# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-white
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:39.842Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-white"
name: "Andy White"
slug: "andy-white"
description: "Andrew McLuckie White was a Scottish drummer, primarily a session musician. He is best known for temporarily replacing Ringo Starr on drums for the Beatles' first single, \"Love Me Do\". White was featured on the American 7\" single release of the song, which also appeared on the band's debut British album, Please Please Me. He also played on \"P.S. I Love You\", which was the B-side of \"Love Me Do\"."
tagline: "Drummer (1930–2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/55/Andy_White_%28drummer%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-07-27"
deathDate: "2015-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.23
  momentum:             8.688311688311687
  historical:           16.124704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3840687/"
    handle:    "nm3840687"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اندى وايت (مزيكا من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White"
    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White_(Schlagzeuger)"
    title: "Andy White (Schlagzeuger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White_(drummer)"
    title: "Andy White (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White"
    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White"
    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White_(batteur)"
    title: "Andy White (batteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White"
    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White"
    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88_(%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "アンディ・ホワイト (ドラマー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A4%EB%94%94_%ED%99%94%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "앤디 화이트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White"
    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White"
    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_White"
    title: "Andy White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528036"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Andy White"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump