POLL RESULTS |
Week: |
433 |
Date: |
7/15/2019 |
Question: |
Who was the most important supporting band member (musicians only) working with the Beatles? (with 3 or more appearances) |
Your Vote |
Option |
Votes |
Percent |
|
George Martin - Played keyboards on 32 songs including 'A Hard Day’s Night', 'Rock and Roll Music', and 'In My Life'
|
410 |
40.2% |
|
Billy Preston - Keyboardist on 14 songs, including most songs on Let it Be LP, also played with them on the roof at their last concert
|
182 |
17.8% |
|
Sidney Sax - Played violin on at least 9 Beatles songs including 'Yesterday', 'Eleanor Rigby', and 'A Day in the Life'
|
168 |
16.5% |
|
Mal Evans - Played harmonica, keys, trumpet, & percussion on 9 different songs including 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' and 'Birthday'
|
164 |
16.1% |
|
Brian Jones - Played sax on 'You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)' and percussion/backing vocals on 'Yellow Submarine' & 'All You Need is Love'
|
54 |
5.3% |
|
David Mason - Contributed trumpet to 'All You Need Is Love', 'A Day in the Life' and 'Penny Lane'
|
10 |
1% |
|
Chris Thomas - Contributed keyboards to 'The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill', 'Long Long Long', 'Piggies', & 'Savoy Truffle'
|
8 |
0.8% |
|
Andy White - Played drums on 'Please Please Me', 'Love Me Do' and 'P.S. I Love You'
|
6 |
0.6% |
|
Rex Morris - Contributed saxophone to 'All You Need Is Love' and 'Honey Pie'; and trombone to 'Revolution 1'
|
6 |
0.6% |
|
Reginald Kilbey - Contributed cello to 'Glass Onion', 'Martha My Dear', 'Piggies', and 'Within You Without You'
|
3 |
0.3% |
|
Pattie Boyd - Contributed vocals to 'All You Need Is Love','Birthday', and 'Yellow Submarine'
|
2 |
0.2% |
|
Pete Best - original drummer played on 10 of their earliests songs including 'Cry for a Shadow'
|
2 |
0.2% |
|
Eldon Fox - Contributed cello to 'Glass Onion', 'I Am the Walrus' and 'Piggies'
|
1 |
0.1% |
|
Erich Gruenberg - Contributed violin to 'A Day in the Life', 'She's Leaving Home', and 'Within You Without You'
|
1 |
0.1% |
|
Klaus Voormann - Played bass with the Beatles in the Hamburg clubs after Stu Sutcliffe left to return to art school in Hamburg
|
1 |
0.1% |
|
Neil Sanders - Contributed French horn to 'A Day in the Life', 'I Am the Walrus' and 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'
|
1 |
0.1% |
|
Yoko Ono - Contributed vocals to 'Birthday', 'The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill', 'What's the New Mary Jane' and 'Revolution 9'
|
1 |
0.1% |
|
Jimmie Nicol - Played drums for the first eight shows of The Beatles' 1964 world tour while filling in for Ringo
|
0 |
0% |
|
Pete Shotton - Played washboard in the original lineup and played percussion on some early studio recordings
|
0 |
0% |
|
Stuart Sutcliffe - original bassist played on 3 songs including 'Cayenne'
|
0 |
0% |
Totals: |
1020 |
100% |