George was only.
sixteen when he joined the the Quarrymen. He was allowed to join because John was.
very impressed that he could play "Raunchy."Which was a popular song at the time, note for.
note(Lewisohn, 3). As soon as George joined them, Paul, and John dropped out of school.
(Schaffner, 19).
This band had three guitarists, singers, and songwriters, but no bass or drums. After.
trying many people, they finally settled on Pete Best on drums. They recruited Stuart Sutcliffe.
on bass,and although he was a talented artist that John had met at school, he could hardly play.
his instrument (Wiener, 4). The new band had no name, and their early inspirations were Buddy.
Holly, and the Crickets. John created the name "Beatles," because "'I [John] was looking for a.
name like the Crickets that means two things. From Crickets I went to Beatles. when you said.
it people thought of crawly things, when you read it, it was beat music.'" (Schaffner, 20). So the.
Beatles were born. .
They began to play at a club called The Cavern in Liverpool, after a.
destructive tour in Hamburg, Germany. Soon after this, Stuart became engaged and left the band.
To compensate, Paul picked up the bass and became the permanent bassist. After hearing the.
young Beatles at The Cavern, Brian Epstein signed on as manager. Soon after, George Martin.
became their producer on the Parlophone Records label. Later, Pete Best was fired from the.
band, because Paul, John, and George did not like him. This caused some people to become.
terribly angry, but it didn`t do much damage to the Beatle's popularity. "They signed their.
friend and later permanent Beatle, Ringo Starr, on as drummer" (Schaffner, 21). .
Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940 in Liverpool. He had a sickly.
childhood and spent most of his time in and out of hospitals. He had virtually no formal.
education, and his family came from the slums of Liverpool.