Leslie Charles Maguire (27 December 1941 – 25 November 2023) was an English musician who was a principal member of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers from 1961 to 1966.

[1] Leslie Charles Maguire was born in Wallasey, Merseyside, and started his career playing tenor saxophone in a Liverpool pop group called the Vegas Five, which would eventually evolve into The Undertakers.

[2] After signing to EMI Records In 1963, and being managed by Brian Epstein, Gerry and the Pacemakers achieved immediate success in the British chart and later in the United States.

Maguire briefly fronted the Mississippi blues band Hog Owl in 1970, and teamed up with the Pacemakers for occasional reunion performances.

Maguire plays on a 2000 live album by the Zodiacs, which included a performance of the Pacemaker song Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying.

[9] Maguire appeared on a 2022 episode of Antiques Roadshow with a silver disc that was awarded to the band for their hit single 'You’ll Never Walk Alone' in 1963.