English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician (3 January 1926, Highbury, London, England, UK – 8 March 2016, Wiltshire, England, UK). For the American songwriter who wrote a handful of songs recorded by Earl Klugh, Gene Dunlap, and The Four Tops, please use George Porter Martin.
George Martin took to music at an early age, becoming interested in the piano before the age of eight. He was later interested in architecture, design, and aeronautics, and ended up becoming a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm (the aviation branch of the Royal Navy) towards the end of World War II.
He returned to music, attending undefined, studying composition, conducting, orchestration, and theory, and taking up the oboe as a second principal instrument. He got into the music industry as assistant to Oscar Preuss, the head of the Parlophone label, at a period when the label was in transition from second-rate classical recordings to "pop" music. At the same time, the world of music recording was transitioning from 78s to LPs and 45s, with magnetic tape making changes in the recording process. When Preuss retired in 1955, Martin took over Parlophone, and at 29 was the youngest label chief in the company's history.
As a producer, George Martin's first number one hit in the U.K. was The Temperance Seven's "You're Driving Me Crazy" in 1961. Martin moved Parlophone into the world of rock & roll with The Vipers Skiffle Group, whose second single, "Don't You Rock Me, Daddy-O", was a Top Ten hit. Then, in the spring of 1962, Martin happened to interview Brian Epstein, a Liverpool-based manager, about a quartet known as The Beatles. That summer, they were signed to Parlophone. Over the following years, Martin would help to shape The Beatles, getting credit from some as being the "fifth Beatle" for his work with the band. In 1963, records produced by Martin spent 37 weeks at the number one spot on the U.K. charts. But two years later, Martin split from Parlophone, due to the small producer's royalty which had not increased during the explosive growth of the label, to form in 1965 AIR (Associated Independent Recording). This production company was headed by Martin and two other producers who came from Parlophone, Parlophone's parent label.
The Beatles were produced by George Martin through 1969's Abbey Road, and it wasn't until The Beatles broke up that Martin was completely free from his ties to EMI. In the 1970s, he produced a wide variety of artists and bands, from America and Jimmy Webb to Jeff Beck and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He continued to work with an array of artists via his company Associated Independent Recording (AIR). in 1969 when George Martin left EMI to establish undefined (fourth floor in 214 Oxford Street) an independent recording complex in the heart of central London, active since 1969 to 1991 then studio moved to undefined where George worked from 1992 to 2006. In 1979 opened undefined but closed after a tropical hurricane in 1989.
On June 15th, 1996, George Martin was knighted for his production work over the decades, especially with The Beatles. On October 20, 1998, In My Life was released, and Sir George Martin took a bow from the music business. His last album was a collection of Beatles songs he originally produced, recreated by a variety of well-known artists. He briefly came out of retirement in 2005, and with the aid of his son (with his second wife), Giles Martin, he compiled clips and songs for the Beatles' and Cirque Du Soleil's LOVE project and remix album.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 (Non-Performer).
2022
Él
4xCD, Comp
2021
2014
Not Now Music
2xCD, Comp, Sli
2013
Shelter Island
DVD-V, NTSC, Col
2012
2002
Compendia Music Group
CD-ROM, Album, Enh
2002
Genesis Publications
CD, Ltd, Box
2002
Compendia Music Group
CD, Album, Enh
2002
Compendia Music Group
CD, Album, Enh
2002
2002
2001
Parlophone
6xCD, Album, Comp, Num, Lon
2001
EMI
CD, Promo
1998
EMI
CD, EP, Comp, Promo
1998
MCA Records
CD, Promo, Smplr
1998
MCA Records, Echo
CD, Promo
1998
MCA Records
CD, Album, Promo
1998
Echo, Canyon International
CD, Promo, Smplr
1997
1996
BBC Transcription
CD, Transcription
1995
Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts
Cass, Transcription
1993
EMI
CD, MiniAlbum, Promo
1992
EMI
CD, Promo
1991
BBC Transcription
2xCD, Transcription
1988
Atlantic
CD, Promo
1983
Rolling Stone Magazine Productions
3xLP, Transcription
1975
United Artists Records
LP, Comp, Gat
1974
1973
1972
United Artists Records
7", Mono, Promo
1967
1966
1965
BBC Radio 6 Music
2xCDr, Transcription
Rolling Stone News Service
Reel, 2tr Stereo, Ltd, Promo
1987
1987
1975
2025
Ace
CD, Comp
2024
2023
Strawberry (26)
3xCD, Comp
2023
2023
2022
Rhino Records (2)
LP, RSD, Comp, Ltd, Soa
2022
Teensville Records
CD, Comp, Mono, RM
2022
Universal Music
2xCD, Comp, RM
2022
2021
Warner Classics
11xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, Comp, Mono
2021
Jasmine Records
CD, Comp, Mono
2021
2020
Strike Force Entertainment
2xCD, Comp, RM
2020
Strike Force Entertainment
2xCD, Comp, RM
2020
America Records (8)
Box, Comp, Ltd, Num + CD, Comp + CD, Comp + CD, Co
2020
Playback Records (6)
CD, Comp
2020
2020
2020
2019
Warner Bros. Records
7", Single, Ltd, RE
2019
Caroline Records
Box, Comp + CD, Album, RM + CD, Album, RM + CD, Al
2019
2018
Strike Force Entertainment, Cherry Red
2xCD, Comp, RE
2018
Fish People
Box, Comp + 2xCD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, R
2018
Grapefruit Records
Box, Comp + 3xCD, Comp
2018
Capitol Records Nashville
CD, Album, Comp
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2016
Sony Music, Universal Music On Demand, Sony Music, Universal Music On Demand
3xCD, Comp
2016
Warner Classics
2xCD, Comp, Mono, RM
2016
2016
2015
Varèse Vintage
CD, Album, Comp, Mono
2015
Sony Music
3xCD, Comp
2015
2015
2014
Warner Music Group, Parlophone
CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD
2014
2014
2014
2013
Global Journey
CD, Comp
2013
Él, Cherry Red
CD, Album, Comp
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
EMI
5xCD, Comp, RM + DVD, NTSC, Reg
2012
Matchbox Recordings
File, MP3Sur
2012
2012
2012
2011
Él, Cherry Red
CD, Comp
2011
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin
George Martin