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   BILL HARRY. THE PAUL MCCARTNEY ENCYCLOPEDIA

С Moon

The B-side of 'Hi, Hi, Hi', issued in Britain on 1 December 1972 on Apple R 5973 and in America on 4 December 1972 on Apple 1857. It received much radio exposure when the BBC banned the A-side. Describing the song, Paul commented: 'Remember Sam The Sham and "Wooly Bully"? Well, there's a line in that that says "Let's not be L7" - and at the time everyone was saying "What's L7 mean?" Well, L7, it was explained at the time, means a square - put L and 7 together and you get a square. So I thought of the idea of getting а С and a crescent moon together to get the opposite of a square. So "C Moon" means "Cool".

C'Mon People (single)

A track from the Off The Ground album, penned by Paul, that was issued in Britain as a single on Monday 22 February 1993 on Parlophone R6338 and in America on Monday 12 July 1993.

Paul revealed to the newspaper The Journal, 'We figure John's spirit was in the studio with us. We were recording "C'mon People", which feels a bit Beatley, and we were singing the "Oh yeah, oh yeah" part. My guitarist Hamish Stuart and I found ourselves singing it just like John. We couldn't help it. In the end, we just didn't fight it, and went with it. John's spirit was in the studio with us. We figured that John visited us on that vocal!'

Paul pre-recorded the number for BBC l's Top of the Pops on Wednesday 17 February 1993 and it was transmitted the following day. The promotional video of the song was premiered on ITV's The Chart Show on Saturday 20 February and repeated twice in March.

As usual with Paul's releases, 'C'Mon People' was issued in different formats. Apart from the 7" there was the cassette on Parlophone TCR 6339, which featured the title track, and 'I Can't Imagine'. There was a 5" CD on CDRS 6338 which also included the numbers 'I Keep Coming Back To Love' and 'Down To The River' and an additional CD which featured 'C'Mon People', 'Deliverance' and 'Deliverance Dub'.

A maxi-single was issued in America on 12 June 1993, which had a playing length of 19 minutes and three seconds. It was produced by Paul and Julian Mendelsohn and comprised four tracks: 'C'mon People', 'I Can't Imagine', 'Keep Coming Back To Love' (a McCartney/Stuart composition) and 'Down To The River'.

'C'Mon People' was also included on 'Parlophone February 1993', an 18-track in-house Parlophone sampler cassette. Also in February 1993 on a 2-track CD single for 'C'Mon People' issued to disc jockeys on CDRDJ 6338 which contained a four-minute radio edit and the full-length version at 5 minutes and 45 seconds. Kevin Godley directed the promotional film of 'C'mon People'.

A live version of the number lasting 5 minutes and 59 seconds was recorded during the Kansas City concert on 31 May 1993 and included on the Paul Is Live album.

Cafe On The Left Bank

The first number recorded by Wings when they arrived at the Virgin Islands for the London Town album sessions. It was taped on 2 May 1977 on the yacht Fair Carol and was inspired by Paul's memories of his trip to Paris, including his first time there in the company of John Lennon in 1961.

Cage

See 'Emotional Moments'.

Caldwell, Iris Violet

Attractive blonde sister of the late Liverpool Beat group leader Rory Storm.

'I was twelve years old when George Harrison was my first boyfriend and that was before he joined any group. The Beatles were just forming then as the Quarry Men. I used to go out with him after school. He went to the Institute, the same school as Paul, and late afternoon he'd come round to our house to see me.'

Iris was one of the Liverpool girls who Paul went out with and their romance lasted for twelve months. For at least six of those months they were serious enough about each other to be what Northerners would call 'going steady'.

Iris trained as a dancer from the age of fifteen and appeared as a showgirl at holiday camps and on variety shows.

When she appeared at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton on a bill with the Beatles she was wearing a brief costume which highlighted her slim legs in fishnet stockings and Paul couldn't take his eyes off her.

She was seventeen when Paul dated her and when Iris discussed the period in interviews with publications such as Beatles Monthly, she commented:

Epstein was not very pleased that I was going out with Paul and I wasn't allowed to go anywhere with the group in case any of their fans saw me. But every night after they'd appeared at the Cavern, Paul would come round to our house - and when they went away to Hamburg he used to write me the most fantastic letters which I wish now I'd kept because they were very funny letters, talking about all the things that happened to them, and sometimes he'd illustrate them with a little cartoon. In those days they had funny names for people and Paul always used to call me 'Harris' and he signed his letters 'Paul McCoobie'. I can remember one letter he'd sent in which he wrote: 'We've been down to London jumping around,' and he illustrated it with a little picture of himself jumping around on his bum.

The first song they recorded together after signing with Epstein, 'Love Me Do', was a song that Paul had written for me - and when the record entered the New Musical Express chart at No. 27 I was over the moon and going round saying 'Cor', 'Wow', 'Jeez', because a song written for me was in the charts.

Then there was another time that Paul was round at our house and he started writing out the words for this song he'd written called 'Please Please Me'. I told him the words sounded terrible.

I remember once my Mum told him he had no feelings, so he phoned her up one night and said, 'Listen to this song I've just written,' and sang her 'Yesterday' over the phone. That was when they were appearing at the ABC, Blackpool. After he'd finished the song he said, 'There - and you say I've got no feelings!'

Paul was very hard to dislike. Even in his teens there was something about him, a sort of charisma that used to strike people when they met him for the first time. And he always knew exactly where he was going, even though people often used to tell them they (the Beatles) would never make it.

We used to travel down to the pictures by bus, and then when they started getting successful he went out and bought a secondhand Ford Classic - and I thought, 'Wow - I'm going out with a feller who's got a car!' That was a big thing because we were all broke and not many people could afford cars in Liverpool.

The only present Paul ever gave me was a pair of black leather gloves that he brought me back from Hamburg, but he was always sending me letters and postcards.

When Rory had to go into Broadgreen Hospital in Liverpool to have a cartilage operation, Paul took me into the hospital to see him. There were all these people lying in bed, some of them looking so pale that they could have been at death's door - and then when Paul the Beatle walked in they all started to rise from their beds, carrying sticks and crutches, and hobbling down the ward to shake his hand or ask for his autograph!

I'm quite sure that there were many other girls around at that time, but I didn't know about any of them, and I didn't actually know that he was going out with anyone else, if you see what I mean. I used to say to him, 'Why don't you go out with somebody else?' though I never thought that he did, and then when he came back from London once and said that he had met Jane Asher I didn't want to go out with him anymore, though we remained good friends and kept a good relationship.

Iris married singer Shane Fenton in 1964 and they went on the road as a double act. Shane was to change his name to Alvin Stardust and had the major chart success that had eluded him in the 1960s.

The couple were divorced several years later and Iris remarried in 1983.

Calico Skies

A track from the Flaming Pie album lasting 2 minutes and 32 seconds. It was penned by Paul and produced by Paul and George Martin and engineered by Bob Kraushaar on 3 September 1992. Paul sang vocal and played acoustic guitar and knee slap/percussion.

When the McCartneys were in America they became housebound when Hurricane Bob knocked out the power. Paul says, 'I spent a lot of time on my acoustic guitar, making up little bits and pieces. "Calico Skies" was one of them.'

He also commented, 'I wanted to write something acoustic in the vein of "Blackbird", something simple that would stand on its own, so if anyone said, "Give us a song", you could just do it.'

The number was also reworked for the Working Classical album.

Call It Suicide

A number that Paul submitted to Frank Sinatra, also sometimes known simply as 'Suicide'. It was rejected.

Campaign For The Protection Of Hunted Animals

An organisation which Paul joined late in 1998 when he called for a ban on fox hunting, stating; 'This activity can in no way be called a sport. It is simply bare-faced cruelty to animals in a so-called civilised society. It is not only outdated but ought to be banned.'

Can't Buy Me Love

John was to say, 'That's Paul's completely. Maybe I had something to do with the chorus, but I don't know. I always considered it his song.'

The number was composed on the upright piano that was situated in the sitting room of the group's suite at the George V Hotel in Avenue George V in Paris. The group recorded it shortly after it was written when George Martin flew over from London to produce the number at the Pathe Marconi Studios in the Rue de Sevres on Wednesday 29 January 1964. It was issued in Britain on 20 March 1964. Advance orders were so huge that it leapt straight to No. 1 in the charts. It was issued in America on 4 March 1964 with an advance order of 2.1 million copies and topped the charts for five weeks. It was No. 1 on that historic day, 4 April 1964, when the Billboard chart read:

No.l: 'Can't Buy Me Love'. No. 2: 'Twist And Shout'. No. 3: 'She Loves You'. No. 4: 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'. No. 5: 'Please Please Me'. No. 31: 'I Saw Her Standing There'. No. 41: 'From Me To You'. No. 46: 'Do You Want To Know A Secret?' No. 58: 'All My Loving'. No. 65: 'You Can't Do That'. No. 68: 'Roll Over Beethoven'. No. 77: Thank You Girl'. That week also saw Beatles albums at No. 1 and No. 2 in the album chart.

Paul was to say how proud he was when Ella Fitzgerald recorded the number.

The song was used in the film A Hard Day's Night and a military band played the number at Buckingham Palace when the Beatles received their MBEs.

A version of this number, lasting 2 minutes and 15 seconds, was included on the Tripping The Live Fantastic album. It was recorded live on 21 October 1989 at the Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany during the 1989/90 World Tour.

Capitol Records

In 1962, Capitol Records, as the American branch of EMI Records, was offered the Beatles product to release. Alan Livingstone, then head of Capitol, made the much-quoted statement: 'We don't think the Beatles will do anything in this market.' And EMI went on to deal with Vee Jay. It rapidly became obvious that the Beatles were hot property and Capitol did a rapid about-turn, even launching a major promotional campaign when the group arrived in America in February 1964.

After the Beatles disbanded, Paul remained with the label until 1979 when he joined George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Apple Records in a five-million-dollar lawsuit against the company, alleging breach of contract, claiming Capitol had failed to pay them their full royalties.

Paul signed with CBS Records in North America and remained with them until rejoining Capitol on Tuesday 29 October 1985 in a deal negotiated with Bhaskar Menon, the company's chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Commenting on the agreement, he said, 'Paul is a very special part of the EMI music family and I am absolutely delighted that we have renewed our longstanding friendship with him. It is particularly gratifying that McCartney now returns home to Capitol Records in North America where we have greatly missed the privilege of representing his recording career since 1979.'

When asked about the disappointing sales when Paul was with CBS, Menon commented, 'Whether those Columbia albums were successful or not, I really don't know. But we're talking about one of the world's most distinguished musical geniuses. We have every reason to believe he has an enormous career and audience before him.'

Paul sent him a telex: 'Dear Bhaskar, it's great to be back, knowing we can catch up with old acquaintances and hopefully make many new friends. All the best to the lads and lasses in the field - now let's get on with making hits. Warm personal regards, Paul McCartney.'

Paul withdrew his legal battle once he re-signed with Capitol and his first record under the new contract was the 'Spies Like Us' single.

Under the arrangement Paul's CBS albums Back To The Egg, McCartney II and Tug Of War would revert to Capitol Records as from 1 January 1986. Pipes Of Peace and Give My Regards To Broad Street would also be transferred to Capitol two years hence.

Carlton New Year, A

When Carlton Television obtained the television franchise previously held by Thames Television they decided to herald in their new station, which was to officially launch on 1 January 1993, with a special programme, A Carlton New Year.

On Friday 20 November they videotaped Paul and his band performing specially for the show before an audience at the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden, north London.

Paul performed 'Good Rockin' Tonight', 'We Can Work It Out', 'Biker Like An Icon', 'I Owe It All To You', 'Michelle', 'Hope Of Deliverance', 'Can't Buy Me Love' and 'Down To The River'. He also played an impromptu version of 'Auld Lang Syne'.

Only three of the numbers were actually screened when 'A Carlton New Year' was broadcast - 'Hope Of Deliverance', 'Michelle' and 'Biker Like An Icon'.

Carnegie Hall

The Beatles became the first rock-'n'-roll band ever to appear at this prestigious New York concert hall when they performed there on 12 February 1964. Nearly 28 years later, on Monday 18 November 1991, Paul appeared there to attend the American premiere of his Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio.

