Clem Cattini, Britain's record chart topper, keeps that backbeat going strong at 72

Session drummer Clem Cattini had his first number one hit 50 years ago; today he's featured on Paul Weller's new singleSipping tea and offering biscuits in the upstairs sitting room of his small house in a north London cul-de-sac, there's little to suggest that Clem Cattini is a rock'n'roll legend.The clue hangs on the wall above his head: a gold disc for the 1962 single Telstar by the Tornados. Cattini has no idea how many chart hit records he's played on; probably hundreds, he reckons. He's no...

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