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by Kenneth Womack


  Webb, Nick, 320

  Webb, Peter, 458

  Webber, Julian Lloyd, 65

  Weighell, Mike, 257–258, 286

  Weiss, Nat, 121, 134, 253, 267, 274

  West, Keith, 376

  Wetton, John, 395

  “What Good Am I?”, 223, 239

  “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” 296, 395

  “What to Do,” 269

  What’s It All About (Black), 8

  “What’s That You’re Doing,” 450

  “What’s the New Mary Jane,” 335

  “When Christmas Time is Over” (poem), 290

  “When I’m Sixty-Four”

  album song order, 236, 237

  postproduction, 239

  recording, 151–152, 157–158, 162, 165, 167

  “Where in the World,” 269

  “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

  for Cirque du Soleil performance, 487, 488

  gala concert performances of, 484

  recording/production, 328–329, 336, 339–340, 342, 345, 347

  Whitaker, Robert, 12, 97, 101, 137

  White, Maurice, 438

  White Album, The (The Beatles) (double LP)

  Beatles’ view of, 349

  CD release, 463

  commercial success, 348

  cover design and packaging, 347–348

  demos for, 307

  Jay-Z’s The Black Album mash-up with, 486

  Martin’s view of, 347, 349

  postproduction, 346

  recording, 312–317, 321–332, 334–338, 342–346

  recording contract and, 349

  release and reviews, 348–349

  sequencing, 347

  song order, 346

  songwriting material for, 307, 336

  studio visitors during, 310–311, 312, 313

  title selection, 347, 348

  “Whiter Shade of Pale, A,” 297, 435

  Who, 12–14, 48, 58, 69, 74–75, 142, 376–377, 471

  “Who D’King?”, 445

  Who Sings My Generation, The (LP), 13

  Whole Scene Going, A (television show), 99

  “Whoopee!”, 27

  “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?”, 344, 347

  Wickens, Paul, 484

  Wilbraham, John, 252

  “Wild Honey Pie,” 337

  Williams, Andy, 131

  Williams, John, 426–427, 482

  Williams, Larry, 136

  Williams, Robin, 482

  Willis, Bobby, 292, 296, 361, 490

  Wilson, Brian, 127–128, 141–143, 178, 256–257, 484. See also Beach Boys

  Wilson, Harold, 58

  “Winchester Cathedral,” 297

  Winding, Kai, 197–198

  Winfield, Mike, 172

  Wings, 414–415, 420, 430, 447, 448

  “Wings,” 395

  Winter, Paul, 411–412

  Winters, Manny, 171

  Wired (LP), 429–430

  “With a Little Help from My Friends,” 229–231, 236, 237, 238

  With a Little Help from My Friends (Christmas television special), 397

  With a Little Help from My Friends (Martin and Pearson), 469–470

  With the Beatles (LP), 131, 135, 462

  “Within You, Without You,” 222, 227–228, 234–236, 486–487

  “Without You,” 131

  Wolstenholme, Kenneth, 344

  Wonder, Stevie, 439, 449, 450–451

  Wonderwall (film), 300

  Wood, Len, 167–168, 189, 370–371, 415, 425–426, 436

  Wood, Ron, 427

  Working Classical (LP), 475

  World Wildlife Fund, 301, 394

  “World’s Greatest Lover,” 444

  “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” 25

  Wright, Chris, 424–425, 456, 467

  Wurzels, 251

  Yardbirds, 69, 102, 298, 427

  “Yellow Submarine,” 91–97, 111, 112, 125, 320

  Yellow Submarine (EP), 320–321

  Yellow Submarine (film), 240–241, 303, 319–320

  Yellow Submarine (LP soundtrack)

  awards, 321

  budget and completion time, 304

  CD release, 463

  cover design, 320

  covers from, 416, 483

  recording and postproduction, 240, 241, 249, 252–253, 257–259, 286, 288, 302, 306, 320

  release and commerical success, 320

  score composition, 303–305, 321

  “Yellow Submarine in Pepperland” (“The Pepperland Suite”), 306, 483

  “Yer Blues,” 335, 346

  “Yes It Is,” 384

  “Yesterday”

