McCartney Library

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* Dirk McQuickly ( styled after Paul McCartney ) — played by Eric Idle

" In 1974, McCartney said, " That wasn't ' I buried Paul ' at all — that was John saying ' cranberry sauce '.

He remembered being closer to McCartney than to his father: " Paul and I used to hang about quite a bit — more than Dad and I did.

A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British black-and-white comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — during the height of Beatlemania.

* 2010 — Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, Bill T. Jones, Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey

Manager Brian Epstein was getting worried about the Beatles ' lack of commercial success in America — their earlier singles had flopped there — and so he encouraged Lennon and McCartney to write a song that would appeal to American listeners.

Vaughan came up with " Michelle, ma belle ", and a few days later McCartney asked for a translation of " these are words that go together well " — sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble.

* Ches McCartney — US traveller

Charlotte Froom, the daughter of famed producer Mitchell Froom — who had worked with Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney — caught the band's show just at the time when the group was looking for a producer to record their second effort.

McCartney was not the only one on the bus who called it rubbish — singer Kenny Lynch, upon hearing the Beatles singing " ooh ", remarked " You can't do that.

Fraser became well known as a trendsetter during the Sixties — Paul McCartney has described him as " one of the most influential people of the London Sixties scene ".

As well as his Oz artwork and his famed album covers for Cream, he produced famous posters of musicians — Bob Dylan, Donovan and his classic ' exploding ' Jimi Hendrix poster, based on a photo by Linda McCartney.

Although Lennon and McCartney often wrote independently — and many Beatles songs are primarily the work of one or the other — it was rare that a song would be completed without some input from both writers.

This approach of the Lennon – McCartney songwriting team — with elements of competitiveness and mutual inspiration as well as straightforward collaboration and creative merging of musical ideas — is often cited as a key reason for The Beatles ' innovation and popular success.

" Hey Jude " is another example of a later McCartney song that had input from Lennon: while auditioning the song for Lennon, when McCartney came to the lyric " the movement you need is on your shoulder ," McCartney assured Lennon that he would change the line — which McCartney felt was nonsensical — as soon as he could come up with a better lyric.

McCartney has been honored with a number of additional personal awards including: the Impact America Award from Point Loma College in 1995, the Spectrum Award from Sports Spectrum magazine in 1995, ABC News Person of the Week on February 16, 1996, Layperson of the Year from the National Association of Evangelicals in 1996, the Fire-Setters Award from Revival Fires Ministries in 1997, the Evangelist Philip Award from the National Association of United Methodist Evangelists in 1999, and the Humanitarian of the Year from the Syl Morgan Smith Colorado Gospel Music Academy in 1999.

The Beatles were frequent customers, with John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe attending Liverpool Art College nearby, and Paul McCartney at Liverpool Institute adjacent to the college.

On Sept. 22, 2010, HP and McCartney Productions Limited ( MPL ) announced an agreement to digitize and deliver Paul McCartney ’ s digital library via a private cloud.

The digitized library will include music, artwork and films for McCartney fans and for the entertainer ’ s personal use.

The house was built by the local authority and the McCartney family moved into the house in 1955.

One left-handed bass was built as a gift from Stanley to Paul McCartney.

McCartney and his wife, Linda, appeared on the show to introduce the video, with the entire edition being built around the ' Medicine Show ' theme of the video.

The Paul McCartney Texan was produced in 2005, and in 2009, the Epiphone Historic Collection was created, beginning with the 1962 Wilshire, built by Gibson Custom.

Case was brought up in Allerton and was a distant neighbour of musician Paul McCartney on the council estate which had been built in the interwar years.

however once the old Emu Winery was demolished, the a new school was built in its current location between States Road, Richards Drive and McCartney Street.

Miller's audience expanded with each album: Brave New World (# 22, 1969 ), which featured the successful song " Space Cowboy " and the track " My Dark Hour " that was co-written by and featured Paul McCartney ( aka Paul Ramon ) on bass ; followed by Your Saving Grace (# 38, 1969 ); and then Number 5 (# 23, 1970 ).

Lennon and McCartney expanded the tour to make it magical, which allowed it to be " a little more surreal than the real ones.

