Pretty good playing from Gerry. The octave thing ala Wes Montomery at the start. Harrsion used this on early beatle recordings. Please please me, Me to you etc
Oh dear,!! I should imagine most of these comments are written by folk who haven't got a clue about Merseybeat as it was . Gerry and the P.M.where a great, great live band, whoppin' sound with big amps ,all good muso's ,listen to the keyboard parts and fab bass lines . If you need tabs to this though , god help your musical ability,I 'd give up, 'er 8 chords,3 of them are quick passin ones.!!! anyway, a great band at the time .
Wonderful clip. From a time when upbeat pop gems seemed to flow plentifully and constantly. It does capture the charm of that far more innocent time that I was very happy to live through.
@sixtiesforever1966 They were the first UK group to have 3 #1 singles with their first 3 records, but unlike the Beatles who were 4 different personalities they were basically just a group fronted by Gerry, the hits dried up after a couple of years and Gerry decided to go into light entertainment for a few years appearing in musicals and cabaret, he did forn a new group a few years later and they still tour the 60's circult.
@sixtiesforever1966 they didn't write this song, or most of their other songs. this song was originally written with the intention of having the beatles release it, but they wanted to release and original (Love Me Do).
this baby is i a gem. solid gold. so what if the beatles turned it down? they did pretty good a with a gzillion others---and im a big fan.so gerry & co took this to #1. the beatles version of it is pretty good also look that up on u tube. like they said in the godfather part 2, gerry said "let me whet my beak a little bit." if the heads fr outer space said play 1 song fr rock 'n' roll that would impress them, i would play "please please me" the greatest song by the greatest group of all time.
@NonStopRocker As a die-hard, lifelong, TRUE Beatles fan, it was the worst mistake they've ever made. Not only did they miss out on good music, they could have had another #1 hit.
I too am a "TRUE" Beatles fan I watched them on Ed Sullivan when I was a kid and have been a fan ever since....and trust me...they didnt regret missing this song.... they hated it...they thought it was too "formula" and they wanted to do their own thing....and I really dont think they were too bummed they only had 20 number 1 hits instead of 21...lol....but thanks anyway...been a long time since I had such a belly laugh..!!
@lfcuruguay19 hey im a lifetime beatles fan myself, big time, but so what if they didnt want this one & gerry and co took it to #1...i mean, cant someone else whet their beak a little bit as they said in the godfather part 2? the beatles did please please me instead.. the greatest song by the greatest group of all time.a friend once asked me if the fate of the worlds was at stake and i had to play a song fr rock 'n' roll to impress this man billions of yrs ahead of us, this is what i chose.
They could at least play their own instruments -and write their own material which is what few pop stars today are able to do. Easy if you've got a good voice to sing other peoples material!
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I find it amazing that in the very early Sixties you could go to the Cavern Club or some other similar venue and see BOTH the Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers on the same bill. How great it must have been to have been young and living in the Liverpool area at that time.
@August8th1969 Just living in the sixties was the greatest expression of freedom, especially in music. Everything was new. Doo wop was getting to be a bad joke and lets face it-those blue suede shoes were starting to show some wear. By the time the Stones came along we even dumped the look alike dress that made you a 'group'. Free at last free at last.
@rigaudien Yes, yes, you're right. I was confusing this and "I Wanna Be Your Man", which John and Paul wrote and gave away to the Rolling Stones. The Beatles didn't right this, they just passed on it when it was offered to them
@rhcp500 On the CD Anthology part I, you can hear the Beatles' version. Not bad at all, but the band wasn't crazy about taping it (suggested by George Martin). He gave it to Gerry et voilà !
Whats up with the girls? They look bored. They don"t seem excited about Gery and the pacemakers. They're not screaming their brains out or jumping up and down. I mean Its' a great song. It has a jumppy and up beat tune. I sang it with my roomates band in 1979. Not only the girls jump up and screamed, but danced, and had a good time.
I love these videos! Brings back a lot of memoriesI found a 60's set that seems really cool - it has Dusty Springfield, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits and Small Faces - reelinintheyears(dot)com/britishinvasion
I always wonder what would have happened to these guys if they weren't stablemates with the Beatles in terms of Brian Epstein. It's actually a good song, believe it or not, and I think it's better than the Beatles version (and Please Please Me was worth it).
