Andy White, 'fifth Beatle' from first hit, dies at 85

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Andy White, 'fifth Beatle' from first hit, dies at 85 - Andy White,  a  session musician  which  played drums  for the   initial  Beatles hit but spent his life  towards  edges  of  fame,  features  died, colleagues said Wednesday. He  \'m  85.

The Glasgow native,  exactly who  had lived  pertaining to   a long time   near you   through which  he taught Scottish-style pipes  ALONG WITH  drums, died  the  week  inside  his adopted home  associated with  New Jersey,  your own  New York Metro Pipe Band said  in  Facebook.

White  done   on   singular   sole   single   of the  Beatles  -   your  American version  involving  "Love Me Do"  -  but  That   feel  enough  to help  make him  an  mythic "Fifth Beatles"  with the  lore  of an  Fab Four.

White  for the  early 1960s had been based  inside  London but  was  familiar  from the   you  scene,  possessing  crossed  ones  Atlantic  in order to  back big names  such as  Chuck Berry  IN ADDITION TO   account  Haley  along with the  Comets.

As White recalled later, producer Ron Richards called him  inside  1962  AND   easily  offered  a  three-hour session  employment   for   identify  EMI.

"That's  almost all   my spouse and i  knew  information on  it.  i  had heard  of an  Beatles  coming from   after that   since   OUR   1st  wife Lynne  are   via  Liverpool  AND  had  talked about   the  name, but  my spouse and i  didn't  recognize  much  information about  them," he told Britain's Daily  Log   with   the  2012 interview.

But White said he  was  impressed  by the  Beatles, calling them  the  rare British act  in the   time frame   It   \'m  not  merely   bringing in  "a copy  connected with  music  with the  States."

"You  incase  tell  That   are  something  different   AND ALSO  very special. But  when i  didn't  understand   just  how special  This  would become," he said.

White  likewise  played  towards  B-side  on the  single, "P.S.  my partner and i  Love You."

But Starr  quickly  assumed full-time drumming duties  AS WELL AS   carried out   for the  British version  of  "Love Me Do."

 Starr  :   which  played tambourine  towards   us   single   to be able to  accompany White  on the  drum set  --  later recalled  a  feeling  regarding  dread  While  he saw  your  session musician, fearing he would  be  sacked  including  Best.

  whilst  White's  work   because of the  Beatles  \'m  short, he played drums  like a  session musician  at   numerous   various other  artists' hits,  like  "It's Not Unusual"  from  Tom Jones  inside  1965.