From which musical do the following lyrics come and where are they now regularly sung?

Question

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark

Answer 1

"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a song written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for their 1945 musical, Carousel.

In the musical, the song is sung after the death of the lead, Billy Bigelow, to give courage to Julie Jordan, pregnant with child at the time, and is sung in a later scene to encourage a graduation class of which Louise (their daughter) is a member. As a result, it has become a standard, sung by graduation classes in the United States.

The song's popularity arose during the original Broadway production because of World War II, where many members of the audience had husbands, brothers, boyfriends, or fiancés at war overseas, which led to solace in the song's message.

The song was recorded by many artists, first charting in 1945 in a version by Frank Sinatra (#9 on the Billboard charts). Patti LaBelle and the BlueBelles had a #34 charting version in 1964. Elvis Presley's version got to #90 in 1968.

In England, the song most famous outing was recorded in the early 1960s by Liverpool group Gerry & the Pacemakers, and reached #1 in the UK charts on the 26th October 1963 where it stayed for 4 weeks. It immediately became the club anthem of Liverpool Football Club [1] and is invariably sung by its supporters at matches. [2]. (The words You'll Never Walk Alone feature in the club crest.) The song subsequently spread to other association football crowds, where it is sung variably, such as:

Scotland: Celtic F.C. - The Celtic & Liverpool supporters have been close due to the large number of Irish immigrants who made there way through the Liverpool docks, many of whom still live in the city.
Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam, Ajax Amsterdam, FC Twente.
Germany: TSV Alemannia Aachen, FC St. Pauli.
Japan: F.C. Tokyo.
Australia: St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill.
Before the first leg of the 2002/2003 UEFA Cup tie between Celtic and Liverpool at Celtic Park, all the fans were led in the singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Gerry & The Pacemakers frontman Gerry Marsden, who became entangled in his microphone lead. Marsden was to do the same at the return leg at Anfield, but was unable due to a scheduling conflict. Another memorable night during which a rendition of the song was sung was Ian Rush's testimonial at Anfield in 1994.

The song also reached #1 in the UK charts in June 1985 for 2 weeks, a charity record, following the Valley Parade fire at Bradford City on 11 May 1985, and not the more topical Heysel Stadium disaster 18 days later (a common misconception). The song was performed by The Crowd (including Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney and Rolf Harris). [3]

The song reached #1 in the UK charts for a third time when it was released by Robson and Jerome. The song reached number one on the November 3, 1996 and remained there for two weeks selling in excess of 300,000 copies. The song was released as a single along with What Becomes of the Broken Hearted and Saturday Night at the Movies.

An operatic version by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti with Mehta, reached number 21 in the UK charts in July 1998.

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, and is sung by Jerry Lewis at the end of his annual telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The song Fearless by Pink Floyd features a football crowd singing this song at the end. Students of St John's College, Cambridge sing a modified version called "Sign On" with the words 'You'll Never Be at John's', sung as a response to the song: "I'd Rather Be At Oxford Than At John's", which is sung by rival Colleges.

It is also played by the Western Illinois University Marching Leathernecks at the end of every performance. The band faces each other in a large circle with a quartet in center. The members play and sing "Never Walk" as reminder of the strength of the bond between members. This tradition was started by the late Dale Hopper during the 1970's.

Jerry Lewis uses this song to close his annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day telethon.

In 1999, it was performed by John Farnham, who made his first release of the song in 1972, at the Tour Of Duty Concert in Dili, East Timor, for the Australian peace-keeping troops.




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Recorded versions
The Adicts
Ed Ames
Gene Ammons
Die Toten Hosen
Louis Armstrong
John Arpin
Chet Atkins
Joe Augustine
The Bachelors
Michael Ball
Shirley Bassey
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Blue Haze
Pat Boone
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
John Farnham
Ferrante & Teicher
The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama
The Flamingos
Renée Fleming
Myron Floren
Florida Boys
Nettie Fowler
Sergio Franchi
Aretha Franklin
Paul Freeman
Jane Froman
G4
Bill & Gloria Gaither
Judy Garland
Lesley Garrett
John Gary
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Wayne Gratz
Byrdie Green
Lee Greenwood
Guy & Ralna
Roy Hamilton
Sam Harris
Engelbert Humperdinck
Ferlin Husky
Imaginations
The Imperials
Mahalia Jackson
Vern Jackson
Joni James
Jon Jang
Shirley Jones
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
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
Die Toten Hosen
Lee Towers
Claramae Turner
Gordon Turner
Conway Twitty
Ronan Tynan
Frankie Vaughan
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 Zuniga
Babelsberg Pöbelz

Answer 2

All The Young Dudes (Mott The Hoople) mentions The Beatles and The Stones along with T-Rex. Bowie's Panic In Detroit refers to Iggy Pop without naming him. Pink Floyd's Nobody Home has a line about an "obligatory Hendrix perm". Chiseler (The Fall) makes unkind references to both Floyd and The Stones as being "short" and "giving you hard looks" The Replacements 'big hit song' Alex Chilton

Answer 3

They are from carousel and from the song You'll never walk alone. The song is sung twice in the show and it is often used as the finale/encore after the show as well. When sung in the show, they have a four part harmony, which is lovely but it is more often sung as a football chant, which doesn't always sound quite so harmonious!

Answer 4

It's from Rogers & Hammerstein's Carousel. Back in the day, Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles sang this song as well. I believe it's a song they sang at the Apollo Theater.

Answer 5

I don't know which musical - in fact I am not sure they come from a musical.

WALK ON. Sung at all sorts of events - especially sporting ones. At the end of family/local discos etc. A rousing and emotional end to an evening!!!

Look forward to seeing the other answers re the musical/

Answer 6

Carousel

Answer 7

A liverpool band sang it in the sixties...i can't remember who at the moment...sorry don't know where the lyrics originate from but they have been sung at certain football grounds in memory of a sad occasion...just remembered the band were called Gerry and the Pacemakers.....

Answer 8

They come from the Musical "Carousel" Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Answer 9

South Pacific
on the terraces of Anfield by Liverpool fans

Answer 10

Rogers and Hammerstien.Carousel.
Mostly sung these days as the theme song of Liverpool football club by its supporters.

Answer 11

This song is from Carousel. As for where they are now sung regularly....what do you mean? Anyone doing this musical would sing it, chous groups may sing it, whoever.