Editing Fifth Beatle (section)

===Neil Aspinall===
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A schoolmate of McCartney and Harrison and a close personal friend of Pete Best (he actually lived in Best's house and fathered his youngest brother, Roag), Aspinall joined the Beatles as their [[road manager]], which included driving his old [[Commer]] van to and from shows, both day and night. After [[Mal Evans]] started work for the Beatles, Aspinall was promoted to become their personal assistant, and eventually ascended to the position of [[Corporate title|CEO]] for [[Apple Corps]] (a position he held until 10 April 2007).

Aspinall was involved in court cases on behalf of Apple over the years (including cases against the Beatles' then-manager [[Allen Klein]], their label [[EMI]], and [[Apple Corps v. Apple Computer|the case against]] [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]]). He supervised the marketing of music, [[videotape|videos]], and [[merchandising]] for the group. Aspinall also temporarily served as the group's manager following Epstein's death.

Although not a musician, Aspinall also made minor contributions to a handful of Beatles' recordings. He played a [[Tanpura (instrument)|tambura]] on "[[Within You Without You]]", harmonica on "[[Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!]]", some percussion on "[[Magical Mystery Tour (song)|Magical Mystery Tour]]", and was among the many participants singing on the chorus of "[[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]". In January 1988, while accepting the Beatles' induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], Harrison named Aspinall as one of only two people worthy of the title "the Fifth Beatle", the other being Derek Taylor.<ref name="O'Dell p 122">{{cite book |last1=O'Dell |first1=Chris |last2=with Ketcham |first2=Katherine |year=2009 |title=Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved |location=New York, NY |publisher=Touchstone |isbn=978-1-4165-9093-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/missodellmyhardd00odel/page/122 122] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/missodellmyhardd00odel/page/122 }}</ref>