Three's a crowd...
I'm going to tell you anyway. He was one of the original members of The
Police but decided they weren't going very far and joined 'Wayne County
and the Electric Chairs'... yeah, you know them, they had that hit with,
um, thingy, you know... no me neither - never heard of them. Nice move
Henry. That go me thinking though, what other famous 'almost made it's'
are there out there??
Well, obviously, there's the 'Fifth Beatle' - but even there, you have a
choice: Derek Taylor or Neil Aspinall are key contenders, but there a
whole list of other wannabe fifth beatles
Some other almost made it's I found were:
Two Ronnies - originally, there was a third, Ronald Beasley.
Unfortunately, in 1973 he was sensationally booted out for not quite
being funny enough. He then plied his trade as a comedian doing the
Butlins circuit. These days he has a one man show out of a caravan in
Hastings.
Jackson 5 - Ricky 'Cue Ball' Jackson, their albino sibling though
talented was never allowed to perform with the rest of his family. The
irony!!! He went on to set up a celebrity dating network. Unfortunately,
a number of high profile divorces ensued. Divorces for Kim Basinger and
Alec Baldwin, Nicholas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley and then the little
known marriage of Mr T. to Michelle Pfeiffferfffer that only lasted 38
minutes, that had all used the service brought the company to it's
knees. Ricky is now to be seen selling t-shirts from a beach hut in
Miami.
The Flying Alex's - the famous Chinese circus trio who make millions for
each of their renowned performances used to be a quartet. The fourth
hung up his leotard to pursue a career in IT. He recently moved to
Cyberspace, and can now be found making up spurious stories about
celebrities...
Any other's out there you know about????
Pete Best was the fifth beatle - he was in the band right up until the point they recorded love me do et al and george martin decided to bring in Ringo Starr. In fact, ringo didn't even play drums on the love me do single, he did play tambourine though. I think Andy White who was an EMI session drummer, played drums.
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asa |
01 June 2007 08:27
'Fifth Beatle' doesn't actually mean in terms of performer for the band. If it did then Pete would be at best in the top ten when you take into account previous incarnations such as The Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moon Dogs etc. Even looking just at the Beatles, by your own admission, Pete would have been the 'Fourth Beatle'. However, 'Fifth Beatle' refers to the person having an influence comparable with the prominent members of the group. And it is under this definition that Derek and Neil qualify amoungst others, but not including, Mr Best.
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Alexander |
12 June 2007 22:27
the original post was regarding people that "almost made it's". To that end, Pete Best was the most high profile "almost made it" missing out on being a member of the most successful musical artist of all time definitely makes him the most high profile "almost made it". Apropos fifth beatle, i would concur with the fact that Mr Best couldn't be given that title, but then neither would Neil, Derek or Geoff Emerick. That title would have to go with George Martin.
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asa |
18 June 2007 14:08