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The Quarrymen.
In March 1957, while attending Quarry Bank Grammar School in Liverpool, John Lennon formed a skife group called The Quarrymen. -
St. Peter's Church
Lennon and the Quarrymen met guitarist Paul McCartney at the Wooltcn Garden Féte held at St. Peter's Church. -
Harrison joined the Quarrymen
At McCartney's insistence, Harrison joined the Quarrymen as lead guitarist after a rehearsal. -
George Harrison
The young guitarist George Harrison was invited to watch the group (who played under a variety of names) at Wilson Hall, Garston, Liverpool. -
British Invasion
The Beatles directed the mid-1960s musical "British Invasion" of the United States. -
The Beatles began to play in Hamburg
The Beatles began to play in Hamburg, at the Indra Club, they moved to the Kaiserkellec. They were required to play six or seven hours a night, seven nights a week. -
Harrison was deported
Harrison was deported for lying to German authorities about his age. -
The Beatles returned to Hamburg
The Beatles returned to Hamburg performing at the "Top Ten Club". While playing there, singer Tony Sheridan recruited them to act as his backing band on a series of recordings for the German label Polydor Records. -
The Beatles' search for a British recording contract
Epstein took over as the group's manager and led The Beatles' search for a British recording contract. Epstein had been manager of the record department of the North End Music Store (NEMS), an offshoot of his family's furniture store. He played on NEMS' status as a major record distributor to gain access to producers and record company executives. -
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first hits
The Beatles' first EMI session on June 6, 1962 produced no recording deemed release-worthy, but the September sessions a few months later produced a minor UK hit, "Love Me Do", which reached its peak on the charts at number 17. ("Love Me Do" reached the top of the US singles chart more than 18 months later) -
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Their third stay in Hamburg
Their third stay in Hamburg was when they opened The Star Club. -
first recording session
Epstein eventually met Martin, who signed the group to EMI on a renewable one-year deal and scheduled their first recording session at EMI's Abbey Road studios in north London. -
The band's first televised
The band's first televised performance was on People and Places. broadcast live from Manchester on Granada Television -
they recorded their second single
they recorded their second single, "Please Please Me", which reached number two on the UK Official Charts and number one on the NME chart. -
Beatlemania America
As The Beatles' fame spread, the group's frenzied adulation, predominantly from teenage female fans, became known as Beatlemania America. -
Beatlemania crossed the Atlantic
Beatlemania crossed the Atlantic when a crowd of four thousand fans at Heathrow Airport greeted The Beatles as they took off for their first trip to the United States as a group.