American Songwriter

Why Liverpool Football Fans Sing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ by Gerry and the Pacemakers

The song was written by Oscar Hammerstein II and composed by Richard Rodgers for their 1945 musical, Carousel. But how did a show tune from an American musical make its way across the Atlantic to ...
The New York Times

‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: From Broadway Tear-Jerker to Covid-Era Anthem

Versions of the “Carousel” song by Aretha Franklin, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Liverpool F.C. fans have turned it into something universal. By Elisabeth Vincentelli “Walk on, walk on/With hope in ...