Conducted by Carl Davis, the ensemble was almost identical to the one that performed at the world premiere in Liverpool, although soprano Barbara Bonney had replaced Dame Kiri Те Kawana in the role of Mary Lee. Also there was the Collegiate Chorale and the Boys Choir of Harlem that had replaced the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and the Cathedral Boys Choir.

Paul's party included Linda and his children, plus his brother Mike. Celebrities in the audience included Steve Martin and his wife Victoria Tennant, Jessica Lang, Mickey Dolenz and Christi Brinkley.

Carnival Of Light

A sound collage lasting 13 minutes and 48 seconds that Paul composed, making him the first member of the Beatles to conduct experiments in sound.

In 1966 Paul commissioned some 'underground' designers Binder, Edwards and Vaughan to decorate his piano in a psychedelic style.

The trio organised various events at 'underground' venues and asked Paul if he would compose a piece of experimental music for a forthcoming promotion of theirs at the Roundhouse in Camden Town, London, which they were to call the 'Carnival of Light Rave'.

Paul then booked Abbey Road on 5 January 1967 for a five-hour session to record his composition, initially completing some overdubs for the 'Penny Lane' track.

Recording the session on a four-track machine were George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick. The first track had the rhythm backing of drums and organ. Track two included distorted electronic guitar sounds. Track three included the sound of a church organ and John and Paul screaming, with Paul shouting, 'Are you alright?' and John shouting out 'Barcelona!' three times. Further mixed sounds were included on track four, along with the shaking of a tambourine.

George was to tell Emerick: 'This is ridiculous. We've got to get our teeth into something a little more comfortable.'

The composition was only played on 28 January and 4 February 1967 at the Roundhouse. In 1996 Paul suggested that he might use 'Carnival of Light' as background music to an experimental film in which he would use Beatles images in a similar way to that of his film of the Grateful Dead.

George Harrison vetoed 'Carnival Of Light' from appearing on the Beatles Anthology CDs.

In 1994, in tribute to Paul's composition, a British band, Ride, named their third album Carnival Of Light.

Carolina On My Mind

A track on James Taylor's eponymous debut album for Apple, on which Paul played bass guitar. Produced by Peter Asher, it was recorded between July and October 1968 and issued in Britain on 6 December 1968 on Apple SAPCOR 3 and reissued on 6 November 1970 on Apple 32 and on 25 June 1971. It was issued in America on 17 February 1969 on Apple SKAO 3352 and reissued on 26 October 1970 on Apple 1805.

After Paul inducted Taylor into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame on 6 March 2000, Taylor held a press conference backstage after the event and was asked about Paul and George recording with him. He said, 'That was great. They were recording the White album at Trident Studios at the time and I was using whatever studio time was left over, just the space in between. I heard rough mixes of "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" and was present when they were recording and overdub-bing. They played on "Carolina On My Mind".'

Carry That Weight

This number was originally recorded by the Beatles as one song at Abbey Road Studios on 2 July 1968, along with 'Golden Slumbers' and it was included on the Abbey Road album.

Paul commented, 'It's like a story. A bit like "Act Naturally", where a tag line keeps coming up, you know, "So and so and so and so," but all he said was "Act Naturally". It's like your troubles. But it was like a comedy when I first heard it. There was a verse about a drunkard who got drunk, got in trouble with the wife, and, "I woke up the next morning with a weight upon my head and found it was my head." It's like the normal kind of troubles that everyone has. It's one of those songs where you've got everything and you've got everything going great but, you know, "This morning, one of my eggs broke." It's just so trivial. "My bright shoes are a bit tight."'

In 1980 John was to comment, 'I think he was under strain at that period.'

Casey, Howie

A saxophonist from Liverpool. Howie's early band, the Seniors, were popular on Merseyside prior to the Beatles and were the first Liverpool group to travel to Hamburg.

On their return from Germany, Howie told Bill Harry, founder of Mersey Beat: 'Paul had terrific talent and used to play left-handed guitar. He didn't actually play it, he had the amp turned down low.'

Howie's group also became the first Liverpool group to have a record released in Britain, but they never achieved chart success, although one of their vocalists, Freddie Starr, became a successful comedian.

Howie was to team up with Paul in later years, playing on his records and touring with Wings as tenor saxophonist. One of his noted sax solos is to be found on 'Bluebird' from Band On The Run. He also appeared on the albums Wings At the Speed Of Sound and Wings Over America, plus the singles 'Jet' and 'Coming Up'.

Catcall

A tune that Paul composed in the late 1950s, which was occasionally played by the Beatles during appearances at the Cavern. It was an instrumental number which Paul polished up and gave to Chris Barber in 1967, and became Barber's first release on the new Marmalade label in the UK on Marmalade 598-005 on 20 October 1967, with 'Mercy Mercy Mercy' on the flip. At the recording session Paul was one of the people adding vocal 'catcalls' at the end of disc.

It was also included on Barber's album Battersea Rain Dance, issued in Britain on 13 March 1970 on Polydor 2384-020.

7 Cavendish Avenue

The St John's Wood house which Paul owns and which he lived in between the years 1966 and 1978.

Paul moved out of Cavendish Avenue in 1970, because he wanted his children to enjoy life in the country outside the pressures of the big city, although he continues to own the house and occasionally finds uses for it. For example, on Saturday 7 July 2001 he held a party at the premises with guests who included Chrissie Hynde, Kevin Godley, Lulu, Twiggy, Peter Blake and Dave Gilmour.

The property is now an officially listed building.

The other Beatles were living out of London, but Paul opted to remain in the city. While still living with the Ashers, he bought the three-storey detached Regency house on Tuesday 13 April 1965 for £40,000 from a physician Desmond O'Neill MD, BCH, MRCP and moved into the premises during the first week of August 1966. Immediately, on Saturday 6 August, it became the setting for a BBC radio interview for a programme called 'The Lennon and McCartney Songbook'.

Paul had commissioned the house to be refurbished at a cost of £20,000 by John and Marina Adams. Marina was the elder sister of Paul's friend John Dunbar.

The house had a high wall and a large black metal electronically operated gate with intercom system. Paul also installed a Victorian streetlamp in the drive.

The property was only five minutes away from Abbey Road Studios.

It also had a sunhouse at the end of the garden with a geodesic dome.

He and John Lennon painted a mural together on one of the walls. When the house was redecorated, Paul preserved it and had the decorators paint around it.

Initially Paul also hired a live-in couple, the Kellys, to act as housekeeper and butler, but they were sacked for selling their story to an Australian magazine.

Under the influence of art-dealer Robert Frazer, Paul began to build up an impressive art collection in the house, which included a specially commissioned version of Landseer's Monarch of the Glen by Peter Blake, a statue by Takis and various paintings by Magritte, including one which inspired the Apple logo.

Paul also had a music room in which he worked with John Lennon on compositions for the Sgt Pepper album. He also composed numbers such as 'Hey Jude', 'Getting Better' and 'Penny Lane' there.

Cavern Club

The Liverpool cellar club where the Beatles had their first taste of fame. It originally opened as a jazz club on 16 January 1957. The Quarry Men made their Cavern debut on Wednesday 7 August 1957, but Paul was on holiday at the time. Paul made his Cavern debut with the group on 24 January 1958. As the Beatles, Paul, John, George and Pete Best appeared on a lunchtime session on 21 February 1961 and their first evening session took place on Tuesday 21 March 1961.

Ray McFall was the Cavern owner at the time and it was during his reign that the Beatles made all their appearances. Sadly, Ray overextended his capital and declared himself bankrupt in February 1966. Various other owners took over the premises until Liverpool Corporation decided to demolish it to make way for an extraction duct for the underground railway. A replica Cavern was built in Mathew Street in 1984 as part of a new building called Cavern Walks.

Paul commented: 'The Cavern was great. Every gig was more like a private party than a public performance. We knew most of the audience by first name - it was a very personal atmosphere rather than singing and playing to an impersonal crowd.'

Exactly 12,953 days since he last appeared at the Cavern club in Liverpool on 3 August 1963, Paul turned up there again on Tuesday 14 December 1999, saying: 'I can't think of a better way to end the century than with a party at the Cavern, singing the songs of my heroes.'

Paul had formally announced his reappearance at the Cavern on the Parkinson TV show on Friday 3 December 1999 and an advance party of his personnel from MPL took over the Cavern for three days from Sunday 13 December.

Eighteen-year-old Ben Lomas, who had changed his name to John Lennon by deed poll three weeks earlier, began a 22-hour wait on the Sunday outside the HMV Shop in order to enter a raffle for 250 tickets for the appearance. A hundred and fifty other fans joined the queue. Four other HMV stores - in London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Newcastle-upon-Tyne - also had queues as each had been given 250 forms, which were to be entered into the draw.

There were only 300 people allowed into the venue for the show, which was broadcast worldwide on the Internet as a live webcast with 3.5 million fans logging in, causing the weblink to be jammed. On the evening of the show, highlights were broadcast on The Richard Allison Show on BBC Radio 2. BBC 1 television was to broadcast the show on 15 December.

Paul's backing band were the musicians from his Run Devil Run album sessions: Dave Gilmour and Mick Green on guitars, Peter Wingfield on keyboards and Ian Paice on drums. They performed a fifty-minute set with 'Honey Hush', 'Blue Jean Bop', 'Brown-Eyed Handsome Man', 'Fabulous', 'What It Is', 'Lonesome Town', 'Twenty Flight Rock', 'No Other Baby', 'Try Not To Cry', 'Shake a Hand', 'All Shook Up' and 'I Saw Her Standing There'. The encore was 'Party', after which Paul left the stage after saying, 'See you next time ...'

The number 'Lonesome Town' was dedicated to 'loved ones past and present' and 'Twenty Flight Rock' was dedicated to the day he met John: 'When I met John, I knew all the words to this song and I think that's why I got to join the band.'

Cayenne

An instrumental number that Paul had penned as a teenager. It was around the same time he composed another instrumental 'Catcall', both songs probably influenced by the Shadows. 'Cayenne' was included on the Beatles Anthology 1 CD.

CD:UK

A British children's television programme, screened on Saturday mornings. Paul appeared on the show on 24 November 2001, performing 'Freedom' live in the studio and giving a short interview. He was backed by Blair Cunningham on drums, Giles Palmer on guitar and Luke Juby on keyboards.

Celebration

A Granada Television programme, filmed at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool on Monday 26 November 1979 at the final Liverpool concert of Wings' British tour, and broadcast on Thursday 29 November 1979 with performances of 'Every Night' and 'Getting Closer'.

Charities

Paul is a great supporter of a number of charities, despite views he made about charities in August 1968 during an interview with Alan Smith of the New Musical Express.

Paul commented, 'Starvation in India doesn't worry me one bit, not one iota. It doesn't, man. And it doesn't worry you, if you're honest. You just pose. You've only seen the Oxfam ads. You can't pretend to me that an Oxfam ad can reach down into the depths of your soul and actually make you feel more for those people - more, for instance, than you feel about getting a new car.

'If it comes to a toss-up and getting a new car, then you'd get a new car. And don't say you wouldn't! I know one is morally better than the other one, but to say anything else, I'd be a hypocrite!'

In December 1979, Paul and Linda donated $10,000 to a charity which had been established by the New York Times to help the poor at Christmas time.

In 1993, a survey discovered that Paul was among the public figures who most often donated money to charities. However, he preferred to keep his charitable work as discreet as possible, which led London's Evening Standard to report, 'If McCartney gives you money, and you reveal the fact, he asks for it back!'

Below are just some of the donations Paul has made to various charities.

In May 1990, Paul donated £250,000 to the Sloane-Kettering Cancer Centre and Friends of the Earth.

On 4 February 1997, a London exhibition and charity auction took place at the Saatchi Gallery in which rock stars donated artwork dedicated to musicians who had inspired their own work. Paul contributed a tribute to Buddy Holly for the charity War Child, which ran a music therapy centre for children in Bosnia.

In 1986, Paul was making donations to the Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust.

On Thursday 11 October 1990, Paul and Linda handed out leaflets in support of a fight to save Rye Memorial Hospital from closing. He also headed a march to Rye Town Hall to support the cause on Monday 15 October during which he offered to pay the wages of nurses wishing to work in the casualty department that had recently been closed. Paul and Linda did pay for agency nurses, but the Hastings Health Authority refused permission for them to work in the department.

