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Norman Smith
Recording Engineer
British engineer turned producer who later produced Pink Floyd's early records and scored a hit of his own as 'Hurricane Smith'.
102
songs
Norman Smith engineered 102 Beatles recordings from 1962 to 1965. Smith engineered every track on the Please Please Me album, With The Beatles and four other albums. The first was 'Love Me Do' and the last 'Girl'. Nothing after 1965 has it. The singing splits John on 40, Paul on 22, George on 11 and Ringo on 6. Smith also plays percussion on 'Can't Buy Me Love'. Among them, 'Please Please Me' has Hohner Echo Vamper on it, one of only two of their recordings that do. Smith engineered most of what they cut from 1962 to 1965, succeeded by Geoff Emerick from 1966.
Norman Smith in the story
see full timeline →See alsoRecording engineer:Geoff EmerickRecording engineer:Ken ScottRecording engineer:Phil McDonaldEquipment:Hofner 500/1Equipment:Rickenbacker 325Equipment:Telefunken M10 4-track recorderYear:1964Year:1965
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Most-prolific recording engineers on Beatles sessions: Norman Smith (102), Geoff Emerick (74), Ken Scott (41).
Analysis
Every song on this page, across all of them: engineer and performer.
By Year
Song count per year
By Songwriter
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
By Era
Early48 · 62%
Mid-period30 · 38%
Late0 · 0%
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Songs(78 of 102)
Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)
Love Me Do
1962·Please Please Me·Paul
P.S. I Love You
1962·Please Please Me·Paul
Ask Me Why
1963·Please Please Me·John
Please Please Me
1963·Please Please Me·John
Do You Want to Know a Secret
1963·Please Please Me·George
I Saw Her Standing There
1963·Please Please Me·Paul
Misery
1963·Please Please Me·John
There's a Place
1963·Please Please Me·John
From Me to You
1963·Past Masters·John
Thank You Girl
1963·Past Masters·John
I'll Get You
1963·Past Masters·John
She Loves You
1963·Past Masters·Paul
All I've Got to Do
1963·With The Beatles·John
All My Loving
1963·With The Beatles·Paul
Don't Bother Me
1963·With The Beatles·George
Hold Me Tight
1963·With The Beatles·Paul
I Wanna Be Your Man
1963·With The Beatles·Ringo
It Won't Be Long
1963·With The Beatles·John
Little Child
1963·With The Beatles·John
Not a Second Time
1963·With The Beatles·John
I Want to Hold Your Hand
1963·Past Masters·John
This Boy
1963·Past Masters·John
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
1964·Past Masters·John
Sie Liebt Dich
1964·Past Masters·John
Can't Buy Me Love
1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul
I Call Your Name
1964·Past Masters·John
You Can't Do That
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
A Hard Day's Night
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
And I Love Her
1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul
Any Time at All
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
I Should Have Known Better
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
I'll Be Back
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
I'll Cry Instead
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
1964·A Hard Day's Night·George
If I Fell
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
Tell Me Why
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
Things We Said Today
1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul
When I Get Home
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
I Feel Fine
1964·Past Masters·John
She's a Woman
1964·Past Masters·Paul
Baby's in Black
1964·Beatles For Sale·John
Eight Days a Week
1964·Beatles For Sale·John
Every Little Thing
1964·Beatles For Sale·John
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
1964·Beatles For Sale·John
I'll Follow the Sun
1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul
I'm a Loser
1964·Beatles For Sale·John
No Reply
1964·Beatles For Sale·John
What You're Doing
1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul
Ticket to Ride
1965·Help!·John
Yes It Is
1965·Past Masters·John
I'm Down
1965·Past Masters·Paul
Help!
1965·Help!·John
Another Girl
1965·Help!·Paul
I Need You
1965·Help!·George
I've Just Seen a Face
1965·Help!·Paul
It's Only Love
1965·Help!·John
Tell Me What You See
1965·Help!·John
The Night Before
1965·Help!·Paul
Yesterday
1965·Help!·Paul
You Like Me Too Much
1965·Help!·George
You're Going to Lose That Girl
1965·Help!·John
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
1965·Help!·John
Day Tripper
1965·Past Masters·John
Drive My Car
1965·Rubber Soul·Paul
Girl
1965·Rubber Soul·John
I'm Looking Through You
1965·Rubber Soul·Paul
If I Needed Someone
1965·Rubber Soul·George
In My Life
1965·Rubber Soul·John
Michelle
1965·Rubber Soul·Paul
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
1965·Rubber Soul·John
Nowhere Man
1965·Rubber Soul·John
Run for Your Life
1965·Rubber Soul·John
The Word
1965·Rubber Soul·John
Think for Yourself
1965·Rubber Soul·George
Wait
1965·Rubber Soul·John
We Can Work It Out
1965·Past Masters·Paul
What Goes On
1965·Rubber Soul·Ringo
You Won't See Me
1965·Rubber Soul·Paul
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