Randolph Peter "Pete" Best (born 24 November 1941) is an English musician, principally known as the original drummer for the Beatles from 1960 to 1962.He was born in the city of Madras, then part of British India. After Best's mother, Mona Best (1924–1988), moved to Liverpool in 1945, she opened The Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Bests' house in Liverpool.