  chamber musicians for, 62

  for Cirque du Soleil performance, 487–488

  classical arrangements on, 65

  on compilation album, 137

  covers of, 12, 198

  films featuring, 458

  reviews, 28

  songwriting quality of, 17

  studio musicians for, 44

  world tour set inclusion, 98

  Yesterday...and Today (LP), 76–77, 86, 100–102, 105

  “You Always Hurt the One You Love,” 397

  “You Gotta Go Oww!”, 209

  “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)”, 257, 258–259, 400

  “You Never Give Me Your Money,” 377, 381, 383–384, 385

  “You Ought to Meet My Baby,” 269

  “You Really Got Me,” 13

  “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” 130, 132

  “Your Mother Should Know,” 270–271, 280–281, 284

  “You’re My World,” 295, 296

  “You’ve Changed,” 116

  “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away,” 44

  “You’ve Got Your Troubles,” 10

  “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” 11

  Zander, Robin, 444, 445

  Zappa, Frank, and the Mothers of Invention, 376

  Released in 1966 and credited to George Martin and His Orchestra, George Martin Instrumentally Salutes The Beatle Girls was the producer’s third collection of pop instrumental arrangements. Publicity Photo/United Artists

  Released on February 17, 1967, the Beatles’ groundbreaking “Strawberry Fields Forever” backed with “Penny Lane” single was considered by Martin to be “the best record we ever made.” Publicity Photo/EMI

  Martin and the Beatles rehearsing “All You Need Is Love” in advance of their June 25, 1967, Our World global simulcast performance. The Beatles are, from left to right, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. Getty Images

  Brian Epstein (left), Martin, and Geoff Emerick (right) in the control booth at EMI Studios during the Our World global simulcast. AP Images

  On March 6, 1968, Martin and Starr posed with Emerick (center), who had earned a Grammy Award for “Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical, Best Contemporary Album” for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Alamy, Inc.

  Released in 1968 and credited to George Martin and His Orchestra, British Maid marked the producer’s fourth collection of pop instrumental arrangements. The LP was released in the United States and retitled as London by George. Publicity Photo/United Artists

  George and Judy Martin at the January 1969 wedding of Cilla Black (center) and her manager, Bobby Willis. Scope Features

  George Martin, Yoko Ono, and the Beatles in the Apple Studios control booth during the January 1969 sessions for the Get Back project. Everett Collection

  Martin and his colleagues at AIR (Associated Independent Recording) posing around the twenty-four-track console at their Oxford Street studios for a 1970s print advertisement. Pictured, from left to right, are Bill Price (seated), Keith Slaughter, Peter Sullivan, Martin, and John Burgess (seated). Publicity photo/AIR

  Scored by Martin, the Live and Let Die soundtrack album was released in July 1973. Martin later earned a Grammy Award for “Best Arrangement, Accompanying Vocalist(s)” for his work on Paul McCartney and Wings’ �
��Live and Let Die” theme. Publicity photo/United Artists

  Released in March 1975, Jeff Beck’s Blow by Blow netted a platinum album for Martin and the guitar virtuoso. Publicity photo/Epic Records

  Martin, photographed in 1976, with the folk rock band America on the beach of Kauai, Hawaii. From left to right, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek. Getty Images

  Released in October 1980, Cheap Trick’s All Shook UP features deft musical references to the Beatles, as well as Martin’s turn at spoken-word performance on “Love Comes a-Tumblin’ Down.” Publicity photo/Epic Records

  McCartney and Martin working the boards during the 1980s, when their collaboration produced three LPs, including Tug of War, Pipes of Peace, and Give My Regards to Broad Street. Alamy, Inc.

  Martin and the “Threetles” pictured at Abbey Road Studios in 1995 during the production of the Beatles’ Anthology project. AP Images

  Released on September 13, 1997, Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997” single commemorated the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. Martin’s production became the bestselling song in UK history and, in the United States, second only to Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas.” Publicity photo/Rocket

  In March 2004, Sir George was recognized with a commemorative shield from the College of Arms. For his arms and crest, he selected the image of three beetles along with a house martin clutching a recorder. For his Latin motto, Sir George selected the words “amore solum opus est”—all you need is love. College of Arms

  Sir George and his son Giles at the fiftieth annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2008. Together, they earned statuettes for “Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media” and “Best Surround-Sound Album.” Alamy, Inc.

  Sir George, pictured with his eldest son, Gregory Paul Martin, celebrates Father’s Day in June 2015 at the Old Rectory in Coleshill, Oxfordshire. Photo courtesy of Gregory Paul Martin

  On March 14, 2016, Sir George was interred at the King’s Hill cemetery after a private funeral at the All Saints parish church in Coleshill, Oxfordshire. Photo courtesy of Kenneth Womack

 

 

 


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