George played lead guitar and sometimes sang lead vocals for The Beatles. Like his future bandmates, Harrison was not born into wealth. By his own admission, Harrison was not much of a student, and what little interest he had in his studies was washed away by his discovery of the electric guitar and American rock and roll. As Harrison would later describe, he had a sort of "epiphany" at age 12 or 13 while riding his bike around his neighborhood and first smelling "Heartbreak Hotel." Elvis Presley, who was playing from a nearby house. . By the age of 14, Harrison, whose early rock heroes included Carl Perkins, Little Richard and Buddy Holly, had bought his first guitar and taught himself a few chords.John Winston Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, during a German air raid during World War II. When he was 4, Lennon's parents separated and he ended up living with his aunt Mimi. Lennon was devastated when Julia was fatally struck by a car driven by a police officer in July 1958. Her death was one of the most traumatic events of his life. Elvis Presley inspired Lennon to create a group called the Quarrymen. "I don't think you could have broken four very strong people like them," Ono said later, "even if you had tried. So there must have been something that