PETE BEST, I've Got a Secret 1964

The Beatles were JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, and PETE ... that is, until Pete was kicked out of the band in 1962, just as the group was about to take off into the stratosphere.

From 1964, a very special "SECRET ..."

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[GeileMickey]

holy hell, i did not know the guy was this handsome (i am heteroseksual, but not afraid to say that he has the looks) as handsome as ricky nelson, elvis and cliff richard. no wonder they kicked him ou and replaced him with an ugly 5 foot5 tall drummer. it's all politics man. they should have compensated him long ago with 10 millions or so. fucking politics.

[neonknights]

Ringo was a much superior drummer of course, but I still feel so sad about Pete. He was their buddy, their bandmate and went through all the thought years with them, before the luck shined on the band. And his bandmates became millionaires, while he got back to his old job in sleepy little Liverpool.

[ILoveVitas909]

@EdgarPuga Ringo was with Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. The 5 original Beatles were John, Paul, George, Pete, and Stu Sutcliffe.

[aneil68]

@AkiroXKE That's an interesting observation but George was not really instrumental in kicking Pete Best out of the group. I also think that Pete's birthplace had little bearing on his life. It is worth noting that quite a few prominent Britons were born in India. Brigadier General Reginald Dyer, who was responsible for the Amritsar Massacre and was lauded by racist contemporaries as "the saviour of the Punjab," was born in Murree, India (modern day Pakistan). Now THAT is ironic.

[romans52345]

@jsm1113 John Lennon also said that Ringo was the Best Drummer in Rock, Read The Beatles Anthology Book..

[jrahde]

Hello EdgarPuga!

Unfortunately - based on the Polydor recordings, the Decca sessions and the Radio Bristol performance;

Ringo would be playing and Pete would be posing... Despite trying to be as objective as possible.

And if Norman Chapman hadn't got drafted, we would be asking: Ringo who? Pete who?...

Ok, happy birthday to the fifth (=5th) drummer of The Beatles!

All the best

Jukka

[Hattergirl1000]

happy birthday pete best

[EdgarPuga]

If there were 5 original beatles, what was Ringo doing while Peter was playing the drums?

[jrahde]

Hello kennyaltman !

According to the contemporary people; nobody knew Pete Best .

Sad and true; based on the contemporary tapes and records he was a clumsy club drummer. And based on the audiotapes - including this one - he was already in the 1960s a very ordinary person. Not even banal; ordinary...

All the best

Jrahde

[kennyaltman]

This is almost painful to watch. Were these panelists so unhip at the time that they wouldn't have known who Peter Best was upon immediately hearing his name?