You'll Never Walk Alone You'll Never Walk Alone "You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel". In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, falls on his knife and dies after a failed robbery attempt. It is reprised in the final scene to encourage a graduation class of which Louise (Billy and Julie's daughter) is a member. The now invisible Billy, who has been granted the chance to return to
I'll Walk Alone early 1960s. Martha Tilton also fared well, placing the song in the Billboard Top Ten. The song was also recorded by Jane Froman (1952). Oddly, when "I'll Walk Alone" was revived in the 1950s, it was often done by male singers, with a very popular version being done by Don Cornell (1952 top ten). Teen idol Ricky Nelson recorded a version for his 1958 album "Ricky Nelson". In the Pop Chronicles documentary, Cahn himself performed the song while explaining that it began with a phone call from "Follow the Boys" producer Charles K. Feldman. Marty Robbins recorded "I'll Walk Alone"