Long before they meet, John Lennon and Paul McCartney become obsessed with the same music: Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Little Richard. And soon after Paul joins John’s first band, the Quarry Men, they bond over something more tragic: the sudden loss of a parent. That shared experience brings them closer together as bandmates and songwriters, and lays the foundation for what will become the Beatles.

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