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Ferry Cross the Mersey is the name of a 1965 song, film, and soundtrack album, all related to Liverpool and the Mersey Sound.

The song was recorded by Gerry & the Pacemakers and released in late 1964 in the UK and in 1965 in the US. It was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching #6 in the US and charting twice in the UK.

The film is one of the more uncommon artefacts of the Mersey scene, shown very rarely on television and never issued on video. It was the first to be shot on location in Liverpool after the city's emergence into the music mainstream (which had previously seen only Frankie Vaughan, Russ Hamilton, and Billy Fury as stars). For authenticity, many scenes were shot in clubs near Gerry Marsden's home; a scene on the river via an actual ferryboat showed the docks as a backdrop. Marsden wrote nine new songs for the film which also starred Cilla Black, Jimmy Savile, and The Fourmost.

The soundtrack was in effect the second Gerry & the Pacemakers album and also included music by the George Martin Orchestra. A CD reissue in a digipak consists of both the mono and stereo versions of the album.

In 1983, Frankie Goes to Hollywood recorded a cover of "Ferry Cross the Mersey" for the 12-inch B-side of the single "Relax".

In the mid-1990s a musical theatre production also titled Ferry Cross the Mersey related Gerry Marsden's Merseybeat days; it premiered in Liverpool and played in the UK, Australia, and Canada.

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