be credited to "Lennon-McCartney," a promise they kept for nearly fifteen years. Lennon, for his part, contributed more experimental and mystical music during the band's later years, while McCartney was more pop-oriented.
             George Harrison eventually joined, as well as Pete Best, who was replaced on the brink of the group's breakthrough by Ringo Starr. Known variously as the Quarry Men, Johnny & the Moondogs, and the Silver Beatles, they finally settled on the name the Beatles, after the Crickets, whom they idolized. In 1960, a four-month stint in Hamburg, Germany, playing some eight hours a night, helped them get their impressive performing act together and provided the physical endurance training they needed to survive Beatlemania when it hit. Brian Epstien had discovered the band at a local club called the "Cavern" in Liverpool and soon had them signed to a recording contract with George Martin and released their first single "Love Me Do" in 1962.
             Lennon, who had been deeply involved with Cynthia Powell since 1957, married her in 1962 when she became pregnant with their first son Julian. The Beatles' enormous success, which followed almost immediately, was overwhelming beyond belief. As mere mortals, we can only try to imagine what it was like to be a Beatle between 1964 and 1970. Lennon on touring: "Oh, it was a room and a car and a car and a room and a room and a car." Fast-for
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