Pete Best
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Oct 28, 2026
Ike BarinholtzHOST
This man was the original drummer.
Ike BarinholtzHOST
Pete Best.
Ike BarinholtzHOST
Yes.
Ike BarinholtzHOST
Who was the vice president of the Confederacy? Pass.
ScottHOST
A lot of the old people that I...
ScottHOST
The last time I was there was, I think, 2022, and my dad called me to come down and meet Pete Best, which I did, and then met Lonnie Anderson, who then died... before the next Hollywood show could happen.
ScottHOST
I mean.
ScottHOST
You never know.
Harry WilliamsHOST
And also just thanking David Marks for his service.
Harry WilliamsHOST
Because I think, sometimes I think he gets cast as the Pete Best of the Beach Boys.
Harry WilliamsHOST
Right,
Andy RintmoreHOST
yeah.
Harry WilliamsHOST
For one, David Marks is on four Beach Boys albums.
Harry WilliamsHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Harry WilliamsHOST
Pete Best, as soon as they got to recording, he was like, well, you've got to go.
Harry WilliamsHOST
That won't do.
Mike RogersHOST
And that guy, oh, man, you would talk about a guy.
Mike RogersHOST
Pete Best.
Mike RogersHOST
That's
Austin YorkHOST
right, yeah.
Mike RogersHOST
Pete Best, because, and McCartney has said this in interviews, that, well, Pete was a nice guy and everything, but...
Mike RogersHOST
Then we got Ringo.
Mike RogersHOST
He filled in one day and we knew this is the guy.
Ben EisenHOST
I was asking you guys, who is your favorite fifth Beatle? Great suggestions here.
Ben EisenHOST
Yoko Ono, George Martin, Murray the K, Stu Sutcliffe, Pete Best, Jeff Lynne, Brian Epstein, Mal Evans, Bill Shepard, Jeff Emmerich, and Jimmy Nickel.
Ben EisenHOST
But for our money...
Ben EisenHOST
It's Billy Preston.
David PannellHOST
Even though Ringo was a relatively late addition to the gang, he fitted in perfectly, and the others went out of their way to include him.
David PannellHOST
It's not clear to me how often Pete Best sang lead vocals when he was in the Beatles, but we know he did so at least occasionally.
David PannellHOST
Before the Brian Epstein era, he'd sung songs such as Matchbox and Wild in the Country, but his singing spot had been dropped.
David PannellHOST
Then Brian responded to pressure from Pete's mother Mona and got the Beatles to give him front of stage time again, this time singing a song called Peppermint Twist.
Jake ScheidelHOST
How's that feel?
Thomas PowellHOST
Who do you think my favorite Beatle is that's not Ringo? Pete Best.
Thomas PowellHOST
No.
Jake ScheidelHOST
You said he's the best drummer they've ever had.
Austin YorkHOST
right, yeah.
Mike RogersHOST
Pete Best, because, and McCartney has said this in interviews, that, well, Pete was a nice guy and everything, but...
Mike RogersHOST
Then we got Ringo.
Mike RogersHOST
He filled in one day, and we knew this is the guy.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
I thought it was a great film.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
A wonderful soundtrack by Pete Best.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
And what a cast.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Leo McCurn, who came out of Rumpole and the Old Bailey.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
I thought it was a great film.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
A wonderful soundtrack by Pete Best.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
And what a cast.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Leo McCurn, who came out of Rumpole and the Old Bailey.
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