Not many people know about Pete Best (that is, those who aren’t diehard fans). Before the fourth member of the Fab Four, Ringo Starr joined the Beatles as their drummer, there was another drummer, and his name was Pete Best. Best played with the band for two years before he was kicked out in 1962. The next year, the Beatles became a phenomenon, selling 12 million records in Britain alone. We can call it a bittersweet moment – bitter for Best, sweet for the Beatles.
The Beatles and Pete Best. Source: Pinterest
Apparently, Best never spoke to any of the Fab Four again. So what happened in those two years? Why did Pete Best get ousted? And what’s this “unfinished business” that Best has with Paul McCartney?
This is the rarely told story of one of the Beatles’ forgotten members.