John Lennon and Paul McCartney were close confidantes, but one of the most important people in the former’s life was Stuart Sutcliffe. Lennon and Sutcliffe met as students at art college and ...

Cynthia believed Lennon was a positive force in Sutcliffe’s life. “Stuart was so wrapped up in his work that he didn’t have a girlfriend and often forgot to eat,” she wrote in her book John.

Though Stuart Sutcliffe was only briefly a Beatle, he made a lasting impact on John Lennon. The two met in school and quickly became close friends. This may have come as a surprise to their peers ...

Cynthia Lennon believed John Lennon had lots of potential. Here's why the rest of Liverpool didn't agree with her.

Paul McCartney made the Hofner bass guitar famous, not the other way around. Indeed, it was McCartney who made bass players ...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon took a hitchhiking trip in the early 1960s. Their fun nearly destroyed The Beatles before they ...

The musicians who would become the Beatles played some of their earliest shows at the Casbah Coffee Club, a music venue in ...

Starr joined the band in 1962; before him, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best were members. The former was one of Lennon’s ...

Ask anyone what the best song is and you'll probably disagree with them. Discuss it in a group and it will fast become a hot ...

The trio, who went through name changes before again calling themselves The Quarrymen, were joined by bass player, Stuart ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Beatles are known as Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and ...

Cynthia Lennon said that she, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Paul McCartney were the people closest to John Lennon before The Beatles. Lennon had a number of friends, but she didn’t think he could be his ...