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White, a session musician who had played swing, jazz and
Scottish pipe and drum music before turning to rock and roll,
died Monday after suffering a stroke, the news agency said.
The musician later said he was paid 5 British pounds for three
hours of work in 1962 with the Beatles, then a relatively new
band, the BBC said.
His work was featured on the U.S. version of the single for
"Love Me Do" and also on "P.S. I Love You." He is one of several
musicians dubbed "Fifth Beatles," meaning they were involved in
the band but were not the four famous members who defined the
group: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison or Starr.
On "Love Me Do," White played drums and Starr played the
tambourine. White later played drums on Tom Jones' 1965 hit
"It's Not Unusual," and toured with Marlene Dietrich, Burt
Bacharach and Rod Stewart, the BBC said.
In New Jersey, he taught drumming and worked with pipe and drum
bands, which feature bagpipes and a corps of drummers, the BBC
said.
He was married to the voiceover actress Thea Ruth, the BBC said.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by David Gregorio)
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