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Pete Best is a main character in David Harrower's 2001 play Presence, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, dramatising the Beatles' time in Hamburg. Andrew Games portrayed Pete Best in BestBeat, which was performed at the Unity Theatre in 2018. The play depicted Best's dismissal in 1962. Discography Albums
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.
Jun 18, 2024 · What Happened To Pete Best, The Original Drummer For The Beatles? 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.
Aug 28, 2013 · 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 Best, the most popular Beatle in the early...
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...
Jul 8, 2023 · Original Beatles drummer Pete Best — best known for being replaced by Ringo Starr — believes the Fab Four wouldn’t have missed a beat if he had not been booted all those years ago.
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.
Aug 16, 2015 · Arguably the most ignominious firing in rock history happened on Aug. 16, 1962. Shortly before recording their debut single, the Beatles dismissed drummer Pete Best.
Mar 19, 2008 · The Beatles' original drummer, Peter Randolph Best was born in 1941 in India, and grew up in Liverpool. He joined The Beatles on 12 August 1960, the day before their first trip to Hamburg, at the invitation of Paul McCartney.
Jan 25, 2020 · Pete Best, a drummer for a number of post Beatle units, had seemingly hung up his sticks in the late sixties. It was Roag, serving a third function as a drummer, who helped draw him back to the live stage.
