200 SONGS WITH THE BEST LYRICS. This post: #90: YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. Continues: next week.

CAFFE` LATTE` PRESENTS

200 SONGS

WITH THE

BEST LYRICS

A countdown of the 200 songs possessing the best lyrics of all-time. A playlist on spotify will be added at the end of the week.

#90

YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE

“…Walk on,

through the wind.

Walk on, 

through the rain.

Though your dreams 

be tossed & blown.

Walk on,

walk on 

with hope in your heart

& you’ll never walk alone...”

Audiences were introduced to the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" in the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel". It premiered on Broadway in 1945. 

Many recording artists covered the song over subsequent decades, including Doris Day, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong. In 1963, Gerry & The Pacemakers released the most famous version of the song. The Liverpudlian group's remake topped the British chart for a month. It has since been adopted as the Liverpool Football Club's anthem.

In 1985, when a fire at a Bradford City stadium claimed the lives of 56 spectators, Gerry Marsden (of Gerry & The Pacemakers) assembled numerous celebrities to record a charity disc as a response to the tragedy. Released under the moniker The Crowd, this new interpretation of "You'll Never Walk Alone" reached #1 in the UK.

Oscar Hammerstein II's lyrics are encouraging and empowering. The power of the song's verses still resonate to this day.

As new songs are covered on this blog, a definitive version will be added to a spotify playlist. Find it and the other Caffé Latté playlists at:

https://open.spotify.com/user/alanrosscaffelatte