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This month we turn the spotlight on on the man on the weeping guitar originally credited as “Eddie Clayton” perhaps better known as Eric Clapton

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If you would like to make a comment or ask a question you can follow the podcast Twitter account at @BeforeBeatles or you can email me at alan@beforetheywerebeatles.com

Don’t forget to join us next month when we turn the spotlight on the story of The Quarrymen’s Rod Davis

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Some Other Guy performed by The Savage Young Beatles is used with permission.

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This month we turn the spotlight on n Vince Calandra, The Chants, and Norman Chapman

If you want to know more about  Vince Calandra he did a four-hour interview for the Television Academy on his career which is available in their online archives. There are a few extracts from it on YouTube that refer to the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearance.

For info on The Chants, I recommend the Sixties City website which includes links to their full discography. There is also an extract on YouTube from the documentary "Get Back: The City That Rocked The World", with Joe Ankrah talking about meeting Paul and being invited to the Cavern.

You can read more of Norman Chapman’s story in The Fab One Hundred and Four by David Bedford, and Finding the Fourth Beatle by David Bedford & Gary Popper.

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Thanks for listening to this episode of Before They Were Beatles Presents: The Forgotten Beatles. If you would like to leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform that would be great and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you would like to make a comment or ask a question you can follow the podcast Twitter account at @BeforeBeatles or you can email me at alan@beforetheywerebeatles.com

Don’t forget to join us next month when we turn the spotlight on the story of ‘Eddie Clayton” (aka Eric Clapton)

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Some Other Guy performed by The Savage Young Beatles is used with permission.

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This month we turn the spotlight on guitarist Ken Brown of The Quarrymen and The Blackjacks

If you want to know more about Ken Brown’s story I recommend, The Beatles: The True Beginnings, published by Thomas Dunne Books in 2003

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Thanks for listening to this episode of Before They Were Beatles presents: The Forgotten Beatles. If you would like to leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform that would be great and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you would like to make a comment or ask a question you can follow the podcast Twitter account at @BeforeBeatles or you can email me at alan@beforetheywerebeatles.com

Don’t forget to join us next month when we turn the spotlight on the stories of honorary Beatle Vince Calandra, vocal group The Chants, and drummer Norman Chapman.

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Some Other Guy performed by The Savage Young Beatles is used with permission.

The Before They Were Beatles podcast series is a production of  Megrin Entertainment, a division of 4Js Group LLC. 

Welcome to the first episode of Before They Were Beatles presents: The Forgotten Beatles in which we turn the spotlight on drummer Pete Best

If you want to know more about Pete Best’s story we recommend, 


Beatle! The Pete Best Story - Plexus Publishing  - Pete’s autobiography  (although it is going for crazy money these days - if you can find a copy it is well over $200 for the paperback)


The Beatles: The True Beginnings is a nice illustrated hardback on the history of the Casbah Club by Roag Best published by Thomas Dunne Books in 2003


Finding the Fourth Beatle by David Bedford and Gary Popper, published in 2013 is a great book on the various Beatles drummers (many of whom we will be covering in this podcast series) and includes an in-depth study of Pete’s drumming technique. 


And of course, there’s Mark Lewishon’s mammoth volume on The Beatles’ early years, Tune In, which covers Pete’s time with the group in Liverpool and Hamburg in great detail


Pete also has his own official website at https://www.petebest.com and on Twitter / X @BeatlesPeteBest



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You can check out some of Pete's post-Beatles recordings, plus enjoy his appearance on the Have I Got A Secret TV show on The Forgotten Beatles You Tube playlist.

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Thanks for listening to this episode of Before They Were Beatles presents: The Forgotten Beatles. If you would like to leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform that would be great and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you would like to make a comment or ask a question you can follow the podcast Twitter account at @BeforeBeatles or you can email us at alan@beforetheywerebeatles.com

Don’t forget to join us next month when we turn the spotlight on the story of The Quarrymen’s Ken Brown

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Some Other Guy performed by The Savage Young Beatles is used with permission.

The Before They Were Beatles podcast series is a production of  Megrin Entertainment, a division of 4Js Group LLC. 

Coming to this podcast soon, a new series - 

Before They Were Beatles presents: 

The Forgotten Beatles 

We all know the story of John, Paul, George, and Ringo, The Beatles - BUT, there are other tales still left to tell. 

Who were Pete, Ken, Norman, Johnny, Colin, Rod, Stuart, Eric, and more who all played their part in the story of the greatest band in rock history?

These will be the stories we share

The stories of THE FORGOTTEN BEATLES

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I hope you will join us for this fun trip to discover these fascinating stories.

Tune in via the podcast platform of your choice.

and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you would like to make a comment or ask a question you can follow the podcast Twitter account at @BeforeBeatles or you can email me at alan@beforetheywerebeatles.com

You can also subscribe to the monthly Before They Were Beatles newsletter at https://beforebeatles.substack.com/.

The news and updates sections each month will be FREE to all subscribers.

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Exclusive first look at in-progress updates to the updated and expanded 20th Anniversary edition of Before They Were Beatles


Author's notes


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Recommended Reads



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Some Other Guy performed by The Savage Young Beatles is used with permission -  ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXVCPXJuoG0⁠ 

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The Before They Were Beatles podcast series is a production of  Megrin Entertainment, a division of 4Js Group LLC. 

In this episode, I share some thoughts on the recently released, remixed, and remastered extended Red and Blue albums, and wrap things up with my reactions to the “last Beatles song” Now & Then

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Thank you for joining us over the last three seasons and listening to the story of John, Paul, George, and Ringo - Before They Were Beatles.. - and I hope you also enjoyed this bonus episode.

But there are other tales still left to tell. 

Whatever happened to Pete, Ken, Norman, Johnny, Colin, Rod, Stuart, Eric, and more who all played their part?

We will be sharing their stories when we return in the New Year with a new series of shows: The Forgotten Beatles.

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Thanks for listening to this episode of the Before They Were Beatles podcast. If you would like to leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform that would be great and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you would like to make a comment or ask a question you can follow the podcast Twitter account at @BeforeBeatles

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The Before They Were Beatles Podcast is a production of  Megrin Entertainment, a division of 4Js Group LLC.