On august 27 , 1967 beatles manger brian epstein was found dead of a drug overdose , possibly intentional 不久, epstein會見了經營著一家屬于emi的小公司parlaphone的george martin 。
By the end the year , liverpool record store owner brian epstein had become the band s manager , and quickly began trying to find them a record contract Paul對當時john的評價: “我記得去了那個地方,看了所有的節(jié)目,也聽了所有的音樂,那是john和他的樂隊。
Though they played mostly covers , lennon and mccartney began writing original songs together , agreeing to forever share songwriting credits , even though they only co - wrote a handful of tunes during their entire career as the beatles . by the end the year , liverpool record store owner brian epstein had become the band s manager , and quickly began trying to find them a record contract . on january 1 , 1962 the beatles auditioned for decca records , performing 12 covers and three originals for a r assistant mike smith 雖然他是聽了一首貓王1956年錄制的傷心旅舍才對流行音樂產生興趣的但“ skiffle ”音樂的興起促使他在1957年3月組建他的第一個樂隊這個樂隊叫“ black jacks ” john彈一把央求他姨媽花17鎊買的吉它而另一位成員pete shotton的樂器是搓衣板。