After the Beatles 1965 summer tour, Paul McCartney frequently used a left-handed 1964 4001S FG Rickenbacker bass, as its tone was better suited to recording than the lightweight Höfner basses he had used previously.

" The second version, told by McCartney, is that in late 1965, Ono was in London compiling original musical scores for a book John Cage was working on called Notations.

Lennon played an Epiphone Casino ; McCartney played a Mellotron, a new home instrument purchased by Lennon on August 12, 1965, ( with another model hired in after encouragement from Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues ); Starr played drums, and Harrison played electric guitar.

McCartney originally claimed he had written " Yesterday " during the Beatles ' tour of France in 1964 ; however, the song was not released until the summer of 1965.

McCartney said the breakthrough with the lyrics came during a trip to Portugal in May 1965:

On 27 May 1965, McCartney and Asher flew to Lisbon for a holiday in Albufeira, Algarve, and he borrowed an acoustic guitar from Bruce Welch, in whose house they were staying, and completed the work on " Yesterday ".

The track was recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 14 June 1965, immediately following the taping of “ I'm Down ,” and four days before McCartney ’ s 23rd birthday.

McCartney performed two takes of “ Yesterday ” on 14 June 1965.

* The Impressions ' 1965 hit song, " People Get Ready ", composed by Mayfield, has been chosen as one of the Top 10 Best Songs Of All Time by a panel of 20 top industry songwriters and producers, including Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Hal David, and others, as reported to Britain's Mojo music magazine.

The lyrics, " The only thing you done was yesterday / And since you've gone you're just another day " are directed at McCartney, the first lyric being a reference to The Beatles ' 1965 song " Yesterday ".

Having had more UK hits, such as " It's Only Make Believe " and " I Will " ( written by Dick Glasser, not to be confused with the Paul McCartney song ), both in 1964, and " In Thoughts of You " ( 1965 ), Fury began a lengthy absence from the charts in 1967, and underwent surgery for heart problems in 1972 and 1976 which led to his abandoning touring.

On August 24, 1965 The Beatles except Paul McCartney, took their second trip on LSD.

On the final mix of the single, Lennon played a 1965 Gretsch Nashville, Paul McCartney a 1964 Rickenbacker 4001S bass, Harrison a 1964 Gibson SG, and Ringo Starr used Ludwig drums.

McCartney was injured in a moped accident on 26 December 1965, six months prior to the filming of " Rain " and closeups in the film reveal a scarred lip and a chipped tooth.

The lyrics, describing the singer's anxieties about his relationship with his girlfriend while he is away, are thematically similar to several other Lennon – McCartney songs, such as " When I Get Home " and " Things We Said Today ," written during the period of 1964 and 1965.

" 4th Time Around " was commonly speculated to be a response to The Beatles ' song " Norwegian Wood "-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney for the 1965 album Rubber Soul-as the two tracks share a reasonably similar melody and lyrical premise.

Later he provided the voice of both Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in the 1965 cartoon series The Beatles, leading to his voicing the central character " Old Fred " in The Beatles ' animated film Yellow Submarine.

Their 1965 hit song, " People Get Ready ", has also been chosen as one of the Top 10 Best Songs Of All Time by a panel of 20 top industry songwriters and producers, including Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Hal David, and others, as reported to Britain's Mojo music magazine.

" Drive My Car " is a song primarily written by Paul McCartney, with lyrical contributions from John Lennon, and first released by The Beatles on the British version of the 1965 album Rubber Soul ; it also appeared in North America on the Yesterday and Today collection.

After receiving his BA in education from the University of Missouri in 1962, McCartney was named as an assistant football coach under his older brother, Tom, in the summer of 1965 at Holy Redeemer High School in Detroit, Michigan.

The younger McCartney was also the head basketball coach at Redeemer from 1965 to 1969, taking the school to the Detroit City Championship during the 1968 – 1969 season.

Their first instrumental since " 12-Bar Original " in 1965, this was the first song to be credited as being written by all four members of the band with the writing credits of " Harrison / Lennon – McCartney / Starkey ".

" Girl " is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an original idea by Lennon and performed by The Beatles on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.

" I'm Looking Through You " is a Lennon – McCartney song, written by Paul McCartney, that first appeared on The Beatles ' 1965 album Rubber Soul.