When the League Against Cruel Sports contacted Paul and Linda in 1991 regarding deer hunting, they then paid £100,000 for 80 acres of Exmoor woodland and banned the Devon and Somerset Staghounds from hunting on the land. Paul commented that stag hunting was 'a barbaric sport which takes civilisation back to the days of the Dark Ages'.

In 1997, Paul contributed to the National Endowment for Science and the Arts, which supports young artists and inventors.

In 1999, he was supporting the Breast Cancer Care charity which were selling limited edition prints of Linda's photograph 'Stallion And Standing Stone'. During April Paul involved himself in a series of auctions for the charity in the American Borders bookshop chain.

In 1994, Paul heard that Gillette was actively involved in vivisection. He sent a letter to the chief executive Alfred Zeien, and parcelled Gillette products including razors, shaving cream, correction fluid and pens and returned them to the company. He wrote, 'Learning that Gillette still blinds and poisons animals to test its products, my wife Linda and I have cleaned our cupboards of anything and everything produced by Gillette. When Gillette modernises its testing practices and abolishes animal testing, I'll happily buy your products again. Until that time, we will boycott Gillette and speak out for animals at every opportunity.' The company's response that it never tests on animals where 'an alternative is available', was not the sort of answer Paul was looking for.

Also in 1994, Paul and Linda contributed to an art exhibition called 'War Child' set up to develop a therapy centre in Sarajevo. Incidentally, during 1994 Paul donated $1,710,000 to various charities.

In 1995, Paul and Linda sent 22 tons of Linda's vegetarian burgers to Bosnia as part of the 'War Child' relief effort.

He gave his first donation to a political party in 2000 when he gave the Liberal Party £10,000 to help in its animal welfare campaign, which included a foxhunting ban.

NESTA (the National Endowment for Science and the Arts) was a trust set up by the Labour government in 1997 in which artists would bequeath copyright or patent royalties to help finance young British artists. Paul was one of the first celebrities to pledge support for the scheme.

In July 2000, Paul donated $1 million to establish the Linda McCartney Endowed Fund for research into breast cancer at the Arizona cancer centre in Tucson, Arizona where Linda had been treated prior to her death. He only made one stipulation - that no animals be used for research.

In December 2000, Paul donated £5,000 to the Hound Cottage Animal Sanctuary in Tichfield, Hampshire, which needed repairs following flood damage.

In March 2001, Paul contributed a drawing of a squirrel which fetched £4,000 for the Calvert Trust and Northumbria Wildlife Trust Charity and he also donated a signed lithograph of Linda to raise money for the Irish Cancer Society.

He contributed £5,000 in 2001, for a violin study for 14-year-old Misha Lindan from Belarus.

On 14 June 2001, the first of a series of Internet auctions was held to raise money for the building of a new cultural centre on the island of Montserrat. Four hundred and ninety reproductions of the original string quartet score for 'Yesterday' were placed for auction, each of them personally signed by Paul and George Martin.

In February 2001, Paul and Stella joined a campaign to save an abused elephant called Rhanee. Paul said, 'Rhanee has suffered for many years at the hands of people who should have known better. Human beings have not respected Rhanee's needs to date. Please let the "Rhanee Appeal" make amends for past abuse and support the campaign to let her live the rest of her life in the sanctuary she deserves.'

These are just a small selection of some of the charities that Paul has supported. He has donated money amounting to millions, has spent a great deal of his time supporting charities and attending functions, even joining protest marches and has also donated musically - and has allowed his recordings to be used on a number of charity albums.

See also: 'Help!' and 'Good Causes'.

Charity Bubbles

A single by the Scaffold, issued in 1969 on which Paul played guitar.

Charley Rose Show, The

An event that took place in New York at the 92nd Street YM-YWHA (Young Men's/Young Women's Hebrew Association), Manhattan on 24 April 2001. Paul took part in his second poetry reading of 'Blackbird Singing' (his first was in Liverpool) at the Kauffman Concert Hall in the building. Charley Rose was introduced and then Rose introduced Paul. Paul spent half an hour reading his various poems, with a story to tell behind each poem and information on what prompted him to compose them. On the poem about Ivan Vaughan he mentioned that since Ivan had studied the classics at Cambridge it was fitting to write a poem in his memory. There were a number of poems about Linda. On one of them he recalled seeing signs of her presence after she had died - of hearing wind chimes when there wasn't a wind, of seeing a rare white squirrel while he was out riding who fixed her gaze on Paul. Another poem was about when Linda was in hospital and Paul set up a camp bed in her room. He recalled a one-eyed dog named Prince in his recollections of early life in Liverpool.

The poems Paul read were 'In Liverpool', 'Dinner Tickets', 'Ivan', 'Jerk Of All Jerks', 'Masseuse Masseuse', 'Chasing The Cherry', 'City Park', 'Trouble Is', 'Tchaiko', 'Blessed', 'Her Spirit', 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road?' and 'Here Today'.

The onstage interview by Charley Rose followed, although Rose made a couple of mistakes, which Paul had to correct him on. At one point he asked Paul what it was like meeting Paul - and Paul said that he was Paul. Rose also referred to the Quarry Men and the Everymen. Paul related a story of how he took his daughter Stella to meet the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He cleared up any misunderstanding in previous reports about the Beatles' attitudes to the Maharishi by stating that he believed the guru was genuine, that he didn't chase women and wasn't obsessed with money. He'd considered that the meeting would be a short one, but it continued for hours and when Stella asked the Maharishi if he could say something on her video camera, he said 'Enjoy'.

Rose asked Paul to name his favourite song. Paul said that it wasn't 'Yesterday', but that he didn't think it would be fair to pick a favourite although he particularly liked 'Here, There And Everywhere'.

Chattington, Barry

A director of Paul's Appaloosa film. He also directed the unreleased 'The Bruce McMouse Show' and the 1979 film Rockestra.

Children Children

A number from the 1978 London Town album that was co-written by Paul and Denny Laine. Originally inspired by a waterfall in Paul's garden, the track was recorded at Abbey Road. It was 2 minutes and 20 seconds in length.

Choba В СССР: Back In The USSR

An album, recorded in a London studio on Monday 20 July and Tuesday 21 July 1987. During the sessions, Paul recorded eighteen 'oldies'.

Richard Ogden, MD of MPL, had been to Russia to negotiate the exclusive release. He said Paul wouldn't be receiving any royalties, only a one-off payment for the album and would also be paid in roubles, which were non-negotiable outside Russia.

Choba В СССР, containing eleven of the tracks, was originally released on Monday 31 October 1988 in Russia only, when 40,000 copies were issued on the Melodiya label. A second edition was issued in Russia on Thursday 24 December 1987 in an edition of 350,000 copies.

The first album included eleven tracks, had a gold-coloured back cover sleeve and liner notes by a Soviet writer, while the second included two additional tracks, Paul's version of Fats Domino's 'I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday' and George Gershwin's 'Summertime'. The sleeve notes were penned by former New Musical Express writer Roy Carr and translated into Russian.

It was later released by EMI on CD on Monday 30 September 1991 on Parlophone CDP 7 976152, in a version containing thirteen tracks. It was issued in America on Tuesday 29 October on Capitol CDP 7976152. The EMI release was retitled The Russian Album.

Four of the tracks had previously been released in Britain in 1987. They were: 'Midnight Special', 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore', 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy' and 'Kansas City'. The other tracks had previously been unreleased and were: 'Twenty Flight Rock', 'Bring It On Home To Me', 'Lucille', I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday', 'That's Alright Mama', 'Summertime', 'Ain't That a Shame', 'Cracking Up' and 'Just Because'.

Paul produced the album, Peter Henderson was the engineer, and apart from Paul, the other musicians were Mick Green on lead guitar, Chris Whitten and Mick Gallagher on bass guitar, Nick Garvey and Henry Spinetti on drums.

Paul had also been interviewed about the album in a Communist Youth League paper and said, 'Since the Beatles days, many of my most loyal fans have been in Russia. It has always concerned me that these people hear our music many years after its release or through illegal importing and home taping. The new spirit of friendship has enabled me to make this gesture to my Russian fans.'

In Russia black-market Western albums usually sold for the equivalent of $85, while Paul's album would be sold officially at around $5.

Chronology

1866

23 November. Paul's fraternal grandfather, Joseph McCartney, is born in Great Homer Street, Everton, Liverpool.

1874

2 June. Paul's fraternal grandmother, Florence Clegg, is born at 131 Breck Road, Everton, Liverpool.

1880

19 January. Paul's maternal grandfather, Owen Mohin, is born in Tullynamalrow, Eire.

1896

17 May. Florence Clegg marries Joseph McCartney at Christ Church in Kensington, Liverpool.

1902

1 July. James McCartney, Paul's father, is born at 8 Fishguard Street,

Everton, Liverpool, the son of Joe and Florence McCartney.

1909

29 September. Mary Patricia Mohin, Paul's mother, is born at 2 Third Avenue, Fazakerley, Liverpool, the daughter of Mary and Owen Mohin.

1931

18 December. Allen Klein is born in Newark, New Jersey.

1934

18 February. Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo, Japan, the daughter of Eisuke and Isako Ono.

19 September. Brian Epstein is born at a private nursing home in Rodney Street, Liverpool. His mother, Malka, was the daughter of a furniture manufacturer in Sheffield and his father, Harry Epstein, owned a furniture store in Liverpool.

1938

3 December. Julia Stanley marries Alfred Lennon at Mount Pleasant Register Office, Liverpool.

1939

10 September. Cynthia Powell is born in Blackpool.

15 September. Mimi Stanley, John's aunt, a nursing sister at the time, marries George Smith, a dairy farmer.

1940

23 June. Stuart Sutcliffe is born at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion in Edinburgh, Scotland. His parents are Charles and Martha Sutcliffe.

7 July. Richard Starkey is born at home at 9 Madryn Street, Liverpool to Elsie and Richard Starkey.

9 October. John Winston Lennon is born at Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, Liverpool, on a night when there was no bombing in the city.

His parents are Alfred and Julia Lennon.

25 December. Phil Spector is born in the Bronx, New York.

1941

15 April. James McCartney and Mary Mohin are married in Liverpool. They immediately move into furnished rooms in Sunbury Road, Anfield.

1942

18 June. James Paul McCartney is born in Walton Hospital, Liverpool

to James and Mary McCartney.

24 September. Linda Louise Eastman is born in Scarsdale, New York,

the daughter of Lee and Louise Eastman.

1943

24 February. George Harrison is born at home at 12 Arnold Grove,

Wavertree, Liverpool.

17 May. Priscilla Maria Veronica White is born in Liverpool.

1944

7 January. Peter Michael McCartney is born in Walton Hospital, Liverpool.

22 July. Peter Asher, brother of Jane Asher, is born.

29 October. Denny Laine {real name Brian Hines) is born in Birmingham.

1945

17 March. Pattie Boyd is born.

1946

5 April. Jane Asher is born in London.

4 August. The McCartney family move to a ground-floor flat in Sir Thomas White Gardens, Liverpool. 14 August. Maureen Cox is born.

1949

7 February. Joe English, later to become drummer with Wings, is born in Rochester, New York.

1953

4 June. Jimmy McCulloch, later to become a guitarist in Wings, is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

1956

18 June. Paul's father buys him a trumpet for his birthday.

31 October. Paul's mother, Mary Patricia McCartney, dies of breast cancer. She is 47 years of age.

1957

16 January. The Cavern Club opens in Mathew Street, Liverpool as a jazz club.

6 July. Paul meets John Lennon for the first time at the Woolton Village Fete. He later receives an invitation to join John's group, the Quarry Men.

29 July. Paul and his younger brother Michael attend a Scout camp at Hathersage, Derbyshire.

7 August. The Quarry Men make their debut at the Cavern, but Paul isn't with them as he is on holiday at a summer Scout camp in Hathersage in the Peak District.

18 October. Paul makes his debut with the Quarry Men at the New Clubmoor Hall, Liverpool, but fluffs his chance to become their lead guitarist.

1958

24 January. Paul appears at the Cavern for the very first time as a member of the Quarry Men.

6 February. George Harrison goes to see the Quarry Men at Wilson Hall on the invitation of Paul and plays 'Raunchy' on the bus home to Paul and John.

