(ICYMI) Episode 8: Meet The Beatles Part 2

About this episode

The episode discusses Ringo Starr's first paid gig with The Beatles at the Cavern Club.

The show opens December 27th, 1961, at the Cavern Club where Pete Best calls in sick, and the boys bring in Richard Starkey - Ringo Starr to the world - to sit in on drums, his first paid gig with the Beatles. It clicks musically; the band really swings with Ringo on drums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• The Beatles
• Ringo Starr
• Cavern Club
• 1960s music
• band dynamics

Keywords

• The Beatles
• Ringo Starr
• Pete Best
• Cavern Club
• 1961

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Beatles

Places: Cavern Club

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