The fifth Beatle

Choose who deserves to win this title...

I voted for George Martin because I believe he was most beneficial to the band.
Brian was good for them in the beginning but soon lost his use.
Stuart and Pete are no more than footnotes and in the big picture are only tiny parts of Beatle history.

I went for stu... Pete was a fourth beatle and then ringo came and HE became the fourth beatle. To me, "fifth" beatle means being an actual member of the band, and thee were 5 once, so...
Stu it is.

I voted for Brian, and I don't think he "lost his use", because they would've needed him, but all choices were good.

I went with Sir George. I hated voting against Brian, because he gave so much to make them "The Beatles". But, George M. contributed to so much to their music. Not only with his ideas, but he also did alot of performing.

I had to go with George Martin, he was the one who groomed their raw ideas in to good songs. Without him they would have never made the records that they did.

Sometimes I feel that with another producer they could have been lost into oblivion. They may have made ordinary records with a blah producer and never have created what they did.

George Martin was part of the Beatles creative process. "No he's not" said Little Nicola.

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Brian was the 5th Beatle. He saw something special and unique there at The Cavern, on that "rather dimly lit stage." I don't think George Martin would have ever had occasion to visit The Cavern. Brian was not only thier manager, he was their friend. [img]graemlins/lightbulb.gif[/img]

George Martin. No doubt.

I thought I just replied to this...maybe it was on another board...

I think Brian was the 5th Beatle. Of course, the Beatles were about music, which may lead some to believe George Martin was...but the Beatles probably would never have come across Martin had it not been for Brian. Had it not been for Brian, they might never have gotten out of Liverpool. It all goes back to Brian.

For me this has got to be George Martin...not only the fifth Beatle but these days are rare example of a true English gentleman God bless him...

I also chose George Martin. He certainly played an important part with the 'sound' of the band. I also believe being with the band longer would qualify him as the fifth more.

George Martin for me. Brian was an important part of their history, but George Martin had the most influence on their music.

Poor Pete. He gets no votes. [img]graemlins/laugh5.gif[/img]

I voted for George Martin too. I guess it was because he was more like a member of the Beatles than Brian, and because he was with them for almost their entire career so he had a very big influence.

Undoubtedly George Martin!!

Yep, my vote went to Sir George too. All the others were undoubtedly influencial, but George Martin really helped them develop their music. He gave them so many ideas, I don't think the Beatles would have reached the heights they did if it hadn't been for him.

What about "Murray the K"? He was also known as the "fifth Beatle"...

Originally Posted By onosideboards:
I thought I just replied to this...maybe it was on another board...

I think Brian was the 5th Beatle. Of course, the Beatles were about music, which may lead some to believe George Martin was...but the Beatles probably would never have come across Martin had it not been for Brian. Had it not been for Brian, they might never have gotten out of Liverpool. It all goes back to Brian.

<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Brian is the 5th person to enter the band, even if it is as manager. Brian recognized the appeal the boys could have, if polished a bit.
Sir George brought out the luster.

I voted for Stu cuz he was the actual 5th beatle.

I voted for Pete becaue Pete was the actually really the 5th Beatle.