Best of the Beatles: The Sacking of Pete Best by Spencer Leigh

Author:Spencer Leigh [Leigh, Spencer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Music, Genres & Styles, Pop Vocal
ISBN: 9780857161017
Google: IJ7SoQEACAAJ
Amazon: 0857161016
Publisher: McNidder & Grace
Published: 2015-03-25T13:00:00+00:00

The Ex-Files 5: The other Beatles were Jealous of Pete’s Good Looks

The concept as to who is or isn’t good looking has changed with the years and it is, in any event, a subjective matter, depending on personal taste. On the one hand few people in the early 1960s thought Mick Jagger was handsome, but his looks became acceptable. On the other hand, Brian Epstein regarded Billy J. Kramer as one of the most handsome men in the world, but his looks seem too bland, too conventional now. I don’t think that anyone would deny Pete Best’s good looks, but did he look that much better than Paul McCartney or John Lennon? Beryl Marsden: “Pete was definitely the handsome one of the crew. Paul was baby-faced. George was not very attractive and John had his own kind of look. Pete was a really attractive guy and I’m sure there was a lot of jealousy on their part.”

Kingsize Taylor: “I think Pete Best was tossed out of the group because he was too good looking. You would see the Beatles on stage and all the girls wanted to see Pete Best. Pete was a swarthy, curly-headed feller and he looked much better than McCartney.”

Geoff Taggart: “Pete Best was a fine drummer. He had style and he was a hell of a good looking bloke. He reminded me of the actor Jeff Chandler who was very popular at the time. When they played the Plaza in St Helens, I noticed that all the girls stood at the front of the stage and were watching Pete Best. The other three were doing all they could to get their attention but he was the only one that they were bothered about.”

Ray Ennis (Swinging Blue Jeans): “If George Martin had seen a live performance, he’d have discovered that Pete was the star. When he came to the front to sing – and he couldn’t sing very well – they would scream at him. They used to tell the other Beatles to sit down so they could see Pete at the back.”

Mark Peters: “We used to go bowling with the Beatles and the groups late on a Saturday evening at the Tuebrook Bowling Alley. There was rivalry between us but also a lot of friendship, especially on Saturday nights, when we used to play bowls until four in the morning. The story went round that Paul and John thought that Pete Best was far too handsome, that was the joke at the time, but there seems to be a lot of evidence to show that this was true.”

Ian Edwards of Ian and the Zodiacs: “Pete Best was the star of the group, he was the good looking lad that all he girls went for – but I never thought it would come to that. I was very surprised when he went.”

Ritchie Galvin of Earl Preston and the TTs attributes the decision to Brian Epstein: “It was Pete Best’s misfortune to be such a good looking boy; the management wanted the front line to have the fans and so there was in-fighting going on.

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