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Alice Mona Best (née Shaw; 3 January 1924 – 9 September 1988) was a British music club proprietor, best known as the owner of The Casbah Coffee Club, a club in Liverpool which served as a venue for rock and roll music during the late 1950s and 1960s.
16. Jan. 2024 · While many associate the 1960s rock ‘n’ roll scene with the beloved quartet, there’s much more to the story. Beyond the bobbing heads and mop-style haircuts, one figure was the crucial foundation for an enduring legacy that spans decades: The ‘Mother of Merseybeat’, Mona Best.
Mona Kasten studierte Bibliotheks- und Informationsmanagement und arbeitet seither als Autorin von Romanen. Im Juni 2018 standen die Romane Save me und Save you auf Platz eins und zwei der Paperback- Bestsellerliste. Save me wurde auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019 mit dem Platinbuch des Hauptverband des österreichischen Buchhandels ausgezeichnet.
Started by Mona Best, mother of early Beatles drummer Pete Best, in the cellar of the family home, the Casbah was planned as a members-only club for her sons Pete and Rory and their friends, to meet and listen to the popular music of the day.
Best's mother, Mona Best, was born in Delhi, India, the daughter of Thomas (a major from Ireland) and Mary Shaw. Pete Best, her first child, was born on 24 November 1941 in Madras , then part of British India .
Alice Mona Best (née Shaw; 3 January 1924 – 9 September 1988) was a British music club proprietor, best known as the owner of The Casbah Coffee Club, a club in Liverpool which served as a venue for rock and roll music during the late 1950s and 1960s.
The story of The Beatles, the iconic band that revolutionized music as we know it, is not just a tale of talent and serendipity. It’s also a narrative interwoven with the support and opportunities given by a remarkable woman named Mona Best. She was the proprietor of the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool, a venue that proved to be an essential ...
