Talk:Fifth Beatle

I was surprised by that too. Billy Preston, basically a gospel organist for most of his career, was hired by Little Richard in his "evangelical phase" to play gospel music and went on a European tour with him, but audiences insisted on hearing Little Richard's hits. At any rate, Preston met the Beatles in Hamburg while on that tour, all according to http://wfnk.com/1200/BillyPreston. They later reunited in the "Let It Be" era. The web page theorizes that Billy's positive vibes were needed because the Beatles were all mad at each other by then. Ortolan88

It's possible Mc Cartney was a great fan of Little Richard.