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George Harrison was born on February 25,
1943 in Liverpool, England.
The only Beatle who's childhood was not marred by divorce
or death, had two brothers, Harold Jr. and Peter, and a
sister, Louise. His father, Harold, was a bus driver, and
his mother a housewife, who all the kids in the
neighborhood knew and liked.
He attended Dovedale Primary school, two grades behind
John Lennon, and then Liverpool Institute, one grade
below Paul McCartney. George and Paul took the same bus to
school, and soon found they had music and guitars in
common.George and his brother Peter had formed a Skiffle
band, and because they were so young, they had to sneak
out of the house to play their first engagement. Paul
introduced the skinny and pimple-faced George to the
Quarrymen, who was only 14 at the time. Not old enough to
join the group, George hung around with the boys, and
came to idolize John, doing everything he could to
emulate him. George stood in the back of the room at all
their shows with his guitar. A few times he filled in for
the regular guitarist who didn't show up, and the boys
were also welcomed in George's house by his mother to
practice and for an occasional "jam buttie",
encouragement which infuriated John's Aunt Mimi.
Gradually, George became a member of the group, which by
then had come to be called "Johnny and the
Moondogs."