What was I doing on July 6, 1957, when 15-year-old Paul McCartney went along to hear 16-year-old John Lennon performing with his band at a church f�te in Liverpool?
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When I was young, I worshiped George Gershwin and Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers. I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would work alongside talent that could equal those giants of popular song. But along came John Lennon and Paul McCartney and my life was changed. Of course they leaned on me and worked me to death, but it was so worthwhile, and they still preserved that cheeky charm that had me hooked at the start.
