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.

The Beatles butted heads with their producer, George Martin, while they were recording what would become their debut single.

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 ...

The Beatles' time in Hamburg was plagued by problems, but it helped them improve musically which led to their discovery.

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 ...

With Bruce Springsteen and the Beatles next up for biopics following ... the band hired him after tossing out original drummer Pete best? And might the final film focus on George Harrison ...

At 84, it's unclear if The Beatles' drummer still counts on "Pete ... has left some stumped while others speculate its connection to Pete Best, the initial drummer of the Liverpool quartet ...

They remain as the best-selling rock band of all time.

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 ...