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- Birth nameGeoffrey E. Emerick
- Geoff Emerick was born on December 5, 1945 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Yellow Submarine (1968), Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Restless Natives (1985). He died on October 2, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- As recording engineer on The Beatles' classic "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967), he estimates that the entire album took 700 hours to complete over a period of 129 days. First track to be recorded was "When I'm Sixty-Four" (December 6, 1966 at Abbey Road studio two).
- At age 15, he started his career at EMI Studios (later renamed Abbey Road) the same week the Beatles began working there.
- He is best known for his work with the Beatles, but he also worked with Elvis Costello (Imperial Bedroom); Paul McCartney and Wings (Band on the Run, Flaming Pie); the Zombies (Odessey and Oracle); and Stealers Wheel (Stuck in the Middle With You), among others.
- In the book "Here, There and Everywhere", about his time working with the Beatles, Emerick revealed that while recording "Hey Jude", Paul made a mistake and uttered "F---ing hell", which made it into the recording. The brief profanity occurs at approximately the three-minute mark.
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