Beatles collaborator Norman Smith has died at the age of 85. The producer and musician was the sound engineer for all the Fab Four's recordings up until 1965, working on 180 tracks in total, whilst in the late sixties was producer on Pink Floyd's earliest works. Smith was also a recording artist in his own right, achieving a transatlantic hit as Hurricane Smith with 'Oh Babe, What Would You Say' in 1972. His final album, 'From Me To You', featuring some liner notes by Paul McCartney, was released in 2004.
Mar 7, 2008
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Norman Smith, Beatles engineer and Hurricane Smith, dies at 85
Norman Smith, the Beatles' sound engineer and producer of early Pink Floyd, has died aged 85; he also had a 1972 hit as Hurricane Smith.