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The Beatles invited Best to join the band on 12 August 1960, on the eve of the group's first Hamburg season of club dates. Ringo Starr eventually replaced Best on 16 August 1962 when the group's manager, Brian Epstein , fired Best at the request of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , and George Harrison following the band's first recording session.
The band underwent many name and membership changes, culminating in 1962 with the famous line-up of Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, each of the four members went on to have success, both as solo acts and with their own groups.
The band's members have offered their own views as to who should be described with the title. McCartney has said that "if anyone was the fifth Beatle", it was manager Brian Epstein (in a 1997 BBC interview) [2] and producer George Martin (in a 2016 memorial post). [3]
After The Beatles broke up, all the members had successful solo careers. Lennon’s song " Imagine " is still celebrated today, over 40 years after his death at 40 from a gunshot on Dec. 8, 1980 ...
A ‘day in the life’ of all four members of the Beatles is coming to the big screen. ... With Harrison and Starr on board under the band’s name as we know it today, the Beatles released their ...
The Cyrkle, who shared The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, will open the show at 6 p.m.The band, known for the mid-1960s hits “Red Rubber Ball” and “Turn-Down Day,” shares another ...
Preston accompanied the band on electric piano for its rooftop concert, the group's final public appearance. [8] In April 1969, their single "Get Back" was credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston", the only time an artist was credited as a co-performer with the Beatles after the band started recording as independent artists.
Starr hopped on the drum set and joined McCartney and his band in a rendition of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)," from the Beatles' iconic 1967 album of the same name.