IMAGES – Disappeared on Wednesday March 9, the legendary producer George Martin was one of ten artists and managers to have had the honor to be called to According to the legendary group. Le Figaro offers to rediscover these great names of the song (and football) that marked the British training.
Brian Epstein, Klaus Voormann, Pete Best, Billy Preston … all participated in years 60 and 70 to the mythologizing of the Beatles. Manager, pianist or footballer, each of these men embodied for a time the name of the legendary formation Brit pop.
While George Martin, the mentor and spiritual father of the British band died today at age 90 years, writing the Le Figaro makes you rediscover these images “Fifth Beatles” who worked in the shadows to the meteoric rise of the legendary group.
● George Martin
The legendary Beatles producer George Martin and musician George Harrison were the great childhood friends Paul McCartney. Dubbed the “fifth Beatles’ George Martin played a key role in the history of British band he almost produced albums. George Harrison for his part was the key element in the training of English, since it was he who did meet Paul McCartney and John Lennon in the late 50s.
● Stuart Sutcliffe
Stuart Sutcliffe, first painter and musician, was the bassist of the Beatles in 1960 and 1961. He left the group that year to concentrate on his studies art and to return to his wife, Astrid Kirchherr, who lives in Hamburg. He tragically died April 10, 1962 at age 21 of a brain hemorrhage three days before the return of the Beatles in Germany. Very affected by the death of his friend Stuart, John Lennon will be alluded to in the song In My Life on the Rubber Soul album in 1965.
● Pete Best
Tour father turn and official baker, Pete Best was the drummer of the Beatles between 1960 and 1962. Nicknamed the “Fifth Beatle” during this time, Pete Best was finally dismissed the group for lack of satisfactory performance . He was replaced by Ringo Starr.
● Billy Preston
While touring the top of its 16 years with his Little Richard group in Hamburg, Billy Preston first met the Beatles. As they get closer, the young pianist was offered by George Harrison to play the song Get Back on the album Let It Be. Real “Fifth Beatle ‘Billy Preston will also contribute to the songs that appear on Abbey Road.
● Jimmy Nicol
While Ringo Starr, must to operate emergency tonsil June 3, 1964, Brian Epstein and George Martin decide to hire Jimmy Nicol as a drummer. It will be dubbed the “Fifth Beatle” for two weeks before falling back into anonymity.
● George Best
First Northern Irish footballer acquire the pop-star status in stadiums, George Best is dubbed the “fifth Beatles” by the press in the late 60s for his outstanding virtuosity. Died November 25, 2005, George Best was buried on the famous sound of the Beatles, Long and Winding Road .
● Neil Aspinall
a childhood friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, Neil Aspinall became road manager (driver and personal assistant) Beatles in the early 60. It occasionally attend some of their recordings before becoming director General Apple Corps until 2007. Neil Aspinall died March 24, 2008 following a long illness.
● Brian Epstein
Brian Epstein is the largest manager of the Beatles from 1961 to 1967, the year of his death. It is he that comes to canvassing force from record companies, to make the “bigger than Elvis.” He prematurely dies of an overdose of barbiturates in Wales on 27 August 1967.
● Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor becomes the personal assistant Brian Epstein at the dawn of the 1960s and managed to approach the members of the Beatles. It will be for a few months their press officer before getting his own affairs between England and the United States. Derek Taylor died September 8, 1997.
● Klaus Voormann
Klaus Voormann, friend of the Beatles from their stays in Hamburg in the 60s , contributed to several works of the group, including that of the cover of the album Revolver rewarded with a Grammy Award.
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