The Quarrymen

It first came about when Tim Harper started a rumor that Paul McCartney died, and put an article about it in his magazine. The news spread like fire in a gasoline factory and became one of the biggest conspiracies of its time. After Paul ended it all, the Beatles didn’t want to break the fans’ hearts. So they called up Billy Shears, Paul’s complete physical and vocal lookalike to take his place. Still to this day Billy Shears is “Paul McCartney” On the Album cover Abbey Road conspirators…

made out of four men. John Lennon (Oct 9 1940 – Dec 9 1980) Paul McCartney (Jun 18 1942), George Harrison (Feb 23 1943 – Nov 29 2001), and Richard Starkey (Jul 7 1940) all hailed from the great city of Liverpool. The band originally started as The Quarrymen. They were a local founded by John and his friends. A local hometown band playing gigs at parties, school and other events. Skiffle music was what they played. A combination of jazz, blues, roots and folk music combined into one. Eventually,…

violent death. John Lennon was born and raised in Liverpool, England, his father walked out when John was very young and his mother was killed by a drunk off-duty police officer when he was 17. He was 15 years old when he started his first band, The Quarrymen, in 1956, and was joined by Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. This band eventually turned into the Beatles. He dropped out of art school because…

It was a snowy day on February 7, 1964 as the plane touched down at JFK airport in New York City. The Beatles had arrived in America to perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. More than one third of United States population had gathered round their black and white television sets to see this band from England. Unfortunately, two University of Mississippi students heading back to campus, one Cecil Brown, and his roommate came to the sudden realization that they would miss the show. The pair, both…

Paul McCartney There were a lot of changes in music during the 20th century. From the apparition of Blues and Jazz, to the origins of Rock n’ Roll, this century experimented a lot of innovations in music. Rock musicians such as Elvis and Chuck Berry inspired young people all over the world. This inspiration resulted in the creation of many new rock bands; some of them would change the history of music forever. Among all the different artists of that time, I decided to write about Paul McCartney.…

In the 1960’s, Beatlemania swept across North America and Europe, causing the Beatles to receive immense popularity. Their work has become immortalized across the decades because of their melodic tunes and the meanings behind them. Without a doubt, the Beatles are the most recognizable music act of all time. They inspired an entire generation of musicians and united people together for the love of music. Throughout the Beatles’ careers, they have become a symbol of love because of the way…

Sutcliffe. In the summer of 1957, Paul McCartney and John Lennon met in Liverpool, they were both teenagers. (Internet Movie Database 1). Paul was astonished by John’s skills on acoustic guitar, and was invited soon after to join John’s group called The Quarrymen (Internet Movie…

By 1960 the band made its final name change The Beatles by 1962 The Beatles made their first song Love Me Do but not long after in1962 Paul Wrote PS I Love You a song about his girlfriend Dot Rhone then came Please Please Me, then Ask Me Why John wrote this after his Break up with his Breakup with his girlfriend Cynthia. I Saw Her Standing There this was their first song on their first album and one of the five songs they played on the Ed Sullivan Show. Misery is the next song that was written…

"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now" (“Beatles’ Bio”). This statement will come as a shock, maybe considered disrespectful by many, but it holds some amount of truth. The Beatles had so many adoring, devoted fans, yhey were more popular than Christianity until they comment inspired negative outbursts. This controversial comment came from John Lennon, a member of the Beatles, a band who…

and his approach with women, and his musical talent. John Lennon expressed in a quote "Nothing affected me until i heard Elvis. Without Elvis, there would be no Beatles." After Lennon discovered Elvis he was effected to create his first band the Quarrymen. He was so inspired by Elvis and his ways that he asks his mother Julia, "Why can't God make me Elvis?". Lennon also used the quote “Before Elvis, there was nothing” many times in many contexts.(“Elvis…