Above: The band in 1964.
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Frederick John Marsden
Description: Drummer, UK
Known For: A member of “Gerry and The Pacemakers” during the sixties.
Instruments: Drums
Music Styles: Rock
Location: United Kingdom
Date Born: 23rd November 1940
Location Born: The Dingle, United Kingdom
Date Died: 9th December 2006
Location Died: The Dingle, United Kingdom
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Web Site:Gerry and the Pacemakers
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Freddie Marsden
An English drummer born in The Dingle, Liverpool,UK.
Brother of Gerry of “Gerry and The Pacemakers.
Gerry and The Pacemakers were a British rock and roll group during the 1960s. In common with The Beatles, they came from Liverpool and were managed by Brian Epstein.
Having world wide success the band were managed by the Brian Epstein Organisation during the sixties.
The band disbanded in 1966 with only two years of being at the top.
Gerry, his brother kept a backing group together as “The Pacemakers” but this was really Gerry going solo.
After the group broke up Freddie Marsden went to work for British Telecom with his drums disgarded in the garage, he never touched his drums again.
Sadly Marsden died in the same house he was born, 8 Menzies Street, The Dingle, Liverpool. In 2006, aged 66 years.
Above: The group’s New York arrival in 1964.
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