 Randolph Peter "Pete" Best has been referred to as an informal title with claims first appeared in the press immediately upon the band's rise to what?
Pete Best: Randolph Peter "Pete" Best (born Randolph Peter Scanland, 24 November 1941) is an English musician, principally known as an original member and first drummer of the Beatles, from 1960 to 1962. Pete Best:  He has been referred to as the Fifth Beatle. Fifth Beatle: The fifth Beatle is an informal title that various commentators in the press and entertainment industry have applied to people who were at one point a member of the Beatles, or who had a strong association with the "Fab Four" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr) during the group's existence. Fifth Beatle:  The "fifth Beatle" claims first appeared in the press immediately upon the band's rise to global fame in 1963–64.
global fame