Liverpool The 5th Beatle is a perspective on the rise of the Liverpool Mersey Sound by someone who drank in the same pubs, and played in the same clubs as the Beatles. Mr. Pitts delves much deeper than the average rock journalist to present an amazingly original comparison of Liverpool with Black America of the 50's and 60's giving us an insight into how the social and musical conditions in our African-American community found a direct heart beat amongst the Liverpool youth who were singularly responsible for the rise of the Mersey Sound and the incredible success of the Beatles. Not only is his book inspiring to minority groups throughout America but this novel insight into the Beatles and the ghetto conditions in which the Mersey Sound began has stirred avid interest in all age groups who are quite mesmerized by the truth behind the Beatles' legend.