Fact #178603

Charity supergroup The Crowd reach No1 in the UK singles chart with You'll Never Walk Alone, a fund-raising disc for victims of an 11 May Bradford City football stadium fire. The Crowd includes Gerry And The Pacemakers, Bruce Forsyth, Denny Laine, Jim Diamond, Tony Christie, Rick Wakeman, John Conteh, The Barron Knights, Jess Conrad, Kiki Dee, The Foxes, Rolf Harris, Graham Gouldman (of 10cc), Kenny Lynch, Rick Wild of The Overlanders, Keith Chegwin, Tony Hicks (of The Hollies), Colin Blunstone (of The Zombies), Tim Hinkley, Johnny Logan, Zak Starkey (son of Ringo Starr), Girlschool, Black Lace, John Otway, Gary Holton, Nigel Holton, Hank Hancocks, Peter Cook, The Nolans, John Entwistle of The Who, Motörhead, Karen Clark, Dave Lee Travis, Graham Dene, Ed Stewart, Phil Lynott, Smokie, Joe Fagin, Eddie Hardin, Gerard Kenny, Chris Robinson, Tim Healy, Kin Kelly, John Verity, Rose Marie, David Shilling, Chris Norman, Pete Spencer, Bernie Winters, Robert Heaton and Frank Allen of The Searchers. Paul McCartney contributed some words on the B-side of the record which was titled "Messages".