The Beatles Unravelled #10
…..The Beatles’ Five Drummers
Five drummers played with The Beatles, Pete Best, Johnny Hutchinson, Ringo Starr, Andy White and Jimmy Nicol – The Beatles’ Five Drummers.
Derek Shelmerdine presents the feature segment The Beatles Unravelled
…on Steve Chelmsford’s Mop Tops and the King show.
……It’s a one-minute snapshot of a slice of Beatles history.
3-9 September: Guest feature on the Mop Tops and the King show
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PODCAST – The Beatles’ Five Drummers…
Five different drummers sat on The Beatles drum stool
The Quarrymen morphed into the Silver Beatles and finally became “The Beatles”, just before embarking on their first Hamburg trip in August 1960. Their first drummer, Pete Best, joined just before this trip.
In June 1962 the Beatles recorded the first version of Love Me Do. Shortly after this, the band sacked Pete Best. The reasons for his removal vary, depending on who is answering the question, Why?”
Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best. Johnny Hutchinson, from Liverpool group The Big Three, stood in for a couple of gigs between Pete leaving and Ringo Starr joining. This was not Johnny Hutchinson’s first outing with the group. He stood in at the failed Billy Fury audition in May 1960, when they were still called “The Silver Beatles”.
Ringo recorded the second version of Love Me Do but producer George Martin was unhappy with his performance. For the third and final recording of Love Me Do, George Martin brought in session drummer Andy White.
On the eve of their first world tour in June 1964, Ringo developed tonsillitis. For the first leg of the tour Jimmy Nicol became the fifth Beatles drummer. Jimmy Nicol was previously with Colin Hicks and the Cabin Boys, Georgie Fame and his own group the Shubdubs.
Extract from Rock’n’Roll Unravelled
All of The Beatles/Elvis Presley Unravelled podcasts are based on extracts from Derek Shelmerdine‘s book Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.
THE EXTRACTS associated with this story are…
17 August 1960: Opening night of the first Hamburg residency. (Pete Best)
18 August 1962: Ringo’s first gig as a Beatle. (Johnny Hutchinson & Ringo Starr)
4 September 1962: Second Love Me Do recording session (Ringo Starr)
11 September 1962: Third Love Me Do recording session. (Ringo Starr & Andy White)
4 June 1964: Jimmy Nicol – Beatle for a week. (Ringo Starr & Jimmy Nicol)
With its unique three-part structure, Rock’n’Roll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk.
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Mop Tops and The King Radio Show
Derek Shelmerdine presents the feature segments Elvis Presley Unravelled and The Beatles Unravelled on Steve Chelmsford’s weekly the Mop Tops and The King.
Derek is a fortnightly guest on Steve’s show.
The MTK NETWORK of over 80 radio stations around the world carries the Mop Tops and The King show. This means that every day, someone, somewhere in the world is broadcasting the Mop Tops and the King show.
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(The times in the weekly schedule are Eastern Time – the UK is five hours ahead.)
The Mop Tops and the King show is all about the music, lives and times of The Beatles and Elvis Presley.
For all the previous editions of…
The Beatles Unravelled and Elvis Presley Unravelled
First Broadcast – The Beatles’ Five Drummers
This show was first broadcast 3-9 September 2021, on the MTK network of radio stations around the world.
