" Lennon and McCartney later cited Holly as a primary influence.

However, Paul McCartney received the very first 4001S ( his was left-handed, and later modified to include a " zero fret ").

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.

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

Van Vliet did meet McCartney in Cannes during the Magic Band's 1968 tour of Europe, though McCartney later claimed to have no recollection of this meeting.

Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon – McCartney ( originally credited " McCartney – Lennon "), early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called " invention of the idea of the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments ".

The dark theme of the album was balanced by " Every Little Thing ", a " celebration of what a wonderful girl the guy has ", according to Unterberger, that appeared later in the album and had been written as an attempt for a single, according to McCartney:

The Beatles had left Rishikesh before the end of the course, with Starr and then McCartney departing, and Lennon and Harrison departing together later.

On a visit to Los Angeles in April, Paul McCartney played Wilson a song from the album, " She's Leaving Home "; later Wilson was said to be " deeply affected " by hearing a tape of another song, " A Day in the Life ".

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.

The tune nosed onto the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at # 114 in late June and was quickly forgotten until a few months later, when it was picked up by radio stations as a tribute to " the late " Paul McCartney.

Alternative sources, however, state that McCartney and the other Beatles tried a variety of instruments, including drums and an organ, and that George Martin later persuaded them to allow McCartney to play his Epiphone Texan steel-string acoustic guitar, later on editing-in a string quartet for backup.

The third collection featured out-takes and demos from The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be as well as several songs from Harrison and McCartney which later became post-Beatle tracks.

" McCartney thus left the line in, and later said "... when I play that song, that's the line when I think of John, and sometimes I get a little emotional during that moment.

Seven of the songs were released on Anthology 3, including " Junk ", a song McCartney would later record for his first solo album.

Among the more complete rehearsed songs that have been featured on bootlegs are " Watching Rainbows ", " Commonwealth ", Suzy's Parlor ( published under the name Suzy Parker ), and " The Palace of the King of the Birds " ( later recorded but not released by McCartney as " Castle of the King of the Birds "); " All Things Must Pass ", " Let It Down ", " Isn't It A Pity ", and " Hear Me Lord '", later released by Harrison ; " Gimme Some Truth " and " Oh My Love ", later released by Lennon ; and " Teddy Boy " and " Hot as Sun ", later released by McCartney.

In 2002, McCartney released another live album, Back in the U. S. Live 2002, and the 19 Beatles ' songs included are described as " composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon ".

In 1994, McCartney described the songwriting process he and Lennon went through:

The relationship between pioneer Christian rock musicians Larry Norman and Randy Stonehill, sometimes described as the Lennon – McCartney of Christian rock, was a controversial one during its more than forty years from its inception in 1967 until Norman's death in February 2008.

The relationship between pioneer Christian rock musicians Larry Norman and Randy Stonehill, sometimes described as the Lennon – McCartney of Christian rock, was a controversial one during its more than forty years from its inception in 1967 until Norman's death in February 2008.

Labour party chairman Ian McCartney described him as " a hard-working and dedicated member of parliament who spoke up for his Leicester constituents and did a great deal to help to transform their communities and the opportunities open to them.

Paul McCartney once described the ballad as "... the killer song of all time.

The recording begins before the actual song with coughing and counting ( pointedly cut short-the real count being heard in the background ) that McCartney described as sounds that were on the tape, and that Lennon " thought listeners would like to hear.

This was one Lennon – McCartney song that the duo truly co-wrote ; McCartney described it as " very much co-written ".

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 ".

McCartney said it was " a British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight ", and Lennon said it described cards indicating a clean bill of health carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s.

" With ' students ' that number Eric Clapton, Brian May, Sting, Pete Townshend, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and countless others, Weedon could well be described as the most genuinely influential guitarist of all time.

Unsatisfied with this style, which McCartney described as " chunky ", the band reworked the song around acoustic guitars.

Pop rock has been described as an " upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, Chicago, and Peter Frampton.

" Paul McCartney described Spinetti as " the man who makes clouds disappear ".

Despite the fun sessions described by McCartney and Webb, the song was not released for another year.

