Pete Best by the Beatles

[nintend0productions2]

.. everyone loved pete and they got their contract with pete not ringo.. i fukin love ringo though. but pete was with them for two years before ringo started drumming for em. <3 pete & <3 ringo :3

[dianabeat1972]

I think "Beatle" means: Good, Great and Better !!!!!!! What does "a beatle" mean ? It's too clear !!!! Besides George Martin didn't want Pete for the record sessions because during the audition he observed Pete didn't do well !!! I really feel bad and sad about Pete, but that is life !

[FabFM]

@dianabeat1972 He didn't want Ringo either, hence andy white drummed on the first single and Starr played tambourine (I'm sure Martin would have let Best play that). Ringo Starr wasn't allowed in on the second session either, which lead Ringo to comment "I thought they were doing a Pete Best on me".

[awhislyle]

If Paul would go record drum parts for Ringo, he could have done it for Pete too

[dempsey981]

u cant pull off any live gigs at all....without a rock solid steady drummer,its that simple.ive read again and again best wasnt up to speed.cruel but real.

[bd9598]

@dempsey981 Exactly

[newallthestars100]

Don't get me wrong, I love Ringo. I just think they could've handled his sacking better, like, actually kicked him out themselves.

[newallthestars100]

He was cute. Too bad he wasn't up to par.

[WisMiss101]

The accurate John Lennon quote says this: "Pete Best was a drummer; Ringo Starr was a Beatle." (Beatles Monthly Book #249, January 1997, page 5) -- Not "good" or "great" or "better" -- just "a drummer."

[drakmaify]

after all has been said I feel for this guy for in a world of some trillion human beings he could have been one of the four BEATLES now it does not get any worse than that.

[desperadoxl]

Pete, Ringo, John, Paul and George, were all Beatles. All of them were great.

[yetimichael]

He didnt leave The Beatles he was kicked out because George Martin didnt like his drumming...

[miss212AUT]

omg!! Pete was soooo handsome b4!! DREAMY <3

[musicman6399]

pete best mother,offered her basement to the quarry men so they could have a place to play...VIP

[bauersnarky]

Any other beatle geeks notice that the footage of the boys on a boat was filmed in amsterdam when allan was talking about hamburg? 

[FabFM]

"There name liveth forever more"... regardless of what happend, that also includes Pete Best!

[politicaboricua]

Pete Best was kicked out because he wouldnt sleep with Brian Eipstein like John Lennon did.

[FabFM]

@politicaboricua That claim would be more substantial if it was Ringo who slept with Brian.

From what I have heard Best say, Epstien didn't want to fire him and it took him several minutes after he entered the office for Brian to come to the point. He even offered to start a new group for Best. Best decided not too.

[FabFM]

The TV station made Pete say he left, they didn't want to upset The Beatles by telling everyone about the cowardly way they dismissed Best. Pete may have been a better baker than a drummer, but that only means there are at least two things he is better at than Ringo Starr.

[kevinturvy]

Ive got a secret...." yea here is Pete best he used to be the drummer in the Beatles but he left"..

The crowd must have been thinking this guy a a fuckin idiot, he sits there like a goon smiling.

Pete mate, you did not leave the band, you got booted out good and proper, Lennon said 'HE WAS ONLY IN THE BAND BECAUSE HE HAD A DRUM KIT, A CAR AND A PLACE FOR THEM TO PRACTICE"

Keep on making bread Pete, i have always said that peter best was always a better baker than he was a drummer

[kevinturvy]

Once they got rid of the chimpanzee on the drums they really came into there own

[justsomedude777]

i think they were jealous because back then he was better looking LOL

[FabFM]

@TheDiddlysquat You talk a lot of nonsense. All one needs to do is read the original Mersey-beat magazines printed in Liverpool in 1960 and 1961 to see how popular he was at the time. And the reason he never had a national hit is because he had fans in Liverpool only, which was not a large enough fan base to sell enough records to break the national charts! How does history prove Best was not the most popular beatle? Again, this is backed up by magazines printed at the time!

[RaysTrack]

I've met Pete Best and heard him play - he certainly can.

