Talking - George Martin before The Beatles + Hippies - Summer of Love

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Talking George Martin before the Beatles + Scott McKenzie, hippies - Summer of Love.
GEORGE MARTIN
George Martin is famous for producing the Beatles records. He is often referred to as the "fifth Beatle". His innovation was an important part of the Beatles' creativity.
Surprisingly, his activities before the Beatles were in completely different areas. He was particularly active in producing comedy and jazz material.
His comedy included albums by Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Peter Ustinov and Peter Cooke. He even had a UK hit single with comedian Charlie Drake's, My Boomerang Won't Come Back.
On the jazz front, he worked with Humphrey Lyttelton, John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, amongst many others.
HIPPIES
The Summer of Love in 1967, was the high-point of the hippie movement in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district. We take a look at Scott McKenzie, the singer behind the hippie anthem, San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair).
That summer of '67 also saw the spiritual death of the hippie movement.
On 6 October 1967, the residents of Haight Ashbury organised the Death of Hippie march, to mark the end of an era. The hippie movement started out with high ideals but they believed it had become polluted by outsiders. A mock funeral was arranged, with a coffin for an imaginary character, “Hippie”. They believed Hippie had been killed off, by overexposure and rampant commercialism. Hippie values were now big business in the youth marketplace. Hippie’s coffin was carried through the streets of Haight Ashbury, to mark the passing of the genuine article.

Talking George Martin and Hippies - Author of Rock'n'Roll Unravelled, Derek Shelmerdine in conversation with Liverpool historian Frank Carlyle and Liverpool artist Anthony Brown.
The conversation often moves into completely different areas and is always unpredictable and lively.
This Frank Carlyle Show was recorded live on Facebook, on 26 February 2024.

For more information about the book Rock'n'Roll Unravelled.
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