other artists stigwood signed to a management/recording deal included mike sarne, whose komlosy-produced "come outside" charted number one in 1962, and another meek protégé, mike berry, who had scored a hit with the geoff goddard-penned "tribute to buddy holly". under stigwood's guiding hand, leyton, sarne and berry were still scoring hits but there was a major flaw in the emi deal: the minuscule percentage that emi was paying meant that stigwood was barely able to make a profit from these recordings. nevertheless, the system he pioneered changed the style and direction of the uk pop charts thenceforth and his success with leyton was instrumental in expanding his business, becoming simultaneously agent, manager and producer, a role he evidently relished.