[spazola789]

@sergeitalos452 I'm not sure it's fair to not like The Beatles because you didn't like John Lennon. They were young, stupid, arrogant kids when they sacked Pete. I'm not a big fan of John Lennon as a person in his early days either, but that doesn't stop me from liking The Beatles, because if their music was amazing. If you judged Oasis by the same criteria then every single person should fricking hate them, because Liam and Noel are way more assholic than John ever was.

[sergeitalos452]

the way pete best was sacked from the beatles, is the darkest chapter in the bleatles history, and I feel sorry for him, he was a great musician, and the attitude the other members of the band deeply disgusted me, I've never liked john lennon, it is true he was a great musician, and he did a lot of good thing as an activist, but as a person he was big asshole, he was arrogant, reckless and stupid and thats the reason why I've never liked the beatles

[tauroscorp]

@sergeitalos452 But Pete Best came best along with John Lennon, he considered him as a good friend. Well, not so nice done from Johnny...

[BabyFace1946]

WOW - just wow. this is why i love the beatles

[Carthsting]

Couldnt they all be together?

Stu and Pete and all others....

[sacramentolove]

@Carthsting No they couldn't, because when the Beatles were moving away from Hamburg, Germany for their next gig, Stu chose to stay in Germany with his girl friend, but sadly Stu died at age 21, because of a brain damage. Pete only knew how to play drums, and his drumming was very suckish. So, Pete was replaced by Ringo in 1962.

[Carthsting]

@sacramentolove It was rethorical question, but thanks of reminding me of Backbeat, Birth of Beatles and In his life: John Lennon story all over again lol.

[sacramentolove]

@Carthsting Np :)

[FabFM]

@sacramentolove I am a huge Beatles fan and always will be, but to say Best couldn't play the drums is complete drivel. He was in the band for 2 years, the only reason Ringo was interested in being in the Beatles was because they got a recording contract, and it's no secret that not only was Pete popular with fans then, but he was praised for his drumming by Merseybeat magazine on a regular basis! You can hear Pete's drumming on many recordings and he was no worse (or better) than Ringo!

[WiltatKansas]

Pete Best was the most cute beatle

[timotastic]

Pete played the drums for two years and in Hamburg many many hours per day, so how he would've been a terrible drummer? There are so many witness that he was a good drummer. You should watch Pete Best Story and read what Chris Curtis from The Searchers said about him, he said Pete Best was a genius.

[elcaifo]

@timotastic Just listen to the Hamburg and Decca tapes. His drumming was "OK". Nothing more than that. Kicking to the bass drum incesantly is not a great drumming style.

[timotastic]

@elcaifo It was his style and I think he wasn't best at those recordings. There are so many eyewitnes who are saying that he was good, ''if you haven't seen The Beatles in Cavern with Pete Best, you haven't seen the Beatles.'' So many people these days are just saying about things they don't know neccesarely anything.

[26highstreet]

@timotastic History tells us all we need to know, pete best tried but failed to have a career in music and the beatles with ringo starr well that tells you it all really...

cant argue with history and petes only place in history is because he was once in the beatles and that was because they needed a drummer and didnt have one.

Lennon has said on many occasions that once they got a decent drummer best was going to get booted out of the band..

ringo was already earning a living as a drummer

[tauroscorp]

@26highstreet Well, even Paul McCartney said that Pete Best was a good drummer, so.............

[timotastic]

@elcaifo and listen to Lee Curtis & The All Stars version of Skinnie Minnie and the songs of Pete Best Four.

[timotastic]

@unlikeanyotherhuman Wouldn't you in the same situation..? =P

[CaptJach]

It's about the music, not looks. The chick fans may have noticed their looks, but that wouldn't mean anything today. It was about music & talent. I'm sure Pete's a nice guy & he was quite handsome. But his drum parts were generic while Ringo's drum parts were clever, original and had that certain fire that matched the other 3. Reminds me of Steve Howe & Rick Wakeman replacing Peter Banks & Tony Kaye in Yes. Actually Tony & Peter were quite good, but not a fit like Steve & Rick.

[80sVideoLord]

Maybe Ringo was noted for having a good disposition, besides talent. It hard to have a band w/an asshole..John was an asshole and maybe Pete had a strong personality and told him to piss off one time too many, and John found it a distraction...maybe John never wanted it to become public that Pete was shaggin Cyn or sumthin'.. c'mon..it's too crazy, nobody knows why he was booted?.what are the Beatles some dark lodge?I really do feel for Pete..He is the FU**in man for not killing himself -no joke

[timotastic]

@80sVideoLord Actually Pete got very well along with John but perhaps not with Paul and George. I doubt that Pete said John to piss off.

