THE FIFTH BEATLE 10

[I]

THE FIFTH BEATLE 10

1 Stuart Sutcliffe ~ Beatles bass player. Died early 1962

2 Pete Best ~ Beatles drummer. Sacked after the recording of 'Love Me Do' and replaced by Ringo Starr.

3 George Martin ~ The Beatles recording manager

4 Yoko Ono ~ John Lennon's wife

5 Neill Aspinall ~ Apple MD and Beatles roadie from 1962

6 Murray Kaufman aka Murray The K~ Omipresent disc jockey during The Beatles' first US tour

7 Brian Epstein ~ Beatles manager 1961-1967

8 Derek Taylor ~ Beatles press officer

9 Billy Preston ~ Organist with The Beatles during the late 1960s

10 Bill Harry ~ Beatles archivist and founder of Mersey Beat

Compiled by OBSERVER STATION

[Benj52]

#1. Surely should be Jimmy Nicol, who actually did play drums with the boys while Ringo ws recuperating from tonsilitis, Far East Tour 1964.

[I]

All these people had long and close associations with the group. Nicol was with therm for a couple of months only.

Observer

[Funky Dread]

Interesting changes since 2008!