.. How do you do what you do to me ... and they still do ! ... WOW! ... those times were such a sweetie era of mine listening over-and-over again these lovely lads... tks. for ya share ... from Budapest
Actually this song was supposed to be the Beatles first No 1 Hit, but they didnt want to play it. Instead they released "Please Please Me", which was written by John.
I am glad they decided to go with the Name jerry and the Pacemakers and not Mars Bars. I worked for the Company Mars and they are........they were better off being caled the Hershey's instead. at least Hershey's have better Candy.
I was in the front row of a concert they put on in Antwerp, Belgium in 65 or 66 that was recorded for Belgian TV. I called out a request for "How Do You Do It", Gerry acknowledged it and they played it. They were quite a band.
I just discovered this wonderful group yesterday while watching the Ed Sullivan Show Rock N' Roll Classics on the PBS channel. I instantly fell in love with Gerry and the Pacemakers. Can't believe I never heard of them before, but thank god for the PBS station, so youngsters like me can enjoy and discover new music (well new to me anyway lol) from the 1960s and so on. :D
Great post DarkNaomi. It is good to know that this music is still be enjoyed by a younger set. Gerry and the Pacemakers were a great "British Invasion" group who had a lot of energy and a lot of good songs.
this was originally written for the beatles to perform but the beatles said they could never show their faces in london with that song, and george martin gave it to jerry and the pacemakers
Agreed, first band to have 3 consecutive number 1's, including their debut single. Not even the Beatles acheived this. I think the next band to do this was "Frankie goes to Hollywood". G&TP was my favourite band of the 60's, and I still have great affection for them, and I believe they are still performing, or at least they were until VERY recently. You sir/madam, are a lover of GREAT music from a GREAT band. All the best
I have always liked Gerry and The Pacemakers. This was a time of great muscial expantion. Peter & Gordon, Chad & Jermy, Jay and The Americans and many others made this time very memorable to the generation of that time.
i tried holding my epiphone casino in that position, and was it uncomfortable. Gerry Marsden must have had an impressive wingspan to play guitar like that!!
They were competing with the beatles song Please Please me whick went to #1, I wonder if the audience were just not as impressed with them as the beatles ?
Anyone with the slightest acquaintance with German culture (I'm German-American) can tell this entire audience is absolutely orgasmic with enthusiasm.
The audience took sleeping pills or something before this performance. The Zombies did not perform at this show, they were in the audience. C'mon Girls it's rock n roll!
Saw gerry and the pacemakers at the Stables in Wavendon last night.His voice is as good and as powerfull as ever.Go and see him you wont be disappointed.
Yes, his voice is still excellent and it was fun to chat with Gerry and the Pacemakers after the gig. They liked my jokes about all the videos related to them here on YouTube.
I likes the way Gerry curls his lip, I do, at 1:44 then flashes a toothy snarl singing out the balance of "HOW DO YOU DO" with his mates The Pacemakers. As BCC once said "You can not qualify a superlative" period and pointblank!
Isn't that the same stage set up as for the Beatles on the Swedish TV programme 'Drop In'? The Beatles did that show around Sept 63 and returned to a growing storm of what became known from that November as 'Beatlemania'.
this was chosen for the beatles first single but they wanted their own song please please me so it was given to gery and the pacemakers. thats how its gone.
LOL! THe girls look very confused in the audience! The Beatles were suppose to record this this when they first signed with George Martin but they hated the song, they thought it too la di da which I think got them off their asses to wrote Please Please me. Looks like they were right judging by the reaction in the audience here.
the beatles refused to sing this song and to record it as a single,they just recorded a demo at abbey road (which sounds great),and wanted to promote their own songs first,which was very courageous...
"please please me" reached the 2nd rank in the charts,but was their first big Hit,ealier they had good succes with "Love me do"
nice video!!i've always looked for the full version,cause i discovered the extract in "anthology" many years before,and now i've seen it! thanks!
So the legend goes - They (the Beatles) really didn't like the song, but recorded it anyway. It was not released. Instead, they decided to record a new song they just wrote - Please Please Me - their first #1 hit.
