Gerry and The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone (1979 Compilation) | Vinyl Preview #football

"The timeless anthem that turned a simple message of hope into one of the world's most powerful singalongs"

"You'll Never Walk Alone"
GERRY and THE PACEMAKERS
Various – 20 Favourite Ballads Vol. II (1979)

"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.

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.

After becoming a chart hit, the song gained popularity among Liverpool F.C. fans, and quickly became the football anthem of the club, which adopted "You'll Never Walk Alone" as its official motto on its coat of arms.

It was subsequently adopted by Celtic fans, after a 1966 Cup Winners' Cup semi-final at Anfield, and is sung today by fans of Borussia Dortmund and several other clubs, but 'YNWA' remains enduringly and indelibly linked with Liverpool.

The song has also been adopted by Dutch team FC Twente after it was officially given to them by the Anfield stadium speaker George Sephton during the last game in Diekman Stadion in 1998, before moving to the new Arke Stadion.

Elsewhere in the Netherlands, Feyenoord and SC Cambuur have adopted the song as well, with Feyenoord using the Lee Towers version from his 1976 album It's Raining in My Heart.

Additional football teams which now use the song include 1. FSV Mainz 05, TSV 1860 Munich, Austria's FC Admira Wacker, Belgium's Club Brugge KV, KV Mechelen and K.V. Kortrijk, Italy's Genoa CFC, Japan's FC Tokyo, Spain's CD Lugo, and Greece's ARIS.

In ice hockey, the song has been adopted by German Deutsche Eishockey Liga side Krefeld Pinguine and Croatian Medveščak Zagreb.

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Various – 20 Favourite Ballads Vol. II

Label: EMI – FB 20
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: New Zealand
Released: 1979
Genre: Pop
Style: Easy Listening

A1 Engelbert Humperdinck– Release Me
A2 Pussycat (2)– My Broken Souvenirs
A3 Al Martino– Red Roses For A Blue Lady
A4 Lulu– To Sir With Love
A5 Glen Campbell– Where Do I Begin (Theme From Love Story)
A6 Shirley Bassey– I (Who Have Nothing)
A7 Matt Monro– Portrait Of My Love
A8 Gerry And The Pacemakers*– You'll Never Walk Alone
A9 Glen Campbell And Bobbie Gentry– My Elusive Dreams
A10 John Rowles– Tania
B1 Tom Jones– Green Green Grass Of Home
B2 Annie Whittle– Tequila Sunrise
B3 Nat King Cole– Unforgettable
B4 Cilla Black– Alfie
B5 Des O'Connor– Careless Hands
B6 The Seekers– I'll Never Find Another You
B7 Cliff Richard– All My Love
B8 Kingston Trio– Where Have All The Flowers Gone
B9 Vince Hill– Edelweiss
B10 Al Martino– I Love You Because

Marketed By – EMI Records New Zealand
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RAK Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Decca Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.

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