How well do you know George Martin ?

Martin was contacted by Sid Coleman of Ardmore & Beechwood, who told him about Brian Epstein, the manager of a band whom he had met.

Following his graduation, he worked for the BBC's classical music department

Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 – 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician.

He has been referred to as the "Fifth Beatle", including by Paul McCartney, in reference to his extensive involvement on each of the Beatles' original albums

he play opened on Broadway in 1993, with the original cast album being released that summer. Martin won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 1993, as the producer of that album.

He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1947 to 1950, studying piano and oboe

"She's Leaving Home" was the first Beatles song that George Martin did not arrange. It was actually arranged by Mike Leander, while George Martin produced the song, and conducted the strings section. Though George Martin didn't arrange this song, he did arrange "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" and "A Day in the Life". He also played the piano solo in "In My Life" and "Lovely Rita", and he played piano in the background of many other Beatles songs.

His first music hit was actually an electronic music song called “Time Beat,” just months before meeting the Beatles in 1962, which he produced under the assumed name “Ray Cathode.”

Martin met the Beatles in early 1962. At the time, they had a cult following in parts of England, but little success in landing a recording deal. The group’s manager, Brian Epstein, approached the producer, who worked for EMI records, and got him to agree to give their demo tape a listen

The Beatles’ first recording session with Martin was on September 4th, 1962, when they recorded “How Do You Do It”, which Martin thought was a sure-fire hit even though Lennon and McCartney did not want to release it, not being one of their own compositions. Martin was correct: Gerry & the Pacemakers’ version, which Martin produced, spent three weeks at No. 1 in April 1963 before being displaced by “From Me to You”

. It was a clever quip from George Harrison that helped endear the Fab Four to Martin. After a session in the studio Martin asked if there was anything the bad didn’t like. The quiet Beatle spoke up: “Well, for a start, I don’t like your tie.”