Music Appreciation

George Martin. And the initial success and later clout in the music industry were due to both Brian Epstein and Martin.

I did some googling yesterday, and it's common to see the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd listed as the four greatest rock bands (and sometimes with Led Zeppelin at the top; it's much rarer to see the Stones or Pink Floyd ahead of the Beatles and Zeppelin).

Of those four, the Beatles' appearance, industry clout and sound were shaped much, much more by their manager and producer than was true of the other three bands. I believe you could change managers and producers for the other three without changing their classic sound and the likely impact of their music. I'm not at all sure the same is true of the Beatles.