Editing Fifth Beatle (section)

==Temporary members==

===Chas Newby===
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When the Beatles returned from West Germany for the first time in 1960, they were short a bass guitarist. Pete Best suggested Chas Newby. Newby had been with the Black Jacks (Pete Best's group), and was now attending university, but was on holiday and so agreed to play with the Beatles. He appeared with them for four engagements in December 1960 (17 December, Casbah Club, Liverpool; 24 December, Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard; 27 December, [[Litherland Town Hall]]; 31 December, Casbah Club). Lennon asked him to go to West Germany for the Beatles' second trip,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/chas-newby-plays-with-beatles-liverpool/|title=The Story of Chas Newby, Who Played With the Beatles in Liverpool|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=17 December 2015 |access-date=13 November 2017}}</ref> but he chose to return to university and after Lennon and Harrison both declined to switch to bass guitar, McCartney, who previously played guitar and piano, reluctantly became the band's bassist.

===Jimmie Nicol===
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Jimmie Nicol played drums for the first eight shows of [[The Beatles' 1964 world tour]]. Starr became ill and the opening part of the tour was almost cancelled. Instead of cancelling, the Beatles' manager [[Brian Epstein]] hired Nicol to stand in until Starr recovered.  Nicol played with the band in early June, in [[Denmark]], the [[Netherlands]], Hong Kong and Australia.  Nicol made the most of his time, signing autographs and giving interviews. Starr rejoined the band on 14 June, in [[Melbourne]].