It was 50 years ago today.
It was Saturday 6 July 1957 when John and Paul met for the first time.
This is what Wikipedia says:
On Saturday 6 July 1957 the band (the Quarrymen) played at St. Peter’s Church garden fête.[1] In the afternoon they played on a stage in a field behind the church. After the set, Ivan Vaughan, a pal of Lennon who was attending the event with another of his friends Paul McCartney introduced his two friends to each other. Lennon and McCartney chatted for a few minutes while the band was setting up in the church hall for the second set.[1] McCartney demonstrated how he tuned his guitar and sang Eddie Cochran’s „Twenty Flight Rock“ and Gene Vincent’s „Be-Bop-A-Lula“, and a medley of Little Richard hits to his own guitar accompaniment.[2] The evening show started at 8 p.m. and admission cost two shillings.
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