You'll Never Walk Alone "is a song written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for the musical Carousel (1945). The number is variously recorded by different artists, whose version of Gerry & the pacemakers is probably the best known, although this version is affected by the version that has made Gene Vincent . The very first version was by Ferenc Molnár, a novelist and playwright who controls Hong wrote the music for the play ' Liliom ' in 1909.
[2][3]The Shankly Gates from Anfield, home of Liverpool FC.
In Europe, the song is best known in the version of the Liverpudlian band Gerry & the pacemakers, which have recorded the song in 1963. This version remained four weeks at number 1 in the British singles chart. It was an instant anthem for the fans of Liverpool FC and the song is sung at every game on a massive scale. Nowadays are the words you'll Never Walk Alone included in the club logo.
In addition to the Liverpool fans have the supporters of a number of other teams included the song in the repertoire, including:
In 1976 brought the Dutch singer Lee Towers a cover of the song under the name You never walk alone. This version number later grew from a favorite among the followers of football club Feyenoord. Towers itself is also supporter of the Rotterdam club.
In 1985 the number reached the number 1 position in the British charts. It was then recorded by occasion formation The Crowd(including Paul McCartneyand Gerry Marsden) for the benefit of the victims of the fire during the Bradford City Stadium disaster on 11 may in the Valley Parade Stadium in Bradford in which 56 people were killed. In the Netherlands reached number one thirtieth place in the Dutch Single Top 100 while the song album to fail and the Dutch Top 40 in the Tipparade at number 3 got stuck.