What is Pete Best?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Pete Best | Img = Pete Best2005.jpg | Img_capt = Pete Best in 2005 | image_size = | Landscape = | Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Randolph Peter Scanland | Alias = Pete Best | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|11|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Chennai|Madras]], [[British India]] | death_date = | Origin = [[Liverpool]], [[England]] | Instrument = [[Drum kit|Drums]] | Genre = [[Rock and roll]], [[Rock music|rock]] | Occupation = [[Drummer]], [[Civil servant]], [[Songwriter]] | Years_active = 1959 – 1968,<br />1960–1962 (Beatles Drummer),<br /> 1988 – present | Label = | associated_acts = [[The Beatles]],<br />The Pete Best Band | website = [http://www.petebest.com/ www.petebest.com] }} '''Randolph Peter Best''' or '''Pete Best''' (born '''Randolph Peter Scanland'''; 24 November 1941) was [[The Beatles]]'s original drummer. He was born on 24 November 1941 in [[Madras]], [[India]] to an Indian mother and an [[English people|English]] father. His mother, Mona, later owned the Casbah Club in [[Liverpool, England|Liverpool]], where The Beatles would sometimes perform. Best was drummer for the group from 1960 until 16 August 1962, when the band and their new manager, [[Brian Epstein]], fired him and replaced him with [[Ringo Starr]]. The reason was because when the band auditioned for [[EMI]], [[record producer]] [[George Martin]] was not satisfied with Best's drum skills, and planned to replace him on their recordings. Best was devastated, and tried to form other bands with little success. He attempted suicide in 1965. He went on to work as a [[civil service|civil servant]]. In 1995, when The Beatles released their ''Anthology'' albums, which featured Best on some recordings, he received a large sum of money from the sales. He also found a new car