Paul McCartney at the BBC

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Celebrating Music's Greatest Stars: Paul McCartney at the BBC

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Paul discusses and performs his finest compositions from The Beatles and his solo songbook

Paul talks about and performs his finest songs including Can’t Buy Me Love, I’ll Follow The Sun, Eleanor Rigby, She’s Leaving Home, Another Day, Hey Jude, Let It Be and Yesterday

From his 1960 early appearances on Saturday Club, Top Gear and Easy Beat, through the Electric Proms, In Concert, Masterworks, This Cultural Life, Sold On Song at Abbey Road and his 2004 Glastonbury headliner set, these are Sir Paul McCartney’s finest songs, taken from his greatest work as a solo artist and a Beatle. He also talks about the creation of and stories behind these masterpieces – all broadcast on BBC Radio and Television.

His finest compositions featured ‘at the BBC’ include Can’t Buy Me Love, I’ll Follow The Sun, Eleanor Rigby, She’s Leaving Home, Another Day, Live And Let Die, Hey Jude, Let It Be and Yesterday. 

Sir Paul gets emotional returning to the Abbey Road studios and recreates Strawberry Fields Forever on the original Mellotron and plays Band On The Run in a unique live multi track experiment. He also remembers key moments when John, George and Ringo contributed to songs like And I Love Her and his late first wife Linda influenced solo classics like Every Day and Maybe I’m Amazed.

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