Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding. Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all. 

Turn Up Your Support

Something historic happened 60 years ago Thursday. That's when 16-year-old John Lennon and 15-year-old Paul McCartney met for the first time. 

Lennon's skiffle band the Quarrymen was getting ready to perform at the Woolton Parish Garden fete in Liverpool.  Ivan Vaughn, who played tea chest bass in the Quarrymen, knew McCartney from school and introduced him to Lennon and the band. 

He impressed them with his knowledge of American rock and roll and ability to play songs like Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock." 

60 Years Ago, 2 Boys Met And The Beatles Began

More Morning Edition music

Arts and Culture

Shows

Morning Edition

Morning Edition: Music

MPR News Staff

Author

Thursday marks the anniversary of when a 16-year-old John Lennon and a 15-year-old Paul McCartney met for the first time.

Today's Morning Edition music based on something that happened 60 years ago today.  That's when 16-year-old John Lennon and 15-year-old Paul McCartney met for the first time. Lennon's skiffle band the Quarrymen was getting ready to perform at the Woolton Parish Garden fete in Liverpool.  Ivan Vaughn, who played tea chest bass in the Quarrymen, knew McCartney from school and introduced him to Lennon and the band. He impressed them with his knowledge of American rock and roll and ability to play songs like Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock." McCartney talked about that day during the taping of a BBC special in 2005.

60 years ago, John Lennon met Paul McCartney. The rest is history

Go Deeper.

Like this?