Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ legendary Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club Band album, and Westwood One is marking the occasion with a two-hour special featuring Giles Martin, who mixed the 50th anniversary album and is the son of Beatles record producer, the late Sir George Martin. The Beatles: Sgt. Peter’s Lonely Hearts Club Band will also feature veteran WLS-FM/Chicago personality Jeff Davis.
Released in the U.S. on June 2, 1967, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was the Beatles’ 8th studio album and spent 15 weeks at number one on the U.S. charts. It was a critical and commercial success, winning four GRAMMY Awards in 1968, including Album of the Year, the first rock album to receive that honor. Sgt. Pepper featured such classic songs as “With a Little Help from My Friends,” “Getting Better,” “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” and “A Day in the Life.” It is considered by many as one of the most important albums in music history. As Giles Martin himself says, “For something to live on like that is extraordinary.”