20 March. Paul and John see Buddy Holly and the Crickets perform at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

12 July. The Quarry Men record at Percy Philips's studio in Kensington, Liverpool. They perform two numbers, Buddy Holly's 'That'll Be The Day' and 'In Spite Of All The Danger', an original composition credited to McCartney/Harrison, and the first original Beatles number on record.

1959

29 August. The Quarry Men make their debut at the Casbah club in West Derby, Liverpool.

1960

23 April. Paul and John hitchhike to Caversham, Berkshire where they stay at the Fox and Hounds, a pub run by John's cousin Bett Robbins and her husband. They perform as the Nerk Twins during a Sunday lunchtime session at the pub on 24 April.

14 May. As the Silver Beats they perform at Lathom Hall, Seaforth for promoter Brian Kelly.

18 May. As the Silver Beetles they embark on a short tour of Scotland as backing band to singer Johnny Gentle, and three of them decide to use stage names. Paul chooses to call himself Paul Ramon, although they are not acknowledged on the tour under their new names as the billing reads simply 'Johnny Gentle And His Group'. Paul says he chose that name 'because it sounded really glamorous, sort of Valentino-ish'. 6 August. With their appearance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Birkenhead cancelled, the Beatles drop in at the Casbah Club in West Derby and are impressed by Pete Best's new drums. Paul then phones Pete to invite him to audition for the group. After experiments with the Beatals, the Silver Beats, The Silver Beetles and the Silver Beatles, they decide to simply call themselves the Beatles. Any suggestion that this had anything to do with a Marlon Brando film called The Wild Ones is ridiculous because this film was banned in Britain until the late 1960s and the group could not have seen it at the time they devised their name.

12 August. Pete Best auditions for the Beatles and is accepted as their new drummer.

16 August. The Beatles set off for Hamburg.

17 August. The Beatles begin a season at the Indra club in the Grosse Freiheit. Paul comments, 'Hamburg was a good exercise really in commercialism - a couple of students would stick their heads round the door, and we'd suddenly go into a piece of music that we thought might attract them. If we got people in, they might pay us better. That club was called the Indra - which is German for India.'

4 October. The Beatles move to the Kaiserkeller, a larger club in the Grosse Freiheit. Paul was later to write to Bill Harry about his experiences in Hamburg: 'The first time we went to Hamburg we stayed four-and-a-half months. It's a sort of blown-up Blackpool, but with strip clubs instead of waxworks; thousands of strip clubs, bars and pick-up joints, not very picturesque. The first time it was pretty rough but we all had a gear time. The pay wasn't too fab, the digs weren't much good, and we had to play for quite a long time.'

29 November. Paul and Pete Best are arrested for allegedly attempting to burn down the Bambi Kino. (This was probably because they were about to play at a club called the Top Ten and the manager of the Kaiserkeller, who also owned the Bambi Kino, objected. Paul wrote to Bill Harry, 'One night we played at the Top Ten Club and all the customers from the Kaiserkeller came along. Since the Top Ten was a much better club, we decided to accept the manager's offer and play there. Naturally the manager of the Kaiserkeller didn't like it. One night prior to leaving his place, we accidentally singed a bit of cord on an old stone wall in the corridor and he had the police on us.') 1 December. Paul and Pete Best return to Liverpool after being deported from Hamburg, Germany.

27 December. The Beatles appear at Litherland Town Hall and make their names felt on Merseyside for the first time when the show opens and Paul launches into 'Long Tall Sally'. A temporary bass guitarist, Chas Newby, accompanies them.

1961

5 January. At Litherland Town Hall, Paul begins to play bass with the group. (Stuart Sutcliffe, the Beatles' regular bass guitarist, had remained in Hamburg. They had used Chas Newby on their first three Liverpool gigs following their Hamburg appearance, but he turned down this job as he was returning to college. George refused to become the group's bass guitarist, so it fell to Paul to take over.) Promoter Brian Kelly is so impressed with the band that he books them for 36 dates at his various venues. Stuart returned to Liverpool at the end of January 1961, appeared on their Cavern debut and returned to Germany in late February. He played with them at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg before leaving the group.

9 February. The group plays at the Cavern for the first time under the name the Beatles. Their fee is £5. This is the only time that Stuart Sutcliffe makes an appearance with them in Liverpool as the Beatles. 14 February. At Litherland Town Hall on Saint Valentine's Night Paul sings 'Wooden Heart'. He is wearing a red satin heart pinned to his jacket with the names of the group on it. This is raffled off and when the winner climbs on the stage, Paul kisses her.

21 February. The Beatles make their lunchtime debut at the Cavern. They also appear at the Cassanova Club and Litherland Town Hall, the first time they have done three dates in Liverpool on a single day - but it won't be the last.

1 April. The Beatles appear at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg and it is during this period that Stuart Sutcliffe leaves the group.

22 April. The Beatles begin their first professional recording session with Bert Kaempfert, backing Tony Sheridan, but although Stuart Sutcliffe is present, he does not play on the session. The only original number they perform is 'Cry For A Shadow', an instrumental by George Harrison, meaning the first original Beatles composition recorded by a professional AStR man is also credited to George.

1 June. Paul's girlfriend Dot Rhone arrives in Hamburg with John Lennon's girlfriend Cynthia Powell. Paul and Dot then go and stay at the houseboat of Rosa Hoffmann. Paul and John buy their girlfriends leather skirts.

22 June. When the group begin their recording session with Bert Kaempfert at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg, Paul takes over on bass guitar.

2 July. When the Beatles return to Liverpool, Stuart Sutcliffe elects to remain in Hamburg to study art and Paul is now the permanent bass guitarist with the group.

6 July. Bill Harry coins the phrase Mersey Beat and launches a newspaper of that name. On page 2 he features a piece on the Beatles, which he has commissioned John to write. Harry calls it 'Being A Short Diversion On The Dubious Origin Of Beatles, Translated From The John Lennon'. In it John writes, 'After a few months, Peter and Paul (who is called McArtrey, son of Jim McArtrey, his father)...' This misspelling of Paul's surname also appears in a couple of other issues. In this same article is the reference to 'a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them "From this day on you are Beatles with an A".' This led to Paul calling a new album Flaming Pie decades later. 20 July. The entire cover of the second issue of Mersey Beat is devoted to the Beatles recording in Hamburg. Brian Epstein orders 144 copies for his NEMS Whitechapel shop.

3 August. Brian Epstein's first record review column appears in Mersey Beat.

17 August. At their appearance at St John's Hall, Tuebrook in Liverpool, the Beatles are joined by bass guitarist Johnny Gustafson of

the Big Three. So Paul takes a microphone and walks among the audience singing.

30 September. John and Paul decide to hitchhike to Spain on £100 which John has been given for his 21st birthday by his Aunt Elizabeth. Once they reach Paris they decide to stay there.

9 October. John and Paul celebrate John's 21st birthday in Paris. During their stay Jurgen Vollmer gives them what becomes the 'Beatles haircut'. Paul recalls, 'Jurgen was ш Paris on that trip, and we said, "Do us a favour, cut our hair like you've cut yours." So he did it, and it turned out different, 'cause his wasn't exactly a Beatle cut, but ours fell into the Beatles thing. We didn't really start that. The impression that got over was that it was just us, that we'd started it all. We kept saying, "But there's millions of people in art schools who look like this. We're just the spokesmen for it."'

On their return to Liverpool via London they buy some Chelsea boots from Anello and Da vide, which are to become known as 'Beatle Boots'. 19 October. Paul plays rhythm guitar when the Beatles team up with Gerry and the Pacemakers and Karl Terry at Litherland Town Hall to call themselves the Beatmakers.

9 November. Brian Epstein had phoned Bill Harry to arrange for him to visit the Cavern to see the Beatles and he turns up at a lunchtime session, accompanied by Alistair Taylor.

3 December. The Beatles meet Brian Epstein at his office in NEMS, Whitechapel and Epstein is irked that Paul arrives thirty minutes late because he had a bath. George Harrison comments that Paul may have been very late, but he was very clean!

1962

1 January. The Beatles record for Mike Smith at Decca studios in West Hampstead, London. Brian Epstein has advised them not to perform many of their own numbers, so they only record three: 'Hello Little Girl' by John and 'Like Dreamers Do' and 'Love Of The Loved' by Paul. 5 February. Pete Best is ill and can't make the booking, so Ringo Starr sits in for him at the Kingsway Club, Southport.

12 February. The Beatles audition for Pete Pilbeam for the BBC radio programme Teenager's Turn. Paul and John sing two numbers each, with Paul performing 'Like Dreamers Do' and 'Till There Was You'. Pilbeam notes 'Yes' for John and 'No' for Paul.

10 April. Stuart Sutcliffe dies in Hamburg following a brain haemorrhage probably caused by an earlier fall down the stairs at Astrid Kirchherr's house.

18 August. Brian Epstein tells Pete Best that the other members of the group have instructed him to sack him as their drummer and hire Ringo Starr. Ringo makes his debut at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight. 21 August. Ringo Starr makes his debut at the Cavern as a member of the Beatles.

22 August. The Beatles are filmed at the Cavern by a Granada film crew directed by Dick Fontaine.

23 August. Paul acts as best man at the wedding of John Lennon and Cynthia Powell.

4 September. Paul, John, George and Ringo record 'Love Me Do' and 'How Do You Do It?' at Abbey Road Studios. George Martin is dissatisfied with the session and also with the drummer.

6 September. Paul's own version of the Beatles backing a stripper, based on a letter he sent to Bill Harry, is published in Mersey Beat under the title 'A Little Bare'.

11 September. When they return to Abbey Road to record their first single they discover that George Martin has booked a session drummer.

Ringo Starr thinks, 'They've done a Pete Best on me.'

20 September. Another piece by Paul, based on his letters to Bill Harry, is published in Mersey Beat under the title 'Hamburg'.

5 October. 'Love Me Do' is released.

26 October. The Beatles' debut single 'Love Me Do' enters the New Musical Express charts at No. 49. Paul recalls, 'If you want to know when we knew we'd arrived, it was getting in the charts with "Love Me Do". That was the one. It gave us somewhere to go.'

30 December. Linda See, nee Eastman, gives birth to a baby daughter, Heather.

1963

3 January. The Beatles top the Mersey Beat poll for the second time. 11 January. The Beatles' second single 'Please Please Me' is released. 18 April. Paul meets Jane Asher for the first time following a concert appearance at the Royal Albert Hall. Paul and George are heard singing 'Lend Me Your Comb' on Radio Luxembourg. 18 June. Paul's 21st birthday takes place at his Auntie Jin's house at 147 Dinas Lane, Huyton, Liverpool. An incident in which John Lennon attacks Cavern disc jockey Bob Wooler brings them their first national press story when it is reported in the Daily Mirror.

27 June. Paul turns up at a recording session at which Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas are recording 'Bad To Me' and 'I Call Your Name'.

6 July. Paul crowns the Carnival Queen at the Northwich Carnival. 26 August. Paul is fined £25 at Wallasey Crown Court and banned from driving for 12 months when he receives his third driving conviction for speeding.

7 September. Rosemary Hart interviews Paul for the BBC Home Service programme A World Of Sound.

10 September. Paul and John attend a Variety Club of Great Britain luncheon at the Savoy hotel. They receive an award as 'Top Vocal Group Of The Year'.

13 September. Paul is one of the judges on a 'Miss Imperial 1963' beauty contest at the Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, Lancashire.

16 September. Paul and Ringo set off for a fortnight's holiday in Greece with Jane Asher and Maureen Cox. Paul comments, 'We used to go to Greece because in Greece they never recognised us. Everywhere else, in Germany, in Italy, in the south of France, it was, "There's the Beatles!" and we had to run for our bloody lives.'

27 September. Cilia Black's version of the Paul McCartney composition 'Love Of The Loved' is issued on Parlophone R 5065.

2 October. Paul and Jane and Ringo and Maureen return from Greece. 13 October. The Beatles make their debut on Sunday Night At The London Palladium.

17 October. The Beatles are to have lunch at the Old Vienna Restaurant with the winners of a competition in the magazine Boyfriend. Paul is the only member to originally turn up, but the other three arrive later on.

26 October. Cilia Black's 'Love Of The Loved' enters the Melody Maker charts.

28 October. Anthony Newley's version of Paul's composition, 'I Saw Her Standing There' is issued in America on London 5202.

12 November. Paul is taken ill with gastric flu and the Beatles appearance at the Guildhall, Portsmouth is cancelled. It is rearranged for 3 December.

