The Beatles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In March 1957, John Lennon, then aged sixteen, formed a skiffle group with several friends from Quarry Bank school. They briefly called themselves the Blackjacks, before changing their name to the Quarrymen after discovering that a respected local group was already using the other name.  Fifteen-year-old Paul McCartney joined as a rhythm guitarist shortly after he and Lennon met that July.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lennon's art school friend Stuart Sutcliffe, who had recently sold one of his paintings and was persuaded to purchase a bass guitar, joined in January 1960, and it was he who suggested changing the band's name to Beatals, as a tribute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets.