George Martin: From here to eternity

When George Martin gave a desperate Liverpool group one shot at glory, he brought Cliff Richard's chart dominance to an end. Jon Savage on how one year – and one man – changed pop for ever'This was the year in which I had 37 weeks at No 1," says George Martin in the new BBC Arena documentary, Produced By George Martin. He's talking about 1963, the year the Beatles broke through. While the exact number of weeks remains in dispute – thanks to the still vexed question of whether Please Please...

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