Their school song, "Quarry Men, Strong Before Our Birth" was rather prophetic. The name was quickly changed to the Quarry Men, after their Quarry Bank School, partly tongue in cheek, and partly to give the group credibility, according to "Lennon" author Ray Coleman. In March 1957, after acquiring a guitar, John formed a skiffle group with Pete Shotton and for all of a week, they called themselves the Black Jacks. The group went through several name changes, surviving monikers like Johnny and the Moondogs, the Beatals, the Silver Beetles, the Silver Beats, and the Silver Beatles, before eventually settling on the Beatles. Lennon assembled his skiffle group, first calling it the Black Jacks, and then the Quarry Men. But the whole story of the Beatles' name began in 1957, when young Mr. It came in a vision-a man appeared in a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A." "Thank you, Mister Man," they said, thanking him.Īt least that was John Lennon's silly reply to the oft-asked question, as it appeared in Bill Harry's paper, "Mersey Beat," from July of 1961. Many people ask what are Beatles? Why Beatles? Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive? So we will tell you. For a look at the personnel in the various pre-Beatles lineups, click here.) ![]() ![]() Thanks to Dave for allowing us to post this. Dave is also the author of "The Long and Winding Road to the Beatles Anthology," which can also be found here on our site. ![]() (So just where did the name come from? Dave Persails gives an extremely well-researched and detailed look at how the Beatles became the Beatles.
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