You'll Never Walk Alone

"You'll Never Walk Alone" (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar
Hammerstein II) was written for the 1945 Broadway musical play Carousel. The
song highlights a momentous plot turn early in Act II, and is reprised as
the musical's powerful and inspirational finale.
From the very beginning, this song has always had a special resonance and
meaning beyond its context and function within the score for Carousel.
During the musical's original Broadway run, with the world at war, many in
the audiences who had a husband, a brother, a son or a lover fighting
overseas, found solace in its meaning and its message.

In addition to numerous recordings of the song on Carousel cast albums and
the motion picture soundtrack, "You'll Never Walk Alone" has been recorded
by dozens of pop, rock, gospel, country western, and opera stars, including:
Louis Armstrong, Chet Atkins, Shirley Bassey, Glen Campbell, Ray Charles,
Perry Como, Michael Crawford, Placido Domingo, Aretha Franklin, Judy
Garland, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Marilyn Horne, Mahalia Jackson, Patti
LaBelle, Cleo Laine, Mario Lanza, Darlene Love, Jim Nabors, Olivia Newton
John, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, The Righteous Brothers, Nina Simone, Frank
Sinatra, Kiri Te Kanawa, Conway Twitty and Dionne Warwick.

"You'll Never Walk Alone" has a unique history in England where it was
adopted as an anthem of Liverpool Football Club since the 1960's. True to
the song's intent, it has also provided inspiration in times of peril, and
has served as a potent fundraiser for causes borne out of disaster.