[80sVideoLord]

..(con't) I mean they're such mega-stars that we study them. It looks like it will always be that way. It's fascinating, the story of Pete Best. He was very important to making the Beatles be who they were. Him and Stu - that was the serious Beatles, then. Brian saw the talent - or beleiving in them helped them or evrything. Brian's story is an interesting one, too. Pete and Stu looked like movie stars next to the others. They wereyet to become the superband - but it was in the works.

[80sVideoLord]

I dunno - I figure it like this; those farkin' Beateles we're smart, or clever or cunning or all of that...Pete, all in all gave the band more looks, whish gave them an edge on the bar scene, but would have changed the whole equation if he could have remained, for friendship or loyalty. I don't think it was as simple as he wouldn't lay Brian, he wasn't a GREAT drummer, maybe he was a good one, but it looks like they decided that they had the talent to be mega-stars but he'd impede that..sad..

[kidzsanlorenzo]

Billionaires always owe money to poor bastards and never give it to them, that's how they become Billionaires in the first place !!

[danziiiiiiiiiggggggg]

He was fuckin hot thats what he was!!! Him and Stu Sutcliffe were the original hotties in The Beatles!!! And Paulie...........and John...........and george.heheheh :)

[garnerefc123]

wasnt der sum1 in the quarry men b4 pete

[ILoveRingoStarr4ever]

second fav next to RIngo!!!

[pinkdahlia182]

i feel so sorry for him,they treated him really bad when they asked him to leave and he seems to be a nice,quiet guy=/

(and i think if he was still with the band all the girls would have fell in love with him rather paul or the others=P)

[hauntboy]

The bearded guy at the start of the video - is that Tony Sheridan?

[steve7onfire]

@hauntboy yes it is

[supsupese]

he didnt "leave" he was kicked the fuck out for being a shit drummer

[altersachse]

@supsupese You haven´t got a clue

[yowzephyr]

This guy's voice sounds a helluva lot like John Lennon's voice.

[zapspace]

In 1995, Pete was paid 3 million pound for his recordings on the Anthology catalogue...

[HippieGoddess142]

I just found out there was an original drummer in the Beatles today

[LaFayta]

There wasn't a Beatle drummer until Ringo? That's a load of crap. Pete played with them for 2 long years.....This guy is full of shite. He's taking the piss......

[NoCheeseAndNoSocks]

I think when the anthology was released a few years ago with so many early recordings with Pete Best on it - it basically blew that guys comments out of the water. It may be debateable how good Pete Best was compared to Ringo... but he could definately play drums and clearly did so with The Beatles....

[ironbuttermilk]

@LaFayta Tommy Moore played before Pete and was supposed to be great. I love Pete, he's fine and a sweet guy.

[JacX1]

@LaFayta

he means pete best never really cut it. He was a terrible drummer, but fit the part as long as he could till they found a real drummer worthy of the name beatle.

[altersachse]

@JacX1 I´m sorry, but you don´t know what you are talking about. Pete was a good drummer, but was the most popular beatle with the girls, which McCartney couldn´t stand, so off with Pete on with Starr

[JacX1]

@altersachse

no pete was never a good drummer, he just had a place they could practice, his mother own a club, and he owned a car, he was with them cause at the time it was a convenience to have him in the band, but the beatles at the time would have taken anyone, they even had a bass player that wasn't that good at the bass. But you work with what you got... that's what they did. Pete was just a temporary thing. I like pete though... he just sucked as a drummer.

[tauroscorp]

@JacX1 Utter bollox! Pete Best was considered as a good enough drummer if you ask people who saw the band in Liverpool and Hamburg.

[FabFM]

@JacX1 Best was worthy of the name Beatle for two years. If he had been in the band two weeks that claim may be valid, truth is they didn't like the fact he had such a strong personality so replaced him with the laid back Ringo Starr as soon as they knew fame was heading their way!

