Before The Beatles were The Quarry Men

1957 The Quarry Men, a Liverpool, UK, pop group led by John Lennon, played one of their first gigs (pictured) – at a street party on the back of a coal truck.

Just a few weeks later, on July 6 [qv] that year, Paul McCartney saw the band for the first time, playing at a local church fête, and joined the group soon after ...

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