Ringo Starr asking Starr to leave the Hurricanes and join his band. 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. On 14 August, Starr accepted Lennon's invitation to join the Beatles. 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." Starr
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band performing his classic hits from the 1960s and 1970s - with the relatively recent "Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go" from 1992's "Time Takes Time", with all his celebrity guests each having their moment in the spotlight. "King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band" was fairly well received by the critics upon its August 2002 release, though again, it failed to reach the charts. King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band is a live album by Ringo Starr released on