THE EARS OF THE OPERATION

As you probably know by now, George Martin died today. And you probably know that he's responsible for the sound of the Beatles in their formative years, "the fifth Beatle" and all that jazz. So you definitely know his work, with them anyways. Have you ever heard any of the other stuff he's produced? Likely, but you might not know it. Here's a cross section, the best of it early, because that's when he really dominated the charts, post 1962. Listen to the Temperance Seven's "You're Driving Me Crazy", from 1961, back to back with Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas "Bad to Me" from 1963, and guess who Martin met in 1962.

Dude loved his strings.

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Listen:
George Martin - And I Love Her mp3 at Motor City Radio Flashbacks 1964
George Martin - Ringo's Theme (This Boy) mp3 at Motor City Radio Flashbacks 1964
George Martin - A Hard Days Night mp3 at Motor City Radio Flashbacks 1964
As producer:
Sidney Torch – Barwick Green (The Archers theme) (streaming) at YouTube 1951
Eve Boswell - Pickin' a Chicken' (streaming) at YouTube 1955
The Temperance Seven - You're Driving Me Crazy (streaming) at YouTube 1961
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas - Bad to Me mp3 at Serendipitous Music 1963
Cilla Black - You're My World (streaming) at YouTube 1964
Gerry and the Pacemakers - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying mp3 at Seeley Street 1964
Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger mp3 at ATumblr (?) 1965
Cheap Trick - All Shook Up (streaming) at YouTube 1980
Ultravox - Reap the Wild (streaming) at YouTube 1982
Goldie Hawn - A Hard Days Night mp3 at Rock Town Hall 1998
Sean Connery - In My Life mp3 at Rock Town Hall 1998
This is a good read:
By George -- We'll Miss Him! A Personal Appreciation Of Sir George Martin by Martin Lewis at Huffington Post