Hurricane Smith
Norman "Hurricane" Smith (February 22, 1923 – March 3, 2008) was an English musician, record producer and engineer. After an unsuccessful career as a jazz musician (trumpeter), Smith joined EMI as an apprentice sound engineer in 1959. Smith was the engineer on all of the EMI studio recordings by the Beatles until the autumn of 1965, when EMI promoted him from engineer to producer. The last Beatles album he recorded was Rubber Soul, and Smith engineered the sound for almost 100 Beatles songs in total. John Lennon first bestowed upon Smith the nickname of "Normal" - as a humorous reference to Smith's unhurried, unflappable and amiable nature - and it was quickly picked up by the other Beatles. In the late 1960s, Smith produced three albums for Pink Floyd. In 1971, Smith, using a pseudonym of Hurricane Smith, had a UK #2 hit with "Don't Let It Die", which was written for Lennon to record. In 1972, he followed this with a transatlantic hit: "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?".[1]
Find out more about Smith's UK releases at 45cat (singles), 45worlds (albums), and Discogs (all). He had three hit singles in the UK[2].
Appearances
 20 Dynamic Hits (K-Tel, TE 292, 1972): "Oh Babe What Would You Say" and "Don't Let It Die" |
