Video: 'How Lennon Met McCartney'

(Saturday, July 6, 1957, late afternoon BST) — John Lennon, 16, first met Paul McCartney, 15, today when Lennon’s band, the Quarrymen skiffle group, performed at the garden fete of St. Peter’s Church in Woolton, Liverpool.

Video: 'John Lennon Meets Paul McCartney July 6th 1957'

Remarkably, the Quarrymen’s evening set was recorded by an audience member, Bob Molyneux, on his portable Grundig reel-to-reel tape recorder.

Recordings of the band performing Lonnie Donegan’s “Puttin’ On The Style” and Elvis Presley’s “Baby, Let’s Play House” were recovered in 1994.

Video: 'Puttin' On the Style - The Beatles (The Quarrymen)'

Video: 'Baby Let's Play House - The Beatles (The Quarrymen)'