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John Lennon

From ‘Imagine’ to martyrdom

Paul McCartney

Wings – band on the run

George Harrison

All things must pass

Ringo Starr

The boogaloo Beatle

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by Billy Preston

t’s hard to believe it’s been over

40 years since I ﬁ rst met The

Beatles in Hamburg in 1962.

I arrived to do a two-week

residency at the Star Club with

Little Richard. He was a hero of theirs

so they were in awe and I think they

were impressed with me too because

I was only 16 and holding down a job

in his band. We weren’t so far apart in

age, particularly George, so we hit it off

from the start.

What was instantly obvious to me was

that they weren’t like the other bands

around then. Their harmonies, the way

they dressed and their personalities set

them apart from the others. They were

also unique at the time in the way a

bunch of white guys handled black music and were

able to add to it.

We went our separate ways for a few of years, then

I came to London with Ray Charles and George

came to see the gig and spotted me in the band. They

sent word for me to come by, we got to

jamming and one thing led to another and

I ended up recording in the studio with

them. The press called me the Fifth Beatle

but I was just really happy to be there.

Things were hard for them then, Brian

had died and there was a lot of politics

and money hassles with Apple, but we

got on personality-wise and they grew to

trust me – I was a kind of sounding board

– all I remember was we had a groove going and

someone said “take a solo”, then when the album

came out my name was there on the song. Plenty

of other musicians worked with them at that time,

people like Eric Clapton, but they chose to give me

a credit for which I’m very grateful.

I ended up signing to Apple and making

a couple of albums with them and in turn had

the opportunity to work on their solo albums. In

the years after the split it wasn’t easy for them to

become anything other than The Beatles,

but they were always very creative. People

are forever asking me why they remain

so revered after all this time and it’s the

big question. I guess they just wrote from

the heart, they experienced a lot of things

and wrote about them in a way everybody

could relate to.

The press called me the

Fifth Beatle, but I was just

really happy to be there

and another set of ears. As far as I was concerned

they treated me like a member of the band. I’d stay

with George at Henley, we’d eat lunch in the ofﬁ ce,

jam and record. It was a fun time for me. To get a

credit on ‘Get Back’ was an honour and a privilege

Let it BP: the Fifth

Beatle in 1972

NME ORIGINALS 3

THE TEN YEARS AFTER THE BEATLES

The Beatles’ split was a long and drawn out divorce, but the aftermath proved just as messy.

Chris Ingham explains how The Beatles survived the ’70s

18 John by David Stubbs

20 Paul by Paolo Hewitt

22 George by Adrian Thrills

24 Ringo by Paul Moody

McCartney announces Beatles split ‘McCartney’ ‘Sentimental Journey’

‘All Things Must Pass’ ‘Plastic Ono Band’ ‘My Sweet Lord’

‘An oth e r D a y’ ‘Power To The People’ ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ ‘Ram’

‘Beaucoups Of Blues’ Concert For Bangla Desh ‘Imagine’

‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ For ming Wings ‘Wild Life’

Wings live debut ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ Save Our Lennons campaign

Lennon at Madison Square Garden ‘Some Time In New York City’ ‘Hi Hi Hi’

Ringo and Marc Bolan ‘Back Off Boogaloo’ ‘My Love’ ‘Live And Let Die’

‘Red Rose Speedway’ ‘Living In The Material World’ ‘Mind Games’ ‘Ringo’

4 NME ORIGINALS

INTRODUCTION

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