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"Andy White, the Scotland-born session musician who played drums on the Beatles&amp;apos; debut single &amp;quot;Love Me Do&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;P.S. I Love You,&amp;quot; passed away Monday in New Jersey after suffering a massive stroke. He was 85. White&amp;apos;s family confirmed his death to the BBC, adding that White would be remembered for his &amp;quot;amazing humility and humbleness about his many achievements.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWhite made his mark on music history by serving as drummer on&amp;#xA0;the Beatles&amp;apos; first single. &amp;quot;Love Me Do&amp;quot; was initially recorded during the group&amp;apos;s EMI audition in June 1962 with Pete Best on drums. Three months later, after the Beatles signed their contract, new drummer Ringo Starr&amp;#xA0;performed on the song during a September 4th, 1962 session, but producer George Martin was unhappy with the results. A veteran session drummer, White was then called in to play drums during the September 11th session at EMI Studios at Abbey Road.\r\nWhite was paid &amp;#xA3;5 for the three-hour session and received no royalties for performing on the band&amp;apos;s legendary first single. The White versions also appeared on the Beatles&amp;apos; debut LP Please Please Me. Starr still featured on both songs, however, playing tambourine on &amp;quot;Love Me Do&amp;quot; and maracas on &amp;quot;P.S. I Love You.&amp;quot;\r\nAccording to the BBC, White also insisted that he appear on the Beatles&amp;apos; &amp;quot;Please Please Me,&amp;quot; although Starr is credited as drummer on the track. Regardless, White&amp;apos;s brief stint with the Fab Four cemented his legacy as one of the &amp;quot;Fifth Beatles,&amp;quot; a club that includes Stuart Sutcliffe, Pete Best and Jimmie Nicol.\r\nIn addition to his work with the Beatles, White also appeared on Tom Jones&amp;apos; 1965 hit &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s Not Unusual&amp;quot; as well as tracks by Rod Stewart, Chuck Berry, Herman&amp;apos;s Hermits and Lulu. Later in life, White settled in America with his wife, voice actor Thea White, and became a drumming instructor, with the E Street Band&amp;apos;s Steven Van Zandt among his pupils."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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