Thomas Henry "Tommy" Moore (12 September 1931 - 29 September 1981) was an English drummer who played with The Silver Beetles - who later became The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 - from May to June 1960.

Born in Liverpool

Liverpool

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, Moore worked as a fork-lift truck driver and part-time musician. He first played drums with the Silver Beetles in May 1960, at the suggestion of Allan Williams

Allan Williams

Allan Williams is a former businessman and promoter of Welsh descent. He was the original booking agent of The Beatles...

, and later that month travelled to Scotland with John Lennon

John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

, Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

, George Harrison

George Harrison

George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...

 and Stuart Sutcliffe

Stuart Sutcliffe

Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was a Scottish artist and musician, best known as the original bass player of The Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue a career as an artist, having previously attended the Liverpool College of Art...

, when they acted as a backing band for singer Johnny Gentle

Johnny Gentle

Johnny Gentle is the stage name of John Askew . He was a British pop singer who is now best remembered for having briefly toured Scotland with the Silver Beetles - later known simply as The Beatles - as his backing group in 1960....

. During the tour, he was injured and lost his front teeth when the band's van, driven by Johnny Gentle, had a minor accident. However, Lennon and the Scottish organiser of the tour took him out of hospital and insisted that he perform with the rest of the group. After they returned to Liverpool, Moore undertook one further performance with the group, before they left for Germany

Germany

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 with Pete Best

Pete Best

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 as their drummer in August 1960.

Moore continued to work in Liverpool and died of a brain haemorrhage in 1981. The death record for Thomas Henry Moore in the September quarter of 1981 in Liverpool states that he was born in 1931, rather than 1924 as sometimes stated; this made him 28 when he played with the Beatles, rather than 36.