Name Description Instrument Recording Date Release Reference
Frederick Alexander Session musician Cello "Martha My Dear" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Ref
Peggie Allen Session musician; member of the Mike Sammes Singers Vocals "I Am the Walrus" Date Magical Mystery Tour Ref
Jane Asher Paul McCartney's then-girlfriend Vocals "All You Need Is Love" Date Non-album single Ref
Neil Aspinall The Beatles' road manager and business partner Guiro "Strawberry Fields Forever" Date Non-album single Ref
Vocals "Yellow Submarine" Date Revolver Ref
Ted Barker Session musician Trombone "Martha My Dear" Date The Beatles [1]
Michael Barnes Session musician Tuba "A Day in the Life" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [2]
Ken Barrie Session musician; member of the Mike Sammes Singers Vocals "Good Night" Date The Beatles [3]
Peter Beavan Session musician Cello "Within You Without You" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [4]
Anil Bhagwat Session musician Tabla "Love You To" Date Revolver [5]
Lionel Bentley Session musician Violin "A Day in the Life" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [6]
Pete Best Original member Drums "Ain't She Sweet" Date Anthology 1 [7]
"Bésame Mucho" Date Anthology 1 [8]
"Cry for a Shadow" Date Anthology 1 [8]
"Hello Little Girl" Date Anthology 1 [8]
"Like Dreamers Do" Date Anthology 1 [8]
"Love Me Do" Date Anthology 1 [8]
"My Bonnie" Date Anthology 1 [9]
"Searchin'" Date Anthology 1 [8]
"The Sheik of Araby" Date Anthology 1 [8]
"Three Cool Cats" Date Anthology 1 [8]
Leo Birnbaum Session musician Violin "Hello, Goodbye" Date Magical Mystery Tour [10]
"Martha My Dear" Date The Beatles [1]
Greg Bowen Session musician Trumpet "Strawberry Fields Forever" Date Non-album single [11]
Eric Bowie Session musician Violin "All You Need Is Love" Date Non-album single [12]
"Glass Onion" Date The Beatles [13]
"Piggies" Date The Beatles [14]
Pattie Boyd George Harrison's wife from 1966 until 1977 Vocals "All You Need Is Love" Date Non-album single [12]
"Birthday" Date The Beatles [15]
"Yellow Submarine" Date Revolver [16]
D. Bradley Session musician Violin "A Day in the Life" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [2]
Alan Branscombe Session musician Tenor saxophone "Got to Get You into My Life" Date Revolver [17]
Lizzie Bravo Session musician Vocals "Across the Universe" Date Let It Be [18]
Jack Bremer Session musician Clarinet "A Day in the Life" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [2]
Sheila Bromberg Session musician Harp "She's Leaving Home" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [19]
Raymond Brown Session musician Trombone "A Day in the Life" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [2]
James W. Buck Session musician French horn "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [20]
John Burden Session musician French horn "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [21]
Robert Burns Session musician Clarinet "When I'm Sixty-Four" Date Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [22]
Leon Calvert Session musician Trumpet and flugelhorn "Martha My Dear" Date The Beatles Reference
Trumpet "Penny Lane" Date Non-album single Ref
Barrie Cameron Session musician Saxophone "Good Morning Good Morning" Date Release Reference
Duncan Campbell Session musician Trumpet "Penny Lane" Date Release Reference
Ronald Chamberlain Session musician Saxophone "Honey Pie" Date Release Reference
Hari Prasad Chaurasia Session musician Flute "The Inner Light"[a] Date Release Reference
Jim Chester Session musician Saxophone "Honey Pie" Date Release Reference
Alan Civil Session musician French horn "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
Eric Clapton Guitarist and then-member of Cream Vocals "All You Need Is Love" Date Release Reference
Guitar "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Date Release Ref
Frank Clarke Session musician Double bass "Penny Lane" Date Release Reference
Freddy Clayton Session musician Trumpet "Penny Lane" Date Release Reference
Peter Coe Session musician Tenor saxophone "Got to Get You into My Life" Date Release Reference
Derek Collins Session musician Tenor saxophone "Savoy Truffle" Date Release Reference
Les Condon Session musician Trumpet "Got to Get You into My Life" Date Release Reference
Roy Copestake Session musician Trumpet "Magical Mystery Tour" Date Release Reference
Bert Courtley Session musician Trumpet and flugelhorn "Penny Lane" Date Release Reference
Keith Cummings Session musician Cello "Glass Onion" Date Release Reference
"Piggies" Date Release Ref
