Pete Best

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Pete Best is an English drummer best known as the original drummer for the Beatles before being replaced by Ringo Starr just prior to the band’s rise to fame.

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Pete Best canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drummer
human
musician
activeYearsStart 1960
associatedAct Lee Curtis and the All-Stars
The Beatles
The Pete Best Band
associatedWith Merseybeat
surface form: Merseybeat scene
birthName Randolph Peter Best
countryOfBirth India
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1941-11-24
endTimeInBand 1962
ethnicGroup Anglo-Indians
surface form: Anglo-Indian
familyName Best
father Johnny Best
genre pop rock
rock music
givenName Peter
Randolph
hasAutobiography Beatle! The Pete Best Story
instrument drum kit
percussion
language English
maritalStatus married
memberOf The Beatles
mother Mona Best
motherFounded The Casbah Coffee Club
surface form: Casbah Coffee Club
name Pete Best self-link
notableEvent dismissal from the Beatles in August 1962
notableFor being the original drummer for the Beatles
notablePlace The Casbah Coffee Club
surface form: Casbah Coffee Club
notableWork The Pete Best Band
numberOfChildren 2
occupation drummer
musician
placeOfBirth Madras
surface form: Chennai

Chennai
surface form: Madras
positionInBand drummer for The Beatles
religion Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Ringo Starr
replacedRole original drummer for the Beatles
residence Liverpool
sibling Rory Best
startTimeInBand 1960
stepfather Rory Best Sr.
subjectOf documentary film "Best of the Beatles"

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Beatles formerMember Pete Best
Best hasNotableBearer Pete Best
Stuart Sutcliffe associatedWith Pete Best
Pete Best name Pete Best self-link