

That night, they all wore white pants and jackets and were opening for Chuck Berry.

It was Keil Auditorium in St. Louis...I was probably 14 and went with my sis. So fun! I still have their album, "Having a Wild Weekend."

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Witchy Woman — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:20:12 GMT

@Pearlee

More sad news

Never saw them in person, but loved their music.

Once they faded from the public scene, I didn't follow them much. There were so many groups at the time...now, all fading away.

I feel old, today.

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dulwich — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:23:55 GMT

@Pearlee Thanks for post did not know about this.

Worked years ago with them when they came to London as a support band- not then the main attraction - cannot remember who for but do remember that DH's secretary - at the time - DH was still with French oil company doing music on side - and his secretary wanted to work all the gigs too 'fell' for Gerry. Cannot tell you what she was like! Lol.

Back in the day all these young bands were all great fun - not all went on to stardom - it seemed we always had one group or another of 'unknowns' /support groups from 'up North' sleeping in beds and on the floor in our home in London. Great too when maybe years later they came back as main attraction.

Yes Brit invasion on its very last legs but boy did we have fun!

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alicedee — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:24:21 GMT

This makes me so sad. I loved his music. May he Rest In Peace.

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Witchy Woman — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:24:33 GMT

At the Cavern Club:

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Pearlee — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:26:43 GMT

@Witchy Woman Although I liked almost all the British Invasion music, I thought of all those groups and duos as Beatles wannabes, none as good as the Beatles. Gerry and the Ps were good but of course did not themselves write a treasure trove of wonderful music as the Beatles did. IMO there us no comparable talent.

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just bee — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:26:58 GMT

Well, there goes another piece of our personal history.

Godspeed.

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alicedee — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:28:49 GMT

@dulwich wrote:
@Pearlee Thanks for post did not know about this.

Worked years ago with them when they came to London as a support band- not then the main attraction - cannot remember who for but do remember that DH's secretary - at the time - DH was still with French oil company doing music on side - and his secretary wanted to work all the gigs too 'fell' for Gerry. Cannot tell you what she was like! Lol.

Back in the day all these young bands were all great fun - not all went on to stardom - it seemed we always had one group or another of 'unknowns' /support groups from 'up North' sleeping in beds and on the floor in our home in London. Great too when maybe years later they came back as main attraction.

Yes Brit invasion on its very last legs but boy did we have fun!

I still love the music from that time so much! I was just singing Gerry's song "I Like It" a couple days ago!

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Witchy Woman — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:29:39 GMT

@dulwich

Love the idea of these young artists sleeping in your home. I'm sure they were grateful to have a place to be.

Oh, it was the best of times, wasn't it. Just such happy music from lovely young lads.

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Pearlee — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:31:44 GMT

@dulwich. Oh what a fascinating history you have! It is one that I envy. When I asked if you had worked with this group, I had a feeling you did.

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Witchy Woman — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:20:02 GMT

@Pearlee

This reminded me of something that my English pen pal said to me in one of his letters. Oh, yes....we had to have pen pals that MIGHT see/know/breathe the same air as the Beatles

After a long discussion in his letter about the different groups he said something like, "of course, none of them can put a patch on the Beatles."

It stuck with me all these years. I think his name was Trevor Horn! Can you imagine remembering such a thing?