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
William Marsden (diplomat) William Marsden (diplomat) William Marsden (born 15 September 1940 ) is a former British diplomat (British Ambassador to Argentina from 1997 to 2000 and to Costa Rica and Nicaragua concurrently from 1989 to 1992). Since 2001 his work has been primarily concerned with nature conservation, currently as Chairman of the Chagos Conservation Trust. Marsden studied history and economics at Cambridge and London Universities and joined the Foreign Office in 1963. For much of the 1960s and 1970s his career was concerned with strategic "East-West" relations, in the UK Delegation to NATO, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the British