A school band


John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were four young men from Liverpool. They shared a love of America's new music: rock and roll.

The group started as John’s school band. He met Paul McCartney at a summer fete in 1957. A few months later McCartney met the younger George Harrison on a bus.

John then asked his best friend from art school, Stuart Sutcliffe to play bass. A drummer named Pete Best completed the group.