Lennon and McCartney continued to write songs together, and Harrison joined The Les Stewart Quartet with Les Stewart and guitarist Ken Brown. When Mona Best opened the Casbah coffee club on 29 August 1959, Ken Brown arranged for the quartet to be its resident band. When Brown missed rehearsals to help decorate The Casbah, Les Stewart refused to play with the band. Brown and Harrison recruited Lennon and McCartney on short notice to help them fill the residency, and the new band used the old name ‘The Quarrymen’. On 10 October there was an argument between the band and Mona Best over the band's fee for performing in The Casbah that night. Ken Brown had showed up at the gig, but was too ill to perform. Mrs. Best insisted Ken deserved to be paid for showing up, but the rest of the band insisted on being paid his share of the band's fee. In the end The Quarrymen walked out of The Casbah, ending their residency.
The band next appeared as Johnny and The Moondogs at The Carroll Levis Auditions at The Empire Theatre, in Liverpool. By May 1960, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison had been joined by Stuart Sutcliffe, and three months later they invited Mona Best's son, drummer Pete Best, to join the band and come away with them to West Germany. They tried several other names, including the Silver Beetles, before settling on The Beatles for their performances in Hamburg in August 1960. When the group returned to Liverpool, Sutcliffe left the group, choosing to remain in Hamburg. (He died shortly afterwards.) In August 1962, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison decided to dismiss Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr. The final lineup of the Beatles was now in place and remained intact until the group disbanded in 1970
The band next appeared as Johnny and The Moondogs at The Carroll Levis Auditions at The Empire Theatre, in Liverpool. By May 1960, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison had been joined by Stuart Sutcliffe, and three months later they invited Mona Best's son, drummer Pete Best, to join the band and come away with them to West Germany. They tried several other names, including the Silver Beetles, before settling on The Beatles for their performances in Hamburg in August 1960. When the group returned to Liverpool, Sutcliffe left the group, choosing to remain in Hamburg. (He died shortly afterwards.) In August 1962, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison decided to dismiss Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr. The final lineup of the Beatles was now in place and remained intact until the group disbanded in 1970
