Posted on 11/11/2015 12:52:58 PM PST by Borges
Andy White, the Scottish studio session musician who played the drums on Love Me Do and other early tracks by The Beatles, has died in New Jersey. According to his family, the 85-year-old died on Monday following a stroke.
White was chosen ahead of Ringo Starr in September 1962 to play drums on the single version of Love Me Do and its B-side, P.S. I Love You.
White, who was born in Glasgow in 1930, is also believed to have played on the album version of Please Please Me. He could therefore legitimately claim to be one of the so-called "Fifth Beatles", alongside the likes of Pete Best, Stuart Sutcliffe and others.
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Also found the following about 5th Beatle Andy White. (Notice his bumper sticker.)
Andy White: Drummer |
R.I.P.
Yeah I know what you mean. Preston was given credit for performing on a record. But that is not that unusual. But bands including the Beatles don't always give credit to session guys. However Billy Preston was never considered a Beatle.
If anyone could be considered a "fifth Beatle" IMO it would be George Martin who performed a whole lot more than Billy Preston on Beatle records and had a detailed involvement in the Beatles' music and sound from the beginning until the end.
Of course you know all that and on a side note I'll bet you have seen those interviews with George Martin where he plays the Beatle master recordings tracks and solos certain tracks. Martin knows the skinny on all that went down on those recordings. Not a Beatle but a huge contributor.
I’ve concluded that, for most, the difference between success in the music business and failure is *not* talent but how well you can cope with the bs, even if it means being thought of as an a-hole. There’s a lot of acts out there who aren’t any more talented than anyone else but they have the Type A personality to persevere when most sane people would toss in the towel.
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