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Local band plays the Cavern Club, c. 1962
The Beatles were discovered by their future manager Brian Epstein while playing a residency at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England, in the early 1960s.
The Cavern
In the early 1960s Liverpool, England, was unique among British cities in having more than 200 active pop groups. Many played youth clubs in the suburbs, but some made the big time in cellar clubs such as the Cavern Club (on Mathew Street) and the Jacaranda and the Blue Angel (on opposite sides of Steel Street) in the center of the city. Previously these clubs had featured New Orleans-style traditional jazz bands and skiffle groups, but their repertoire changed to highlight American rhythm-and-blues hits, some of which sailors brought into the still active port; they were played by groups featuring ...(100 of 230 words)