George Martin was best known as the producer of most of the Beatles' recordings from 1962 through 1969. His actual credits were diverse, encompassing artists ranging from 1950s jazz bandleader Humphrey Lyttleton to the comic talents of Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine, legendary vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, and rock acts as different as Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, America, Peter Gabriel, and Celine Dion.
The association with the Beatles alone made him the most well-known and successful record producer in the history of popular music. In the time of his own professiona...