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The band was named after Lennon's school, Quarry Bank High School .

Original band members included Lennon, Eric Griffiths , Colin Hanton , Rod Davis , Pete Shotton , and Len Garry .

Lennon met Paul McCartney on July 6, 1957 at St. Peter's Church garden fête. McCartney joined the band by October, and eventually introduced Lennon to friend and guitarist George Harrison.

In 1958, The Quarry Men recorded a demo of two songs; the first was an original Harrison/McCartney tune called "In Spite of All the Danger"; the other was a cover of Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day". A number of songs that were later recorded for Beatles records were originally written at this time including "I'll Follow The Sun", " MichelleThe Beatles songs Michelle is the title of a love ballad by the Beatles, co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, which featured on their Rubber Soul album. The song departs from most of the Beatles' other recordings in that some of the lyrics are in", " When I'm Sixty-FourThe Beatles songs When I'm Sixty-Four is a popular love song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (but co-credited to John Lennon) and released in 1967 on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It is sung by a young man to his love, about", and "One After 909".

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