Claim: The Beatles exclusively used a drum machine.
Evidence: The core of Lennon , McCartney and Harrison went through a succession of drummers , including Pete Best , before asking Starr to join them in 1962.
Randolph Peter `` Pete '' Best -LRB- born Randolph Peter Scanland , 24 November 1941 -RRB- is an English musician , principally known as an original member and first drummer of the Beatles , from 1960 to 1962.