History tends to spotlight the big performances and chart-topping albums. But behind those, the course of music has often turned on overlooked moments: chance encounters, offhand decisions, or unexpected realizations. The turning points that follow didn’t always make headlines, but without them, the soundtrack of your life would have been quite different.
#1: John Meets Paul (1957)
It was a seemingly ordinary day at a Liverpool church fête. It was probably the most decisive day in the history of popular music. A 16-year-old boy called John met a 15-year-old called Paul. One played in a skiffle band called The Quarrymen; the other was a skilled multi-instrumentalist. The two shook hands and boom! Nothing was ever the same.
