On this day in 1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time, forming a friendship that would eventually lead to The Beatles.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon met as teenagers. While they would become close, they were awkward when they first met. Skip to main content. Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Expand Search Collapse Search.

Now 25 years old, he had been a Beatles fan as a teenager, but as a born-again Christian was angered by John Lennon's claim in 1966 that the Liverpool band were "more popular than Jesus".

John Lennon and Paul McCartney made a pact in their teens to share songwriting credit no matter who wrote the tune. Bettmann Archive You are viewing 1 of 4 images Previous Image Next Image ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney changed the world with the 162 songs they wrote for the Beatles, but few demonstrate the creative and emotional complexities of their relationship quite like ...

John Lennon was a tough Liverpool teenager with a well-earned reputation—a rocker with a volatile streak—when he first encountered Paul McCartney. It was a summer day in 1957.

During the posthumous induction of John Lennon to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in mid-January 1994, McCartney brought up the early writing sessions that would help develop their famous Lennon ...

Nowhere Boy tells the story of John as a teenager. It shows his life before The Beatles. ... Lennon Naked stars Christopher Eccleston as John Lennon. It focuses on his life between 1967 and 1971.

John and Julia Lennon. (Photo by Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images) John’s parents Julia and Alfred Lennon first met when they were teenagers and married in secret a decade later in 1938.

In 1984, Paul McCartney released his fifth solo album, Give My Regards to Broad Street, the soundtrack to the film of the same name. Fourteen years on from the break-up of The Beatles, the album ...

John Lennon wrote a book in 1964 that would serve as a sort of foreshadowing to the Beatles' late-1960s psychedelic era. ... Indeed, Lennon was a creative force even when he was a teenager.