Mersey
(ˈmɜːzɪ)
The name of the river Mersey, on which stands the city of Liverpool, applied attrib. in Mersey beat, Mersey sound, to the kind of popular music associated with ‘The Beatles’ [Beatle].
| 1963 Meet the Beatles 12/2 The Beatles, undoubted monarchs of the Mersey Beat scene. 1965 S. Jepson Third Possibility v. 36 The Mersey sound banged and twanged into the night. a 1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) iv. 60 The adenoidal moan of the Mersey beat: ‘I wanna be your rave...’ 1969 C. Booker Neophiliacs viii. 203 The ‘Liverpool phenomenon’ and the ‘Mersey Sound’ were now [sc. in 1963] arousing interest far beyond circles normally interested in pop music. |