 Paul McCartney and John Lennon have in different contexts said that McCartney was invited to join Lennon's band, The Quarrymen, because he knew both the chords and words to "Twenty Flight Rock", a much-admired staple of the bands forming in England at that time.Born Nelda Fairchild, she and her sister Teena (real name Ella) began performing at ages 4 and 5 as a sister act on radio shows.As teenagers living in Southern California, they worked regularly and were cast members on Burt "Foreman" Phillips' musical variety show in Compton, California.