[pigurine]

I read where Pauls dad bitched him out for getting all the girls attention. I think Paul conspired to get rid of him,jealousy and

John often said that the Beatles were the biggest bastards of all time. They are and will always be the greatest band of all time

[carlos7217]

John used the word Beatle in a nod towards Buddy Hollys band,the Crickets...

[carlos7217]

the beatles were always known as the beatles,but spelt differently,the beetles,beatals,beetles,beetal­s,..in the end Lennon decided on the Beatles,incorparating the then cool word "beat" in to the name,they were called the silver beatles for a seris of gigs,..but soon resortted back..

[jlejra]

I heard that Pete Best was the drummer of the Silver Beatles not of the Beatles.

[mroctopuslungs]

the Beatles were known as the Beetles and the Silver Beetles originally

[aquasat02]

@jlejra thats right

[MotherEarth1000]

Wow! How unlucky!!!! Such a pity

[jdlewis60]

This guy at 1:13, I have heard him make 20 different excuses as to why Pete Best was replaced. He's full of crap.

[adamkincaid1234]

That guy was Allan Williams, the first manager of the Beatles. He's full of hard luck stories, wrote a book "The man who gave The Beatles away"

[jadeblatz]

Sorry had to continue this story. When Brian asked Williams whether or not he should sign the Beatles and Williams famously stated: "Brian I wouldn't touch them with a bargee pole!"

[jadeblatz]

Great story. In response to thePharoah90086's comment I think when they came back from Hamburg they had a fight with Alan Williams. Williams wanted to get paid and the Beatles had no money because Pete, Paul and George where deported and John and Stuart spent all their money flying back home. I think before Brian Pete and Mona Best booked gigs for them. Brian went to Williams before he signed him to ask about any outstanding contracts which there was none.

[whathoney73]

Ringos self taught drumbeat is unique and brilliant with nuance and far superior to Best. No other drummer could have been the Beatles drummer.

[timotastic]

Ringo wasn't superior comparing with Best. Joh Lennon self said that ''Pete is agreat drummer but Ringo is a great beatle''. So it was more about personal than musical matters.

[sharkey4123]

I got a book called "Treasures of The Beatles" for Xmas. There's this one bit in it:

"the following week, Martin gave him his chance to play, and was pleasantly surprised. Whilst not as good as a seasoned session man like White (Georde Martins regular session drummer), Ringo was a clear improvement on Pete Best"

[timotastic]

Go and watch the clip The Beatles Decca Session (Part 1) on Youtube.

[thePharoah90086]

Classic Story !!! ... John Lennon , ShopLifting a Harmonica !!!

[FabFM]

Theres no need to feel sorry for Pete anymore, this is not the mid-1960s, he's got over it. He's got a good family life now.

[thePharoah90086]

maybe We should feel-sorry for Norman Chapman , One of Peter Best's Predecessors !!!

[FabFM]

lol... however, he was in the band in 1912... Best was fired a month before "love me do" hit the charts, there is a difference.

[thePharoah90086]

recently , while "surfing" the Web , I came across a Site (don't remember the URL , tho) , where "Somebody" really did Their "HomeWork" , listing ALL of the "Known" Members of the QuarryMen/SilverBeatles/Beatle­s , in-Addition-to a Couple of OddBall Groups that George or Paul or Pete Best had been a Member-of.

[ButteryAssBacon]

poor Pete

[jon2xu]

the beatles are wearing black leather? they look like a punk band. Best really does with his hair. They look like a punk band from 1977.

[MagiMysteryTour]

That's Allan Williams their first manager telling the story of their trip to Hamburg.

2:30 The I.O.U. from Paul for 15 quid will be worth more as a collector's item than to be paid off, even with interest.

[PlanetBW2]

Allan Williams thought they wouldn't make it far so he left them.

[thePharoah90086]

I've always been led to believe that Alan Williams was still Their Manager when the Group met Brian Epstein ... I've seen (Legal ???) Documents indicating that the (Silver)Beatles were "signed" to William's "Company" , Jacaranda Productions ... does Anyone know if Epstein bought-out That "Contract" from Williams ??? ... or was It a Case of "sorry , Charlie" ???

[Youngandwilde]

poor pete, I felt bad for him from 0:34...0:58 :(

[dvs1572]

thanks for uploading this

[giorgi19]

joder hte beatles eran 6