The Beatles Paul McCartney: 'After Pete Best, Ringo Starr was magic'
In September 1962 The Beatles dismissed their original drummer, Pete Best, after he was deemed "not good enough" to be in the band. In the same year, Ringo Starr was brought in to replace the original performer. In his new documentary series on Disney Plus, McCartney 3, 2, 1, Paul McCartney backed up the band's decision to swap the members around.
During the docuseries, McCartney said Starr's arrival "lifted" the band up.
In an interview, he doubled down on this opinion. He said: "Well, it’s true. He did."
McCartney then compared Starr to Best, forgoing his name in the process.
The singer said: "I don’t want to flip out the previous drummer - he was good and he was efficient and he did the job - but Ringo was magic." (Via Rolling Stone)
Source: Callum Crumlish/express.co.uk
