Never before told stories of the Beatles seven-year rise from teenage dreamers to icons, both the heartbreaks and lucky breaks. When They Were Boys, the story of the Beatles rise to fame, focuses on that seven-year stretch from the time the boys met as teenagers to early 1964, when they made their first trip to America. From their humble beginnings in Liverpool to the cellars of Hamburg, When They Were Boys includes both the heartbreaks and the lucky breaks. With an eye for life in Liverpool during the ‘50s and ‘60s and using more than 65 eye-witness accounts from those closest to the Beatles, plus quotes from the stars themselves, Larry Kane brings to life the evolution of the Beatles.