--- title: Quincy Jones Remembers George Martin description: Music producer Quincy Jones remembers Beatles producer George Martin, who died March 8 at age 90. canonical: https://time.com/4253418/quincy-jones-george-martin/ author: Quincy Jones article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-10T17:45:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:45:54.617Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Quincy Jones: George Martin and the Beatles Was a Match Made in Heaven og:description: The legendary producer remembers the 'Fifth Beatle' og:url: https://time.com/4253418/quincy-jones-george-martin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt709cc38edc9873aa/69888a795f570f150ab1ffa4/beatles.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Beatles In The Studio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Quincy Jones: George Martin and the Beatles Was a Match Made in Heaven twitter:description: The legendary producer remembers the 'Fifth Beatle' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt709cc38edc9873aa/69888a795f570f150ab1ffa4/beatles.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Quincy Jones: George Martin and the Beatles Was a Match Made in Heaven > Sponsored content. 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The Beatles sign documents for music publisher Dick James in Studio 2 at Abbey Road in London recording the single 'She Loves You', 1st July 1963, L-R Dick James, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, producer George Martin (in background), John Lennon (writing) and Ringo Starr. Terry O'Neill—Getty Images by [Quincy Jones](https://time.com/author/quincy-jones/) ## Quincy Jones Mar 10, 2016 5:45 PM UTC George Martin and I go all the way back. We met before the Beatles and Rolling Stones came to America in 1964 because I had taken Lesley Gore over to England when she was number 1\. I’d stay at his house near Oxford, and we’d go to a trout restaurant. Food, music, women, how you like to party—that’s what makes the greatest friendship, doesn’t it? I met Paul McCartney back then and Mick Jagger, too, and we’d all talked about how well they knew American culture. In fact, I even made a bet with Paul that the Beatles wouldn’t happen in America. That was stupid. George and the Beatles—that was a match made in heaven. He was an amazing musician who knew his craft and had the vision and the background in orchestration to take the Beatles to the top. He was responsible for the string quartet in “Eleanor Rigby” and the symphony orchestra in “A Day in the Life.” Any man that understands orchestration can go anywhere. I played the same role with Michael Jackson; I brought the orchestration and he brought the dancing. That’s what it takes to make a great combination. But the bottom line is, you have to have humility, and George was very humble. Everything I did with George was a joy, from the time he asked me to do arrangements for Ringo Starr’s album _Sentimental Journey_ to the times he’d call me from “Abbey Road” and we’d try to figure out how to stack vocals. 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