On Mersey Beat's charts in 1963, "Love me do" was their 1st single, made it to # 17. "Please please me", their 2nd one, made it to # 1. Did my wording sound impolite or rude to you ?
@rigaudien You're wrong, and an idiot. Sort yourself out. It did come number one on the NME and Melody Maker charts. But that is being, firstly, purely pedantic and secondly inconsistent. It came number two on the chart that effectively represents the UK singles chart as we now know it. Since you used that chart in reference to Love Me Do, you must maintain consistency and concede that Please Please Me - in accordance with your own terms - came number 2.
please get the facts straight this is NOT a Beatles song it was written by Mitch Murray.
yes the Beatles did a version of it, but this was the hit not the Beatles version.
The Beatles were great and so were the Pacemakers each great in their own right, of course The Beatles were prolific, but that doesn't mean the Pacemakers were not great as well.
But again this is NOT I repeat NOTTTTTTTTT a Beatles written song
When Gerry & The Pacemakers hit America in 1964 I was all of fourteen. And I bought every 45 of theirs at "2 Guys From Harrison" in Totowa, NJ and I still have them! This is a perfect POP song. Period and pointblank. Thanks for the post~ francorotini
Lol these old songs r great
JeRM8743 2 weeks ago
like this comment if you're a kid like me but you love old music
JuxtaposeMystery 1 month ago
Pretty good playing from Gerry. The octave thing ala Wes Montomery at the start. Harrsion used this on early beatle recordings. Please please me, Me to you etc
genericgeorge 2 months ago
I like both this version and the Beatles.
TonyHickschick 3 months ago
Is there anyone that knows how to play the intro the way he does it?
Or can someone post a TAB and not chords how to play it the way he does it in the video?
BeatlesFobe 4 months ago
Oh dear,!! I should imagine most of these comments are written by folk who haven't got a clue about Merseybeat as it was . Gerry and the P.M.where a great, great live band, whoppin' sound with big amps ,all good muso's ,listen to the keyboard parts and fab bass lines . If you need tabs to this though , god help your musical ability,I 'd give up, 'er 8 chords,3 of them are quick passin ones.!!! anyway, a great band at the time .
llandwrogy 5 months ago
i like this version...but i must say i like the beatles version better
Msgummybear202 5 months ago
14 people don´t know how to do it
Elvar77 6 months ago
This song is awesome.
sergurl02 6 months ago
Wonderful clip. From a time when upbeat pop gems seemed to flow plentifully and constantly. It does capture the charm of that far more innocent time that I was very happy to live through.
speedy45rpm 7 months ago
BRAVOOOOO GUYS!!!! this is madly goooood!!!!
orosedit1 7 months ago
They were a real class act.Showed us the British Invasion was really the great thing for music as it's proved out today.
gdosic 7 months ago
I loved them but this audience doesnt seem to, they werent as good looking as some other British invasion bands I gues...
izzatluv 8 months ago
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sixtiesforever1966 7 months ago
@sixtiesforever1966 They were the first UK group to have 3 #1 singles with their first 3 records, but unlike the Beatles who were 4 different personalities they were basically just a group fronted by Gerry, the hits dried up after a couple of years and Gerry decided to go into light entertainment for a few years appearing in musicals and cabaret, he did forn a new group a few years later and they still tour the 60's circult.
jrgboy 6 months ago
@sixtiesforever1966 they didn't write this song, or most of their other songs. this song was originally written with the intention of having the beatles release it, but they wanted to release and original (Love Me Do).
guitarkidshredman 6 months ago
Beatles fans r more exciting ,
And johns piano playin is also more exciting he doesnt just sit there , like on " im down"
When he plays with his elbows and stuff
jayven009 8 months ago
i love this song it is my favourite song
why does none have any appreciation for the old classics
TheGamemaster518 8 months ago
i love this song it is my favourite song
TheGamemaster518 8 months ago
maybe they were on drugs,wait no drugs in those days.
chorizoyque 9 months ago
The crowd is dead compared to the excitement level of the beatles!
blockleg 9 months ago
@blockleg That's good...in a way. At least you can listen to the music instead a stadium of screaming girls!
visor109 8 months ago in playlist 60's Artists
Manchester's answer to the Beatles... 1961
Holdenfold 9 months ago
I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIND THE CHORDS HES PLAYING!
legolas35653 10 months ago
@legolas35653 Hello there, I found the chords on ultimate-guitar[dot]com. However, there are two different versions.
