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Beatles producer George Martin recounts how he came to sign band in heartwarming video with granddaughter | Ents & Arts News | Sky News

Beatles producer George Martin recounts how he came to sign band in heartwarming video with granddaughter | Ents & Arts News | Sky News

Beatles producer George Martin recounts how he came to sign band in heartwarming video with granddaughter | Ents & Arts News | Sky News
January 19
11:35 2022

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon receive a silver disc from George Martin in 1963. Pic: Keystone/Shutterstock 4 Aug 1963

Giles Martin, the son of late Beatles producer Sir George, shares a video of his father talking about his first meeting with the band. “Ordinary people do extraordinary things,” he said of the group and his father’s move to sign them. “Great decisions are made for the simplest reasons.”

Image:Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon pictured with George Martin (second from right) in 1963. Pic: Keystone/Shutterstock

Legendary record producer Sir George Martin can be heard reminiscing to his granddaughter about how he came to sign The Beatles – despite them not being “brilliant” at first – in a heartwarming clip shared on social media by his son.

The video, posted by Giles Martin, who followed in his late father’s footsteps and is also a producer and songwriter, shows Sir George explaining his first impressions of the Fab Four.

After being told about the band, he thought: “Well, that’s a silly name for a start. Who’d ever want a group with the name Beatles?”

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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