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As a member of the group when it was a five-piece band, Sutcliffe is one of several who are sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle". When he performed with the Beatles in Hamburg , he met photographer Astrid Kirchherr , to whom he was later engaged.
The band's members have offered their own views as to who should be described with the title. McCartney has said that "if anyone was the fifth Beatle", it was manager Brian Epstein (in a 1997 BBC interview) [2] and producer George Martin (in a 2016 memorial post). [3]
The Beatles invited Best to join the band on 12 August 1960, on the eve of the group's first Hamburg season of club dates. Ringo Starr eventually replaced Best on 16 August 1962 when the group's manager, Brian Epstein , fired Best at the request of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , and George Harrison following the band's first recording session.
After The Beatles broke up, all the members had successful solo careers. Lennon’s song " Imagine " is still celebrated today, over 40 years after his death at 40 from a gunshot on Dec. 8, 1980 ...
The Beatles have long been regarded by fans and rock historians as the Fab Four, but toward the end of their '60s run as a band, an honorary fifth member arrived to give them a much-needed ...
Although two of his songs were included in the band's 1975 and 1976 (plus the El Mocambo) live sets, the Stones and Preston parted company in 1977, mainly due to a disagreement over money. He continued to play on solo records by Stones members like Mick Jagger's Wandering Spirit, and made appearances on the band's Tattoo You and Bridges to Babylon.
Starr hopped on the drum set and joined McCartney and his band in a rendition of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)," from the Beatles' iconic 1967 album of the same name.
The band underwent many name and membership changes, culminating in 1962 with the famous line-up of Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, each of the four members went on to have success, both as solo acts and with their own groups.