George Martin’s passing inevitably causes some mulling on the long-belabored concept of the hard-to-pin-down Fifth Beatle — as if four were not enough, and six would be too many.

Martin, better than anyone, would have understood what a silly notion this was, an oxymoron, in fact, given that the four actual Beatles not…

Source: RollingStone
Link: Why 'Fifth Beatle' Doesn't Do George Martin Justice