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Hurricane Smith
Norman Smith, born 22 February 1923 in Edmonton, Middlesex, was an English
record producer, recording engineer, and singer known as Hurricane Smith. His
early career began as a post‑war jazz drummer and pianist before joining EMI as
an apprentice sound engineer in 1959. He engineered almost 100 of the Beatles’
EMI studio recordings up to the autumn of 1965, culminating with Rubber Soul.
His work also included production of 3 Pink Floyd albums, notably The Piper at
the Gates of Dawn (1967). In 1971, under the pseudonym Hurricane Smith, he
released "Don't Let It Die", which reached...
