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Martin had disapproved of Best's drumming and was still unhappy with newcomer Starr's drumming. On 11 September 1962, Richards, who was in charge of recording that day, wanted the song recorded again, and the Beatles played "Love Me Do" a third time, this time with White replacing Starr on drums and
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A 1992 single includes both the Starr and White versions. An easy way to distinguish between the two versions is that White's version features Starr on tambourine; Starr's version does not include a tambourine. The Pete Best version of the song, initially thought to be lost, was released for the
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The version of "Love Me Do" with Starr playing drums was used on the early British pressings of the single in 1962. The version with White playing drums was used on the first American pressings of the single in 1964, all later releases of the single, on the Beatles' debut British album,
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White said, "We used some big band arrangements and put a back beat to it to fit in with the rock 'n' roll thing. I got the chance to hear rock 'n' roll in the flesh. That was where I got a good idea about what it was supposed to happen, drumwise." In 1960 in London White recorded with
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kit. Each drummer gets an individual sound, first of all by the way they tune the drums and then by the way they play the drums." In any case, he did not participate in the final recording on 26 November, and was only hired for the 11 September session.
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This was the only time White played with the Beatles, but it was enough to get him "into the history books", and the distinction of being one of the so-called "
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album. After Beatles expert Tom Frangione introduced White to the band, they asked White to record with them on their next Beatles
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White played with other prominent musicians and groups both in the United Kingdom and the United States, including
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White played drums on "P.S. I Love You" again in 2008, this time on a version by a New Jersey-based rock band,
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In a 2012 BBC interview, White claimed that during the 11 September session he also played on a recording of "
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and traditional jazz groups and musicians. In 1958 he formed a big band jazz outfit and took it to the
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called White "one of the busier drummers in England from the late '50s through the mid-'70s".
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on drums when he was still a member of the group; and again on 4 September 1962, now with
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on 27 July 1930, the son of a baker. At the age of 12, he started playing drums in a
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at the age of 17. In the 1950s and early 1960s, White played drums with a number of
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release of the song, which also appeared on the band's debut British album,
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in Glasgow. In the mid-1960s White toured the United States with
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shows, under the musical direction of the then-unknown composer
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Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties
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In the late 1980s White moved to United States and lived in
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In September 1962, White received a call from producer
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