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Say Elvis doesn't sign w RCA in 1955, leading to developments similar to those discussed here -- how are the critical teenage years of the OTL Beatles affected? Is it enough to butterfly any of them out of music careers? From what I know of them...

*I can see exactly that happening most easily to George Harrison -- he supposedly started really focusing on music after having an "epiphany" upon hearing "Heartbreak Hotel", a sing that doesn't exist TTL.

*John Lennon is trickier -- he was clearly influenced by Elvis, but he had plenty of others.

*Paul McCartney's the likeliest to end up in music anyway -- his dad was a professional musician who encouraged him, and he more a Little Richard fanboy anyway.

*Of course, if the other three don't get together, butterflies probably assure that Ringo Starr won't get with any of them, much less have a sudden rise to stardom.

Those are my thoughts anyway...
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