7 December. The Beatles aren't too happy with their 'It's The Beatles' show at the Liverpool Empire. When they watch a TV broadcast of it, Paul says, 'The sound's all wrong, and they keep showing George and me when John is singing. I think there's a John Lennon hater at the BBC 19 December. The Dowlands issue their version of Paul's composition 'All My Loving' on Oriole CB1897.

27 December. Paul and John are named 'outstanding composers of the year' in The Times newspaper.

29 December. Music critic Richard Buckle, writing in the Sunday Times, proclaims Paul and John 'the greatest composers since Beethoven'.

1964

15 January. Paul and John share a room at the George V hotel in Paris in order to write a number of songs they are committed to - for their forthcoming album and for a Billy J Kramer single.

21 January. Peter and Gordon record 'World Without Love' at Abbey Road Studios.

1 February. Liverpool band the Trends release their cover version of Paul's composition 'All My Loving' on Piccadilly 7N 35171.

9 February. Following their historic Ed Sullivan Show appearance, the Beatles are taken to the Playboy Club by disc jockey Murray The K.

Paul says, 'The Bunnies are even more adorable than we are.'

28 February. Peter and Gordon's version of Paul's composition 'A World Without Love' is issued in the UK on Columbia DB 7225. Marilyn Power's version of Paul's composition 'All My Loving' is released on Fontana TF 448.

I April. Paul travels to Liverpool to visit a sick relative at Walton Hospital. 10 April. Paul's composition 'Can't Buy Me Love' tops the New Musical Express charts.

II April. Paul's composition 'Can't Buy Me Love' tops the Melody Maker chart.

14 April. Paul's composition 'Can't Buy Me Love' is No. 1 in the American charts.

15 April. David Frost interviews Paul for A Degree Of Frost, a BBC TV show.

20-21 April. Paul films his solo spot with actress Isla Blair at the Jack Billings TV School in Notting Hill for the A Hard Day's Night movie. The scene ends up on the cutting-room floor.

1 May. Peter and Gordon top the charts in the New Musical Express with Paul's composition 'World Without Love'.

2 May. Paul and Jane Asher and Ringo and Maureen Cox fly to St Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Paul assumes the alias Mr Manning, with Jane calling herself Miss Ashcroft, Ringo as Mr Stone and Maureen as Miss Cockroft.

8 May. Paul's composition 'One And One Is Two' is issued in Britain by Mike Shannon and the Strangers on Phillips BF 1335. 18 May. Paul's pre-recorded interview for the TV show A Degree Of Frost is screened.

27 May. Paul, Jane, Ringo and Maureen return home from holiday. Paul comments, 'Fantastic scenery in those islands - we really felt we were taking in another world. I remember taking the dinghy out to do some spear fishing. I had this clumsy old spear with me - honestly, it was big enough to catch whales. So I dove - or is it dived? - off the boat and started hunting around for fish. There were lots of little fish kicking around down below, but suddenly I saw some barracudas. Miniature sharks. Nasty fellows these! You can annoy other fish but barracudas are NOT for stirring. They're for avoiding. I tried to get them to go away but it didn't work. So I ran for my life - well, swam for it, anyway! You couldn't see me for bubbles. Of course I didn't catch anything on that trip.' 29 May. Paul attends a Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas recording session where they record his composition 'From A Window'. The same day sees the release in Britain of the Peter and Gordon single 'Nobody I Know', on Columbia DB 7292 written by Paul.

2 June. Paul and Jane Asher see Cilia Black at her London Palladium Show. The Beatles record Paul's composition 'Things We Said Today' and John's 'Any Time At All'.

3 June. Paul records a demo disc of 'It's For You', a number he has written for Cilia Black.

4 June. The Beatles begin their tour with deputy drummer Jimmy Nichol as Ringo is ill in University College Hospital. Paul sends him a telegram: 'DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD MISS YOU SO MUCH STOP GET WELL SOON.'

18 June. During their appearance at Sydney Stadium in Australia, Paul had to stop the show twice because the group were showered with jelly babies. He was to recall, 'I keep asking them not to chuck those damned things, but they don't seem to have the sense to realise we hate being the target for sweets coming like bullets from all directions. How can we concentrate on our jobs on the stage when we are having all the time to keep ducking to avoid sweets, streamers and the other stuff they keep throwing at us?' It is Paul's 22nd birthday and the Daily Mirror newspaper throws a party for him.

2 July. Paul and John attend Cilia Black's recording of Paul's composition, 'It's For You'. She was to say: 'Paul was at the recording session when I made "Anyone Who Had A Heart". He said that he liked the composition and he and John would try to produce something similar. Well they came up with this new number, but for my money it's nothing like the "Anyone" composition. That was some session we had when I made the new recording. John and Paul joined me, and George Martin. We made one track and then everyone had a go at suggesting how they thought it should be recorded.'

6 July. Following the world premiere of A Hard Day's Night, Paul reveals to his father that he has bought him a racing horse called Drake's Drum for his birthday.

He comments, 'My father likes a flutter - he is one of the world's greatest armchair punters.'

7 July. At Karachi Airport, one of the stopovers on their way to Hong Kong, Paul attempts to buy some souvenirs, but is mobbed by fans. 14 July. Paul is interviewed for Highlight, a BBC Overseas Service programme, which is transmitted on 18 July.

17 July. Billy J Kramer's version of Paul's composition 'From A Window' in released in Britain on Parlophone R5156.

29 July. Paul receives an electric shock that makes his hair stand on end during their concert at Stockholm ice hockey stadium.

31 July. Cilia Black's version of Paul's 'It's For You' is issued on Parlophone R5162.

3 August. Paul and Jane Asher visit the Talk Of The Town to see a show by Nina and Frederick.

5 August. Peter and Gordon record Paul's composition 'I Don't Want To See You Again'.

12 August. Billy J Kramer's recording of Paul's composition 'From A Window' is released in America on Imperial 66051.

13 August. The Beatles' 'Long Tall Sally', with lead vocals by Paul, tops the Dutch charts.

17 August. Cilia Black's version of Paul's composition 'It's For You' is issued as a single in America on Capitol 5258.

23 August. In the New York World Telegram, Brian Epstein describes the Beatles saying, 'John Lennon is brilliant, I have no doubt of that. Paul McCartney qualifies as brilliant, he's extremely intelligent. Ringo

Starr has blossomed tremendously; I think he has great acting ability, perhaps the greatest of the four. George Harrison is the most practically musical of the group.'

25 August. Paul and John visit Burt Lancaster's house where they watch the screening of the Peter Sellers film A Shot In The Dark.

27 August. During a press conference prior to their show at Cincinnati Gardens, Paul is asked what he thinks of gossip columnist Walter Winchell. He says, 'He said I'm married and I'm not.' 31 August. Paul speaks to Elvis Presley by telephone from the Lafayette Motel. Ringo comments, 'Paul had a nice talk with him. Though we haven't met him, we consider ourselves good friends and appreciate what each of us is doing. El and his manager were very generous to us, showering us with presents and keepsakes. These include some very expensive silver guns and holsters which the four of us and our manager Brian received.'

7 September. When they arrive in Toronto for their Maple Gardens appearance, the Beatles are mobbed by fans during which Paul's shirt is ripped. He says, 'I thought I was for it, but an immense copper lifted me up and shoved me into the elevator.'

11 September. Before appearing at the Jacksonville Gator Bowl in Florida, the Beatles insist that they will not appear before an audience that is racially segregated, with Paul commenting, 'We all feel strongly

about civil rights and the segregation issue.'

11 September. Peter and Gordon's version of Paul's composition 'I Don't Want To See You Again' is released in Britain on Columbia DB 7356.

18 September. While the Beatles are in Dallas to appear at the Memorial Theater, Paul phones ten-year-old Cheryl Howard at the Methodist Hospital. She had been the victim of a hit-and-run accident.

Paul says, 'A pity you can't be with us tonight at the programme'.

21 September. Peter and Gordon's version of Paul's composition 'I

Don't Want To See You Again' is released in America on Capitol 5272.

24 September. Roger Webb and his Trio issue their version of Paul's composition 'All My Loving' on Parlophone R 5176.

30 September. The Chipmunks version of Paul's composition 'All My Loving' is issued in America on Liberty LIB 10170.

1 October. Paul goes to see the new James Bond film Goldfinger.

2 October. Paul visits Alma Cogan's recording session where she records 'It's You' - and he plays tambourine on the B-side of the record.

8 October. The Beatles record Paul's composition 'She's A Woman'.

26 October. Paul and Jane and Ringo and Maureen visit the Ad Lib club in London, one of their favourite haunts.

30 October. Alma Cogan's single 'It's You', with Paul playing tambourine on the B-side 'I Knew Right Away', is released on Columbia DB 7390. 13 November. In the weekly music paper Disc there are track-by-track comments by Paul on the Beatles' latest album Beatles For Sale.

24 November. Paul's father Jim, now aged 62, marries 35-year-old Angela Williams. Paul attends the ceremony.

8 December. Paul and Jane Asher see Spike Milligan in the play Son Of Oblamov and Paul announces that he will marry Jane. 'When I marry, there will be none of this secrecy stuff. It just wouldn't work out,' he says.

9 December. Paul visits Ringo in hospital where he has had his tonsils removed.

30 December. Paul and Jane Asher visit Rory Storm in Liverpool.

31 December. Paul and Jane Asher and George Harrison and Patti Boyd attend a party hosted by Sir Joseph Lockwood at Normal Newell's apartment.

1965

27 January. Paul and John, together with Brian Epstein, form a company called Maclen (Music) Ltd.

4 February. Paul and Jane Asher set off for a holiday in Hammamet, Tunisia, in a villa provided for them by the British Embassy. 8 February. Music publisher Dick James takes out a £500,000 insurance policy on Paul and John.

11 February. Paul is in Tunisia when Ringo marries Maureen Cox at Caxton Hall in London.

14 February. Paul and Jane fly back from Tunisia.

15 February. Among the numbers recorded by the Beatles at Abbey Road is Paul's composition 'Another Girl'.

17 February. Paul's composition 'The Night Before' is among the numbers recorded by the Beatles at Abbey Road.

18 February. Paul's 'Tell Me What You See' is among the numbers recorded by the Beatles. Del Shannon's album Handy Man on Stateside SL 10115 features his version of Paul's composition 'World Without Love'.

30 March. Paul is not happy with the recording of 'That Means A Lot'.

2 April. Glyn John's version of Paul's composition 'I'll Follow The Sun' is issued on Pye 7N 15818.

3 April. Brian Matthew interviews Paul and George on the Thank Your Lucky Stars TV show prior to the Beatles appearance.

8 April. Paul and Jane attend the opening of the Pickwick Club in London.

13 April. Paul buys his house in Cavendish Avenue.

14 April. Newspapers report that Paul has sent a message to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament marchers: 'I agree with CND. They should ban all bombs. Bombs are no good to anyone. We might as well ban the bomb as be blown up by it.'

17 April. Paul dons a disguise to go shopping in the Harrow Road and Portobeilo Road.

7 May. The sequence in Help! is filmed in which Paul is miniaturised.

18 May. Paul and Jane Asher visit actor Gene Barry following his cabaret show in London. They then go to the Pickwick Club.

27 May. Paul and Jane fly to Portugal and stay at the villa owned by Bruce Welch of the Shadows. During the journey Paul begins to write down the lyrics to 'Yesterday'.

30 May. Paul records 'Yesterday' without the other members of the Beatles.

11 June. Paul and Jane return from Albufeira in Portugal and deny to the press that they are married. Epstein has asked Paul to return from his holiday a day early so that he can attend a press reception at Twickenham Studios the following day to discuss their MBEs.

12 June. The Beatles are awarded MBEs and Paul comments: 'I'm going to wear it in the garden.' At their press reception Paul also says, 'MBE really stands for Mr Brian Epstein.' This quote is also attributed to Princess Margaret.

14 June. Paul records 'Yesterday' at Abbey Road with a string quartet and in the evening Paul and Jane visit the Cromwellian Club.