Fred Dachtler Session musician; member of the Mike Sammes Singers Vocals "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
Alan Dalziel Session musician Cello "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
"She's Leaving Home" Date Release Reference
Hunter Davies Session musician Vocals "All You Need Is Love" Date Release Reference
Bernard Davis Session musician Viola "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
Henry Datyner Session musician Violin "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
"Glass Onion" Date Release Reference
"Piggies" Date Release Reference
June Ray Session musician Vocals "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
Rij Ram Session musician Harmonium "The Inner Light"[a] Date Release Reference
Donovan Folk singer-songwriter Vocals "Yellow Submarine" Date Release Reference
Rose Eccles Wife of Graham Nash Vocals "All You Need Is Love" Date Release Reference
Gwynne Edwards Session musician Viola "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
Art Ellefson Session musician Tenor saxophone "Savoy Truffle" Date Release Reference
Jack Ellory Session musician Flute "The Fool on the Hill" Date Release Reference
Ralph Elman Session musician Violin "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
"Within You Without You" Date Release Reference
Jack Emblow Session musician Accordion "All You Need Is Love" Date Release Reference
Geoff Emerick One of the group's recording engineers Vocals "Yellow Submarine" Date Release Reference
Ken Essex Session musician Viola "Hello, Goodbye" Date Release Reference
"Yesterday" Date Release Reference
Mal Evans The group's road manager Harmonica "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" Date Release Reference
Alarm clock "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
Piano Date Release Reference
Hand claps "Dear Prudence" Date Release Reference
"Birthday" Date Release Reference
Trumpet "Helter Skelter" Date Release Reference
Anvil "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" Date Release Reference
Handbell "What's the New Mary Jane" Date Release Reference
Tambourine "Strawberry Fields Forever" Date Release Reference
Bass drum "Yellow Submarine" Date Release Reference
Vocals "Yellow Submarine" Date Release Reference
Pile of gravel dug with a shovel "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" Date Release Reference
Hammond organ "You Won't See Me" Date Release Reference
Marianne Faithfull Pop singer Vocals "All You Need Is Love" Date Release Reference
"Yellow Submarine" Date Release Reference
Jack Fallon Session musician Violin "Don't Pass Me By" Date Release Reference
Norman Fawcett Session musician Bassoon "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
Tony Fisher Session musician Trumpet "Strawberry Fields Forever" Date Release Reference
Allen Ford Session musician Cello "Within You Without You" Date Release Reference
Eldon Fox Session musician Cello "Glass Onion" Date Release Reference
"I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
J. Fraser Session musician; member of the Mike Sammes Singers Vocals "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
Tristan Fry Session musician Percussion "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
Francisco Gabarró Session musician Cello "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
"Yesterday" Date Release Reference
Julien Gaillard Session musician Violin "Within You Without You" Date Release Reference
Jose Luis Session musician Violin "She's Leaving Home" Date Release Reference
Hans Geiger Session musician Violin "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
Bernard George Session musician Baritone saxophone "Savoy Truffle" Date Release Reference
Shankar Ghosh Session musician Sitar "The Inner Light"[a] Date Release Reference
Tony Gilbert Session musician Violin "Eleanor Rigby" Date Release Reference
"Yesterday" Date Release Reference
Ross Gilmour Session musician Vocals "Good Night" Date Release Reference
David Glyde Session musician Saxophone "Good Morning Good Morning" Date Release Reference
Phil Goody Session musician Flute "Penny Lane" Date Release Reference
Allan Grant Session musician; member of the Mike Sammes Singers Vocals "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
Jack Greene Session musician Violin "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
"Within You Without You" Date Release Reference
D. Griffiths Session musician; member of the Mike Sammes Singers Vocals "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
