A second street, the Casbah Close, will be named after the Casbah Club where The Beatles began their career. The location in West Derby was chosen as Pete comes from the area and the Casbah Club is less than half a mile away.

It's the result of a campaign on Facebook supported by more than 10,000 people. Pete, now 69, says:

"I feel very humbled, flattered and honoured that the city of Liverpool, council members and the people of Liverpool have thought to honour me in such a fantastic way."

Pete Best was born in India on 24 November 1941, moving to Liverpool in 1945. He joined The Beatles in August 1960, one day before they travelled to Hamburg to play a season of club dates. He went on to do more than 1,000 shows with the Beatles, playing an integral part in their formative years, before being replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, just before the Beatles hit the big time.

Pete led a quiet but contented life subsequently as a civil servant and is heading for his golden wedding. He never abandoned music, however, and set up the Pete Best Band in 1988.

Fifty years on from his first performance with The Beatles, Pete is still playing to thousands of people, including an estimated 30,000 at a recent concert in Brazil.

John, Paul, George and Ringo got their streets, in the city's Kensington area, back in 1981.