Lennon and McCartney

A 16 year-old John Lennon performing at Woolton Parish Church.

It was on this date back in 1957 that John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time. Lennon's group The Quarrymen was performing that afternoon oustide Woolton Parish Church. Paul later recalled John's rendition of The Del-Vikings' "Come Go With Me". "He didn't know the words, but it didn't matter because none of us knew the words either. There's a little refrain which goes, 'Come little darlin', come and go with me, I love you darling.' John was singing, 'Down, down, down to the penitentiary.' He was filling in with blues lines. I thought that was good, and he was singing well." After The Quarrymen's performance Paul was introduced to John by their mutual friend Ivan Vaughan. Paul sang Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" and John was impressed that Paul knew all the words. He was also impressed with Paul's knowledge of guitar chords. Up until this time John was still playing the banjo chords his mother had taught him. "I turned round to him right then on first meeting and said, 'Do you want to join the group?' And he said, 'yes' the next day as I recall it." According to Paul, he wasn't actually asked to join the group until a few days after meeting John but either way, what is certain is that they first met on this date, making it one of the most important anniversaries in all of rock history.