| 1934 |
| 19 |
September |
Brian Epstein is born in Liverpool |
| 10 |
September |
Cynthia Powell is born in Blackpool |
| 1940 |
| 29 |
June |
Stuart Sutcliffe is born in Edinburgh,
Scotland |
| 7 |
July |
Ringo Starr is born at the Royal Liverpool
Children's Hospital |
| 9 |
October |
John Lennon is born at the Oxford Street
Maternity Hospital in Liverpool |
| 1941 |
| 24 |
January |
Pete Best (Randolph Peter Best) is born in
Madras, India |
| 1942 |
| 18 |
June |
Paul McCartney is born at Walton Hospital,
Liverpool |
| 1943 |
| 25 |
February |
George Harrison is born at home, 12 Arnold
grove, Wavertree, Liverpool |
| 1957 |
| - |
March |
John forms The Black Jacks Skiffle Group with
Pete Shotton, which is later renamed to The Quarry Men |
| 9 |
June |
The Quarry Men audition for Carroll Levis's TV
Star Search at Liverpool's Empire Theatre but fail to qualify |
| 6 |
July |
Paul meets John for the first time, when he
sees The Quarrymen play at St Peter's Church garden fate in Liverpool. A Tape of
Baby Let's Play House
has been sold to EMI |
| 20 |
July |
Paul is invited to join The Quarrymen |
| 7 |
August |
The Quarrymen perform at the Cavern Club for
the first time in Liverpool |
| 18 |
October |
Paul's debut performance with The Quarrymen,
at the New Clubmore Hall, Liverpool. He played lead guitar, but after making a
mess of his sole is demoted to rhythm guitar |
| 1958 |
| 6 |
February |
George meets The Quarrymen and is later
invited to join them due to his growing skill as a guitar player |
| 15 |
July |
Julia, John's mother is killed by a speeding
car when crossing the road after leaving his Aunt Mimi's house |
| - |
- |
Phillip Sound Services, Liverpool recorded:
That'll be The Day, In Spite Of All The Danger |
| 1959 |
| 25 |
March |
Ringo joins Roy Storm and the Hurricanes which
at that time was a top Merseyside band |
| 29 |
August |
The Quarrymen play at the opening night of the
Casbah Club, owned by Pete Best's mother. The group now consists of: John, Paul,
George and Ken Brown but they still have no drummer |
| 10 |
October |
Ken Brown quits the Quarry Men |
| 15 |
November |
As Johnny and The Moondogs, John, Paul and
George make the final audition for Carroll Levis' TV Star Search at the
Liverpool Empire Theatre |
| 1960 |
| - |
- |
Years Roll Along |
| - |
January |
Stuart Sutcliffe, friend of John Lennon at Art
College joins The Quarry Men as the bass player as urged by John |
| - |
May |
The Quarry Men become The Beatals |
| 10 |
May |
The Beatals become The Silever Beetles and
audition as a backing group for Billy Fury, but are booked to tour Scotland as
backing for Johnny Gentle instead |
| 20-28 |
May |
The Silver Beetles tour Scotland. The group
have also given themselves stage names: 'Long John' Lennon, Paul Ramon, Carl
Harrison, Stu De Stael , Tommy Moore (no change) on drums |
| - |
June |
The Silver Beetles become The Beatles before
reverting to The Silver Beetles |
| - |
July |
The Silver Beatles become The Silver Beatles |
| - |
August |
Paul McCartney phones Pete Best asking him if
he was interested in joining the band. Pete discussed the situation with his
fellow Blackjacks (his current band) who happily agreed that Pete should take up
his place with the Silver Beatles. |
| 12 |
August |
Pete Best joins the Silver Beatles as the
drummer |
| 16 |
August |
The group finally become The Beatles |
| 17 |
August to
3 October |
The Beatles play at the Indra Club on
Hamburg's Grosse Freiheit
may have recorded the following at the Indra Club:
Hallelujah, I Love Her So, You'll Be Mine, Cayenne,
I Don't Know,
I Don't Need No Cigarette Boy,
I Will Always Be In Love With You,
I'll Follow The Sun,
World Is Waiting For The Sunrise,
You Must Write Every Day |
| 15 |
October |
Fever - John Lennon, Paul McCartney and
George Harrison performed as a backing group for Lu Walters of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, at the Akustic Studio. Ringo Starr, also of the Hurricanes, substituted for Pete Best as drummer during this session. This is the first session to include all four Beatles together. However, for this track, Ringo played drums without John, Paul or George. No copies of this recording have surfaced. |
| 1961 |
| 9 |
February |
Perform for the first time at The Cavern Club,
for a lunchtime session |
| 21 |
March |
Perform for the first time in an evening
session at The Cavern Club |
| 27 |
27 March to
2 July |
Make their second trip to Hamburg and play at
the Top Ten Club on the Reeperbahn |
| 22-23 |
June |
Play in a professional recording studio for
the first time, backing singer Tony Sheridan and recorded
My Bonnie.
They also performed the following on their own:
Ain't She Sweet,
Cry For A Shadow and possibly: Some Other Guy |
| 9 |
November |
Brian Epstein visits The Cavern Club at
lunchtime to see the Beatles performing |
| 3 |
December |
Attend their first business meeting with Brian
Epstein at his record store |
| 6 |
December |
Brian Epstein offers to manage the group and
John accepts on their behalf |
| 9 |
December |
Play their first concert down south at the
Palais Ballroom, Aldershot, but it is not advertised so only 18 people turn up |
| 13 |
December |
A&R man Mike Smith of Decca Records comes to
see the Beatles play at The Cavern Club |
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