19 June. There is an announcement that Paul has recorded a solo track without the other Beatles.

29 June. Paul and George spend the day on a yacht owned by promoter Felix Marouani.

2 July. At the Beatles concert in the Monumental Bullring in Madrid, Paul introduces their numbers in Spanish.

5 July. PJ Proby's version of Paul's composition 'That Means A Lot' is released in America on Liberty 55806.

7 July. Paul and Jane and George and Pattie attend a Moody Blues party at Roehampton.

13 July. Paul and John are to be presented with awards at the Ivor Novello Awards at the Savoy Hotel, but Paul turns up late and John doesn't turn up at all.

14 July. Paul goes to the Pilgrim Theatre, Watford to see Jane perform in a play. On his new album / Have Dreamed, Matt Monro covers Paul's composition 'All My Loving'.

15 July. Clips of Paul receiving the Ivor Novello award are shown on Pick Of The Songs on Rediffusion Television.

2 August. Paul and Jane, together with three members of the Byrds, visit the Scotch of St James club.

6 August. Paul attends the Flamingo Club, London to see the Byrds perform.

9 August. Paul and John attend a recording session by the Silkie who record 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away'. John produces and Paul plays guitar.

15 August. Jane Asher tells the Sunday Mirror newspaper, 'No, I am not Paul's wife - but, yes, we are going to get married.'

27 August. Paul and George attend a Byrds recording session and in the evening the Beatles meet Elvis Presley.

28 August. It is reported that Northern Songs has insured Paul and John for £l million.

6 September. Paul and Jane see The Killing Of Sister George at the Duke Of York's Theatre, London.

10 September. The Silkie's version of 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' is released on Fontana TF 603. Paul and John produced it and Paul also contributed musically to the recording.

11 September. Paul, together with John and George, travel to Liverpool to visit relatives. Ringo's wife Maureen is expecting a baby at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London. (Zak is born on 13 September.)

13 September. 'Yesterday', the Beatles single on which only Paul performs, is issued as a single in America.

17 September. PJ Proby's version of Paul's composition 'That Means A Lot' is issued in Britain on Liberty LIB 10215.

20 September. The Silkie's 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' is issued in America on Fontana 1525.

25 September. 'That Means a Lot' enters the Melody Maker chart.

I October. Paul's composition 'Yesterday' reaches No. 1 in the American charts and remains there for four weeks.

3 October. Paul and Jane Asher visit the Talk Of The Town to see Frances Faye.

4 October. Paul and John attend an Alma Cogan recording session during which she covers 'Eight Days A Week'.

9 October. In the evening Paul and the other Beatles attend Lionel Bart's party to celebrate his musical Twang!

II October. Paul attends Marianne Faithfull's recording session at Decca studios where she records 'Yesterday'.

14 October. 'Yesterday' is issued in Australia. John and Paul are at Kenwood working on some songs.

15 October. Paul visits the Scotch of St James club to see Ben E King.

20 October. In America, the single 'Yesterday' goes gold.

21 October. Marianne Faithfull's version of 'Yesterday' is issued in Britain on Decca F 12268.

24 October. 'Yesterday' tops the chart in Hong Kong. Paul, George and Ringo attend a party hosted by Brian Epstein at the Scotch of St James.

26 October. The Beatles receive their MBEs at Buckingham Palace.

1 November. In a newspaper interview, Paul mentions that he is writing a song with the name 'Penny Lane' in it. The Beatles record 'The Music Of Lennon And McCartney' at Granada in which Paul begins to sing 'Yesterday' and Marianne Faithfull finishes the song.

3 November. The Beatles record Paul's composition 'Michelle' at Abbey Road.

6 November. The Beatles record Paul's composition 'I'm Looking Through You' at Abbey Road.

10 November. The Beatles are at Abbey Road recording 'I'm Looking Through You' and 'The Word'.

16 November. Paul attends a Peter and Gordon concert at the Adelphi Cinema, Slough. Gene Pitney is also on the bill. Paul makes some announcements from behind the stage curtains.

22 November. The Scaffold, with Paul's brother under the name Mike McGear, signs an agency contract with NEMS Enterprises.

27 November. Paul attends a Scaffold concert at the Granada, East Ham. Also on the bill are Manfred Mann and the Yardbirds. 5 December. During the Beatles last-ever appearance at the Empire, Liverpool, Paul sits in on drums with Liverpool band the Koobas.

15 December. Peter and Gordon's version of Paul's composition 'World Without Love' is issued in America on Capitol Starline 6076.

16 December. Paul appears on a pre-recorded interview in Radio Caroline's Pop's Happening programme.

19 December. Paul and Jane Asher go to see the Lionel Bart musical Twang! at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London.

23 December. Paul has four copies of a special record made called Unforgettable (also known as Paul's Christmas Album) to give to his fellow Beatles as presents.

25 December. Paul announces, 'I suppose I will marry Jane eventually. We've been going together for three years.'

26 December. Paul falls off a moped while spending Christmas with his father in Cheshire and receives a cut to his mouth and a chipped tooth.

30 December. Paul presents his special Christmas record, Unforgettable {also known as Paul's Christmas Album), to John, George, Ringo and Jane Asher.

1966

1 January. In a Melody Maker interview, Paul says that Brian Epstein 'has learned a lot in a very short time and is as straight as they come'. 8 January. Paul visits Liverpool to see members of his family.

10 January. Peter and Gordon's version of Paul's composition 'Woman' is issued in America on Capitol 5579.

13 January. Two singles covering Paul's composition 'Michelle' are released in Britain. One is by David and Jonathan on Columbia DB 7800, the other by the Overlanders on Pye 7N 17034.

17 January. Connie Francis's album All-Time International Hits, issued on MGM С 1012, features her version of Paul's composition 'And I Love Her'.

21 January. Paul is the only other Beatle to attend the wedding of George Harrison and Patti Boyd at Esher Register Office. He and Brian Epstein were the best men.

31 January. Paul and Jane and George and Patti attend the Wyndham Theatre for the premiere of the musical How's The World Treating You?

2 February. The Overlanders issue their album Michelle on Pye NPL 18138 featuring Paul's composition as the title track.

3 February. Paul visits the Scotch of St James to watch a Stevie Wonder performance.

10 February. Paul's composition, recorded by Peter and Gordon, enters the Billboard chart.

13 February. Paul attends a party hosted by Brian Epstein. Other guests include John and Cynthia, Ringo and Maureen, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilia Black and Peter Asher.

23 February. Paul, together with Barry Miles, attends a performance by Luciano Berio at the Italian Institute in Belgrave Square, London.

24 February. 'Woman', the number Paul wrote for Peter and Gordon, enters the British charts.

6 March. Paul and Jane Asher leave for a holiday at the skiing resort of Klosters in Switzerland and return on 20 March.

7 March. Peter and Gordon's album Woman, with the title track by Paul using the alias Bernard Webb, is issued in America by Capitol.

9 March. David and Jonathan issue their debut album on Columbia SX 6031 with their versions of Paul's compositions 'Yesterday' and 'Michelle'.

10 March. 'Yesterday', the Beatles EP, enters the British chart.

13 March. Paul admits that he is the 'Bernard Webb', who penned the current Peter and Gordon hit 'Woman'.

17 March. Pye Records issues the album The Dancing Sound Of Cyril Stapleton which features two compositions by Paul, 'Michelle' and 'Yesterday'.

20 March. Paul and Jane return from a holiday at Klosters in Switzerland.

24 March. Paul and George attend the premiere of Alfie at the Plaza, Haymarket. The Michael Caine film also features Jane Asher.

25 March. In an interview for the Evening Standard in London, Paul says, 'We knew something would happen sooner or later; we always had this blind Bethlehem star ahead of us. Fame is what everyone wants, in some form or other ... but we don't feel that famous. I mean we don't believe in our fame the way Zsa Zsa Gabor believes in hers.'

26 March. Paul leads Drake's Drum into the winner's enclosure after his father's horse wins the Hylton Plate at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool. 1 April. Paul and John visit the newly-opened Indica Gallery in Mason's Yard, London.

4 April. The Overlanders version of Paul's composition 'Michelle' is issued on their EP of the same name.

5 April. Jane Asher is twenty years old. Paul presents her with twenty dresses.

7 April. Work begins on the recording of Paul's composition 'Got To Get You Into My Life'.

April 23. Paul spends the day songwriting with John.

25 April. The eponymous Noel Harrison album, issued on Decca LK

4783, features a version of Paul's composition 'She's A Woman'.

28 April. At Abbey Road an eight-piece string section is recorded for Paul's composition 'Eleanor Rigby'.

29 April. Vocal dubs for Paul's number 'Eleanor Rigby' are recorded at Abbey Road.

2 May. Paul and Ringo are interviewed for Pop Profile, a BBC Overseas

Service radio programme.

9 May. David McCallum's album Music - A Part Of Me, includes an orchestral version of Paul's composition 'Yesterday'. Paul and Ringo

work on Paul's composition 'For No One' at Abbey Road.

11 May. Jan and Dean's album Folk 'n' Roll is issued on Liberty LBY 1304 with their version of Paul's composition 'Yesterday'.

16 May. The Morgan James Duo issue their album Talent Strikes Again with their versions of Paul's compositions, 'A World Without Love' and 'Things We Said Today'. Paul adds his vocals to 'For No One' at Abbey Road.

26 May. The Velvet Beat, an album by the David Rose Orchestra on MGM С 8002, features their version of Paul's composition 'And I Love Her'.

27 May. Paul spends the evening at Dolly's, Jermyn Street with Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones.

6 June. Paul completes his overdubs for 'Eleanor Rigby' at Abbey Road Studios.

8 June. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'Good Day Sunshine' at Abbey Road Studios.

11 June. In an interview in Disc, Paul says, 'I don't like our American image ... I'd hate the Beatles to be remembered as four jovial mop tops ... I'd like to be remembered, when we're dead, as four people who made music that stands up to being remembered.'

14 June. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'Here, There And Everywhere'.

16 June. Martha, Paul's sheepdog, is born in High Wycombe.

17 June. The Daily Mirror reveals that Paul is buying a 183-acre dairy farm near Machrihanish, Kintyre.

18 June. It is Paul's 24th birthday and his composition 'Paperback Writer' goes straight to the top of the Melody Maker charts.

21 June. Paul's composition 'Paperback Writer' tops the American charts.

26 June. A trip down memory lane for Paul and John as they visit some of their old haunts in Hamburg, including the Indra where they first played. Paul also meets up with Doctor Benstein, who was the Beatles' doctor during their Hamburg days.

8 July. Imelda Marcos had told the Philippines promoter of their concerts there to invite the Beatles to the Malacanana Palace to meet her, Ferdinand Marcos and 200 children. When they didn't turn up, the Marcos's were furious. The Beatles hadn't been told, but their explanation wasn't accepted by the President and his wife and the Beatles were subjected to a hate campaign in the media and literally hounded out the country. Following this harrowing experience in the Philippines, Paul says, 'I wouldn't want my worst enemy to go to Manila.' 12 July. John and Paul receive two Ivor Novello Awards. One is for Paul's composition 'Yesterday', which is declared 'the outstanding song of 1965', the other is for Paul's composition (on which John helped in the middle eight) of 'We Can Work It Out' which had 'the highest certified British sales'. In the evening Paul produces Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers recording his composition 'Got To Get You Into My Life' at Abbey Road Studios.

21 July. The Johnny Mathis album The Shadow Of Your Smile includes two of Paul's compositions, 'Yesterday' and 'Michelle'. 1 August. Paul pre-records an interview on the David Frost At The Phonograph series, which is broadcast on 6 August. 3 August. Marc Reid issues his new single, a version of Paul's composition 'For No One', on CBS 202244.

5 August. Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers release their single 'Got To Get You Into My Life', written and produced by Paul. Bennett comments, 'He played the number to me on the piano and showed me how to bend the notes.'

6 August. At Paul's home in St John's Wood, he and John are interviewed for the BBC radio programme 'The Lennon and McCartney Songbook'.

10 August. Bobby Goldsboro's latest album It's Too Late features his versions of Paul's compositions 'Yesterday' and 'Michelle'. 26 August. In Los Angeles, Paul denies he is planning to marry Jane Asher. 'It's absolute rubbish. We're perfectly happy as we are,' he says. 29 August. Cliff Bennett's version of Paul's composition 'Got To Get You Into My Life' is issued in America on ABC 10842. 'The Lennon and McCartney Songbook' is broadcast on the BBC Light Programme. 8 September. Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers reach their highest position in the British charts at No. 6 with 'Got To Get You Into My Life'.

