you'll never walk alone

[die_hard_bhoy]

who started with it first us or liverpool?

[Paul67]

Started as a Liverpool song, sung by Liverpool group Gerry and the Pacemakers in early 60's

[Gaffney]

liverpool then celtic fans said we can sing it better, we have sang it better ever since amen

[GuitarBhoy]

wasnt it from a musical in te 30s or 40s? Carasel(sp?)

[Graham1888]

Yup Carousel.And we sang it before Liverpool did.So did Man Utd unbelievably.Grandad remembers us singing it in the 1950s.Pool didn't start singing it till Gerry and the Pacemakers released it

[Henke67]

Originally Posted by Graham1888

Yup Carousel.And we sang it before Liverpool did.So did Man Utd unbelievably.Grandad remembers us singing it in the 1950s.Pool didn't start singing it till Gerry and the Pacemakers released it

And that's the truth. My dad remembers us singing it in the 1950s. Once again Celtic are first.

[Paul67]

http://www.letthepeoplesing.com/vide...rs_and_Jerseys

[ChampionsElect]

Carosuel. Then us. And did Pool not start singing it after the Hillsborough disaster in emeory of them who died?

[Paul67]

Liverpool started singing it early 60's when Gerry and the Pacemakers released the song.

[ChampionsElect]

Oh ok

[antokerr1888]

we sung it first but liverpool are regarded as the 'owners' by many...but i've been to anfield(uefa cup qtr finals)and must say it sounds far better in paradise

[gandolf]

"You'll Never Walk Alone" remains the most famous football song sung by fans across the world. But who sang it first and when?

Liverpool and Celtic fans still argue the point to this day, but the evidence points to the Kop of Anfield.
"You'll Never Walk Alone" was written and recorded by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for the hit musical, Carousel, in 1945. The song became a favourite at schools across America and went on to be recorded by some of music's greatest stars including Frank Sinatra (1945), Judy Garland (1946), Nina Simone (1959), and Elvis Presley (1968).

But the version that is best known in the football world was recorded by Liverpool Mersey Beat band Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1963.

It was around this time that football chanting as we know it today was just starting on terraces across the country. Televised coverage of the 1962 World Cup in Brazil introduced fans to the songs and chanting that were already common in South America, including: "Brazil-cha-cha-cha".

Liverpool fans picked up on this chant at the first home game of the 1962-63 season - Liverpool's first back in the old First Division - when a chorus of "Liverpool - clap, clap, clap" went round the ground.

Throughout the 1962-63 season the Kop would regularly sing local Mersey Beat and Beatles songs before and during the game. When Gerry and the Pacemakers' version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" reached Number One in 1963 it was quickly picked up and sung by the Kop.

In 1964 a BBC Panorama programme filmed the Kop singing the song, along with other Beatles tributes, as part of a programme on football, fans and chanting.

Fans of Celtic insist the song was first sung at Celtic Park but there is little evidence to back up the claim.

"You'll Never Walk Alone" is the fans' anthem at clubs across Europe, including Rapid Vienna, Ajax, Feyenoord, Borussia Dortmund and AEK Athens. (Sportasylum).

[Paul67]

Some interesting info on the song here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You&#39...lk_Alone_(song)

[Dynablast]

Originally Posted by ChampionsElect

Carosuel. Then us. And did Pool not start singing it after the Hillsborough disaster in emeory of them who died?

Talk about turning truth on its head! Liverpool have been singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" since 1963. Fully 44 years.

Celtic first sang "YNWA" in 1970 during the semi-final cup clash against Leeds United. Then nothing worthy of note until 1989, when Celtic hosted Liverpool in a fundraiser for the victims of Hillsborough. Both sets of fans sang it as a symbol of unity and support. Only in the years to follow, as both clubs repeatedly came together in a series of friendly matches, did Celtic begin to sing "YNWA" with any degree of frequency.

[fiferjim]

To be honest does it really fecking matter??? lol