When McCartney says he is ashamed of that event, Farley hits himself on the head and chides himself, to which McCartney says not to be so hard on himself and that he was asked the same question by Maria Shriver.

The style Dame Heather McCartney could be used for the wife of a knight ; however, this style is largely archaic and is only used in the most formal of documents, or where the wife is a Dame in her own right ( such as Dame Norma Major, who gained her title six years before her husband Sir John Major was knighted ).

McCartney declined to give her any of his own manuscripts, but suggested that Lennon might oblige.

She met McCartney who declined to give her any of his own manuscripts for the book.

In 1995, after the Beatles released Lennon's " Free as a Bird " and " Real Love " with demos provided by Ono, McCartney and his family collaborated with her and Sean Lennon to create the song " Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue ", which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of that Japanese city.

When she died less than a year later, McCartney pointedly did not invite Ono to a New York memorial service for her.

McCartney responded by saying, " I don ’ t take any notice of her.

" Ono later issued a statement claiming she did not mean any offense, as her comment was an attempt to console her husband, not attack McCartney ; she went on to insist that she respected McCartney and that it was the press who had taken her comments out of context.

; her given name inspired Paul McCartney while composing " Eleanor Rigby ".

His post-Beatles career included work with Paul McCartney ( including Band On The Run, which netted Emerick another Grammy, London Town, and Flaming Pie ), Elvis Costello ( for whom he produced Imperial Bedroom and All This Useless Beauty ), Badfinger, Art Garfunkel, America, Gino Vannelli, Supertramp, Cheap Trick, Nazareth, Chris Bell, Split Enz, Big Country, Gentle Giant, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ultravox, Matthew Fisher's first solo album " Journey's End ," Kate Bush's demo tape to EMI, which landed her a record deal, and Jeff Beck, as well as Nellie McKay's critically acclaimed 2004 debut CD Get Away from Me.

According to biographers of McCartney and the Beatles, McCartney composed the entire melody in a dream one night in his room at the Wimpole Street home of his then girlfriend Jane Asher and her family.

Soon afterwards, Paul McCartney drove out to visit Cynthia and her and Lennon's son, Julian.

Hopkin catches the attention of model Twiggy, who recommends her to Paul McCartney.

Hopkin catches the attention of model Twiggy, who recommends her to Beatle Paul McCartney.

Simon's surgery came at the same time as the death of her long-time friend Linda McCartney, who had also struggled with breast cancer.

Epstein introduced Black to George Martin who signed her to Parlophone Records and produced her début single, " Love of the Loved " ( written by Lennon and McCartney ), which was released only three weeks after she contracted with Epstein.

Black's two No. 1 successes were followed by the release of another Lennon – McCartney composition, " It's for You ", as her fourth UK single.

This video includes interviews with Keith Richards, Phil and Don Everly, Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison, Holly's family, and McCartney himself, among others.

The Eagles gave nods to disco with " One of These Nights " ( 1975 ) and " Disco Strangler " ( 1979 ), Paul McCartney & Wings did " Goodnight Tonight " ( 1979 ), Queen did " Another One Bites the Dust " ( 1980 ), The Rolling Stones did " Miss You " ( 1978 ), Chicago did " Street Player " ( 1979 ), The Beach Boys did " Here Comes the Night " ( 1979 ), The Kinks did "( Wish I Could Fly Like ) Superman " ( 1979 ), and the J. Geils Band did " Come Back " ( 1980 ).

He remains close friends with his father's former bandmate Paul McCartney.

After he began his performing career there was occasionally unfounded media speculation that Julian would undertake performances with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

However, in the Beatles Anthology series in 1996, the three surviving Beatles confirmed that there was never an idea of having Julian sit in for his father as part of a Beatles reunion, with McCartney saying " why would we want to subject him to all of this?

McCartney predominantly used the Rickenbacker bass during his time with Wings, until the late 1970s.

* The Concert for New York City, a benefit concert with proceeds going to the families of 9 / 11 victims, is held at Madison Square Garden, featuring performances by David Bowie, Bon Jovi, Destiny's Child, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel, Elton John, Jay-Z, Adam Sandler, and others.

He later argued that Aksai Chin was already under Chinese jurisdiction, implying that there was therefore no contradiction with his earlier statement, since China did not regard the region as " Indian controlled ", and that since the British hand-over, China had regarded the McCartney MacDonald Line as the relevant border.

One particularly memorable piece of tabloidesque worldplay parody, involving a fictional plot to assassinate Paul McCartney by a disgruntled former roadie, read ' Mop Top Pot Shot Plot Flops ', or with a gonad-focussed violent encounter with Mr T and a 70's playground toy, ' BA Baracus in Macca's clackers knackers fracas '.

On June 26, 2007, Ono appeared on Larry King Live along with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Olivia Harrison.

Ono appeared on-stage at Microsoft's June 1, 2009 E3 press conference with Olivia Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to promote The Beatles: Rock Band video game.

