Beatles Notes


To 1962


23 Jun 40 Stu Sutcliffe born
7 Jul 40 Richard Starkey born
9 Oct 40 John Winston Lennon born
18 Jun 42 James Paul McCartney born
24 Feb 43 George Harrison born
5 Jun 55 Mimi's husband, George Smith, dies
31 Oct 56 Paul's mother dies
Mar 57 Quarry Men formed
6 Jul 57 Paul joins
58 Cynthia and John are fellow lettering students at Liverpool College of Art
Feb 58 George joins
15 Jul 58 John's mother killed
?? 58 Jane Asher makes stage debut with "Alice in Wonderland" (was in movies since 55)

Jan 60 Stu Sutcliffe joins
May 60 Royston Ellis introduces them to speed
May 60 Stu suffers head injury
Jul 60 John drops out of art college
16 Aug 60 First trip to Hamburg (106 nights)
17 Aug-3 Oct 60 At the Indra Club
4 Oct-30 Nov 60 At the Kaiserkeller
12 Nov 60 Lord Buckley dies
21 Nov 60 George deported from Germany, Stu stays
5 Dec 60 John follows

Feb 61 Stu briefly returns to UK, was staying with Astrid
15 Mar 61 Stu goes back to Astrid
21 Mar 61 First gig at Cavern Club
1 Apr - 1 July 61 Return to Hamburg for 13 weeks
2 Jul 61 Back in Liverpool
30 Sep 61 John and Paul in Paris for two weeks
9 Nov 61 Brian Epstein visits the Cavern
3 Dec 61 Brian offers to be their manager
27 Dec 61 Beatlemania begins with Liverpool concert


 


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