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TIL Quincy Jones thought that the Beatles were the worst musicians in the world. Paul McCartney was the worst bass player he ever heard. Ringo had taken three hours for a four-bar 'thing' that he was trying to fix on a song but failed. So a jazz drummer Ronnie Verrell fixed it in no time.

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