![]() John Duff Lowe, a friend of Paul’s from the Liverpool Institute, who had joined the Quarrymen in early 1958 left the band at the end of school. Other original members of the Quarrymen, Len Garry, Rod Davis, Colin Hanton, Eric Griffiths and Pete Shotton left the band when their set changed from skiffle to rock ‘n roll. Harrison became one of the Quarrymen in early 1958, though he was still only 14. After Paul joined the group his suggested that his friend, George Harrison, join the group. In 1957, Paul met John Lennon and in October he was invited to join John’s skiffle band, The Quarrymen, which Lennon had founded in 1956. He was left-handed and restrung the strings to make it work. In his early teens McCartney learned to play trumpet, guitar and piano. When Paul was 14 his mom died from a blockage in one of her blood vessels. He attended the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys and met fellow classmates George Harrison on a school bus. Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool in 1942. Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chart #41: Please Mister Postman by the Beatles
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