About this episode
The episode discusses the creation of Paul McCartney's iconic song 'Yesterday' and its implications for his solo career.
Paul McCartney leaped out of bed one morning with a tune in his head. He sat down at the piano and found the chords, drumming the melody into his memory with a canny rhyme. He couldn't believe he'd written it. After figuring out it was his doing, The Beatles' producer, George Martin, posed the question... should this be the first Paul McCartney solo record? It would have been a financially prudent move for Macca... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Virgin Radio
Topics covered
- The Beatles
- music history
- Paul McCartney
- solo records
- songwriting
Keywords
- Yesterday
- Paul McCartney
- George Martin
- The Beatles
- songwriting
- music history
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