George Martin

He married Sheena Chisholm on January 3, 1948, with whom he had two children, Alexis and Gregory. The couple divorced later.

On June 24, 1966, he married Judy Lockhart-Smith, with whom he had two children, Lucy and Giles.

George Martin died in his sleep on March 8, 2016 at his home in Wiltshire, England. He was 90.

George Martin was born into a working class family in Drayton Park in England. When he was six, he received a piano from his parents, which kindled his interest in music.

Two years later, he forced his parents to let him attend piano lessons. However, he could complete only eight lessons due to disagreements between his mother and teacher. Following that episode, he was largely self-taught.

He attended various schools such, as St Joseph's elementary in Highgate, St Ignatius College in Stamford Hill and Bromley Grammar School.

When the World War II broke out, he worked as a quality surveyor and a clerk in the war office before joining the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy in 1943.

In 1947, after the war, along with Dick James and Brian Epstein Martin, he enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, using the grant he received after the war. He graduated from the school in 1950

In 1950, after graduation, he worked at the BBC’s classical music department and joined EMI as an assistant to Parlophone boos Oscar Preuss.

In 1955, when Preuss retired, Martin took over as the head of Parlophone. He attained great success with artists, such as, Rolf Harris, Flanders, Swann, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.

In 1962, under the pseudonym, Ray Cathode, he released an electronic dance single known as ‘Time Beat’, which was recorded at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Rubber Soul’, an album which he produced, was released on December 3, 1965. This folk album received great critical acclaim and commercial success and was cited as one of the greatest albums in music history and ranked #5 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".