[Opinion] The “Beautiful” 1956 Rock ‘N’ Roll Song that Haunts Paul McCartney

The “beautiful” 1956 rock ‘n’ roll song that haunts Paul McCartney

On Paul McCartney’s latest album, he remembers the days of his youth. “We didn’t have much at all,” he says, “but it didn’t matter.“ Like many, his childhood was spent with makeshift toys and jumpers for goalposts. But as he gleefully galloped around the Mersey shore, the feeling he got from seeing “the skylarks rise” made him sure he was “meant for more”. While the other youngsters quibbled and fought, there was a more tender, poetic side rumbl…

Keith Richards’ opinion on Paul McCartney

Back in the 1960s, anyone hoping to make it in the British music industry eventually had to go to London, especially to record singles and albums. As a result, nearly every major British musician of the era passed through the city at some point. The Rolling Stones, led for the past six decades by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, were formed in London, so they were pretty much at home. But bands like the Beatles, who came from Liverpool, recorded …

“We were watching this Beatles concert on TV when Keith comes walking down the stairs.” Keith Richards had a priceless response when he caught his band watching the Fab Four

The British Invasion was reaching its height when the Rolling Stones made their first tour of America in 1965. Session guitar ace Waddy Wachtel cut school to see them perform at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on May 1. Although the Stones were typically greeted by throngs of screaming fans wherever they appeared, the Brooklyn crowd gave them an atypically cool reception.“People were there to see the Tokens, this vocal group from New York who were…