The beatles came of age in the 1950s listening to music by british artists such as lonnie donegan, featuring washboard and washtub bass.

The beatles came of age in the 1950s listening to Skiffle music by british artists such as lonnie donegan, featuring washboard and washtub bass.

Explanation:

    Skiffle is a music style influenced by jazz, blues and country. It was popular with British youth in the 1950s. Skiffle groups used makeshift instruments, such as washing boards and bottles, to give folk songs and simple melodies a fast, rhythmic feel.

    Inspired by Lonnie Donegan's skiffle, John Lennon organized the band The Quarrymen, at first a skiffle band, with his school friends. It would later become The Beatles, a name created by Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe in 1960.