Editing Ringo Starr (section)

==== Replacing Best ====
[[File:Ringo Starr drumming.jpg|thumb|Starr performing with [[the Beatles]] in 1964]]
Starr quit Rory Storm and the Hurricanes in January 1962 and briefly joined Sheridan in Hamburg before returning to the Hurricanes for a third season at Butlins.<ref>{{harvnb|Clayson|2005|p=58}}: A second season with the Hurricanes at Butlins; {{harvnb|Clayson|2005|pp=81–82}}: Starr quit the Hurricanes and briefly joined Sheridan in Hamburg; {{harvnb|Gould|2007|p=126}}: Starr quit the Hurricanes and briefly joined Sheridan in Hamburg.</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Starr sat in for an ill Pete Best during two shows on 5 February 1962.{{sfn|Harry|2004|p=110}}}} On 14 August, Starr accepted Lennon's invitation to join the Beatles.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1992|p=59}} On 16 August, Beatles manager [[Brian Epstein]] fired their drummer, [[Pete Best]], who recalled: "He said 'I've got some bad news for you. The boys want you out and Ringo in.' He said [Beatles producer] [[George Martin]] wasn't too pleased with my playing [and] the boys thought I didn't fit in."{{sfn|Davies|2009|p=137}} Starr first performed as a member of the Beatles on 18 August 1962, at a [[horticultural society]] dance at [[Port Sunlight]].<ref>{{harvnb|Clayson|2005|p=87}}; {{harvnb|Harry|2004|p=110}}; {{harvnb|Lewisohn|1992|p=75}}.</ref> After his appearance at the [[The Cavern Club|Cavern Club]] the following day, Best fans, upset by his firing, held vigils outside his house and at the club shouting "Pete forever! Ringo never!"{{sfn|Harry|2004|p=110}} Harrison received a black eye from one upset fan, and Epstein, whose car tyres they had flattened in anger, temporarily hired a bodyguard.<ref>{{harvnb|Clayson|2005|pp=88–89}}: Harrison received a black eye; {{harvnb|Davies|2009|p=138}}: Epstein hired a bodyguard; {{harvnb|Harry|2004|p=110}} (tertiary source).</ref>

Starr's first recording session as a member of the Beatles took place on 4 September 1962.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1992|p=59}} He stated that Martin had thought that he "was crazy and couldn't play ... because I was trying to play the percussion and the drums at the same time, we were just a four-piece band".{{sfn|Everett|2001|p=126}} For their second recording session with Starr, on 11 September 1962, Martin replaced him with session drummer [[Andy White (drummer)|Andy White]] while recording takes for what would be the [[A-side and B-side|two sides]] of the Beatles' first single, "[[Love Me Do]]", backed with "[[P.S. I Love You (Beatles song)|P.S. I Love You]]".{{sfn|Harry|2004|pp=367–368}} Starr played tambourine on "Love Me Do" and maracas on "P.S. I Love You".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1992|p=59}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3270136/love-me-do-1962/|title=Ringo Starr's Sad Tambourine Moment|last=Latson|first=Jennifer|date=11 September 2014|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=3 June 2021|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603191212/https://time.com/3270136/love-me-do-1962/|url-status=live}}</ref> Concerned about his status in the Beatles, he thought: "That's the end, they're doing a Pete Best on me."{{sfn|Davies|2009|p=163}} Martin later clarified: "I simply didn't know what Ringo was like and I wasn't prepared to take any risks."{{sfn|Clayson|2005|p=96}}{{refn|group=nb|Martin chose 4 September version of "Love Me Do" with Starr on drums for the A-side and 11 September recording of "P.S. I Love You" with Starr on maracas for the B-side.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1992|p=59}}}}

By November 1962, Starr had been accepted by Beatles fans, who were now calling for him to sing.{{sfn|Clayson|2005|pp=89, 147}} He began receiving an amount of [[fan mail]] equal to that of the others, which helped to secure his position within the band.{{sfn|Clayson|2005|p=105}} Starr considered himself fortunate to be on the same "wavelength" as the other Beatles: "I had to be, or I wouldn't have lasted. I had to join them as people as well as a drummer."{{sfn|Clayson|2005|p=94}} He was given a small percentage of Lennon and McCartney's publishing company, [[Northern Songs]], but derived his primary income during this period from a one-quarter share of Beatles Ltd, a corporation financed by the band's net concert earnings.{{sfn|Clayson|2005|p=105}} He commented on the nature of his lifestyle after having achieved success with the Beatles: "I lived in nightclubs for three years. It used to be a non-stop party."{{sfn|Clayson|2005|p=112}} Like his father, Starr became well known for his late-night dancing and he received praise for his skills.{{sfn|Clayson|2005|p=112}}