Liverpool Wildman Rory Storm Gets Left Behind in Beatles' Wake

In working-class Liverpool, Alan Caldwell was the "Golden Boy." Tall, blond and athletic, a soccer player and a superb cross-country runner, he was also a fanatic for the new sound of rock 'n' roll.

[awc]

Rory Storm and the Hurricanes turned George Harrison away after his audition, but was soon accepted in the Quarrymen.
Funny how Ringo left the Hurricanes to join the Beatles,a simple twist of fate.
Ringo didn't attend Rory's funeral in 1972, when asked why, he replied, "I wasn't there when he was born, either",that Beatle wit.

[David Lara]

I don't know much about Rory Storm, But what I read in the books he was the Rod Stewart of the Hamburg scene.Ringo( aka Richard Starkey ) was drummer For Rory's group The Hurricanes until he joined The Beatles summer of "62".