George Martin  

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Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 1926 - 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle" in reference to his extensive involvement on each of the Beatles' original albums. Martin had 30 number-one hit singles in the United Kingdom and 23 number-one hits in the United States.

He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1947 to 1950, studying piano and oboe. Following his graduation, he worked for the BBC's classical music department, then joined EMI in 1950. Martin produced comedy and novelty records in the early 1950s, working with Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, among others.

Martin's career spanned more than six decades of work in music, film, television and live performance. He also held a number of senior executive roles at media companies and contributed to a wide range of charitable causes, including his work for the Prince's Trust and the Caribbean island of Montserrat.

In recognition of his services to the music industry and popular culture, he was made a Knight Bachelor in 1996.

Selected non-Beatles hit records produced or co-produced by George Martin

Records produced by Martin have achieved 30 number one singles and 16 number one albums in the UK—plus 23 number one singles and 19 number one albums in North America.

• "You're Driving Me Crazy", The Temperance Seven (25 May 1961, #1)
• "My Kind of Girl," Matt Monro (31 July 1961, #5)
• "My Boomerang Won't Come Back", Charlie Drake (5 October 1961, #14)
• "Sun Arise," Rolf Harris (25 October 1962, #3)
• "Little Children," Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas (19 March 1964, #1)
• "Bad to Me," Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas (22 August 1963, #1)
• "Hello Little Girl," The Fourmost (30 August 1963, #9)
• "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying," Gerry & the Pacemakers (4 July 1964, #4)
• "You're My World," Cilla Black (1 August 1964, #1)
• "How Do You Do It?," Gerry & the Pacemakers (11 April 1963, #1)
• "Can't Buy Me Love", Ella Fitzgerald (1 May 1964, #34)
• "Walk Away," Matt Monro (4 September 1964, #4)
• "I Like It," Gerry & the Pacemakers (7 November 1964, #1)
• "I'll Be There," Gerry & the Pacemakers (30 January 1965, #14)
• "Ferry Cross the Mersey," Gerry & the Pacemakers (20 March 1965, #6)
• "Goldfinger," Shirley Bassey (27 March 1965, #8)
• "You'll Never Walk Alone," Gerry & the Pacemakers (3 July 1965, #48)
• "Trains and Boats and Planes," Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas (31 July 1965, #47)
• "Alfie," Cilla Black (10 September 1966,#UK6 #95)
• "Girl on a Swing," Gerry & the Pacemakers (22 October 1966, #28)
• "Live and Let Die," Paul McCartney & Wings (1 June 1973, UK#9 US#2)
• "Tin Man," America (9 November 1974, #4)
• "Lonely People," America (8 March 1975, #5)
• "Sister Golden Hair," America (14 June 1975, #1)
• "Oh! Darling," Robin Gibb (7 October 1978, #15)
• "The Night Owls", Little River Band (1981, US #6)
• "Ebony and Ivory" Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (29 March 1982 US #1)
• "Say, Say, Say" Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson (10 December 1983, #1)
• "No More Lonely Nights", Paul McCartney (8 December 1984, #6)
• "Morning Desire", Kenny Rogers (10 July 1985, #1)
• "The Man I Love", Kate Bush & Larry Adler (18 July 1994, #27)
• "Candle in the Wind 1997", Elton John (11 October 1997, #1)
• "Pure" 2003, Hayley Westenra (#1 UK classical charts, No. 8 UK pop charts)

Discography

• Off the Beatle Track (1964 Parlophone PCS 3057)
• A Hard Day's Night: Instrumental Versions of the Motion Picture Score (19 February 1965, United Artists)
• George Martin Scores Instrumental Versions of the Hits (1965)
• Help! (1965 Columbia TWO 102)
• ..and I Love Her (1966 Columbia TWO 141)
• George Martin Instrumentally Salutes The Beatle Girls (1966)
• British Maid (1968 United Artists SULP 1196, released in the US as London by George)
• Yellow Submarine (side one: The Beatles, side two: The George Martin Orchestra, 1969)
• By George! (1970 Sunset SLS 50182, reissue of British Maid)
• Live and Let Die (producer for Paul McCartney's song, and composer of musical score, 1973)
• Beatles to Bond and Bach (1978)
• In My Life (1998)
• Produced by George Martin (2001)
• The Family Way (2003)

