Geoff Emerick
#208,201 Most Popular
About
English sound engineer and four-time Grammy winner who worked with The Beatles on their albums Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Abbey Road. He died from a heart attack at the age of 72 in Los Angeles, California.
Before Fame
He started working as an assistant sound engineer at the age of 16 for EMI Records where he witnessed the Beatles record their first hit with Ringo Starr "Love Me Do."
Trivia
His memoir Here, There and Everywhere:My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles caused a stir when it was discovered it contained factual errors.
Family Life
He's originally from Crouch End in North London.
Associated With
He also engineered the Zombies' Odessey and Oracle, Paul McCartney and Wings' Band on the Run and Elvis Costello's Imperial Bedroom.
