On December 8, 1980, John Lennon died. On the Monday Night football game
that day (Patriots vs. Dolphins), Howard Cosell announced it, calling it an
“unspeakable tragedy.”
The Beatles had their origin in the Quarrymen, who were a skiffle/rock group Lennon formed in 1956. The name comes from the Quarry Banks School, which the members attended; Paul McCartney joined the band in 1957 and George Harrison in 1958. In 1997, there was a concert by the surviving members of the original Quarrymen, 40 years after their first performance in 1957, the performance at which John and Paul first met. Perhaps their first recording was Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day."The band is still around, you can find them at http://www.originalquarrymen.
Skiffle is a mix of blues, folk, and jazz that uses improvised instruments, such as washboards and jugs. It became very popular in the UK in the 1950's, and one big skiffle star was Lonnie Donegan; his recording of "Rock Island Line," originally by Leadbelly, sold over a million copies.
If you want to hear some of the original Quarrymen recordings and the songs that influenced them, read on.
You can see/hear the Quarrymen’s first two recordings and more:
---In Spite of All The Danger http://www.youtube.com/watch?
---That'll Be The Day at http://www.youtube.com/watch?
---“I’ll Follow the Sun” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Leadbelly had a great version of the song “House of the Rising Sun,” later a huge hit for The Animals. You can hear it at
His original version of Rock Island Line is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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