Editing George Martin (section)

====Beatle solo records====
Martin produced the first solo album by a member of the Beatles after [[John Lennon]] had privately announced he was leaving the group—[[Ringo Starr]]'s March 1970 [[standard (music)|standards]] album, ''[[Sentimental Journey (Ringo Starr album)|Sentimental Journey]]''.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=398}}

Martin next worked with [[Paul McCartney]] to score orchestral arrangements on three songs for the 1971 album ''[[Ram (album)|Ram]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harper |first1=Simon |title=Paul McCartney: How I made Ram |website=Classic Rock |date=25 June 2021 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/paul-mccartney-how-i-made-ram |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> Martin then paired with McCartney and his band, [[Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings]] to produce the "[[Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die]]" theme song for the 1973 James Bond [[Live and Let Die (film)|film of the same name]]. Martin arranged the orchestral production for the song, which reached no. 2 in the US singles chart.{{sfn|Womack|2018|pp=413–417}} Martin's work on the song earned him the Grammy Award for [[Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals|Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)]] at the [[16th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grammy Award Nominees 1974 – Grammy Award Winners 1974 |website=awardsandshows.com |url=https://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1974-223.html |access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref>

Martin and McCartney reunited in late 1980 to record "[[We All Stand Together]]", a song for a [[Rupert Bear]] animated short film, ''[[Rupert and the Frog Song]]''. The song was released as a single in 1984, reaching no. 3 in the UK chart.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=448}} The late 1980 sessions continued into the end of 1981 in AIR's studios in Montserrat and London, producing what became McCartney's 1982 ''[[Tug of War (Paul McCartney album)|Tug of War]]''.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=446–450}} [[Ringo Starr]] contributed drums to the top-10 US single "[[Take It Away (Paul McCartney song)|Take It Away]]". ''Tug of War'' was met with critical acclaim and topped both the US and UK album charts; the album's most successful single was "[[Ebony and Ivory]]", a McCartney duet with [[Stevie Wonder]] that also reached no. 1 in the UK and US.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=453}} ''Tug of War'' and two of its tracks were nominated for a total of five Grammys.<ref name="25GN">{{cite web |title=Rock on the Net: 25th Annual Grammy Awards – 1983 |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1983/grammys.htm |access-date=31 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228091525/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1983/grammys.htm |archive-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>

McCartney and Martin used leftover material from ''Tug of War'' to start a new album, ''[[Pipes of Peace]]'', which was released in 1983. The lead single, "[[Say Say Say]]", was a duet between McCartney and [[Michael Jackson]] that reached no. 1 in the US and no. 2 in the UK. Martin scored a horn arrangement for the song.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=451}} The album's second single, the [[Pipes of Peace (song)|title track]], reached no. 1 in the UK.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=458}} ''Pipes of Peace'' did not receive the high acclaim of ''Tug of War'', though it reached no. 4 on the UK album charts.

Martin produced the [[Give My Regards to Broad Street|soundtrack album]] to McCartney's 1984 film, ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street (film)|Give My Regards to Broad Street]]''. Though the film was poorly received, the soundtrack reached no. 1 in the UK and was supported by a UK no. 2 single, "[[No More Lonely Nights]]". The soundtrack also featured numerous reinterpretations of McCartney Beatles classics.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=458–459}}

Martin mixed McCartney's 1987 no. 10 UK single, "[[Once Upon a Long Ago]]".{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=465}} He recorded orchestral overdubs for McCartney's 1990 "[[Put It There]]" and 1993 "[[C'Mon People]]" singles.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=470}} He provided additional orchestration on several tracks on McCartney's 1997 album, ''[[Flaming Pie]]'', and co-produced the song "[[Calico Skies]]".{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=475}}

In 1998, at [[Yoko Ono]]'s request, Martin scored an orchestral arrangement to the 1980 John Lennon demo of "[[Grow Old with Me]]", which appeared in the ''[[John Lennon Anthology]]''. Martin's son, [[Giles Martin|Giles]], played bass.{{sfn|Womack|2018|p=475}}