The Quarrymen performing in Rosebery Street, Liverpool, on 22 June 1957[1] (Left to right: Hanton, Griffiths, Lennon, Garry, Shotton and Davis)
Background information
Also known as
Johnny and the Moondogs
Japage 3
Long John and the Silver Beatles
Origin
Liverpool, England
Genres
Skiffle
rock and roll
Years active
1956 (1956)–1960 (1960)
1994 (1994)–present
Labels
Griffin
Quarrymen Records
Sony BMG
Spinoffs
The Beatles
Members
Colin Hanton
Rod Davis
Len Garry
Past members
John Lennon
Eric Griffiths
Pete Shotton
Bill Smith
Nigel Walley
Ivan Vaughan
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
John Duff Lowe
Ken Brown
Stuart Sutcliffe
Chas Newby
Website
originalquarrymen.co.uk
The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") are a British skiffle/rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956,[2] which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Originally consisting of Lennon and several school friends, the Quarrymen took their name from a line in the school song of their school, the Quarry Bank High School. Lennon's mother, Julia, taught her son to play the banjo, showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars in a similar way to the banjo, and taught them simple chords and songs.
Lennon founded a skiffle group with his close friend Pete Shotton and after a week of gaining new members, they named themselves The Quarrymen.[3] The Quarrymen played at parties, school dances, cinemas and amateur skiffle contests before Paul McCartney joined in early July, 1957. George Harrison joined in early 1958 at McCartney's recommendation, though Lennon initially resisted because he felt Harrison (14 when he was introduced to Lennon) was too young. McCartney and Harrison attended the Liverpool Institute.
The group made an amateur recording in 1958, performing Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day" and "In Spite of All the Danger", a song written by McCartney and Harrison. The group moved towards rock and roll, causing several of the original members to leave. This left Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison, who performed under several other names, including Johnny and the Moondogs, Japage 3, and Long John and the Silver Beatles before returning to the Quarrymen name in 1959. In 1960, the group changed their name to "The Beatles" (chosen for its double meaning and as a wink to Buddy Holly's band, "The Crickets"). The name was conceived of late at night by Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe, by then the group's fourth member, and introduced to the other two the next day. They were initially booked as "Long John and the Silver Beatles" by Brian Cassar who saw it as a more sellable name than "The Beatles"[4] and went on to be the best-selling music act of all time.
In 1997, the four surviving original members of the Quarrymen reunited to perform at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the garden fête performance at which Lennon had first met McCartney. Since 1998, they have performed in countries outside the UK and released four albums. Three original members still perform as the Quarrymen.
^"The Quarrymen's first public performance on 22nd June 1957". Originalquarrymen.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^"Biographies". Originalquarrymen.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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