You'll Never Walk Alone
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"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a song written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for their 1956 musical, Carousel.
In the musical, the song is sung after the death of the main character to give courage to his pregnant widow, and is sung in a later scene to encourage a graduation class of which his daughter is a member. As a result, it has become a standard, sung by graduation classes in the United States.
In the United Kingdom, the song was recorded in the early 1960s by Liverpool group Gerry & the Pacemakers, and reached number one in the pop charts. It was adopted by Liverpool F.C. football supporters, and is now invariably sung by them at matches, and has spread to other football crowds, such as Ajax Amsterdam, Celtic F.C. and F.C. Tokyo.
The song was sung in the BBC radio show The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Eddie, the shipboard computer.
It is also the corps song of the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps.
Recorded versions
- The American Tenors
- Ed Ames
- Gene Ammons
- Angelis
- Louis Armstrong
- John Arpin
- Chet Atkins
- Joe Augustine
- The Bachelors
- Michael Ball
- Shirley Bassey
- Laurie Beecham
- The Blind Boys Of Alabama
- Blue Haze
- Pat Boone
- Brooklyn All-Stars
- C. W. S. Glasgow Band
- Glen Campbell
- José Carreras
- Johnny Cash
- Eddie Chamblee
- Ray Charles
- Enrique Chia
- Richard Clayderman
- Jan Clayton
- Perry Como
- Ray Conniff
- Barbara Cook
- Michael Crawford
- Czech Symphony Orchestra
- Doris Day
- Muriel Dickinson
- Plácido Domingo
- The Drury Land Theatre Orchestra
- Jimmy Durante
- Billy Eckstine
- Simon Estes
- Eileen Farrell
- Ferrante & Teicher
- The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama
- The Flamingos
- Renee Fleming
- Myron Floren
- Florida Boys
- Nettie Fowler
- Sergio Franchi
- Aretha Franklin
- Paul Freeman
- Jane Froman
- Bill & Gloria Gaither
- Judy Garland
- Lesley Garrett
- John Gary
- Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
- Gerry & The Pacemakers
- Wayne Gratz
- Byrdie Green
- Lee Greenwood
- Guy & Ralna
- Roy Hamilton
- Sam Harris
- Linda Hibberd
- Katherine Hilgenberg
- Burt Holiday
- Jason Howard
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Ferlin Husky
- Imaginations
- The Imperials
- Mahalia Jackson
- Vern Jackson
- Joni James
- Jon Jang
- Christine Johnson
- Meg Johnson
- Shirley Jones
- [[Tom Jones (singer}|Tom Jones]]
- Michael Junior
- Kamahl
- Fiona Kimm
- The Knickerbockers
- Patti LaBelle
- Mario Lanza
- The Lennon Sisters
- The Lettermen
- Liverpool F.C.
- London Theatre Orchestra
- John MacNally
- Johnny Maestro
- Bill Medley
- Melodie
- The Mighty Clouds Of Joy
- Brett Mitchell
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- Jim Nabors
- Tom Netherton
- Olivia Newton-John
- Martin Nievera
- The Oak Ridge Boys
- Daniel O'Donnell
- 101 Strings Orchestra
- The O'Neal Twins
- Papa Bue's Viking Jazzband
- Frank Patterson
- Mike Pender
- Peter Pan Kids
- Bernadette Peters
- Elvis Presley
- Billy Preston
- Johnny Preston
- Colin Pryce-Jones
- John Raitt
- Boots Randolph
- Eric Reed
- Jerry Reed
- Joanna Riding
- The Righteous Brothers
- Rev. Cleophus Robinson
- Robson & Jerome
- Rodgers & Hammerstein
- Richard Rodgers
- Daniel Rodriguez
- Kevin Rowland
- Robin S.
- Tony Sandler
- The Sentimental Strings
- Nina Simone
- Frank Sinatra
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith
- Kate Smith
- Keely Smith
- Smoking Popes
- Dorothy Squires
- Jo Stafford
- The Starlite Orchestra
- Starsound Orchestra
- Barbra Streisand
- Enzo Stuarti
- J.D. Sumner
- Grady Tate
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
- Bryn Terfel
- Claramae Turner
- Gordon Turner
- Conway Twitty
- Ronan Tynan
- Malcolm Vaughan
- Regine Velasquez
- Gene Vincent
- Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians
- Dottie West
- Andy Williams
- James Williams
- Kevin Williams
- Roger Williams
- Jackie Wilson
- Women's Chorus Of Dallas
- Finbar Wright
- Tammy Wynette
- Glenn Yarborough
- Norma Zimmer
- Nonoy Zunigade:You'll Never Walk Alone