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(Monday, November 24, 1941) — English musician Pete Best, known as the drummer of the English rock band the Beatles immediately before the band achieved worldwide fame, was born Randolph Peter Scanland today in Madras, then part of British India.

Best’s biological father was marine engineer Donald Peter Scanland, who subsequently died during World War II.

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Best’s mother was training to become a doctor in the service of the Red Cross when she met Johnny Best, who came from a family of sports promoters in Liverpool who ran Liverpool Stadium. They were wed in 1944 and the Best family settled in Liverpool, England, in 1945.

Best, a drummer, was a member of The Beatles from August 1960 until he was fired on Aug. 16, 1962, by manager Brian Epstein at the request of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison following the band’s first recording session. He was replaced by Ringo Starr.