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 | | Gerry Marsden’s singing career began in his pre-teen years as a member of both the school and church choirs, and from there he graduated to making his first public appearance with his embryo group as a teenager at the age of thirteen. |
 | | It was not until four years later, in 1959, that his group, Gerry and the Mars Bars, consisting of Gerry on lead vocals and guitar, his brother, Freddy on drums, Les Chadwick on bass, and Arthur Mack on piano, started playing gigs. |
 | | However, the chocolate bar manufacturer soon requested that they change their name, and that’s when they became Gerry and the Pacemakers taking their name from a sports commentary that described one the athletics as a “pacemaker”. |
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