Unfortunatley, Youtube will not allow me to post the link, so type in Gerry and the Pacemakers in the search bar.
Have fun
peaceloveandrecords 10 months ago
@legolas35653 are you stupid?
The8347135 9 months ago
this baby is i a gem. solid gold. so what if the beatles turned it down? they did pretty good a with a gzillion others---and im a big fan.so gerry & co took this to #1. the beatles version of it is pretty good also look that up on u tube. like they said in the godfather part 2, gerry said "let me whet my beak a little bit." if the heads fr outer space said play 1 song fr rock 'n' roll that would impress them, i would play "please please me" the greatest song by the greatest group of all time.
emrrbv 10 months ago
French version by Claude François and Dick Rivers.
DAUROIS1 11 months ago
Geez. Wot does it take for those girls at 0:50 to not look miserable. It was a number1. Surely they'd like the song.
sdsheep195 11 months ago
no wonder the Beatles rejected this song,,,,,GAY!
NonStopRocker 1 year ago
@NonStopRocker As a die-hard, lifelong, TRUE Beatles fan, it was the worst mistake they've ever made. Not only did they miss out on good music, they could have had another #1 hit.
lfcuruguay19 1 year ago 2
I too am a "TRUE" Beatles fan I watched them on Ed Sullivan when I was a kid and have been a fan ever since....and trust me...they didnt regret missing this song.... they hated it...they thought it was too "formula" and they wanted to do their own thing....and I really dont think they were too bummed they only had 20 number 1 hits instead of 21...lol....but thanks anyway...been a long time since I had such a belly laugh..!!
NonStopRocker 1 year ago 2
@lfcuruguay19 hey im a lifetime beatles fan myself, big time, but so what if they didnt want this one & gerry and co took it to #1...i mean, cant someone else whet their beak a little bit as they said in the godfather part 2? the beatles did please please me instead.. the greatest song by the greatest group of all time.a friend once asked me if the fate of the worlds was at stake and i had to play a song fr rock 'n' roll to impress this man billions of yrs ahead of us, this is what i chose.
emrrbv 10 months ago
THANKS A LOT FOR RELIVING THE 60'S BRITTISH INVASION!!
fgonzalezcuba2008 1 year ago 4
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat!!!
nutleyguitar1968 1 year ago
They could at least play their own instruments -and write their own material which is what few pop stars today are able to do. Easy if you've got a good voice to sing other peoples material!
wtc175 1 year ago
@Jakebud13 could not agree more it was there song to begin with anyway
utberoxsobad 1 year ago
excellent live!
PatrickMcBride65 1 year ago
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
I find it amazing that in the very early Sixties you could go to the Cavern Club or some other similar venue and see BOTH the Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers on the same bill. How great it must have been to have been young and living in the Liverpool area at that time.
August8th1969 1 year ago
@August8th1969 Just living in the sixties was the greatest expression of freedom, especially in music. Everything was new. Doo wop was getting to be a bad joke and lets face it-those blue suede shoes were starting to show some wear. By the time the Stones came along we even dumped the look alike dress that made you a 'group'. Free at last free at last.
pillroller88 1 year ago
the beatles version is better
schumickthegreat 1 year ago 2
notice the fans. they like the song, but they are nowhere near as enthusiastic as they are when the beatles come to to town
mattclarida 1 year ago
My favorite from this group. 2 thumbs up!
jsbach15 1 year ago
@jsbach15 Written by John and Paul
rhcp500 1 year ago
@rhcp500 Written FOR John and Paul, not by them.
rigaudien 1 year ago
@rigaudien Yes, yes, you're right. I was confusing this and "I Wanna Be Your Man", which John and Paul wrote and gave away to the Rolling Stones. The Beatles didn't right this, they just passed on it when it was offered to them
rhcp500 1 year ago
@rhcp500 On the CD Anthology part I, you can hear the Beatles' version. Not bad at all, but the band wasn't crazy about taping it (suggested by George Martin). He gave it to Gerry et voilà !
rigaudien 1 year ago
They were a real class act.Showed us the British Invasion was really the great thing for music as it's proved out today.
kking3287 1 year ago
He needs to hold that guitar a little higher - it's not quite touching his chin.
