Legendary Fifth Beatle

Legendary British music producer George Martin, who turned the Beatles into the best-selling band in history, has died at the age of 90, the band's drummer Ringo Starr said on 9th March. The producer, who signed up the Beatles after hearing their demo record in 1962, was so essential to the band's success that he was nicknamed the "Fifth Beatle". Martin was born in January 1926, a carpenter’s son from north London. After serving in the Second World War, he studied at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and began playing the oboe in bars and clubs around London. His first job was in the BBC's music library. He then joined the record label Parlophone, a division of EMI, and rose to become its head by 1955 at the age of just 29. After the band split, he built the Air Studios on the Caribbean island of Montserrat and went on to work with other artists including Bob Dylan, Sting and Elton John. He also recorded two of former Beatle Paul McCartney's solo albums, "Tug of War" and "Pipes of Peace".