• The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") are a British skiffle and rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • (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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    "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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Bill Smith (English musician) (category The Quarrymen members)
    an English former musician, who was a founding member of The Quarrymen. His tenure with the group was short, only performing with them for one month (November...
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  • The Beatles were an English rock band, active from 1960 until 1970. From 1962 onwards, the band's members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison...
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  • Ivan Vaughan (category The Quarrymen members)
    (the Woolton village fête) on 6 July 1957, where The Quarrymen were performing. McCartney, having just turned 15, impressed Lennon by knowing all the lyrics...
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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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  • 2020 at the Wayback Machine The Beatles' Hamburg Recordings on Record Photos of the Quarrymen and the Beatles in Hamburg Archived 26 May 2009 at the Wayback...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • the merger of two smaller, AFL-affiliated unions. The Quarrymen's National Union of the United States of America' operated from 1890 to 1900 and the National...
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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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