Berus777 1 year ago
what a hottie!!
cherubtattoo 1 year ago
I wish we had original voices like these in today's music. the Auto tune ruined it all
utberoxsobad 1 year ago 3
Good song. Very good song.
tlcjr1972 1 year ago
Very good!
zaaritha 1 year ago
wow, they really should have had some kind of security there. those fans were WAAAAY out of control...
manichaze53 1 year ago
@manichaze53 you should watch the video of "It's gonna be alright" on here... totally the opposite
BloodyAvenue 1 year ago
@BloodyAvenue jeez thank god... watching this is totally depressing
manichaze53 1 year ago
Whats up with the girls? They look bored. They don"t seem excited about Gery and the pacemakers. They're not screaming their brains out or jumping up and down. I mean Its' a great song. It has a jumppy and up beat tune. I sang it with my roomates band in 1979. Not only the girls jump up and screamed, but danced, and had a good time.
MrMotownmanny 1 year ago
@MrMotownmanny Yes I love it and I'm 21, I love oldies 50-60s songs
choupi29 1 year ago 2
I love these videos! Brings back a lot of memoriesI found a 60's set that seems really cool - it has Dusty Springfield, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits and Small Faces - reelinintheyears(dot)com/britishinvasion
jeffhall08jh 1 year ago 40
Brian Epstein who managed the BEATLES also made this great tune possible.
sfwaller 1 year ago
Brilliant Gerry, a real gent.
MrOpus99 1 year ago
lmao the girl clapping @ 1:26 "- ____-" xDD
xxmoncheri 1 year ago
Wow, the girls are so quiet in this.
This makes me know more than ever that The Beatles was different in every possible way.
menoziinrevoltado 1 year ago
Wow the audience is like really going wild and stuff...
powerpats 1 year ago
Is this from the swedish television show 'Drop In'?
stesto1 1 year ago
wow... bands that can actually play their instruments.
mvandeven 1 year ago 11
I always wonder what would have happened to these guys if they weren't stablemates with the Beatles in terms of Brian Epstein. It's actually a good song, believe it or not, and I think it's better than the Beatles version (and Please Please Me was worth it).
redoctober90 2 years ago 6
.. How do you do what you do to me ... and they still do ! ... WOW! ... those times were such a sweetie era of mine listening over-and-over again these lovely lads... tks. for ya share ... from Budapest
laggie24 2 years ago 3
I bet they have pace-makers now :)
c0ddlefl0p 2 years ago
i love the girls faces at 1:29 lol
MyAmanda1992 2 years ago
Actually this song was supposed to be the Beatles first No 1 Hit, but they didnt want to play it. Instead they released "Please Please Me", which was written by John.
Cygna1 2 years ago
Correction: "Love Me Do" was The Beatles' first recorded single.
tubewog 2 years ago
when was this?
mikimix96 2 years ago
good song but its so short
thebeatlesfanjgpr 2 years ago 2
I am glad they decided to go with the Name jerry and the Pacemakers and not Mars Bars. I worked for the Company Mars and they are........they were better off being caled the Hershey's instead. at least Hershey's have better Candy.
goldtoothjohn 2 years ago
I was in the front row of a concert they put on in Antwerp, Belgium in 65 or 66 that was recorded for Belgian TV. I called out a request for "How Do You Do It", Gerry acknowledged it and they played it. They were quite a band.
vwtch 2 years ago 5
Very cool story about an awesome band! Peace!
James1113 2 years ago 2
APLAUSOS !!!
carlitos1234567890 2 years ago 2
I just discovered this wonderful group yesterday while watching the Ed Sullivan Show Rock N' Roll Classics on the PBS channel. I instantly fell in love with Gerry and the Pacemakers. Can't believe I never heard of them before, but thank god for the PBS station, so youngsters like me can enjoy and discover new music (well new to me anyway lol) from the 1960s and so on. :D
DarkNaomi 2 years ago 19
i saw the exact same thing and thats how i discovered them as well, they are great.
