This is still a very catchy and agreeable song….nice harmonies, easy 4/4 rhythm. Primarily written by John Lennon in early ’62, “Ask Me Why” was initially recorded at Abbey Road studios on 6.6.62….with drummer Pete Best.

Sure enough, Best got the axe nine weeks later — 8.16.62. Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison didn’t have the stones to lower the boom directly, so their 28-year-old manager, Brian Epstein, stepped up and did the deed.

“Ask Me Why” was recorded again, along with “Please Please Me”, on 11.26.62 with Ringo Starr on drums.

Best is still with us at age 83.