The Hidden Connection Between Paul McCartney and George Martin
Paul McCartney played a huge role in The Beatles’ success. As one of the group’s main songwriters (along with John Lennon), Macca created some of the band’s biggest hits. Producer George Martin was also a key player. He was responsible for making the songs sound great. Paul and Martin worked together on Beatles songs for years, but there’s a connection between the producer and the self-professed instigator of The Beatles.
The influx of money that came with being pop stars meant The Beatles could afford to live almost anywhere. His bandmates settled in the London suburbs, but Paul remained in the city.
He moved in with his girlfriend, Jane Asher, and her family: Parents Richard and Margaret, and her older brother Peter.
Paul and Martin both had a connection to Margaret Asher. As Peter Ames Carlin writes in Paul McCartney: A Life, the bass-playing Beatle lived with her for several years, and Martin had her as a music teacher at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama years before he became a renowned producer of the most famous band in the world.
Source: Jason Rossi/cheatsheet.com
