btb Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 ...John Lennon asked Ringo Starr to join The Beatles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, btb said: ...John Lennon asked Ringo Starr to join The Beatles. What did he say? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: What did he say? If you comb your hair forward you're in! *************** Edit - OK, it was a combo of that and ditch the beard. Quote In August of 1962, drummer Ringo Starr was asked to join the band. Drummer Pete Best never joined John, Paul, and George in combing his hair in their new over-the-forehead look. His hair was too curly. When later asked why he never combed his hair into a Beatle cut, he replied, "They never asked me." This bit of non-conformity, while not the entire reason, was probably one of the contributing factors when when the Beatles decided to give poor Pete the sack after two years of loyal drumming with them. At the time, Ringo not only had a greasy swept-back haircut, he also sported a stylish beard. Ringo recalled John's phone call to him, asking him to join the Beatles. "You can keep your sidies (sideburns), but lose the beard," By late 1962, the Beatle haircut was firmly established as an easily-recognizable part of the Beatles joint persona. In the early months of 1963, the band had already gotten used to being referred to as "the four moptops" by the British press. Edited August 14, 2022 by btb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Genuinely quite the transfer coup at the time, apparently. Imagine what the Beatles would've been without the author of their greatest song. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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