McCartney: Yesterday-- and Today"Written with the cooperation of Paul McCartney, this is a dramatic story of one of the most popular songs in history and a unique close-up of the man who composed it." ""Yesterday," recorded thirty years ago at the peak of the Beatles' triumphs, is the most recorded song of all time. An astonishing 2,500 different versions of McCartney's prized signature song have been made. Focusing on "Yesterday" and the era in which it was created, author Ray Coleman - who was close to the Beatles' story from the very beginning - draws a fresh new portrait of McCartney, then and now." "In candid interviews, McCartney discusses his rich, often mercurial relationship with John Lennon, as well as a range of other subjects, including his life before and during the Beatles' heyday, and the powerful events that shaped his life."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... session the singer would have been justified in adjourning for the evening . Talking of that day as typical of the intensity with which the Beatles recorded , Paul says : ' We'd show up at 10.30 and in the first session we were expected ...
... session the singer would have been justified in adjourning for the evening . Talking of that day as typical of the intensity with which the Beatles recorded , Paul says : ' We'd show up at 10.30 and in the first session we were expected ...
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... session and the fact that it was Paul McCartney was not something that would have made a big difference to us in those years . We played for everybody . George Martin put the parts in front of us and we played them . We didn't realize ...
... session and the fact that it was Paul McCartney was not something that would have made a big difference to us in those years . We played for everybody . George Martin put the parts in front of us and we played them . We didn't realize ...
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... session on 11 October 1965. * Featuring a 100 - voice choir and sweeping strings , Marianne Faithfull gave the song ... session took place at Decca Records ' studios in West Hampstead , London , where on New Year's Day 1962 the Beatles ...
... session on 11 October 1965. * Featuring a 100 - voice choir and sweeping strings , Marianne Faithfull gave the song ... session took place at Decca Records ' studios in West Hampstead , London , where on New Year's Day 1962 the Beatles ...
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Birth of a Classic | 1 |
A String Quartet | 40 |
Widening the Audience | 64 |
Copyright | |
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