he Quarrymen. He was allowed to join because Johnwas very impressed that he could play "Raunchy," a popular song at the time, note for note(Lewisohn, 3). As soon as George joined, he, Paul, and John dropped out of school (Schaffner,19). This band had three guitarists, singers, and songwriters, but no bass or drums. After tryingmany people, they finally settled on Pete Best on drums. They recruited Stuart Sutcliffe on bass, andalthough he was a talented artist that John had met at school, he could hardly play his instrument (Wiener, 4). The new band had no name, and their early inspirations were Buddy Holly, and theCrickets. John created the name "Beatles," because "'I [John] was looking for a name like theCrickets that means two things. From Crickets I went to Beatles... when you said it people thoughtof crawly things, when you read it it was beat music.'" (Schaffner, 20). So the Beatles were born. They began to play at a club called The Cavern in Liverpool, after a destructive tour in Hamburg,Germany. Soon after this, Stuart became engaged and left the band. To compensate, Paul pickedup the bass and became the permanent bassist. After hearing the young Beatles at The Cavern,Brian Epstein signed on as manager. Soon after, George Martin became their producer on theParlophone Records label. Later, Pete Best was fired from the band, because Paul, John, andGeorge did not like him. This caused some people to become terribly angry, but it did not do toomuch damage to the Beatle's popularity. They signed their friend and later permanent Beatle, RingoStarr, on as drummer (Schaffner, 21).Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940 in Liverpool. He had a sicklychildhood and spent most of his time in and out of hospitals. He had virtually no formal education,and his family came from the slums of Liverpool. His father was a baker and his mother was ahousewife. Prior to the Beatles, Ringo was the drummer for The Hurri...
