Fifth Beatle

People seem very keen to dub George Martin "the fifth Beatle". Several people have been connected with this title. Here are ten

 

1 Stuart Sutcliffe (friend of Lennon's, member of the original group)

2 Pete Best (original drummer)

3 Brian Epstein (manager)

4 George Martin (producer)

5 Neil Aspinall (chief roadie, etc)

6 Derek Taylor (media man)

7 Billy Preston (keyboard player on Let it be, etc)

8 Tony Sheridan (singer with the band in the early days)

9 Klaus Voorman (bassist from Hamburg days, on all the solo albums, etc)

10 George Best (long haired footballer from the sixties)