![]() Just before the Beatles made their historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on the evening of February 9, 1964, McCartney wrote this classic hit song on an upright piano while the group was staying in the five-star George V hotel in Paris, France. In fact, it may be the only song that each of the former Beatles would perform during their solo careers in their concert performances. McCartney has included the song on a number of his solo albums and has performed it live on stage with other artists. "I Saw Her Standing There" is also one of the first from the Beatles to feature McCartney, and not John Lennon, as the lead vocalist. The song was recorded during the grueling sessions for the first great Beatles album, Please, Please Me, when 10 of the album's 14 songs were cut in a single day at EMI Recording Studios (now Abbey Road) on Feb. ![]() At the time, McCartney was dating a seventeen year-old young lady by the name of Cecilia Mortimer who may well have served as the inspiration for the song. He wrote the song in 1962 while driving home from a Beatles concert and worked out its composition at the home of Rory Storm, whose group at the time included future Beatles' drummer, Ringo Starr. ![]() Though it was not the first song written by Paul McCartney as a member of the Beatles, "I Saw Her Standing There" was one of the first classic hits to be primarily authored and composed by him. During his time with the Beatles, he authored some of their greatest hit songs of the 1960s, such as "I Saw Her Standing There," "Can't Buy Me Love," "And I Love Her," "Yesterday," "Paperback Writer," "Eleanor Rigby," "Penny Lane," "Hey Jude," and "Let It Be." After the band's break-up in 1970, he released his first classic solo album which contained the hit single, "Maybe I'm Amazed." In 1971, McCartney formed the band, Wings, with his wife Linda and though it contained a revolving door of members throughout the 1970s, the group released a number of hit songs including "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey," "Live and Let Die," "Band on the Run," "My Love," "Silly Love Songs," and "With a Little Luck." In 1980, McCartney went solo and another series of hits followed as he memorably collaborated with the likes of Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson on "Ebony and Ivory," and "Say Say Say," respectively. Sir Paul McCartney's influence as a singer, songwriter, musician, and as a former member of one of the greatest musical acts in the history of popular entertainment have served to make him a revered icon.
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