According to former Hurricanes bassist Bobby Thomson, John Lennon and Paul McCartney visited the camp to recruit Starr for the Beatles. A few weeks later, manager Brian Epstein called to offer him the job.

Starr agreed to join, but there was one small problem: his appearance. The Beatles were developing a coordinated image, and their new drummer was expected to lose his facial hair and change his hairstyle.

"He didn't want to shave his beard off," Thomson recalled with a laugh. "So the beard came off and he got the haircut to match."

The transformation marked the beginning of a new chapter for Starr. Soon after joining the Beatles, he recorded with the band as they began their extraordinary rise to worldwide fame.

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