NHL8924 2 years ago 4
Great post DarkNaomi. It is good to know that this music is still be enjoyed by a younger set. Gerry and the Pacemakers were a great "British Invasion" group who had a lot of energy and a lot of good songs.
rickyrec1 2 years ago 3
@DarkNaomi He had a great voice !
rigaudien 1 year ago
Did you think maybe the audience was asked politely to allow so that the recording could be made quietly
songbuff61 2 years ago
The piano player's quite pleased with his solo......"hey, I didn't know I was this good !!
Wonderful song. Love that voice and all those chord changes.
drrjim 2 years ago
@drrjim Gerry is playing a 335 usually its a gretsch or rick 12 string
spacepatrolman 9 months ago
It was not written by The Beatles. George Martind wanted them to play this music, but they refused.
gabrielfr 2 years ago 4
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pink696969 2 years ago
this was originally written for the beatles to perform but the beatles said they could never show their faces in london with that song, and george martin gave it to jerry and the pacemakers
atticusheights 2 years ago 2
That"s not quite true everything"s right except the beatles said they couldn"t show their face in liverpool,england playing that song
unrealvariety 2 years ago
1965-3rdyearhigh
nancyfloressantos 2 years ago
Wonderfull musician from Brian Epstein's stable of artists. Love you, Brian!
AnnnaBlank 2 years ago
What a FANTASTIC band, should have been inducted into the RRHOF a LONG time ago!
Babyhowdy233 2 years ago
Agreed, first band to have 3 consecutive number 1's, including their debut single. Not even the Beatles acheived this. I think the next band to do this was "Frankie goes to Hollywood". G&TP was my favourite band of the 60's, and I still have great affection for them, and I believe they are still performing, or at least they were until VERY recently. You sir/madam, are a lover of GREAT music from a GREAT band. All the best
blagger56 2 years ago
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jtoshawa 2 years ago
I have always liked Gerry and The Pacemakers. This was a time of great muscial expantion. Peter & Gordon, Chad & Jermy, Jay and The Americans and many others made this time very memorable to the generation of that time.
klaaaan 2 years ago 5
i tried holding my epiphone casino in that position, and was it uncomfortable. Gerry Marsden must have had an impressive wingspan to play guitar like that!!
Modrocker83 2 years ago
They were competing with the beatles song Please Please me whick went to #1, I wonder if the audience were just not as impressed with them as the beatles ?
DaleSale7 2 years ago 2
This and "Please Please Me" both went to number one! =)
Babyhowdy233 2 years ago
i know german audiances are restrained
jo7dan118 2 years ago
They're in shock about how high Gerry Marsden holds his guitar! LOL!
BCK 2 years ago
Probably...i am too :P
darthelvis2 2 years ago
Great to see such a tight live performance from the 60s with such good sound quality - thanks for the posting this one up!
thorndonpark 2 years ago 4
Great video - thanks for the post. German audiences sure are dull - these guys kicked ass
thezidman 2 years ago 3
zidman, shame on you! You are a 'racist'.
German audiences are wonderful,if you
know how to treat them.
First make sure they have their bellies are filled 'mit bier'.
Next start every concert with the "Horst Weisel" Germans love that kind of music.
Next give them some 'heavy Lizt" before you know it, they will jump to their feet and
send love to all.....Sieg Heil, means, get
up and dance, lard ass! Germans are wonderful dancers and they rock like it's
1939!
fntime 2 years ago
Du bist ein Scheisskopf!!!
Anyone with the slightest acquaintance with German culture (I'm German-American) can tell this entire audience is absolutely orgasmic with enthusiasm.
bamboompow 2 years ago 2
Sie sind ein Scheisskopf!
How dare you use 'du' with me, are
you a fag!
You are not an American, you are a
German who lacks pride!
fntime 2 years ago
Entschuldigung, bitte, sehr geehrter Herr Scheisskopf. Es sind Arschloecher wie SIE, die muessen immer ueber Nazis reden, die sind ohne Stolz!!
