Their First Step

It began when a 16 years old boy who could sing and play guitar formed the skiffle group with some liverpool schoolfriends in March 1957. The boy is John Lennon and he named that group The Quarrymen. Another 15 years old boy joined the team as a guitarist in July. We recognized this boy as Paul McCartney. In February 1958 a 14 years old boy named George Harrison also joined the group as lead guitarist. By 1960, Lennon's schoolfriends had left the group.

Lennon's fellow student name Stuart Sutcliffe joining on bass in January and he suggested changing the band name to 'The Beetles' as a tribute to Buddy Holly and The Crickets. The band became 'The Beatals' for the first few months of the year. After trying several names like 'Johnny and The Moondogs', Long John and The Beetles' and also 'The Silver Beatles', the band finally became 'The Beatles' in August.