12 September. The Beatles double A-side single of Paul's compositions 'Eleanor Rigby'/'Yellow Submarine' is certified gold in America.

15 September. Paul attends a concert of free-form music at the Royal College of Art.

16 September. Paul and John are in Paris for the weekend with Brian Epstein.

18 September. The Sunday Times features an interview with Paul.

21 September. The Late Night Sound Of Golden Hits, an album by Cyril Stapleton on Pye NPL 18152, includes his version of Paul's composition 'Here, There And Everywhere'.

25 September. Rumours begin to spread that Paul and Jane Asher will get married in December.

3 October. Rumours that Paul is to leave the Beatles begin to appear.

13 October. Paul meets John Lennon in Paris and the two spend the weekend there. Denny Laine leaves the Moody Blues.

14 October. The New Musical Express reports that Paul is writing the score for a film called Wedlocked Or All In Good Time. The film title is later changed to The Family Way.

15 October. Paul attends a launch party for the underground newspaper International Times. Other guests include Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Pink Floyd and Soft Machine.

16 October. United Artists announce that Wedlocked Or All In Good Time is to be renamed All In Good Time and that John Lennon will be helping Paul with the music. The film title eventually becomes The Family Way and John doesn't participate in the writing of the theme music.

24 October. 'Mellow Yellow', the Donovan single on which Paul provides some backing vocals, is issued in America on Epic 5-10098.

25 October. The Four Tops new album On Top, issued by Tamla Motown, features their version of Paul's composition 'Michelle'.

6 November. Paul flies to France and visits the various chateaux in the Loire valley.

9 November. When the 'Paul Is Dead' rumours begin in 1967, they state that this is the date when Paul was killed in a fatal road accident.

10 November. In the 1967 'Paul Is Dead' affair, this is the date that Paul was 'officially pronounced dead'.

12 November. Paul flies to Nairobi to join Jane Asher on holiday.

18 November. The Escorts single 'From Head To Toe', produced by Paul, is released in Britain on Columbia DB 8061.

19 November. Paul and Jane return from a holiday in Kenya.

25 November. Paul attends a press reception for the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Bag O' Nails club.

1 December. Paul visits the Scotch of St James to see the Young Rascals make their London debut.

2 December. Paul visits Blaises Club to see the Young Rascals.

5 December. Cliff Richard's EP 'La La La La La', released in Britain on Columbia SEG 8517, contains his version of Paul's composition Things We Said Today'.

8 December. Paul overdubs his lead vocal on 'When I'm Sixty-Four' at Abbey Road Studios.

11 December. The George Martin Orchestra record their version of Paul McCartney's theme for the film The Family Way.

16 December. The Beatles' fourth Christmas flexi-disc is sent to their fans. Paul comments, 'I drew the cover myself. There's a sort of funny pantomime horse in the design if you look closely. Well I can see one there if you can't.'

18 December. Paul, Jane and George Martin attend the premiere at the Warner Cinema, Cranbourn Street, London of The Family Way, which credits Paul as a solo composer. He wrote 26 minutes of music for the

film. John Lennon was to comment: 'I copped money for The Family Way, the film music that Paul wrote when I was out of the country filming How I Won The War. I said, "You'd better keep that." He said, "Don't be soft." It's the concept. We inspired each other so much in the early days. We write how we write now because of each other.'

19 December. The news that Paul has composed the electronic music for the 'Carnival Of Light' at the Roundhouse is announced.

20 December. George and Ringo join Paul to continue recording 'When I'm Sixty-Four' at Abbey Road Studios.

22 December. Andy Gray, editor of the New Musical Express, interviews both Paul and Ringo.

23 December. Two versions of Paul's theme tune from The Family Way, 'Love In The Open Air', are issued as singles. The George Martin Orchestra version is issued on UA UP 1165 and a version by the Tudor Minstrels is issued on Decca F 12536.

28 December. The music critic of the American show business publication Variety describes Paul's theme for The Family Way as 'neat and resourceful'.

29 December. Paul begins working on 'Penny Lane' at Abbey Road Studios.

30 December. Work continues on the recording of Paul's compositions 'Penny Lane' and 'When I'm Sixty-Four' at Abbey Road Studios.

1967

6 January. The soundtrack album for the movie The Family Way, which Paul has composed, is released by the George Martin Orchestra on Decca SKL 4847.

7 January. Rumours abound in the UK that Paul has been killed in a car crash.

8 January. Paul and John attend a birthday party at the Cromwellian Club in London, held in honour of Georgie Fame's girlfriend. The Sunday Times reports that Paul has turned down an offer from the National Theatre to write the music for a production of Shakespeare's As You Like It.

9 January. At Abbey Road Studios, a collection of flutes, trumpets, piccolos and a flugelhorn are overdubbed onto 'Penny Lane'.

12 January. On the eve of her trip to America with the Old Vic Company, Jane Asher has a candlelit dinner with Paul at his Cavendish Avenue home.

13 January. Paul and Ringo see the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Bag O' Nails club.

15 January. Paul and George attend the Royal Albert Hall to watch a Donovan concert.

17 January. Dave Mason adds his piccolo trumpet solo to 'Penny Lane'.

18 January. Jo Durden-Smith interviews Paul for the Granada Television documentary 'It's So Far Out - It's Straight Down' about the London underground scene.

21 January. Paul attends Julie Felix's birthday party in Old Church Street, Chelsea, London.

24 January. Paul meets playwright Joe Orton at Brian Epstein's Chapel Street house. Orton wishes to discuss a script for a Beatles film with them.

27 January. Parlophone issue Got To Get You Into My Life, an album by Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. It features Paul's composition, which he also produced, as the title track.

28 January. Paul and George visit the Royal Albert Hall to see the Four Tops perform.

29 January. Paul and John attend the Saville Theatre to see The Jimi Hendix Experience and the Who.

30 January. Donovan's Mellow Yellow album is issued in America on Epic BN 26239. Donovan reveals that Paul is one of the backing singers on the title track.

31 January. 'Penny Lane' is given its first airing on the pirate station Radio London.

1 February. The Donovan single 'Mellow Yellow' is issued in Britain on Pye 7N 17267 with Paul providing backing vocals, singing the words 'Mellow Yellow'.

2 February. Petula Clark's album Colour My World, issued in Britain by Pet Records, features her version of Paul's composition 'Here, There And Everywhere'.

3 February. Promotional copies of 'Penny Lane' are sent to American disc jockeys. They contain an extra trumpet part not heard on the completed single.

4 February. Paul's experiment in avant garde music 'Carnival Of Light' is played at the Carnival Of Light Rave at the Roundhouse in Camden Town, London.

7 February. Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees visits Paul at his Cavendish Avenue house.

8 February. Review copies of 'Penny Lane' are sent to the British press. 11 February. The BBC TV show Juke Box Jury premieres the 'Penny Lane' promotional film.

13 February. The double A-side 'Penny Lane'/'Strawberry Fields Forever' is issued in America on Capitol 5810.

14 February. 'Penny Lane' is issued in Italy on Parlophone QMSP16404.

16 February. Clips of 'Penny Lane' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever' are screened on Top Of The Pops.

17 February. The double A-side 'Penny LaneV'Strawberry Fields Forever' is issued in Britain on Parlophone R 5570.

18 February. Paul meets up with Micky Dolenz of the Monkees again, who is in London on a promotional visit.

21 February. Recordings begin at Abbey Road Studios on Paul's composition 'Fixing a Hole'.

23 February. Recordings begin at Abbey Road Studios on Paul's composition 'Lovely Rita'.

27 February. 'Penny Lane' is issued in Germany on Odeon 23436. 4 March. 'Penny Lane' tops the charts in the Melody Maker.

7 March. Painter Peter Blake and his wife Jann Howarth have supper with Paul and Jane at Cavendish Avenue. Paul plays them an acetate of 'Lovely Rita'.

8 March. 'Michelle' is named 'Song of the Year' in the Grammy awards and 'Eleanor Rigby' is judged the 'Best Solo Vocal Performance by a Male Artist'.

9 March. The Beatles begin to record Paul's composition 'Getting Better' at Abbey Road Studios.

11 March. It is announced that 'Yesterday' has become the most covered song in popular music history with versions by 446 different artists.

14 March. 'Penny Lane' reaches the No. 1 position in the American charts. Paul meets Carla Thomas when she performs at the Bag O' Nails club in London.

15 March. Peter Blake and Jann Howarth have dinner with Paul and John.

17 March. Mike Leander's arrangement for the orchestra backing to Paul's composition 'She's Leaving Home' is recorded at Abbey Road Studios. 20 March. Paul and John record the vocal to 'She's Leaving Home'. In America 'Penny Lane' qualifies for a gold disc.

23 March. 'Michelle' is named the most performed song on radio in 1966 at the Ivor Novello Awards and 'Yellow Submarine' as the best-selling single.

27 March. Paul attends the Fats Domino performance at the Saville Theatre, London.

29 March. Recordings begin at Abbey Road on Paul's composition 'With A Little Help From My Friends'.

3 April. Paul, accompanied by Mai Evans, flies to America to visit Jane Asher, who is on tour with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company.

4 April. Paul attends a Jefferson Airplane rehearsal in San Francisco and plays guitar with them.

5 April. Paul flies to Denver to join Jane Asher for her 21st birthday at the Quorum Restaurant. During her American tour with the Bristol Old Vic, Jane says, 'I want to be known as a Shakespearian actress -not as Paul McCartney's girlfriend.'

6 April. Paul and Jane spend the day in the countryside of Colorado.

7 April. Paul, Jane and Mai visit a Greek theatre during their American trip.

8 April. While Jane has matinee and evening performances, Paul and Mai visit some bars, including Paul's Cafe and the Gilded Garter.

9 April. Paul and Mai fly to Los Angeles in Frank Sinatra's Lear Jet and are met at the airport by Derek and Joan Taylor.

10 April. Paul visits John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and Papas and then attends a Beach Boys recording session in Los Angeles during which they record 'Vegetables', a track from the 'Smile' album.

11 April. On his flight back to England, Paul conceives the 'Magical Mystery Tour'.

12 April. Paul arrives back in London.

19 April. Paul, John, George and Ringo sign an agreement to set up 'The Beatles and Co.'

24 April. George Martin's single of Paul's composition 'Love In The Open Air' is issued in America on UA 50148.

25 April. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'Magical Mystery Tour' at Abbey Road Studios.

1 May. Peter and Gordon's versions of Paul's compositions 'I Don't Want To See You Again' and 'Woman' are issued in America on Capitol Starline CS 6155.

5 May. Paul shaves off his moustache.

12 May. Paul and John visit the Speakeasy Club.

15 May. Paul visits the Bag O' Nails Club to see Georgie Fame and meets Linda Eastman. Chas Chandler of the Animals accompanies Linda.

18 May. Paul and John attend a Rolling Stones recording session at Olympic Sound studios and provide backing vocals for 'We Love You'.

20 May. Paul joins John and Ringo on an interview for Kenny Everett's show Where It's At.

22 May. Esther Phillip's version of Paul's composition 'And I Love Her', now called 'And I Love Him', is issued in America on Atlantic. 24 May. Paul, John, George and Ringo all visit the Speakeasy club to see Procol Harum.

26 May. The Tremeloes record a version of Paul's composition 'Good Day Sunshine' on their album Here Come The Tremeloes issued on CBS 63017.

28 May. Brian Epstein holds a party at his second home in Kingsley Hill. John, George and Ringo attend with their wives, but Paul is absent, which irks Epstein.

29 May. Paul meets Jane Asher at Heathrow Airport on her return from America where she's been touring with the Bristol Old Vic Company.

2 June. Cover versions of three of Paul's compositions are released today: 'When I'm Sixty-Four' by Bernard Cribbins, 'With A Little Help From My Friends' by Young Idea and 'She's Leaving Home' by David and Jonathan.

4 June. Paul and Jane and George and Pattie see the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Denny Laine, the Chiffons and Procol Harum at the Saville Theatre. After the show, Paul throws a party at his Cavendish Avenue house.

5 June. Joe Brown covers Paul's composition 'With A Little Help From My Friends'.

8 June. Paul invites Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones to their recording session at Abbey Road Studios. Jones then plays sax on the recording of 'You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)'.

