Football writers from the local newspapers were travelling with our party and, thirsty for a story of any kind between games, filed copy back to their editors to the effect that we had adopted Gerry Marsden's forthcoming single as the club song." The squad was subsequently invited to perform the track with the band on The Ed Sullivan Show with Marsden stating, "Bill came up to me. Īccording to former player Tommy Smith, lead vocalist Gerry Marsden presented Liverpool manager Bill Shankly with a recording of his forthcoming cover single during a pre-season coach trip in the summer of 1963.
In 2013, the 50th anniversary of the song being sung on the Kop, Simon Hart of The Independent writes,įive decades on, the pre-match, scarfs-raised, sing-it-loud ritual is as much a part of Liverpool's fabric as their red shirts, its words written in wrought iron on the gates of their stadium. The song is sung by its supporters moments before the start of each home game at Anfield with the Gerry and the Pacemakers version being played over the public address system. Īfter becoming a chart hit by a local band, the song gained popularity on the Anfield terraces, and the song quickly became the football anthem of Liverpool F.C., which adopted "You'll Never Walk Alone" as its official motto on its coat of arms. The band's version also reached the top of the charts in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. In the UK, the song's most successful cover was released in 1963 by the Liverpudlian Merseybeat group Gerry and the Pacemakers, peaking at number one on the UK Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks. Gerry and the Pacemakers singles chronology Gerry and the Pacemakers version "You'll Never Walk Alone" The weeping Julie Jordan ( Shirley Jones) tries to sing it but cannot it is later reprised by Julie and those attending the graduation. In the film, it is first sung by Claramae Turner as Nettie. Later in the show Jan Clayton, as Julie Jordan, reprised it, with the chorus joining in. 5 Michael Ball & Captain Tom Moore versionĬhristine Johnson, who created the role of Nettie Fowler, introduced the song in the original Broadway production.The composition is sometimes treated by performers as a religious song, such as with the 1967 version by Elvis Presley, which was featured on several of his gospel albums. In some areas of the UK and Europe, "You'll Never Walk Alone" became the anthem of support for medical staff, first responders, and those in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. after the chart success of the 1963 single of the song by the local Liverpool group Gerry and the Pacemakers. The song is also sung at association football clubs around the world, where it is performed by a massed chorus of supporters on match day this tradition developed at Liverpool F.C. The now invisible Billy, who has been granted the chance to return to Earth for one day in order to redeem himself, watches the ceremony and is able to silently motivate Louise and Julie to join in with the song. The song is reprised in the final scene to encourage a graduation class of which Louise (Billy and Julie's daughter) is a member. In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, stabs himself with a knife whilst trying to run away after attempting a robbery with his mate Jigger and dies in her arms. " You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.
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