Andy White, early Beatles drummer, dies aged 85

BBC ^ | 11/11/2015

[Borges]

Andy White, the Scottish studio session musician who played the drums on Love Me Do and other early tracks by The Beatles, has died in New Jersey. According to his family, the 85-year-old died on Monday following a stroke.

White was chosen ahead of Ringo Starr in September 1962 to play drums on the single version of Love Me Do and its B-side, P.S. I Love You.

White, who was born in Glasgow in 1930, is also believed to have played on the album version of Please Please Me. He could therefore legitimately claim to be one of the so-called "Fifth Beatles", alongside the likes of Pete Best, Stuart Sutcliffe and others.

[Georgia Girl 2]

So many people have real talent and only so many are in the right place at the right time. I know a lot of ex musicians. :-)

[Boogieman]

“Not a fifth Beatle. Session work doesn’t get you a band credit.”

Well, it did for Billy Preston, but he was the only session musician the Beatles actually credited on an album (for “Get Back”).

[dp0622]

me too. i see one in the mirror every day :)

drummer since 6. learned guitar from the band members.

bunch of songs. some of them good.

that’s all long gone.

NEVER great. I wont lie. but good.

no where near the talent needed to make it,

but i had fun!!!

[Boogieman]

“how does one get over being thisclose to being part of the most successful and famous rock band ever?”

Probably you just become a jazz musician, then you can look down your nose at the rock muscians and pretend you are better than them anyway!

[oh8eleven]

Like Wolfman in “That Thing You Do”
Don't know what it is about the movie and its music, but if I start watching, I can't turn it off.
Like the Beatles music, it's upbeat and always makes you feel good.
"Those werrrrrrrrrrre the days my friend ..."

[Boogieman]

“Someone put a whole lot of thought and effort into producing songs that sound EXACTLY like they were recorded in 1964.”

Pretty sure Tom Hanks was the “someone”. He wrote the hit song himself and I think he was pretty involved in the whole soundtrack.

[Dr. Sivana]

I used to walk to a dinner on the Berlin Turnpike(to young to drive) to play the flip of, PS: I Love You,Love love me Do.

Where on the Berlin Turnpike (In CT, I assume)? Would it be what is now known as the Olympia Diner? Nothing much else there that waas around back then, it's all fast food and chains like Ruth's Chris. The old Bates' style motels are still there.

[Borges]

Hanks wrote and directed the film but the song was written by Adam Schlesinger.

[dp0622]

LOL!! and probably drink heavily

[Impala64ssa]

I was just reading the story of Donald Sutherland’s contract for the film Animal House.
That sounds like Steve McQueen when he starred in The Blob. He was offered either 10% and some royalties or $5000 cash, a significant amount of $$$ in the late 50's for a struggling young actor. He decided to go for the 5 grand, figuring like most other sci-fi flicks at the time it was a low budget film that wouldn't be very popular for long. It's still a "cult classic" to this day. Eventually, by the time McQueen starred in Bullitt he more than made up financially for that blunder.

[dp0622]

I LOVE THAT SONG.

and I’m a Guns N Roses and Led Zep fan.

it’s just the frigging catchiest tune lol.

plus fun and upbeat. i thought the drummer AND singer would go on to bigger things in movies. never happened.

of course the guitarist did. I forget his name. he’s funny.

Tyler’s daughter did a pretty good job too.

i love when he first starts the up tempo!

[zzwhale]

THE BEATLES S U C K

[zzwhale]

THE BEATLES S U C K

[OrangeHoof]

Reads like the guy who tossed away his lottery ticket in life.

[CGASMIA68]

Probably Olympia.may have been Tinas back then.
I washed dishes at Matteres’s as a yout

[longfellow]

Oh here we go again, Paul is dead, right. Almost got me with Lennon but then I realized no one would pump six into John and not one in yoko.

[Boogieman]

Ah you are right, Hanks did write songs for the album, but not that one! I could swear he claimed to have written that when he was on the Dennis Miller show one time.

[Borges]

Have anything intelligent to say?

[glorgau]

The Middle-Aged Man's Guide to Getting Out Of the Music Industry - pretty amusing read.

[Ken H]

Yoko acquired the name 'Ono' the morning after the wedding. When they woke up she said 'I'm your new bride, Yoko'.

And John said....