Selected discography (as producer)

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• Sidney Torch – "Barwick Green" (The Archers theme) (1951)
• Jack Parnell – "The White Suit Samba" (1951)
• Jimmy Shand – "Bluebell Polka" (1952)
• Kenneth McKellar – "Ae Fond Kiss" (1952)
• Tommy Reilly – "Melody on the Move" (1952)
• Peter Ustinov – "Mock Mozart" (1952)
• Eve Boswell – "Pickin' A Chicken" (1955)
• Edna Savage – "Arrivederci Darling" (1955)
• Eamonn Andrews – "The Shifting Whispering Sands" (1956)
• Dick James – "Robin Hood" (1956)
• The Ivor and Basil Kirchin Band - "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie" (1956)
• Johnny Dankworth – "Experiments With Mice" (1956)
• Shirley Abicair – "Smiley" (1956)
• Mandy Miller – "Nellie the Elephant" (1956)
• The Vipers Skiffle Group – "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O" (1957)
• Jim Dale – "Be My Girl" (1957)
• Ian Wallace – "The Hippopotamus Song" (1957)
• Charlie Drake – "Splish Splash" (1958)
• Peter Sellers – "A Drop of the Hard Stuff" (1958)
• Humphrey Lyttelton – "Saturday Jump" (1959)
• Bruce Forsyth – "I'm in Charge" (1959)
• Flanders and Swann – At the Drop of a Hat (1960)
• Matt Monro – "Portrait of My Love" (1960)
• Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren – "Goodness Gracious Me" (1960)
• Beyond the Fringe (Original Cast Recording) (1961)
• Dudley Moore – "Strictly For the Birds" (1961)
• Bernard Cribbins – "Right Said Fred" (1962)
• Michael Bentine – "Football Results" (1962)
• Terry Scott – "My Brother" (1963)
• Joan Sims – "Oh Not Again Ken" (1963)
• Shirley Bassey – "I (Who Have Nothing)" (1963)
• David Frost and Millicent Martin – That Was the Week That Was (1963)
• Cambridge Circus (Original Cast Recording) (1963)
• Flanders and Swann – At the Drop of Another Hat (1964)
• Alma Cogan – "It's You" (1964)
• The Scaffold – "2 Day's Monday" (1966)
• Ron Goodwin – Adventure (1966)
• Edwards Hand – Edwards Hand (1969)
• Stan Getz – Marrakesh Express (1969)
• Ringo Starr – Sentimental Journey (1970)
• Seatrain – Seatrain (1970)
• The King's Singers – "The King's Singers Collection" (1972)
• Paul Winter Consort – Icarus (1972)
• The King's Singers – "A French Collection" (1973)
• The King's Singers – "Deck the Hall" (1973)
• John Williams – The Height Below (1973)
• Stackridge – The Man in the Bowler Hat (released as Pinafore Days in the US and Canada) (1974)
• Mahavishnu Orchestra – Apocalypse (1974)
• America – Holiday (1974)
• Tommy Steele – My Life, My Song (1974)
• Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow (1975)
• America – Hearts (1975)
• America – Hideaway (1976)
• American Flyer – American Flyer (1976)
• Jeff Beck – Wired (1976)
• Cleo Laine – Born On a Friday (1976)
• Jimmy Webb – El Mirage (1977)
• America – Harbor (1977)
• Neil Sedaka – A Song (1977)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Original Soundtrack) (1978)
• Gary Brooker – No More Fear of Flying (1979)
• Cheap Trick – All Shook Up (1980)
• UFO – No Place to Run (1980)
• Little River Band – Time Exposure (1981)
• Ultravox – Quartet (1982)
• Paul McCartney – Tug of War (1982)
• Paul McCartney – Pipes of Peace (1983)
• Paul McCartney – Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
• Andy Leek – Say Something (1988)
• Yoshiki – Eternal Melody (1993)
• Tommy (Original Cast Recording) (1993)
• Celine Dion – "The Reason" (1997)
• George Martin – In My Life (1998)
• The Beatles – Love (2006)