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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