Mersey Me

Gerry Marsden, of Gerry and the Pacemakers, turns 70 today. (Does he have a pacemaker?)

They signed with Brian Epstein which meant for their first #1 hit in England they got a song written by Mitch Murray that the Beatles had essentially turned down. (Lennon and McCartney wanted to write their own singles.)  Sounds pretty good to me.



Their next British #1, also written by Murray and based on a Jerry Lewis catchphrase, was even better.