Gerry and the Pacemakers another number one single in the UK. Marsden began writing most of their songs, including "I'm the One","It's Gonna Be All Right" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey", as well as their first and biggest US hit, "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying", which peaked at No.4. The band also starred in an early 1965 film, "Ferry Cross the Mersey" (sometimes referred to as "Gerry and the Pacemakers' version of "A Hard Day's Night""), for which Marsden wrote much of the soundtrack. The title song was revived in 1989 as a charity single for an appeal in response to the
Last Exit (British band) Last Exit (British band) Last Exit was a British jazz fusion band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in 1974 and is best remembered as the group Sting was in before finding stardom with The Police. The band name came from the book "Last Exit to Brooklyn". Last Exit was composed of drummer Ronnie Pearson (also of the Phoenix Jazzmen), guitarists John Hedley and then Terry Ellis, keyboardist Gerry Richardson, and bassist and singer Sting. The band was a leading act around Newcastle for several years. They released a single in 1975, "Whispering Voices/Evensong" (two Richardson compositions) on the Wudwink