• The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") were a British skiffle/rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved...
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    Len Garry (category The Quarrymen members)
    English musician, best known for being a member of The Quarrymen, a band who would later evolve into The Beatles. Garry was born at 77 Lance Lane, Wavertree...
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    primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles evolved from Lennon's previous group, the Quarrymen, and built their reputation by playing clubs...
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  • Chas Newby (category The Beatles members)
    a charity group, the Racketts. In 2016, Newby began performing as a member of the Quarrymen, the band that was the precursor to the Beatles. Newby died...
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    Rod Davis (musician) (category The Quarrymen members)
    English musician, best known for being a member of The Quarrymen, a band who would later evolve into The Beatles. Davis was born in Smithdown Hospital, Sefton...
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    John Lennon (redirect from The smart Beatle)
    1956, he formed the Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called "the smart Beatle", Lennon initially was the group's de facto...
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    African kwela bands, the same sort of bass has a tea chest as a resonator. The Quarrymen, John Lennon and Paul McCartney's band before the Beatles, featured...
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  • skiffle groups of the day, including The Quarrymen. Under the advocacy of the influential Seeger family, the copyright was eventually restored to Cotten...
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  • Eric Griffiths (category The Quarrymen members)
    dry cleaner, he was best known as the guitarist in the original lineup of the Quarrymen until he left the group in the summer of 1958. Born in Denbigh,...
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    group, the Quarrymen, in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called "the cute Beatle", McCartney later immersed himself in the London...
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