06/07/2012

It was 55 years ago today ... that John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time






On July 6, 1957, The Quarrymen were playing an afternoon show in a field near St. Peter’s Church in Woolton, Liverpool. It was there through a mutual friend that The Quarrymen’s singer—some guy named John Lennon—would meet some guy named Paul McCartney. Little did they know 55 years ago, as Paul taught John how to tune a guitar, that they’d someday be the world’s foremost songwriting team and, you know, The Beatles. Remarkably, someone recorded The Quarrymen’s set that day; the tape was sold at Sotheby’s for £78,500—the highest price ever paid for a recording at the time.

2 comments:

Since 1963 said...

The Day John Met Paul is a lovely little book to read. I recommend it.

Anonymous said...

I made a pilgrimmage to that field in 1979 - I put some flowers I picked into my Hunter Davies book.