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White went on to play on hit records by Herman's Hermits, and on Tom Jones's hit song "It's Not Unusual". He also worked with many other musicians and groups, including Rod Stewart, Anthony Newley, Bert Weedon and the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra in Glasgow. In the mid-1960s White toured the United States with German film star Marlene Dietrich and performed in her "famous" cabaret shows, under the musical direction of the then-unknown composer, Burt Bacharach.
White played drums on "P.S. I Love You" again in 2008, this time on a version by a New Jersey-based rock band, The Smithereens. In 2007 the band had recorded Meet The Smithereens!, a tribute to The Beatles, covering their entire Meet The Beatles! album. After Beatles expert Tom Frangione introduced White to the band, they asked White to record with them on their next Beatles tribute album at their House of Vibes recording studio in Highland Park. White's drumming on "P.S. I Love You" was released late in 2008 on B-Sides The Beatles, an album of Beatles B-side covers from 1962 to 1965. White also played drums with The Smithereens in May 2008 at a We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends charity health-care fundraiser at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.
In the late 1980s White moved to United States and currently lives in Caldwell, New Jersey, where he teaches Scottish pipe band drumming. He is also a judge for the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA), and drum instructor for the New York City Department of Corrections Emerald Pipe Band. He is married to Thea White, a librarian who supplied the voice of Muriel on the Cartoon Network show Courage the Cowardly Dog. White has a bumper sticker on his car that reads "5THBEATLE". He said that "One of my students gave that to me."
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