In 1997, Ono compared Lennon to Mozart while McCartney, she said, more closely resembled his less-talented rival Salieri.

" was memorable for McCartney, who in 1984 said that it required " a great deal of nerve to just jump up and scream like an idiot.

McCartney, by contrast, said that it was fine as it was (" It's great.

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 ".

* McCartney, who had just released his own album, London Town, always answered, “ No comment .” According to Innes: “ He had a dinner at some awards thing at the same table as Eric one night and Eric said it was a little frosty .” Idle claimed McCartney changed his mind because his wife Linda thought it was funny.

" Rumours started to decline when, on 7 November 1969, Life magazine published a contemporary interview with McCartney in which he said,

Paul McCartney said that Lennon gave instructions to Martin as to how he wished the orchestration to be scored, including singing most of the parts as a guide.

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

In a radio interview at the time, McCartney said he was not upset because Humperdinck's song was a " completely different type of thing ".

In a 2004 interview, Paul McCartney said that the song is about LSD, stating, " A song like ' Got to Get You Into My Life ,' that's directly about pot, although everyone missed it at the time.

In his biography, Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, McCartney recalled: " So first of all I checked this melody out, and people said to me, ' No, it's lovely, and I'm sure it's all yours.

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

Concert organizers have subsequently said that they were particularly keen to ensure that at least one surviving member of The Beatles, ideally Paul McCartney, took part in the concert as they felt that having an ' elder statesman ' from British music would give it greater legitimacy in the eyes of the political leaders whose opinions the performers were trying to shape.

McCartney agreed to perform and has said that it was " the management " – his children – that persuaded him to take part.

" We'd been very good friends for millions of years and I thought it was a bit much for them suddenly to be personae non gratae and out of my life ," McCartney said.

McCartney said, " I started with the idea ' Hey Jules ,' which was Julian, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better.

" 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.

In 1994, McCartney said, " Ringo walked out to go to the toilet and I hadn't noticed.

In a 1994 interview, McCartney said, " We were joking when we made the Anthology: I was saying: ' I realise I was a bossy git.

He said McCartney was " oblivious to anyone else's feelings in the studio ," and that he was driven to make the best possible record, at almost any cost.

After twelve takes, McCartney said, " I think that's enough " and filming concluded.

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.

When McCulloch phoned Paul McCartney, who had found him increasingly difficult to work with, to announce he was joining Marriott, McCartney reportedly said " I was a little put out at first, but, well, what can you say to that?

" Both Lennon and Paul McCartney had quickly found themselves in songwriting mode, however, often meeting " clandestinely in the afternoons in each other's rooms " to review the new work.

Despite his departure from the " White Album " sessions, Emerick remained on good terms with the Beatles, particularly Paul McCartney, who invited Emerick to quit EMI and come work for their company, Apple Corps Ltd., in 1969.

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.

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 ".

During early 1995 as work on The Beatles Anthology continued, Yoko Ono and McCartney recorded an avant-garde piece called " Hiroshima Sky Is Always Blue ".

He continued to work with Winwood, Paul McCartney, and Mick Jagger throughout the decade.

" Now and Then " was close to being the third new song for Anthology, but it needed more work than the two released songs and was left unfinished ; McCartney has indicated an interest in completing the song with Starr.

In October 1980, McCartney began work on his next album, Tug of War, with Beatles producer George Martin.

After his death many people wrote tributes including Ian McCartney and Jack Cunningham to him and the work he had done while he was MP.

Herbie Flowers continues to work as a high-profile session musician and has collaborated with Jools Holland, Clannad, Mike Hatchard and Paul McCartney.

Garvey released one solo album-1982's Blue Skies-following the final split with McMaster, and did session work with Paul McCartney and others through the 1980s.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney made tentative plans to record in Memphis, and to work with the guitarist.

Through her work as the editor-at-large for Above magazine, Casiraghi befriended Stella McCartney, whom she interviewed for the magazine's first issue.

In 2000, McCartney designed Madonna's wedding dress for her marriage to Guy Ritchie as well as the Woman of Courage Award for work against cancer at the prestigious Unforgettable Evening event ( 2003, Los Angeles ), the Glamour Award for Best Designer of the Year ( 2004, London ), the Star Honoree at the Fashion Group International Night of the Stars ( 2004, New York ), the Organic Style Woman of the Year Award ( 2005, New York ), the Elle Style Award for Best Designer of the Year Award ( 2007, London ), Best Designer of The Year at the British Style Awards ( 2007, London ), Best Designer of The Year at the Spanish Elle Awards ( 2008, Barcelona ), the Green Designer of the Year at the ACE Awards ( 2008, New York ) and in 2009 she was honoured by the NRDC, featured in the Time 100 and recognized as a Glamour magazine Woman of the Year.

His work with Murray took the form of sketches aimed at alienating almost everyone, including stamping on a blow-up doll of the recently deceased Linda McCartney, and tipping Logan Murray, dressed as Superman, out of a wheelchair into the audience ( a reference to the paralysis of Christopher Reeve ).

He has done session work for Mike Oldfield, The Muppets, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Sting and Stevie Wonder.

* Alan O ' Duffy, best known for his work with the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton & Rod Stewart.

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.

Band member Walter Parazaider has been quoted as saying he heard the song on the radio while cleaning his pool and initially thought " it sounded like McCartney ," not realizing it was his own band's work.

Besides his work with Toto, he also performed as a session musician with artists such as Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Willy DeVille, Jackson Browne, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Jackson, Go West, Nik Kershaw, Love and Money, Paul Simon, Don Henley, Madonna, Airplay, Al Jarreau, George Benson, the Manhattan Transfer, America, Peter Frampton, the Bee Gees, Tom Scott, Michael McDonald, Amy Holland, Joe Cocker, Stan Getz, Sérgio Mendes, Lee Ritenour, Christopher Cross, James Newton-Howard, Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Walsh, Jim Messina, Poco, Exile, the Four Tops, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, Les Dudek, Gerry Sack, Warren Zevon, Bonnie Raitt, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Roger Hodgson, Paul Anka, Eric Carmen, Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Tommy Bolin, Larry Carlton, Mari Iijima and Seals & Crofts.

Before the Anthology project, the closest the Beatles had come to reuniting on record ( while all four members were still alive ) was for Starr's 1973 Ringo album, upon which all appeared — with Lennon, Harrison, and Starr appearing on " I'm the Greatest " — though Lennon and McCartney did not work together.

The song was originally placed between " Mean Mr. Mustard " and " Polythene Pam "; McCartney decided that the sequence did not work and the song was edited out of the medley by Abbey Road Studios tape operator John Kurlander.