In 1968, McCartney described the meaning of the song, saying " There's some fellow in New York, and in the States we'd hear people say: ' You can get everything off him ; any pills you want.

The song's composer, though, is not in question: McCartney claimed the song as described above, and Lennon said in an interview with Playboy that McCartney wrote it.

Ian MacDonald said, " The innocence of early Sixties British pop is perfectly distilled in the eloquent simplicity of this number " and described the song as helping McCartney be seen as more of an equal to Lennon.

Paul McCartney on the other hand described it as " a very fine song of John's ", and said he was present when Lennon wrote it.

McCartney described the song as a children's sing-along with the title phrase inspired by the music hall tradition of asking the audience to join in.

Shortly after the McCartney album's release, George Harrison described this song and " Maybe I'm Amazed " as " great ".

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 ).

These include: Oleta Adams " Circle of One " album ( reaching No. 1 in the UK charts 1991 ); Marc Almond " Tenement Symphony " album which included the epic tracks " Jacky " and " The Days of Pearly Spencer "; The Associates " Wild and Lonely " album ; Rick Astley " Free " album ; B * Witched " Awake and Breathe " album ; Chris Botti " Slowing Down the World " album ; Boyzone " A Different Beat " album ; Cher " It's a Man's World " album ; Petula Clark " La Vie en Rose " track ; Lloyd Cole and the Commotions " Rattlesnakes " album ; Andrea Corr " Ten Feet High " album ; Cathy Dennis " Move to This " and " Into the Skyline " albums ; Electronic " Getting Away with It " single ( reaching No. 12 in the UK charts 1990 ); Frankie Goes to Hollywood " Welcome to the Pleasuredome " album which included their 2nd and 3rd No. 1s " Two Tribes " and " The Power of Love "; Elton John " The Big Picture " album ; Martyn Joseph " Being There " album ; Kingmaker " Sleepwalking " album ; Annie Lennox " Medusa " album ( No. 1 in the UK charts 1995 ); Let Loose " Best In Me " single ; Virginia MacNaughton " The Music " album ; Paul McCartney " Press to Play " album ; Malcolm McLaren " Duck Rock " album ; The Men They Couldn't Hang " A Map Of Morocco " single ; George Michael " Careless Whisper " single ( reaching No. 1 in 25 countries ); Liza Minnelli " Results " album ( reaching No. 6 in the UK charts 1989 ); The Moody Blues " Greatest Hits " album ; Moist " Gasoline " single ; Jimmy Nail " Crocodile Shoes " album ( reaching No. 2 in the UK charts 1994 ); The Painted Word " Lovelife " album ; Pet Shop Boys " Very " album ; Pulp " Different Class " and " This Is Hardcore " albums ( both reaching No. 1 ); Rialto " Monday Morning 5: 19 " single ; Frances Ruffelle " Stranger To The Rain " single ; S Club " 7 album " ( No. 1 in the UK charts 2000 ); Scarlet " Naked " album ; Seal first 3 albums " Seal " " Seal II " " Human Being "; Siphiwo " Hope " album ( featuring Nelson Mandela on the title track ); Wendy Stark " Stark " album ; Rod Stewart " A Spanner in the Works " album and " If We Fall in Love Tonight " album and the single " Downtown Train "; Suggs " The Lone Ranger " album ; Travis " More Than Us " EP featuring Anne on the title track ; Tina Turner " Wildest Dreams " album ; Wet Wet Wet " Holding Back the River " album ( reaching No. 2 in the UK charts 1989 ); Wham!

There have been over a hundred artists featured from Europe, South America, USA, and Canada, including Real McCoy ( twice-1997 and 2009 ), Culture Beat ( twice-1993 and 2004 ) Cascada ( three times-2004, 2006, 2008 ), DHT, B4-4 ( a crowd favourite ), Joee, Sarina Paris, Len, Boomtang Boys, Snap !, Waldo's People, Do ( singing DJ Sammy's " Heaven "), Haiducci, DC Project, Jam & Spoon, Elissa, Stevie B, Ian Van Dahl, Sash !, Rupee, Kevin Lyttle, Jesse McCartney, JoJo, Elise Estrada, Basshunter and Daddy Yankee.