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Randolph Peter Best ( né Scanland; born 24 November 1941) is an English musician who was the drummer for the Beatles from 1960 to 1962. He was dismissed immediately before the band achieved worldwide fame and is one of several people referred to as a fifth Beatle .
Aug 28, 2013 · The real reason Pete Best left the band. In When They Were Boys, I let the reader make final judgment about why Pete Best was fired as the Beatles' drummer. But the evidence is growing that...
Jun 18, 2024 · By Daniel Rennie | Edited By Leah Silverman. Published June 18, 2024. Before Ringo Starr, the Beatles toured with drummer Pete Best, but differences led to his ousting just before the band reached worldwide success.
The man who put the beat into the Beatles. The Pete Best Band delivers the raw, thumping intensity of the Beatles’ savage sound during the early sixties. The band are proud of their authentic sound and energy.
Mar 21, 2020 · Drummer Pete Best is explaining, not for the first time, what it was like for him that late summer’s day in 1962 when he was sacked suddenly from The Beatles, a beat combo from Liverpool who were...
Jun 27, 2024 · Pete Best (born November 24, 1941, Madras (now Chennai), India) is a British drummer, best known as an early drummer for the Beatles. Best was dismissed from the band before it achieved widespread fame, and he went on to record and perform music with other groups.
Dec 8, 2022 · By 1968, Best retired from music, focusing on family life as he began work as a civil servant. Best made his musical comeback in 1988, teaming up with half-brother Roag at a Beatles convention in Liverpool and forming the Pete Best Band; the man himself remains active even in his early 80s.