Erich Gruenberg Session musician Violin "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
"She's Leaving Home" Date Release Reference
Patrick Hailing Session musician Violin "All You Need Is Love" Date Release Reference
John Hall Session musician Cello "Strawberry Fields Forever" Date Release Reference
Ian Hamer Session musician Trumpet "Got to Get You into My Life" Date Release Reference
Jurgen Hess Session musician Violin "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
"Eleanor Rigby" Date Release Reference
Alan Holmes Session musician Saxophone "Good Morning Good Morning" Date Release Reference
Jack Homes Session musician Violin "All You Need Is Love" Date Release Reference
Don Honeywill Session musician Tenor saxophone "All You Need Is Love" Date Release Reference
Nicky Hopkins Session musician Electric piano "Revolution" Date Release Reference
Wendy Horan Session musician; member of the Mike Sammes Singers Vocals "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
Elgary Howarth Session musician Trumpet "Magical Mystery Tour" Date Release Reference
Ronnie Hughes Session musician Trumpet "Martha My Dear" Date Release Reference
Derek Jacobs Session musician Violin "She's Leaving Home" Date Release Reference
Bill Jackman Session musician Flute "Hey Jude" Date Release Reference
Vocals Reference
Handclaps Reference
Tenor saxophone "Lady Madonna" Date Release Reference
Harold Jackson Session musician Trumpet "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
Hanuman Jadev Session musician Shehnai "The Inner Light"[a] Date Release Reference
Mick Jagger Member of the Rolling Stones Vocals "All You Need Is Love" Date Release Reference
John Jezzard Session musician Violin "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
Brian Jones Member of the Rolling Stones Vocals "Yellow Submarine" Date Release Reference
Alto saxophone "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" Date Release Reference
Granville Jones Session musician Violin "A Day in the Life" Date Release Reference
Norman Jones Session musician Cello "Eleanor Rigby" Date Release Reference
"Strawberry Fields Forever" Date Release Reference
S.R. Kenkare Session musician Shehnai "The Inner Light"[a] Date Release Reference
Ashish Khan Session musician Sarod "The Inner Light"[a] Date Release Reference
Reginald Kilbey Session musician Cello "Glass Onion" Date Release Reference
"Martha My Dear" Date Release Reference
"Piggies" Date Release Reference
"Within You Without You" Date Release Reference
Irene King Session musician; member of the Mike Sammes Singers Vocals "Good Night" Date Release Reference
"I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
Sylvia King Session musician; member of the Mike Sammes Singers Vocals "I Am the Walrus" Date Release Reference
Harry Klein Session musician Saxophone "Honey Pie" Date Release Reference
Baritone saxophone "Lady Madonna" Date Release Reference
Bobby Kok Session musician Cello vocal handclaps "Hey Jude" Date Release Reference
Eddie Kramer Recording engineer Vibraphone "Baby You're a Rich Man" Date Release Reference

References

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Footnotes;
  1. ^ a b c d e f Lewisohn (2002) identifies a group of musicians from whom the instrumentalists on "The Inner Light" were chosen; the precise lineup is unknown
References
  1. ^ a b Lewisohn 1988, p. 159.
  2. ^ a b c d Lewisohn 1988, p. 96.
  3. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 144.
  4. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 107)
  5. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 72)
  6. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 96)
  7. ^ Lewisohn (1995, p. 7)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Lewisohn 1995, p. 7.
  9. ^ Womack (2009, p. 33)
  10. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 129)
  11. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 90)
  12. ^ a b Lewisohn 1988, p. 120.
  13. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 161)
  14. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 161.
  15. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 156)
  16. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 81.
  17. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 79)
  18. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 133)
  19. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 103)
  20. ^ Lewisohn (1988, p. 101)
  21. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 101.
  22. ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 90.
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