| First Name |
Pete
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| Middle Name |
Peter
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| Last Name |
Best
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| Full Name at Birth |
Randolf Peter Scanland
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| Alternative Name |
Randolf Peter Best, Pete Best, Fifth Beatle, Randolph Peter Scanland
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| Birthday |
24th November, 1941
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| Birthplace |
Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
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| Height |
6' 0" (183 cm)
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Blue
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| Hair Color |
Grey
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| Distinctive Feature |
Irish descent, His first band - The Black Jacks, He played for Lee Curtis & the All Stars, Pete Best & the All Stars, The Pete Best Four, The Pete Best Combo, The Pete Best Band, He worked as a civil servant for 20 years, He had been with Beatles for 2 years and 4 days, He was inducted into All You Need Is Liverpool Music Hall of Fame, Two streets in Liverpool have names - Pete Best Drive and Casbah Close
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Singer, Songwriter, Drummer, Writer, Actor, Civil servant
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| Occupation |
Musician
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| Claim to Fame |
Beatles
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Rock, Rock And Roll
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| Year(s) Active |
1959–68, 1988–present
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| Instrument (text) |
Drums, Vocals
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| Associated Acts |
The Beatles, Lee Curtis & the All Stars, Pete Best & the All-Stars, the Pete Best Four, the Pete Best Combo, the Pete Best Band, Lee Curtis and the All Stars, Lee Curtis and the All-Stars
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| Brand Endorsement |
Carlsberg
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| Official Websites |
www.petebest.com/, http://www.petebest.com/, http://www.petebest.com
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| Father |
Donald Peter Scanland (marine engineer), Johnny Best (step father)
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| Mother |
Alice Mona Shaw (owner of The Casbah Coffee Club)
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| Brother |
Rory Best, Vincent Roag Best
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| Family Member |
Beba Best (daughter), Bonita Best (daughter), Thomas Shaw (grandfather) (Irish major), Mary Shaw (grandmother)
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| Friend |
Neil Aspinall, Johnny Hutchinson, John Lennon
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| Associated People |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, Ringo Starr, Brian Epstein, Allan Williams, Chas Newby, Tony Sheridan, Bert Kaempfert, George Martin, Spencer Leigh, Richie Unterberger, Ian McDonald, Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington
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| Favorite Places |
Liverpool, New York, Los Angeles
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| Favorite Colors |
Red, Black, White, Green, Blue
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Randolph Peter Best (né Scanland; 24 November 1941) is an English musician known as the Beatles' drummer before the band achieved worldwide fame. After he was dismissed from the group in 1962, he started his own band, the Pete Best Four, and later joined many other bands over the years. He is one of several people who have been referred to as the Fifth Beatle.
