Gerry and
the Pacemakers
At the Cavern Club
- Gerry Marsden was born on Sept 24, 1942
in Liverpool, England. His brother, Freddie was born on October 23, 1940 in
Liverpool, they formed a group called The Mars Bars (hoping to get backing
from the candy company--instead, they were invited to a lawsuit and then
changed their name to the Pacemakers). Les Chadwick (born John Leslie
Chadwick) on May 11, 1943 in Liverpool, originally worked as a bank clerk
before joining the band in 1959. He was their lead guitarist before moving to
bass. Les Maguire (born Leslie Maguire on December 27, 1941 in Wallasey-Cheshire)
joined the band in 1960 (?) after their original piano player, Arthur McMahon
left the group.
- They were the second group to be managed
by Brian Epstein, who was also the Beatles' manager. Their first three singles
went to number one (a feat that was unbeaten until recently). The band enjoyed
great success between 1964-1966 even releasing a full length feature film,
Ferry 'Cross the Mersey, in which Gerry Marsden wrote nine of the songs. In
1967 the group disbanded, Gerry found another love in acting and the band
could not keep up with the musical changes of the late 1960s. To my knowledge,
none of the original Pacemakers are involved in the music industry today,
except Gerry himself.
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