Sir Paul McCartney
Sir Paul McCartney talks to Gary Barlow about the art of songwriting and what it was really like to work with everyone from John Lennon to George Martin to Kanye West
The legendary Sir Paul McCartney talks to Gary Barlow about the art of songwriting and what it was really like to work with everyone from John Lennon to George Martin to Kanye West. He reveals how he and John Lennon only began writing songs because other bands were performing the same covers as them at The Cavern Club.
He shares the powerful influence Sir George Martin had on their songs and how he and John Lennon rarely wrote any musical notation down. That meant they would often arrive in the studio, not remembering their own melodies and having to recall them just from the chords and lyrics. Sir Paul also describes how the brilliance of George Harrison and Ringo Starr in the studio added to the magic of some of the best songs ever made.
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Music Played
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The Beatles
Words Of Love
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The Beatles
Long Tall SallyΒ
- The Beatles - Past Masters, Volume 1.
- Apple.
- 10.
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The Beatles
Love Me Do
- The Beatles - 1.
- Apple.
- 001.
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Eddie Calvert
Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White
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Kay Starr
Little White Lies
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The Beatles
Please Please Me
- 1962-1966.
- Apple.
- 7.
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The Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There
- Please Please Me.
- Parlophone.
- 1.
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The Beatles
Come Together
- The Beatles - 1.
- Apple.
- 025.
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The Beatles
From Me To You
- The Beatles - 1.
- Apple.
- 002.
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The Beatles
And I Love Her
- 1962-1966.
- Apple.
- 5.
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The Beatles
Yes It Is
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The Beatles
Yesterday
- The Beatles - 1.
- Apple.
- 011.
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The Beatles
Penny Lane
- The Beatles - 1.
- Apple.
- 017.
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The Beatles
Do You Want To Know A Secret?
- Please Please Me.
- Parlophone.
- 11.
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Rihanna, Ye & Paul McCartney
FourFiveSeconds
- (CD Single).
- Roc Nation.
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All Day (feat. Paul McCartney)
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Ye
All Day (feat. Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London & Paul McCartney)
- GOOD Music / Def Jam.
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The Beatles
In My Life
- 1962-1966.
- Apple.
- 11.
Broadcasts
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Gary Barlow - We Write The Songs
The stories behind the songs from the world’s best loved songwriters