In Reply to: It was fifty years ago today....that the Beatles fired Pete Best posted by TGR on August 16, 2012 at 13:14:54:
My research indicates you're right. The other Beatles were never thrilled with Pete Best, and when George Martin told them they needed a better drummer for recording, out he went, to Martin's surprise.
He assumed they would keep Best for live shows, since he was good-looking and popular with the audience, especially the girls.
What surprises me is that not only did they have Brian Epstein fire him, none of them ever spoke a word to him again. At least Epstein set him up with another band, which was only mildly successful. Finally, they included 10 tracks with him in the Beatles Anthology, and that earned him a nice chunk of change. But despite being treated so badly up to then, he always seemed to deal with it in a classy, dignified way.
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- RE: It was fifty years ago today....that the Beatles fired Pete Best - rbolaw 19:00:04 08/16/12 (7)
- RE: It was fifty years ago today....that the Beatles fired Pete Best - TGR 20:06:37 08/16/12 (6)
- RE: It was fifty years ago today....that the Beatles fired Pete Best - josh358 16:59:03 08/17/12 (5)
- RE: It was fifty years ago today....that the Beatles fired Pete Best - Q-authority 20:49:50 08/18/12 (4)
- RE: It was fifty years ago today....that the Beatles fired Pete Best - josh358 05:41:53 08/19/12 (2)
- That's what I've read, plus, - rbolaw 11:22:37 08/19/12 (1)
- RE: That's what I've read, plus, - josh358 13:21:05 08/19/12 (0)
- Actually....I don't think I am off track - TGR 23:06:15 08/18/12 (0)