The third, and final special coincided with the 2012 London Olympics, with Stella McCartney appearing in a cameo role.

The Fifth Beatle is an informal title that various commentators in the press and entertainment industry have applied to persons who were at one point a member of The Beatles, or who had a strong association with the " Fab Four " ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr ) during the group's existence.

Pete Best joined Lennon, McCartney, Stuart Sutcliffe and Harrison on the eve of their Hamburg sojourn, the five using the monikers, " The Silver Beetles " and " The Silver Beatles " ( they would experiment with " The Beat Brothers " and ultimately " The Beatles " while in Hamburg with Best ).

Instead of replacing him with a new member, Paul McCartney changed from rhythm guitar ( with John Lennon ) to bass and the band continued as a four-piece.

Years after The Beatles had broken up, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr each worked with music producer Jeff Lynne on various solo projects, while Harrison and Lynne also worked together as members of the Traveling Wilburys.

In 1961 The Beatles ( comprising Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Pete Best ), who had met Sheridan during their first visit to Hamburg in 1960, worked with him on their second.

The organization is known for its aggressive media campaigns, combined with a solid base of celebrity support — Pamela Anderson, Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin, John Gielgud, Bill Maher, Stella McCartney, and Alicia Silverstone have all appeared in PETA ads.

He also claims the title of the Fifth Beatle, although Paul McCartney ( who first met Apu during The Beatles ' stay in India ) disagrees with Apu's claim.

Others included " Mean Mr. Mustard " and " Polythene Pam " ( both of which would be used for the medley on Abbey Road ); " Child of Nature " ( recorded with drastically different lyrics as " Jealous Guy " for Lennon's Imagine ); " Etcetera " ( a McCartney composition ); " The Long and Winding Road " ( completed in 1969 for the Let It Be LP ); " Something " ( which ended up on Abbey Road ); and " Sour Milk Sea " ( which Harrison gave to friend and Apple artist Jackie Lomax for his first LP, Is This What You Want ).

Over the next few minutes, McCartney introduced some of the lyrics, reworking " Get back to the place you should be " from fellow Beatle George Harrison's " Sour Milk Sea " into " Get back to where you once belonged ".

Around the time he was developing the lyrics to " Get Back ", McCartney satirised the " Rivers of Blood speech " by former British Cabinet minister Enoch Powell in a brief jam that has become known as the " Commonwealth Song ".

Upon being convinced that he had not robbed anyone of his melody, McCartney began writing lyrics to suit it.

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

Richard Morgan, representing Christie's, said McCartney had provided no evidence that he had ever owned the piece of paper on which the lyrics were written.

In her book, Sixties, Linda McCartney explained that Paul read Jarry's play while writing the lyrics for " Maxwell's Silver Hammer ".

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 ".

Lennon initially penned the lyrics, " You probably pinched that bitch anyway ", as a reference to the many times McCartney himself had made claims that he wasn't sure if he " nicked " Yesterday, having asked Lennon, Harrison, Martin and others if they heard that song before.

They are represented in the lyrics as ' Judas ' ( Paul McCartney ), ' Rufus ' ( Ringo Starr ), ' Silas ' ( George Harrison ), and ' Jonah ' ( John Lennon ).

Her charting singles include " Here, There and Everywhere " ( music and lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney ), " Hello, Hello " ( composed by Terry MacNeil and Peter Kraemer ), " Good Day Sunshine " ( composed by Lennon and McCartney ), " Small Talk " ( music and lyrics by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon ), and " Love is Blue " ( music by André Popp and French lyrics by Pierre Cour Lemaire ).

50 Songwriting, Recording and Career Tips Used by The Beatles, points out that at least half of all Lennon – McCartney lyrics have the words " you " and / or " your " in the first line.

McCartney wrote the words and music to the verses and the chorus, with lyrics that " might have been personal ", probably a reference to his relationship with Jane Asher.

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.

Although " Real Love " was comparatively more complete than " Free as a Bird ," which had required the addition of some lyrics by McCartney, the song also suffered from problems with Lennon's timing.

McCartney claimed it was dedicated to his wife-to-be Linda Eastman, though the lyrics ( e. g.: " you and I have memories / longer than the road that stretches out ahead " or " you and me chasing paper / getting nowhere ") sounded to author Ian MacDonald like they were actually addressing Lennon.

The cryptic lyrics of the song are generally thought to allude to Knight's failed relationship with McCartney and his apparent belief that The Beatles would soon break up.

When McCartney arrived at Lennon's Weybridge home for a writing session, he had the tune in his head, but " The lyrics were disastrous, and I knew it.

They decided to rewrite the lyrics and after some difficulty — McCartney said it was " one of the stickiest " writing sessions — they settled on the " drive my car " theme ( which Bob Spitz credits to Lennon ) and the rest of the lyrics flowed easily from that.