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Pete Best

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Randolph Peter Best (né Scanland; born 24 November 1941) is an English retired musician who was the drummer for the Beatles from 1960 to 1962. He was dismissed shortly before the band achieved worldwide fame and is one of several people referred to as a fifth Beatle. Best's mother, Mona Best (1924–1988), opened the Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Bests' house in Liverpool. The Beatles (at the time known as the Quarrymen) played some of their first concerts at the club. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Best is the 168th most popular musician (down from 131st in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from India (down from 88th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Musician.

Pete Best is most famous for being the original drummer for the Beatles.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pete Best ranks 168 out of 3,175. Before him are Ritchie Valens, Steve Howe, Vladimir Ashkenazy, James Last, Charley Patton, and Joseph Joachim. After him are Lenny Kravitz, Ravi Shankar, Duff McKagan, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Amy Winehouse, and Bill Evans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Pete Best ranks 70. Before him are Ritchie Valens, Jordi Savall, Michael Howard, Jürgen Prochnow, Karl Barry Sharpless, and Ivica Osim. After him are Jacques Perrin, Igor Smirnov, Martin Evans, Gheorghe Zamfir, Chick Corea, and Pierre Agostini.

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In India

Among people born in India, Pete Best ranks 127 out of 1,861. Before him are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Rajendra Prasad (1884), A. R. Rahman (1966), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Samudragupta (335), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888). After him are Ravi Shankar (1920), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Kim Philby (1912), and Radha (null).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Pete Best ranks 4. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), Ram Narayan (1927), and A. R. Rahman (1966). After him are Ravi Shankar (1920), Cliff Richard (1940), Tansen (1493), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Naushad (1919), Bismillah Khan (1916), Christian Zacharias (1950), and Barry Hay (1948).

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