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Why You Only Hear Part of The Beatles’ ‘Hello, Goodbye’ in the Movie ‘Yesterday’

The Beatles’ “Hello, Goodbye” ends with nearly one minute of gibberish lyrics. Danny Boyle loved that part of the song so he worked it into his Fab Four musical Yesterday. “Hello, Goodbye” was a much ...

Hello, Goodbye: Paul McCartney turns off the lights on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert '

Back in 1964, Paul McCartney played The Ed Sullivan Show with The Beatles. And on Thursday night, he returned to the same venue to turn out the lights on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Consequence

Paul McCartney and Stephen Colbert Close Out The Late Show with “Hello, Goodbye”

Stephen Colbert's Late Show went out in the most poetic way possible: with a Beatle onstage. Paul McCartney and the ...
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Paul McCartney Wrote ‘Hello, Goodbye’ While Trying to Teach Songwriting

Paul McCartney wrote “Hello, Goodbye” in 1967. The song became a non-album single and has endured as one of their better-known hits. At this stage in The Beatles’ career, McCartney and John Lennon ...
American Songwriter

The Story Behind “Hello, Goodbye” by The Beatles and How a Conversation Between Paul McCartney and “Mr. Fixit” Led to the Song

Alistair Taylor was there when it happened. He accompanied Brian Epstein to the Cavern Club on November 9, 1961, to see four young boys dressed in black leather as they performed for the lunchtime ...