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World Cafe Looks Back: The Beatles

The Beatles, left to right: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, producer George Martin, John Lennon.

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World Cafe Looks Back: The Beatles

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We commemorate The Beatles' music with a look back to interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Martin and Pete Best as World Cafe's 20th-anniversary celebration continues.

World Cafe Looks Back: The Beatles

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Sunday

World Cafe

Pete Best: The Original Beatles Beat

XPN

Drumming for The Beatles during the band's formative years, Pete Best was dismissed just before Beatlemania hit, for reasons that are disputed to this day. Best returned to the scene 20 years later with The Pete Best Band, delivering a savage '60s sound; he has a new CD out, called Haymans Green.

Pete Best: The Original Beatles Beat

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Tuesday

Music Interviews

'Fifth Beatle' Pete Best's 'True' Story

Fresh Air

The first drummer with The Beatles, Pete Best, has written a book about his time with the band, The Beatles: The True Beginnings. In an interview with Terry Gross, Best discusses the story of The Beatles in Liverpool.

'Fifth Beatle' Pete Best's 'True' Story

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