Maybe we’re still feeling a little Sgt. Pepper-y, or maybe it’s because in about an hour Starbucks® is rolling out Paul McCartney’s latest album, but we must call to your attention an upcoming PBS program. On Monday, June 11 at 10 p.m., Wisconsin Public Television is broadcasting Best of the Beatles, the story of the early Beatles as told by Pete Best. Best, as you know, was booted out of the group and replaced by Ringo Starr just after they recorded Love Me Do, but he’s “not bitter.” It’s a fascinating, albeit somewhat biased, view of those early years from someone who was intimately involved.
To get another pretty good look at The Beatles’ rise to fame, read Bob Spitz’s well-documented book, The Beatles, A Biography.