LMAA!!
bamboompow 2 years ago
how do you do how to do to me? i wish i knew...if i knew how you do it for me, i do it for you
limwell15jana 2 years ago
for those of you wondering this is in 64 on german tv.
kevinfanofthebeatles 2 years ago
reminds me of very good childhood memories.
thomassios 2 years ago 2
So cool to find a great live performance with great audio !!!! Thanks.
catndryer 2 years ago 8
The audience took sleeping pills or something before this performance. The Zombies did not perform at this show, they were in the audience. C'mon Girls it's rock n roll!
augu10 2 years ago
It sounds like a record because these guys could flat out play. One of the very best Mersey Beat Groups. Damn they were a treat.
allegradrums 2 years ago
I know it's a Live performance, but it sounds very much like the record!
visor109 2 years ago
No lip-syncing here! Great LIVE performance!
beatlepat 2 years ago 2
What year of this video?
chubb0voulez 2 years ago 2
I think is 1964
juanchorrotes 2 years ago
absolutely, baby!!!!
centralparocker 2 years ago 2
I always loved these guys. In watching the video, I'm very impressed by Gerry's great guitar work!
LightSnowOvernight 2 years ago 4
Most definitely, Gerry was vastly underrated as a guitarist. Great singer too!
jimmybeam5445 2 years ago
Looks like Wendy Padbury at 1:15
SCE2AUX 2 years ago
Thanks for the post. Great song.
tlcjr1972 2 years ago
The Wonders were the best group of all time with their hit" Do That Thing You Do"
stubbyguy 3 years ago
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maynardgkrebsiii 2 years ago
Less popular version george harrison
ellboy10101 3 years ago
Dont think he was very popular, no screaming girls xD
ellboy10101 3 years ago
So much swag
TheHeartOfARobot 3 years ago
the beatles were orignally supposed to do this song but like both versions alot
RiccardoDistefano55 3 years ago
Wow... another live performance. I always enjoyed Gerry and these guys.. WOW..2 X COOL!
fistofate 3 years ago 4
If they would have dumped the suits , grown longer hair,,,who knows eh!!
aryanscience 3 years ago
like an arrow goin thru it!
blackkats 3 years ago
Saw gerry and the pacemakers at the Stables in Wavendon last night.His voice is as good and as powerfull as ever.Go and see him you wont be disappointed.
tlt689 3 years ago
Yes, his voice is still excellent and it was fun to chat with Gerry and the Pacemakers after the gig. They liked my jokes about all the videos related to them here on YouTube.
ou53uea 3 years ago 2
scousers live in black and white !!!
chelseablue2625 3 years ago
GREAT FRIEND GREAT VIDEOS thanks you
FARINELLI99 3 years ago 5
I likes the way Gerry curls his lip, I do, at 1:44 then flashes a toothy snarl singing out the balance of "HOW DO YOU DO" with his mates The Pacemakers. As BCC once said "You can not qualify a superlative" period and pointblank!
BigIronOnHipMan 3 years ago
What year is this from?
dgsw 3 years ago
probably in '64 at the tami show.
frankleroux 3 years ago
Isn't that the same stage set up as for the Beatles on the Swedish TV programme 'Drop In'? The Beatles did that show around Sept 63 and returned to a growing storm of what became known from that November as 'Beatlemania'.
Nulanula 3 years ago
i think this song rocks. i don't think the guy on the left at 1:14 agrees, though
stlcardsfan54 3 years ago
Gracias por todo, Gerry!!!
francadiz07 3 years ago
What a rockin band!! Love them from their first note!!! Gerry Marsden is great!!! THNKS GERRY!!!!!
barilko5551 3 years ago 5
this was chosen for the beatles first single but they wanted their own song please please me so it was given to gery and the pacemakers. thats how its gone.
aponcapone 3 years ago
Is he swallowing gum at 1:30?
visor109 3 years ago
No just getting the old saliva organized.
hiller4 3 years ago
Beatles rip off? No just a band in the Merseybeat movement, just like the Beatles....
cls14 3 years ago
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beatles rip off
dddproject 3 years ago
Why does it always have to be~~~ US AGAINST THEM! ...???... Life is a SMORGASBORD people! IT'S AAAAAALL GOOD!
BigIronOnHipMan 3 years ago 5
Hehe indeed, the audience were kinda screaming more when The Beatles performed Please Please me for the first time.
Blajmannen 3 years ago
LOL! THe girls look very confused in the audience! The Beatles were suppose to record this this when they first signed with George Martin but they hated the song, they thought it too la di da which I think got them off their asses to wrote Please Please me. Looks like they were right judging by the reaction in the audience here.
