How did The Beatles meet and merge to form the band?
In 1957, John Lennon formed a group called “The Quarrymen”. Soon after, Paul McCartney, joined. Afterwards, George Harrison, who rode on the bus to the Liverpool Institute with Paul McCartney was invited to watch the band play. Harrison would later on become The Quarrymen’s lead guitar player. Eventually, after several lineup changes, The Quarrymen would mold into “The Beatles”. When The Beatles were initially signed to EMI, George Martin suggested that they used a session drummer for recordings as he was unhappy with the timing of Pete Best. The remaining Beatles had some misgivings about Best and prompted by Martin’s musical reservations, asked their manager to sack Best and they recruited Ringo (whom they’d known from Hamburg) to replace him Sources: http://wiki.answers.
