John Lennon was in a choir that formed Liverpool in 1960.
John Lennon . Born and raised in Liverpool , Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager ; his first band , the Quarrymen , first became the Silver Beatles , and finally , evolved into the Beatles in 1960 . The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 . Rooted in skiffle , beat and 1950s rock and roll , the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles , ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock , often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways . The Quarrymen ( also written as `` the Quarry Men '' ) are a British skiffle/rock and roll group , formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956 , which eventually evolved into the Beatles in 1960 .