What is George Martin?
{{otheruses}} {{Infobox musical artist | Name = George Martin | Img = George Martin - backstage at LOVE.jpg | Img_capt = Martin in 2006 | Img_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | Landscape = | Background = non_performing_personnel | Birth_name = George Henry Martin | Alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|1|3|df=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|3|8|1926|1|3|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Wiltshire]], England | Origin = [[Highbury]], [[London]], [[England]] | Instrument = [[Oboe]], [[piano]], [[Keyboard instruments|keyboards]] | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[classical music|classical]] | Occupation = [[Record producer]], [[Arrangement|arranger]], [[composer]] | Years_active = 1950–2006 | Label = [[EMI]], [[Parlophone]] | Associated_acts = [[The Beatles]], [[Wings (band)|Wings]], [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer|EL&P]], [[America (band)|America]], [[Cilla Black]] | URL = }} ''' Sir George Henry Martin,''' (3 January 1926 &ndash; 8 March 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beatles-producer-george-martin-dead-at-90-20160309|title=Beatles Producer George Martin Dead at 90|publisher=Rolling Stone.com|accessdate=9 March 2016|date=9 March 2016|author=Andy Greene|archive-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820045047/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beatles-producer-george-martin-dead-at-90-20160309|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a [[British people|British]] [[record producer]], [[composer]] and [[musical arranger]]. His most famous work was his [[recording]]s with [[The Beatles]]. These were made at [[Abbey Road Studios]] during the 1960s. He died in his sleep at his home in [[Wiltshire]] on the night of 8 March 2016 at the age of 90. His cause of death is not known. ==Early life and career== Martin grew up playing [[piano]] with only a few music lessons. He began to compose music