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The Quarrymen
John Lennon formed a skiff group called The Quarrymen. -
George Harrison
The young guitarist George Harrison was invited to watch the group at Walison Hall, Gaston, Liverpool. Harrison joined the Quarrymen as lead guitarist. -
Stuart Sutcliffe
Lennon´'s art-school friend Stuart Sutcliffe joined and played bass. -
Deported
Harrison was deported for having lied with to the German authorities about his age. -
First engagement
The reunited group played their first engagement at the Casbah Club (with Chas Newby substituting for Sutcliffe) -
Top Ten Club
The Beatles returned to Hamburg, performing at the Top Ten Club -
First televised performance
The band´s first televised performance was on the People and Places programme, transmitted live from Manchester by Granada Television. -
American radio
Art Roberts, music director of Chicago powerhouse radio station WLS, placed "Please Please me" into radio rotation, making it the first time a Beatles record was heard on American radio. -
Beatlemania
Beatlemania crossed the Atlantic, when a crowd of four thousands fans at Hearthrow Airport waved to The Beatles as they took off their first trip to the US as a group. -
Death
He was 58. Harrison died at a friend's LAhome following a battle with cancer, longtime friend Gavin De Becker told The Associated Press.