Today is your day Boomer! Many Boomers are voracious readers...and it amazes me what you learn when you read both fiction and non-fiction! For example, things I didn't know about the Fab Four...from John Ewing's 1994 biography "The Beatles": *Former names of the band: Quarrymen, Silver Beetles, Rainbows, Johnny and the Moondogs. *"Beetles" was a take-off name on the backup band, The Crickets, for Buddy Holly. *The name that stuck was "Beatles" based on the old term "The Beat" or Rock n’Roll. *Both John and Paul had their Moms die at an early age. *George joined the band very young at age 15 and didn’t get much respect. *Richard Starkey joined as drummer and changed his name to a shortened Starr and Ringo because of all the rings he wore on his fingers. *John and Paul wrote over 50 songs in their first two years, but only “Love Me Do” was a hit, their first big hit. *Paul, in the early days, taught John how to tune a guitar. *John’s first guitar cost about 40 dollars and came from a mail catalogue. *Pete Best was the original drummer and was actually considered the most handsome and popular band member in Liverpool. *Their first professional recording…”My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean”. *In 1962, the band-on their way to their first recording session in London-got lost in the snow. *Decca Records dumped them after two months for another group called The Tremeloes….who? *In 1962, John married Cynthia Powell; he played with the band every night during his honeymoon with best man Paul. *They did their first Christmas record in 1963 as Beatlemania took off. *Their entire first album was recorded in one day, a 13-hour session, with hits like “I Saw Her Standing There”. Interesting stuff, with more to come as I continue to read. Cheers Boomers!

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