![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It certainly sounds like something John would say. So John Lennon never said it - and wouldn’t have said it.” And it’s actually a TV comedian’s joke from three years after John was killed, in 1983. “I determined to get to the bottom of it. So when did he say it, let alone when did he famously say it?” he said. “For me, it’s when did he say this? I’ve heard every John Lennon interview, I’ve read every John Lennon interview, I never saw that quote. “The London Times newspaper quoted John Lennon ‘famously saying that Ringo wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles.’ John Lennon never said that, famously or otherwise, and that is the London Times quoting him,” Lewisohn said, making a point about his motivation for trying to separate fact from Fab Four mythology. ![]() While it sounds like the kind of acerbic comment that might have come out of Lennon’s mouth, Lewisohn says no. The oft-quoted response: “He’s not even the best drummer in the Beatles.” For decades, people and media outlets have repeated the anecdote about Lennon being asked whether he considered Starr to be the best drummer in the world. As part of his in-depth research, Lewisohn also has debunked a humorous knock on Starr’s drumming abilities, long attributed to John Lennon. ![]()
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