George Martin

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.