John Lennon & Paul McCartney First Met On This Day Back in 1957

 

“When The Beatles arrived, from then on, a thousand different things arose.” 

–Peter Townshend, The Who        

It was on this day in 1957 that John Lennon and Paul McCartney were first introduced in their hometown of Liverpool. 

They had similar interests and got along. Eventually, Lennon would get McCartney to join his band, which were known as the Quarrymen. In time, George Harrison would also join.

In time, they would make transformations, which included the name. They came to be known by the name that has since become a true legend in music: The Beatles. 

Music has never been the same since.

A longer description:

1957--The Quarry Men perform at a Garden Fete held at St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool. After an outside performance on a makeshift stage in a field behind the church, The Quarry Men begin setting up their instruments in the church hall for an evening dance; they are scheduled to play alternating sets with the George Edwards Band. A 15-year-old friend of Ivan Vaughan, Paul McCartney, had arrived during the afternoon performance, and he had been impressed with John Lennon's stage presence. John is the undisputed leader of The Quarry Men, which now consists of Pete Shotton, Eric Griffiths, Colin Hanton, Rod Davis, and Len Garry. Paul is introduced to John by Ivan Vaughn as The Quarrymen are setting up for their evening performance. John is a bit drunk. McCartney, eager to impress Lennon, picks up a guitar and plays versions of the recent hits Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran) and Be-Bop-A-Lula (Gene Vincent). John is impressed, and even more so when Paul writes down the lyrics for him, which John has trouble remembering. The best part of this historic meeting comes when Paul shows John and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars, something they'd been paying someone else to do for them. John recognizes Paul's talent right away, and he realizes that The Quarry Men need Paul to strengthen them, even though it might cost John his position of dominance in the group. But since making music is John's chief concern, he decides to invite Paul to join The Quarry Men.

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