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Episode 100: “Love Me Do” by the Beatles

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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The Quarrymen - A Memoir of a Time

The Quarrymen were reduced to a trio of Lennon, McCarney and Harrison. Low finished at the Liverpool Institute, and so he drifted away from McCarNEY and Harrison. Hampton had a huge round with the others after a show, and they fell out and never spoke again. The day after that recording, even unreliable plaque at studio where they recorded it is to be believed, something happened which was to have far more impact on the group than the drummer leaving. Julia Lennon had been hit by a car and killed instantly. As you can imagine, John's mother dying caused him a huge amount of distress,. But it also gave him a bond with McCarney, whose own mother

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