Edhallick 3 years ago
I can think of fewer movements or trends in pop culture of any kind that held the weight and significance of The British Invasion.
It was a true phenomenon...and great, great fun.
Arkady63 3 years ago
I bet you the last pound in my pocket that most Brits wish that their cannibalistic football crowds were as enthusiastic as this audience.
hothotsylvia 3 years ago
vraiment bon!
Bertrandd06 3 years ago
Fabulous !
DunhillHilton 3 years ago
he is holding his guitar very high
SamWilliams13 3 years ago
Yeah, that was his trademark.
rigaudien 3 years ago
Lennon did the same in the early 60s.
PsychicKnife 3 years ago
In Cyn Lennon book she wrote that the song was written for the Beatles but then they give that song to Gerry and the pacemakers!
kitaioubiec 3 years ago
lovin that drum set
jamesconga 3 years ago
the beatles refused to sing this song and to record it as a single,they just recorded a demo at abbey road (which sounds great),and wanted to promote their own songs first,which was very courageous...
"please please me" reached the 2nd rank in the charts,but was their first big Hit,ealier they had good succes with "Love me do"
nice video!!i've always looked for the full version,cause i discovered the extract in "anthology" many years before,and now i've seen it! thanks!
frenchytouch 3 years ago
Yeah, a rather interesting anecdote ! Although a heavy Beatle fan, I must admit Gerry did it better !
rigaudien 3 years ago
love this song
yellbatman 3 years ago
Great video and resolution... thanks for posting.
johnj
johnjstage 3 years ago
something makes me think this is the warm up act for a beatles set later n the tape?
bauersnarky 3 years ago
Boy that crowd is going...crazy there...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
spaceageromeo 3 years ago
So the legend goes - They (the Beatles) really didn't like the song, but recorded it anyway. It was not released. Instead, they decided to record a new song they just wrote - Please Please Me - their first #1 hit.
PeteOGram 3 years ago
please please me was not their first number one - from me to you was
please please me was a number 2.
jcb21691 3 years ago
In Britain, Please Please Me was their first # 1, after Love Me do who went 17.
rigaudien 3 years ago
ya canadian twat! listen to the 16 year old brit, it was from me to you. nice one jcb1691!
mw145 3 years ago
On Mersey Beat's charts in 1963, "Love me do" was their 1st single, made it to # 17. "Please please me", their 2nd one, made it to # 1. Did my wording sound impolite or rude to you ?
rigaudien 3 years ago
@rigaudien You're wrong, and an idiot. Sort yourself out. It did come number one on the NME and Melody Maker charts. But that is being, firstly, purely pedantic and secondly inconsistent. It came number two on the chart that effectively represents the UK singles chart as we now know it. Since you used that chart in reference to Love Me Do, you must maintain consistency and concede that Please Please Me - in accordance with your own terms - came number 2.
jcb21691 1 year ago
@jcb21691 Was I so rude to you to be called an idiot ?
rigaudien 1 year ago
@rigaudien Probably not but I was right and that's what matters.
Jokes - sorry for the snappy response - have a good life!
jcb21691 1 year ago
only comparing them to the beatles as this IS a beatles song, so it is totally up for comparison. being and written and sung by them....
starshineitgirl 3 years ago
please get the facts straight this is NOT a Beatles song it was written by Mitch Murray.
yes the Beatles did a version of it, but this was the hit not the Beatles version.
The Beatles were great and so were the Pacemakers each great in their own right, of course The Beatles were prolific, but that doesn't mean the Pacemakers were not great as well.
But again this is NOT I repeat NOTTTTTTTTT a Beatles written song
francorotini 3 years ago
Right !
rigaudien 3 years ago
When Gerry & The Pacemakers hit America in 1964 I was all of fourteen. And I bought every 45 of theirs at "2 Guys From Harrison" in Totowa, NJ and I still have them! This is a perfect POP song. Period and pointblank. Thanks for the post~ francorotini
BigIronOnHipMan 3 years ago
My Pleasure, my friend!!!!!!
I and agree with you 100%, I love all the bands from this era!!
FR
francorotini 3 years ago