82-year-old considered most successful record producer of all time
Music producer George Martin with his wife Judy Lockhart-Smith at the Annual GRAMMY Foundation “Starry Night" charity benefit honoring Martin in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES - Sir George Martin, the classically trained producer who helmed the Beatles recordings from their mop-top phase through their late musical masterworks, was honored Saturday night in Los Angeles. Martin, 82, received a career award from The Recording Academy's Grammy Foundation, which provides education programs for future music professionals and works to preserve musical history.
Martin is the most successful record producer of all time, according to the academy, with more than 50 chart-topping hits and one-billion units sold. He also holds the record for the longest run of No. 1 pop-chart hits in history, spanning 36 years.
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