Norman Smith (record producer)

Norman Smith
Background information
Also known asHurricane Smith
Born(1923-02-22)22 February 1923
Edmonton, Middlesex, England
Died3 March 2008(2008-03-03) (aged 85)
East Sussex, England
GenresJazz
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • recording engineer
  • singer
  • musician
Instruments
  • Piano
  • drums
  • trumpet
  • vocals
Years active1959−2007

Norman Smith (22 February 1923 – 3 March 2008)[1] was an English musician, record producer and engineer. In the 1960s, he notably engineered all of the Beatles' EMI studio recordings up to the end of 1965 and produced three Pink Floyd albums including their first, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). He later had a successful recording career as Hurricane Smith, achieving a transatlantic hit single with "Oh Babe, What Would You Say" in 1972.

  1. ^ Thedeadrockstarsclub.com – accessed March 2011