Thank You, Ivan Vaughan! For Serious Beatles Fans Quiz

Answer: She helped Paul McCartney write the song "Michelle".

Jan Vaughan was a languages teacher whom Paul asked to help add some French words to the Grammy-winning song. She added the "ma belle" part, as well finding a rhyme for "These are words that go together well."

Answer: A bouncer who protected them

A former boxer who had served time for killing a man in a street fight, Fascher worked as a bouncer and took a shine to the English rock 'n' rollers-- especially the loudmouthed young John Lennon. "I could see that if I didn't watch out for them, John would get them into big trouble," Fascher recollected.

Answer: George Toogood Smith

John was very close to his Uncle George, who taught him to read, draw, and paint. Smith's sudden death in 1955 was the first in a series of devastating losses for the 14 year-old Lennon. Within the subsequent 12 years, he would also lose his mother; his friend and bandmate, Stu Sutcliffe, and friend and manager Brian Epstein.

Answer: Chas Newby

Newby temporarily replaced Stuart Sutcliffe on bass when The Beatles returned from their first trip to Hamburg in December 1960, but he had never been a member of The Quarrymen. Soon after Newby's decision to return to university rather than stay on with the band, Paul McCartney became the permanent bassist.

Answer: Alistair Taylor

Prior to a 1995 interview with Taylor, the official Beatles legend was that a young man named Raymond Jones came to Epstein's music store in Liverpool asking for the single "My Bonnie" by The Beat Brothers (The Beatles). This event supposedly prompted Epstein to check out the band during their residency at The Cavern.

However, the story has now been put into question, since Taylor has stated: "I thought that we were losing sales and I wrote an order in the book under the name Raymond Jones and, from that moment the legend grew."

Answer: Geoff Emerick

Disgusted with the constant arguing among the members of the band and with what he perceived as a lack of respect for producer George Martin, Emerick told Martin, "Look, I've had enough" and quit while they were laying down the vocal tracks for Lennon's "Cry Baby Cry". Emerick returned, however, for the recording of The Beatles' final album, "Abbey Road".

Answer: Larry Parnes

Parnes promoted a so-called "stable" of young male singers, whom he dubbed with colorful stage names like Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, and Georgie Fame. The Scottish tour was not very successful; however, later that year the boys landed their first Hamburg gig, which prepared them for their path to stardom.

Answer: Pete Shotton

Kenwood was the home outside of London that John shared with his first wife, Cynthia, who was on holiday in Greece at the time of the incident. Pete was John's childhood friend and a fellow member of his Liverpool juvenile gang, the Outlaws. As boys, the two were thick as thieves and developed quite a reputation for mischief at Quarry Bank Grammar School, where they became known as "Shennon and Lotton".

Answer: Maureen Cleave

The article, printed in the London Evening Standard on 4th March 1966, contained Lennon's fateful quote: "We're more popular than Jesus now." His words spawned intense controversy and even death threats throughout mostly the southern United States, marring the band's upcoming American tour.

Answer: bass

Vaughan briefly shared the role of tea-chest bass player with two others, but he soon quit the group to focus on his studies. Luckily, he remained a supporter of The Quarrymen, inviting his schoolmate Paul McCartney to watch them perform at the St. Peter's Church fete in Woolton on that legendary Saturday afternoon, 6th July 1957.