Author: Joe

For one night only, the group performed as The Silver Beats, for their first proper show for Liverpool promoter Brian Kelly.

London-based music promoter Larry Parnes travelled to Liverpool to audition groups to back Billy Fury on a tour of northern England and Scotland. The audition took place at the …

This date saw the first of two dates by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, performing as the Nerk Twins at the Fox and Hounds pub in Caversham, Berkshire.

The second Biennial John Moores Exhibition opened at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery on 17 November 1959. Among the exhibits was Summer Painting by Stuart Sutcliffe, an art school student …

This was the Quarrymen’s penultimate Saturday night show at the popular Casbah Coffee Club, a members-only club situated in the basement of a large house in Liverpool’s Hayman’s Green.

This was the Quarrymen’s fifth performance at Mona Best’s Casbah Coffee Club, a members-only venue in Liverpool’s Hayman’s Green.

The Quarrymen performed at Mona Best’s Casbah Coffee Club on seven consecutive Saturdays between August and October 1959. This was their third engagement at the venue.

Following their success performance on the opening night of the Casbah Club, the Quarrymen were booked for a Saturday night residency by the owner, Mona Best.

The Quarrymen performed at this venue on just one occasion. As with their 1 January performance at Wilson Hall, it was a late Christmas party.

This was the last known performance by the Quarrymen at Wilson Hall. Unlike the previous three, it wasn’t promoted by Charlie ‘Mac’ McBain, and there were no Teddy boys …

Following their audition for Carroll Levis’ TV Star Search in October 1958, Johnny and the Moondogs were invited back to Manchester’s Ardwick Hippodrome for to appear in the stage …

Although the Quarrymen had entered the competition the previous year without success, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison travelled to Manchester for another preliminary audition for the ABC …

The Quarrymen recorded two songs at Phillips Sound Recording Services, a home studio in Liverpool, on 12 July 1958. It was the first recording session featuring John Lennon, Paul …

This picture of John Lennon with friend and Quarrymen manager Nigel Walley was uncovered by the BBC during research for a 2007 episode of Inside Out.