This week: Ringo Starr joined The Beatles on this day in 1962

On this day 49 years ago, Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best as the drummer of The Beatles.

The English rock band went on to sell hundreds of millions of records over the following decade and soon established itself as one of the most influential groups of all time.

Yet Starr’s contribution to the band was usually overshadowed by the massive celebrity and formidable talents of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.

The drummer was known as “the fourth Beatle” and was often portrayed as the least musically talented of the group, with some critics describing his joining the band as a stroke of pure chance.

It is a narrative that has stuck over the years – regardless of whether it is true.

Source: newsnationusa.com

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