The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") were a British skiffle and rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved...
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primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles evolved from Lennon's previous group, the Quarrymen, and built their reputation by playing clubs...
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Len Garry (category The Quarrymen members)
English musician, best known for being a member of The Quarrymen, a band who would later evolve into The Beatles. Garry was born at 77 Lance Lane, Wavertree...
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Chas Newby (category The Beatles members)
a charity group, the Racketts. In 2016, Newby began performing as a member of the Quarrymen, the band that was the precursor to the Beatles. Newby died...
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Rod Davis (musician) (category The Quarrymen members)
English musician, best known for being a member of The Quarrymen, a band who would later evolve into The Beatles. Davis was born in Smithdown Hospital, Sefton...
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African kwela bands, the same sort of bass has a tea chest as a resonator. The Quarrymen, John Lennon and Paul McCartney's band before the Beatles, featured...
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Eric Griffiths (category The Quarrymen members)
dry cleaner, he was best known as the guitarist in the original lineup of the Quarrymen until he left the group in the summer of 1958. Born in Denbigh,...
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John Lennon (redirect from The smart Beatle)
1956, he formed the Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called "the smart Beatle", Lennon initially was the group's de facto...
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Nowhere Boy (redirect from Nowhere Boy: The John Lennon Story)
(Anne-Marie Duff), the creation of his first band, the Quarrymen, and its evolution into the Beatles. Following its premiere at the London Film Festival...
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skiffle group the Quarrymen. The 15-year-old McCartney, brought along by a mutual friend, Ivan Vaughan, impressed Lennon with his ability on the guitar and...
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The North Wales Quarrymen's Union (NWQU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded on 27 April 1874 at the Queen's Hotel, Caernarfon...
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Paul McCartney (redirect from Back in the World (tour))
group, the Quarrymen, in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called "the cute Beatle", McCartney later immersed himself in the London...
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skiffle groups of the day, including The Quarrymen. Under the advocacy of the influential Seeger family, the copyright was eventually restored to Cotten...
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of the Beatles Recording practices of the Beatles British Invasion The Quarrymen The Beatles' rooftop concert The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show The Beatles...
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Pete Best (redirect from The Pete Best Band)
(1924–1988), opened the Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Bests' house in Liverpool. The Beatles (at the time known as the Quarrymen) played some of...
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Pete Shotton (category The Quarrymen members)
Beatles' precursor the Quarrymen and remained close to the band, holding various positions related to their business ventures over the years. Shotton was...
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The Beatles began in 1957, when John Lennon formed a skiffle group with his friends called the Quarrymen. The band underwent many name and membership...
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Mona Best (category The Beatles)
before the Quarrymen, but this was only so they could use his 40-Watt amplifier. After the success of the first night, Mona gave the Quarrymen a residency...
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Colin Hanton (category The Quarrymen members)
as the drummer for the 1950s skiffle band the Quarrymen, led by a young John Lennon. He currently plays for the reformed version of the Quarrymen. Hanton...
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television special in the series had aired, Anthology 1 was released to stores, and included music recorded by the Quarrymen, the famous Decca Records...
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Telugu language (redirect from Italian of the East)
or quarrymen), is found on one of the rock-cut caves around the Keesaragutta temple, 35 kilometers from Hyderabad. This inscription is dated to the Vishnukundina...
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George Harrison (redirect from The George O'Hara-Smith Singers)
Institute, and the pair bonded over their shared love of music. McCartney and his friend John Lennon were in a skiffle group called the Quarrymen. In March...
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More popular than Jesus (redirect from The Beatles: the Jesus Controversy)
made by John Lennon of the Beatles in a March 1966 interview, in which he argued that the public were more infatuated with the band than with Jesus, and...
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All the Danger" in the studio. Other clients included Billy Fury, Ken Dodd, and Marty Wilde. Phillips died in 1984. The Quarrymen recording and the site...
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Casbah Coffee Club (redirect from The Casbah Coffee Club)
several singers had been discovered. The Quarrymen—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ken Brown—went to the club to arrange their first booking...
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Derek and the Dominos was an English–American blues rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by singer-guitarist Eric Clapton, keyboardist-singer Bobby...
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"In Spite of All the Danger" is the first song recorded by the Quarrymen, then consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, pianist John...
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Nigel Walley (category The Quarrymen members)
player and manager, best known for his association with band The Quarrymen, the precursor of The Beatles which included John Lennon. His surname has often...
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EMI (redirect from The EMI Group)
London. At the time of its acquisition by Universal Music in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry...
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Stuart Sutcliffe (category The Beatles members)
known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended the Liverpool...
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