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Encyclopedia > Mona Best

Mona Best was born in India. She is best known as the mother of Pete Best, an early member of The Beatles. She also had another son Rory. She opened The Casbah, a venue for rock music in Liverpool. The Quarry Men John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ken Brown, frequently played at The Casbah as other venues such as The Cavern had a jazz-only policy at that time.


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Pete Best - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1022 words)
The son of Mona Best, the owner of Liverpool's Casbah Club, where The Beatles played occasionally, Best was first invited to join the band in 1959, later rejoining for their 1960–1961 residency in Hamburg.
Best filed a libel suit against The Beatles in October of that year, because Starr implied in an interview with Playboy magazine that Best had been fired because he was a drug user.
Best decided to leave show business, and in Hunter Davies' 1968 authorised Beatles biography, he was portrayed as both somewhat bitter but also unwilling to further talk about or otherwise cash in on his Beatles association.
Pete Best, Bealtles. The Beatles Pete Best (257 words)
The Beatles, The Silver Beatles and Pete Best with The Beatles in Hamburg, Hambourg, Liverpool and Germany.
Pete is known as the 5th Beatle, Fifth Beatle, which ensures that the 5th Beatle and the Casbah, The Casbah Coffee Club and Silver Beatle, The Quarrymen and Pete Best the 5th Beatle or Pete Best Fifth Beatle.
The Silver Beatles, The Pete Best Four, Pete Best and The All Stars, and The Pete Best Four The Pete Best 4 with Epstein and Brian Epstein with Pete Best Combo.
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