Known for having raucous shows expressing an extraordinary amount of energy, Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr stood dumbfounded backstage as Orbison performed completely still and simply sang through fourteen encores.

As a result of that ratings success, Michael Jackson would be tapped to perform at halftime during Super Bowl XXVII, and more big-name talent would follow ( U2, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen performed in subsequent years ).

" What's the New Mary Jane " was a song written by John Lennon ( but credited to Lennon – McCartney ) and performed by The Beatles.

Linkin Park, The Prodigy, t. A. T. u., Shakira, Scorpions, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and other celebrities performed there.

Lauper performed the Paul McCartney hit " Maybe I'm Amazed " with Ann Wilson of Heart.

Paul McCartney did this twice: Once on " Blackbird " in 1968 & once in 1989 on " Distractions " ( Flowers in the Dirt ), where McCartney, following the metronome's regular beat, performed the whole rhythm track by hitting various parts of his own body.

Paul McCartney performed at the stadium during The New World Tour on April 29, 1993.

The pre-The Beatles band The Quarrymen performed the song during 1956 early live performances along with other Presley songs, Paul McCartney later also made another cover of the song in Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road, performing it with Bill Black's bass.

McCartney performed the song as a kind of encore on Saturday Night Live on 11 December 2010.

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

* March 27 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney are awarded the Ivor Novello award for " Michelle ", the most performed song in Britain in 1966.

This is the first time McCartney has performed in the US since The Beatles ' last concert in 1966 at Candlestick Park.

The band performed for President Barack Obama, Sir Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey.

The Beatles performed fifteen songs that were recorded at their audition for Decca Records on 1 January 1962 ( three Lennon – McCartney compositions and twelve cover versions ).

** George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr ( composers ) for Let It Be performed by The Beatles

In 1995, Noel performed on a cover of " Come Together " with Paul McCartney and Paul Weller under the guise of the Smokin ' Mojo Filters, recorded at Abbey Road for release on The Help Album.

** Geoff E. Emerick ( engineer ) for Band on the Run performed by Paul McCartney & Wings

** George Martin ( arranger ) for " Live and Let Die " performed by Paul McCartney & Wings

** Paul McCartney ( arranger ) for " Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey " performed by Paul & Linda McCartney

Paul McCartney was unquestionably Wings ' leader and star, but Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, Laurence Juber, and Linda McCartney all wrote songs for the group, and Laine, McCulloch, English, and Linda McCartney all performed lead vocals.

" 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.

", but Rowley found the lead vocals " strained " and considered it McCartney's " weakest Little Richard cover version " ( although McCartney only recorded one other Little Richard cover, " Long Tall Sally ", while with The Beatles ).

The version heard in the film includes brass overdubbed onto the Beatles ' original recording, which did not go down well with Paul McCartney.

On 9 January McCartney brought a more developed version of " Get Back " to the group, with the " Sweet Loretta " verse close to its finished version.

Shortly before his death in 1980, Lennon expressed dissatisfaction with the final version of the song, saying it was " badly recorded " and going so far as to accuse McCartney of subconsciously sabotaging the recording.

On 17 June, an additional vocal track by McCartney and a string quartet were overdubbed on take 2 and that version was released.

In 1989, a charity version of the song was recorded by Liverpool artists The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, and Stock Aitken Waterman, and was released in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster.

* A live version of the song was released as a single by Paul McCartney in 1990 and made into top 40 in UK, reaching as high as # 35.

Performances included Clapton and Preston on " Isn't It a Pity "; Starr on " Photograph "; McCartney and Clapton on " Something " ( McCartney opening with a solo ukulele accompaniment which then shifts into a full band version featuring Clapton ); Preston on " My Sweet Lord "; McCartney, Clapton and Starr reuniting on " While My Guitar Gently Weeps "; and the performance of " Wah Wah ".

( A version of " Bip Bop " by just Paul and Linda that was included on McCartney and Wings's 2001 song compilation Wingspan: Hits and History has their daughter Mary giggling in the background.

The tour's American leg, which also included Madison Square Garden in New York City and Boston Garden in Massachusetts, spawned a triple live album, Wings over America ( 1976 ), which became the fifth consecutive Wings album to reach No. 1 in the U. S. From this album came a single release of the live version of " Maybe I'm Amazed " from the McCartney album.

Also during this tour, a live version of the McCartney II track " Coming Up " was recorded in Glasgow and became Wings ' sixth US number one hit the following year.

The flipside was a brass band instrumental version of another Lennon – McCartney song, " Yellow Submarine ".

* Paul McCartney released a different version on the soundtrack for his 1984 movie Give My Regards to Broad Street.

McCartney's wedding dress was an updated version of her mother's wedding dress from her March 1969 marriage ceremony to Paul McCartney.

This version featured Clapton with Marc Mann playing Clapton's original solo and also a second, as well as McCartney on the piano.

fans ultimately died as a result of their injuries, he joined forces with Paul McCartney, The Christians, Holly Johnson, and his production trio Stock, Aitken & Waterman on a new version of " Ferry Cross the Mersey "-recorded under the name Ferry Aid.

However, a 1963 cover version released by Del Shannon resulted in the song becoming the first Lennon – McCartney tune to enter the American pop chart.

In an interview, Paul McCartney said that the Freddie and the Dreamers version of " If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody " was copied from an arrangement performed by The Beatles at a show in The Cavern.

In 1991, McCartney played an acoustic version of the song for his MTV Unplugged performance, memorable for his flubbing the first verse and his good-natured reaction, later released on Unplugged ( The Official Bootleg ).

The rejected version, heard on the Anthology 2 album, features a vocal track on which Lennon and McCartney are giggling hysterically.