George Martin reveals all about life with -- and after -- The Beatles, including his favourite song...
The magic touch: The Beatles, with George Martin, holding their silver disc for 'Please, Please Me' in 1963
'I found it rather absurd that I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame." Mmm.
Now let's see. I am talking to George Martin, the man who gave The Beatles their first recording contract when no one else would have them; the man whose production genius lifted their music; who produced (in Sgt Pepp
er's Lonely Hearts Club Band) what is still regarded by many as the finest pop album ever; who changed the way people recorded and even listened to rock music.
No, on balance I'd have to disagree. It wasn't absurd to induct him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
But as I sit with the 85-year-old in the lounge of his London apartment and talk about his career, which is the subject of a new BBC Arena documentary tonight, I slowly begin to grasp why he said it.
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