Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles, has announced his retirement. The 83-year-old drummed for the groundbreaking band from 1960 to 1962, which included some of their formative years ...

Pete Best is putting his drumsticks down for good. The original drummer for The Beatles, 83, is retiring after a long career in the music industry. “Well what an absolutely wonderful ride we’ve had,” ...

Her uncle, Pete Best, was the original Beatles drummer, playing with the group from 1960 to 1962, before being dismissed and replaced with Ringo Starr. (Still no word yet on who will play Best in ...

A legendary rock musician is retiring abruptly after a decades-long career. Pete Best, the Beatles’ original drummer before Ringo Starr, announced Sunday that he is stepping away from public ...

Pete Best just announced his retirement. We offer a nod to his career with this review from the past summer… To say the Pete Best Band exceeded expectations is to say the Beatles wrote some decent ...

Pete Best, who was a part of the popular British band The Beatles before member Ringo Starr joined in 1962, announced at the start of April that he was officially retiring from playing music. After ...

The Beatles' original drummer Pete Best has officially retired from music. The Fab Four founder - who formed the group with John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison - was sacked by manager ...

A legendary rock musician is retiring abruptly after a decades-long career. Pete Best, the Beatles’ original drummer before Ringo Starr, announced Sunday that he is stepping away from public ...

HUDSON FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls will be hosting a performance by The Beatles’ original drummer Pete Best and his group, the Pete Best Band. The show is scheduled for ...

In 1962, The Beatles fired their drummer, Best, and hired Ringo Starr. They were too afraid to tell Best themselves, so they had their manager, Brian Epstein, let him go. Lennon admitted this was ...

They had a record deal with EMI. They had built a reputation as a fierce live act with a gigantic repertoire. The Beatles were toughened by appearances in Hamburg, Germany, playing the Reeperbahn as ...