I found a qoute that john lennon said about Jimmy Dean yay

"Without James Dean, the Beatles would have never existed." John Lennon

• "[Stewart Sutcliffe] was really our leader, and he was really into the James Dean thing. He idolized him. Stewart died young before we made the big time, but I suppose you could say that without Jimmy Dean, The Beatles would have never existed."
  ...John Lennon (A few weeks before the group recorded its first hit record, "LOVE ME DO," in 1962, fifth member Stewart Sutcliffe died at the age of 21.)