Andy White, early Beatles drummer, dies aged 85

BBC ^ | 11/11/2015

[Heart-Rest]

Andy didn't have the right hairdo to be a permanent Beatle!

Also found the following about 5th Beatle Andy White.   (Notice his bumper sticker.)

Andy White: Drummer

R.I.P.

[plain talk]

“Not a fifth Beatle. Session work doesn’t get you a band credit.” Well, it did for Billy Preston, but he was the only session musician the Beatles actually credited on an album (for “Get Back”).

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.

[OrangeHoof]

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.