Beryl Marsden

Beryl Marsden (born 10 June 1947) is a British R&B and pop singer, who first came to notice on the Liverpool club scene of the early 1960s. She recorded a number of "powerful and soulful", but unsuccessful, records, and has been described as "undeservedly neglected". one of a family of 10 children. She began singing as a child, and at the age of 14 won a local talent competition. She was invited to join local band the Undertakers, but was too young to travel with them to club dates in Hamburg. Instead, she started singing with local group Howie Casey and the Crew, often performing at the Cavern Club. Although she took the stage name Beryl Marsden, she was not related to musician Gerry Marsden.

In 1963 she started appearing at the Star Club in Hamburg, and on her return to Britain moved to London, where she was managed by Tony Stratton Smith and was signed as a solo singer by Decca Records. She recorded two singles for them, a cover of Barbara George's "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)", followed by a version of the Supremes' "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes".

In 2014, she was portrayed by Gemma Sutton in Cilla, a three-part television drama series about Cilla Black.

Discography Singles "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" / "I Only Care About You", Decca F11707, 1963 "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" / "Love Is Going To Happen To Me", Decca F11818, 1964 "Who You Gonna Hurt?" / "Gonna Make Him My Baby", Columbia DB 7718 (Capitol 5552 in the U.S), 1965 (A-side reached the NME Top 30)(#15 in Canada ) "Music Talk" / "Break-A-Way", Columbia DB7797, 1965 "What’s She Got?" / "Let’s Go Somewhere", Columbia DB 7888, 1966 "I Video" / "Hungry For You", PVK Records PV107, 1981 "Baby It's You", Lone Boy Records LBMCD08, 2007 "Too Late / Everything I Need", Lone Boy Records, 2008