Brian Epstein signed up Pete Best, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon in 1962 A letter from The Beatles' manager following the sacking of the band's original drummer is up for auction.

The Beatles fans were left laughing after realising Ringo Starr used to bring a strange item with him on tour, with the solo ...

While the world knows The Beatles as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the original line up was a little different when they began ...

More than 60 years after Pete Best was ejected from The Beatles and replaced by Ringo Starr, reasons for the ouster continue to be a matter of conjecture. He wasn’t a good enough drummer.

While The Beatles may have sold themselves as well-behaved boys from Liverpool, there were a few instances when they had ...

Finding themselves without a permanent drummer in 1960, the pre-fame Beatles hired local Liverpool skinsman Pete Best -- but his time in the band would be short lived. After recording a demo for ...

In February 1961, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best played their first gig at the Cavern Club as The Beatles. Just two years later, and after a change of drummer ...

The Beatles' first contract with manager Brian Epstein has sold for £275,000 at auction. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and original drummer Pete Best, signed the document on 24 ...

But under The Beatles' one-member one-vote democratic ... why was a written agreement not made and filed when Pete Best left the group and Starr joined? Others included how to approach Ringo ...

Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey) got his start drumming for another Liverpool group -- Rory Storm and the Hurricanes -- before he was asked to step into Pete Best's vacant spot in the Beatles in ...