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 ...

Pete Best (83), the first drummer of the Beatles, is ending his music career at age 83. The drummer, who was replaced in the iconic band by Ringo Starr (84), will no longer perform with his Pete ...

The long and winding road of Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles, has come to an end ... They asked Best to join the band in 1960 while performing at his mother’s club, the Casbah ...

Paul reportedly felt that Pete could be a good match for the band. After Best's The Black Jacks broke up, he decided to join the Beatles in Hamburg. "I've never thought that it was a bad thing ...

Pete Best is stepping away from the spotlight. On Sunday, Best — who was the original Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr — confirmed that he is stepping away from public appearances and ...

Original Beatles drummer Pete Best has announced his retirement from the music industry at the age of 83. His brother Roag announced on X this past Saturday that he’s dropping out of the public ...

Magazine. Regis Martin/Getty Pete Best, the original drummer of The Beatles, is retiring. The drummer's brother Roag Best announced the news on X on Saturday, April 5, sharing a picture of them ...

Pete Best – the original drummer in the Beatles – has announced that he has officially retired. For many years he has run his own group, The Pete Best Band and they had been pencilled in to ...

Pete Best, the original drummer for the Beatles, has announced his retirement. The news was confirmed on social media in a post made by Best's younger brother, Roag. "Well what an absolutely ...

Pete Best performing with The Pete Best Band at the Fest for Beatles Fans 2007 in Las Vegas (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Best was born in Madras, India, on November 24, 1941. His family moved to ...