The Beatles: Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Their Name Liveth For Evermore
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John took this photo. He also got a harmonica around here. The one he used in Love Me Do.
.....Tommy Moore was their drummer until Pete Best replaced him in August 1960. Once Best had joined, the band made its first of four trips to Hamburg, Germany. In December Harrison was deported back to England for being underage and lacking a work permit, but by then their 30-set weeks on the stages of Hamburg beer houses had honed and strengthened their repertoire (mostly Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, and Buddy Holly covers), and on February 21, 1961, they debuted at the Cavern club on Mathew Street in Liverpool, beginning a string of nearly 300 performances there over the next couple of years.In April 1961 they again went to Hamburg, where Sutcliffe (the first of the Beatles to wear his hair in the long, shaggy style that came to be known as the Beatle haircut) left the group to become a painter, while McCartney switched from rhythm guitar to bass. The Beatles returned to Liverpool as a quartet in July. Sutcliffe died from a brain hemorrhage in Hamburg less than a year later.......

Beatles Top Poll!

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L-R John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Pete Best. They're the most popular band in Liverpool by then.

As it appeared on the original historic Mersey Beat newspaper, issued on January 4th, 1962. This issue announced the results of its popularity poll in bold headlines on the front page: Beatles Top Poll! Just three days earlier the Beatles had auditioned for Decca Records, and after hearing news of the poll John, Paul, George, and Pete were elated. They knew that this public endorsement could not be ignored by co-producer Mike Smith at Decca and they would soon sign their names to a contract.

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Please compare their looks with the photo below. I think Brian Epstein's decision is absolutely right.

You're fired!

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Beatles with Pete Best. A few months before he was sacked. To this day he still don't know the exact reason why. He said recently that the only man alive know this is Paul McCartney. Who may have forgotten it long ago!-that's me thinkin'.

Why was Pete Best fired?

There are some theories....

1.George Martin thought he wasn't a good drummer. He thought they must have some session drummer in for the records but he never told them to fire Pete.

2.Paul,John and George jealous of Pete's good-looking.

3.They didn't get together well socially. Ringo is more better.

4.His curly hair couldn't created in a mop-top style.

5.Ringo is a better drummer.

Which one do you believe?