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Sure, it’s a tired conversational device to say, \u201cWow, it’s hard to believe it’s been X<\/em> years since Y<\/em> happened.\u201d But when it’s true, it’s true. In today’s case, X<\/em> = 55 years and Y<\/em> = the day a sixteen year old John Lennon<\/strong> and a just-fifteen Paul McCartney<\/strong> met at St. Peter’s Church Hall f\u00eate in Woolton, Liverpool. John’s band The Quarrymen<\/strong> were the featured act that day, and Paul met a slightly drunk Lennon that afternoon. Not long thereafter, Paul would join The Quarrymen<\/strong>, an embryonic version of The Beatles<\/strong> that also included George Harrison<\/strong> among its members. It’s no overstatement to claim that the July 6 1957 meeting of Lennon and McCartney set in motion a sequence of events that would change the world.<\/p>\n And that fact remains true whether you are \u2013 as I am \u2013 a lifelong Beatles fanatic, a casual fan (should such animal exist) or \u2013 by some misguided upbringing \u2013 someone who fails to give The Beatles their due as the most important musical group in the history of, well, music.<\/p>\n Because The Beatles formed such an early part of my own musical journey \u2013 the first 45rpm single I ever bought was \u201cLady Madonna\u201d b\/w \u201cThe Inner Light,\u201d the first vinyl LP I ever got (as a gift) was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/em>, one of the first cassette albums I got was The Beatles 1962-1966<\/em>, and I remember clearly when \u201cHey Jude\u201d was in the Top 40 \u2013 I have written about the group and its members a number of times.<\/p>\n This day in history is as good a time as any to take a quick look back at some of these:<\/p>\n There are many others, but those ought to keep interested parties busy on this day worth noting.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/abbey_road.jpg\")
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