Who was the fifth Beatle?

Answer 1

At various times, keyboardist Billy Preston, arranger George Martin or manager Brian Eptein have all been referred to as "the fifth Beatle". Also, a NYC DJ "Murry the K" took to calling himself this when The Beatles came to the US in 1964.

Answer 2

That is open to debate. Stuart Sutcliffe was a fifth member early on, producer George Martin was a fifth musician with them in the studio, and they worked with occasional guest performers. Manager Brian Epstein was called a "fifth Beatle" by the band themselves.

A New York City radio DJ called "Murray the K" (Murray Kaufman) declared himself the "Fifth Beatle" when the band first visited New York. He had a popular show, and gave the Beatles endless promotion on that show, which they appreciated, so they let the nickname stick.

Many people have been referred to as the "Fifth Beatle" at different times, but the most obvious and probably top of the list being their long time recording guru and producer, Sir George Martin, another being long time Roadie, Assistant and CEO of Apple, Neil Aspinall.

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Answer 3

He was never an actual beatle, but for the album Let It Be he played some kind of keyboards or piano in every song that John joked and said he should be the fifth beatle. Also when the Beatles released the Let It Be single album, it was realeased The Beatles and Billy Preston.