12 June. The soundtrack for The Family Way, which Paul composed, is issued in America on London MS 82007.

17 June. The Beatles are the cover stars of Life magazine, but in an article inside the issue, Paul admits that he has taken the psychedelic drug LSD.

18 June. Paul is 25 today. He attends the demo recording studio at Dick James' Music to begin producing the 'McGough & McGear' album.

19 June. Having admitted to Life magazine that he'd taken LSD four times, Paul tells the Daily Mirror, 'I don't regret that I've spoken out. I hope my fans will understand.'

21 June. Evangelist Billy Graham says, 'I am praying for Paul that he finds what he is looking for. He has reached the top of his profession and now he is searching for the true purpose of life. But I hope he will not find it through taking LSD.'

28 June. The film The Family Way, with music by Paul, is premiered in New York.

1 July. Where It's At, a BBC Light Programme, airs a pre-recorded interview with Paul in which he discusses 'All You Need Is Love'.

3 July. Paul and Jane, George and Pattie and John attend a party for the Monkees at the Speakeasy Club.

20 July. Paul and Jane Asher attend a Chris Barber recording session at Chappells Studio where Barber records Paul's composition 'Catcall'.

22 July. Paul and Jane, together with John, Cynthia and Julian, fly to Greece where they are considering buying an island in the Aegean Sea.

23 July. In Greece Paul and Jane's taxi catches fire in the intense heat. 31 July. Paul, Jane, John, Cynthia and Julian return from Greece.

18 August. The Rolling Stones single 'We Love You', with backing by Paul and John, is released in the UK on Decca F 12654.

20 August. Paul, together with John Lennon, visits Maureen Starkey at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London. She'd given birth to her second son, Jason, on 19 August.

22 August. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'Your Mother Should Know' at Chappells Studio in London.

24 August. Paul and Jane, George and Pattie, and John and Cynthia attend a Maharishi Mahesh Yogi lecture at the Hilton Hotel.

27 August. Brian Epstein is found dead at his London home. Paul says, 'This is a great shock. I am terribly upset.'

28 August. The single 'We Love You' by the Rolling Stones, with backing vocals by Paul and John, is released in America on London 905.

1 September. Following Epstein's death, all four Beatles meet at Paul's Cavendish Avenue house to discuss their future.

2 September. Paul reveals to the New Musical Express that the Beatles will not appoint a new manager. 'No one could possibly replace Brian,' he says.

11 September. The Beatles set off in their 'Magical Mystery Tour' bus. Paul is the first member of the Beatles to be picked up when he joins the

coach at Allsop Place in London. John, George and Ringo board the bus at Virginia Water.

12 September. Hugh Scully interviews Paul and John for the BBC news programme Spotlight South West.

14 September. The Beatles return to Abbey Road Studios to record another version of Paul's composition, 'Your Mother Should Know'.

18 September. The Beach Boys album Smiley Smile is released in America on Brother ST 9001 amid claims that Paul is heard munching vegetables on the track 'Vegetables'.

20 September. Ray Charles's version of Paul's composition 'Yesterday' is included on the album Listen To Ray Charles issued on HMV CLP 3630.

24 September. Paul's number 'Your Mother Should Know' is filmed at West Mailing air station in Maidstone, Kent. There is a huge cast of people involved in the intricate scene and Paul commented, That was the shot that used most of the budget.'

25 September. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'Fool On The Hill'.

2 October. The Beatles begin to record Paul's composition 'Hello, Goodbye' which will be their next single.

5 October. Vanilla Fudge issue their cover version of Paul's composition 'Eleanor Rigby'.

12 October. News leaks out that Paul and Mick Jagger have been holding discussions with a view to the Beatles and Rolling Stones becoming partners in the purchase of a London recording studio. Nothing comes of it.

20 October. The Chris Barber Band issue their version of Paul's instrumental composition 'Catcall' in Britain on Marmalade 598 005.

25 October. Paul overdubs his bass on his track 'Hello Goodbye' at Abbey Road Studios.

26 October. Garnett Mimms issues his Live album on United Artists ULP 1174, which contains his version of 'Yesterday'.

29 October. Paul flies to Nice in France to shoot the 'Fool On The Hill' sequence for the 'Magical Mystery Tour'.

30 October. Paul and cameraman Aubrey Dewar film Paul miming to 'Fool On The Hill' on mountainside.

1 November. Paul returns from Nice.

2 November. Paul overdubs a second bass part onto 'Hello, Goodbye'. 7 November. Paul spends a two-hour sitting at artist John Bratby's studio and three of his portraits are included in the Bratby exhibition at the Zwemmer Gallery. At Abbey Road he adds new vocals to 'Magical Mystery Tour'.

10 November. Paul directs the Beatles 'Hello Goodbye' promotional film at the Saville Theatre.

19 November. Paul and Jane visit the Saville Theatre to see the Bee Gees, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, the Flowerpot Men and Tony Rivers and the Castaways.

21 November. Paul tapes a demo disc of his song 'Step Inside Love' with Cilia Black on vocals, prior to her recording the number with George Martin for release as a single.

24 November. Paul and John attend a recording session of new Apple signing Grapefruit at IBC recording studio, Portland Place, London.

29 November. The Scaffold enter the British charts with 'Thank U Very Much'.

3 December. Paul and Jane set off to their Scottish farm on a holiday.

Paul comments, 'We shall get married. I think everyone knows this. But when we don't know.'

9 December. Paul's composition 'Hello Goodbye' tops the Melody Maker charts.

13 December. Tom Jones's new album I'll Never Fall In Love Again features his version of 'Yesterday'.

20 December. Paul and Jane return to London from their brief sojourn in Scotland.

21 December. At the 'Magical Mystery Tour' fancy dress party, Paul and Jane dress up as a Cockney pearly king and queen.

22 December. Paul's composition 'Hello Goodbye' tops the New Musical Express charts.

25 December. Paul and Jane Asher officially announce their engagement.

26 December. 'Magical Mystery Tour' is screened on BBC TV and is slated by the critics.

27 December. Paul, who directed 'Magical Mystery Tour', commented, 'We goofed, really. My dad brought the bad news into me this morning like the figure of doom. Perhaps the newspapers are right. We'll have to wait and see.' Paul appears on David Frost's show to discuss 'Magical Mystery Tour' and says, 'the film was badly received because people were looking for a plot - but there wasn't one!'

1968

17 January. Paul, John and Ringo attend a press reception for the group Grapefruit, to celebrate the release of their debut single 'Dear Delilah'.

30 January. Cilia Black's new television series is launched on BBC TV with a song specially written by Paul, 'Step Inside Love'.

1 February. Sharon Tandy's version of Paul's composition 'Fool On The Hill' is issued by Atlantic records.

3 February. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'Lady Madonna' at Abbey Road Studios.

5 February. Paul appears at a press conference at the Royal Garden Hotel, London to publicise the Leicester Arts Festival. This was as a result of a student, John Eades, who talked his way into Paul's Cavendish Avenue house claiming to be a friend. Paul commented, 'I don't know anything about the festival in detail, and this really is a complete publicity gimmick. But it's rather a nice gimmick, don't you think?'

10 February. Paul and Jane Asher attend the Queen Elizabeth Hall to see Paul's brother Mike appear with his group the Scaffold. 14 February. An announcement is made that the Beatles next single will be their version of Paul's composition 'Lady Madonna'.

18 February. Paul is interviewed for the Evening Standard newspaper.

19 February. Paul and Jane leave for India, along with Ringo and Maureen.

24 February. Paul discusses Apple in the interview with the Evening Standard he made before leaving for India. He says, 'Instead of trying to amass money for the sake of it we're setting up a business concern at Apple - rather like a western Communism.'

26 February. An announcement is made that Paul will appear in Donovan's next film.

28 February. Paul attends Cilia Black's recording session, produced by George Martin, in which she records Paul's composition 'Step Inside Love'.

8 March. Cilia Black's version of Paul's composition 'Step Inside Love' is issued on Parlophone R 5674. Paul Jones's single 'And The Sun Will Shine', issued on Columbia DB 8379, features Paul McCartney on drums.

14 March. The 'Lady Madonna' promo is shown on Top Of The Pops.

15 March. The Beatles 17th single, Paul's composition 'Lady Madonna', is issued on Parlophone R 5675.

20 March. The Diana Ross and the Supremes album Live At The Talk Of The Town, issued on Tamla Motown TM 11070, features two of Paul's compositions - 'Yesterday' and 'Michelle'.

26 March. Paul and Jane Asher decide to leave the Maharishi's ashram in Rishikesh and set off for London.

28 March. Paul and Jane spend time at home with Jane's family.

3 April. Paul's composition 'Step Inside Love' appears on Cilia Black's new album Sher-Oo on Parlophone PCS 7041.

4 April. Paul's composition 'Lady Madonna' is awarded a gold disc in America where it has topped the charts.

8 April. Paul directs the promo for 'Elevator', a single by new Apple group Grapefruit. 'Lady Madonna' is certified gold in the UK.

20 April. Apple takes an advertisement in New Musical Express offering to help unknown songwriters and musicians. Paul comments, 'It's ridiculous that people with talent like Dave Mason and Denny Laine have sometimes had to struggle to get their work accepted.'

22 April. The instrumental album by the John Hawkins Orchestra, issued on Polydor 236 244, includes their version of Paul's composition 'Michelle'.

30 April. Paul is in Bradford conducting the Black Dyke Mills Band in a performance of his composition 'Thingumybob', the theme tune to a new television series.

1 May. More Chartbusters, issued on Marble Arch MAL 788, is a compilation of cover versions of hits by anonymous artists and includes cover versions of Paul's compositions 'Lady Madonna' and 'Step Inside Love'.

5 May- The model Twiggy has noticed Mary Hopkin on the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks and calls Paul to inform him about her.

6 May. Cilia Black's version of Paul's composition 'Step Inside Love' is issued in America on Bell 726.

11 May. Paul and John fly to New York on a visit to promote Apple.

12 May. Paul and John view the Statue of Liberty from a Chinese junk.

13 May. Following a press conference in New York, Paul meets rock photographer Linda Eastman again.

15 May. Paul and John appear on the American TV show Tonight, hosted by Joe Garagiola, to discuss Apple.

16 May. Paul and John fly back to London.

17 May. The album McGough And McGear, produced by Paul, is issued on Parlophone PCS 7047.

21 May. Paul and Jane Asher have lunch with Andy Williams in London prior to attending his Royal Albert Hall concert.

23 May. Paul and Ringo are interviewed at Abbey Road Studios for the TV documentary 'All My Loving'.

24 May. Hits '68, an album of covers of hits by anonymous artists, is issued on MFP 1226 with a cover of Paul's composition 'Step Inside Love'.

26 May. Paul directs the promo for Grapefruit's 'Elevator' in Kensington Gardens, London.

29 May. Gary Puckett's album Young Girl contains his version of Paul's composition 'Lady Madonna'.

31 May. Paul and Jane Asher attend a concert by the Scaffold, the group in which Paul's brother Mike is a member, at the Odeon, Lewisham.

3 June. Kenny Ball's version of the Paul composition 'When I'm Sixty-Four' is featured on the Stars Of '68 album issued on Marble Arch MAL 762.

4 June. Paul begins seeing Francie Schwartz.

7 June. Paul is best man at the wedding of his brother Mike to Angela Fishwick.

8 June. Paul reveals to the Melody Maker that his sojourn in Rishikesh resulted in twenty new songs.

11 June. Paul records his solo version of 'Blackbird' at Abbey Road Studios. Tony Bramwell shoots a promotional film of Paul and Mary Hopkin.

16 June. Paul tapes an interview with David Frost for a programme to be screened in America called 'David Frost Presents ... Frankie Howerd'. Howerd interviews Paul about Apple and then Paul introduces Mary Hopkin who performs two numbers.

18 June. On his 26th birthday Paul hosts a lunchtime party at Apple and attends the opening of a play in London's West End with Jane Asher.

20 June. Paul flies to Los Angeles, accompanied by Ivan Vaughan and Tony Bramwell. He is to address a Capitol Records Sales Conference.

21 June. Paul introduces a film about the Apple project to a conference of Capitol Records salesmen. He also contacts Linda Eastman by phone.

22 June. Paul attends a Capitol Records barbeque and in the evening visits the Whiskey A Go-Go to see Albert King. Linda Eastman has flown out from New York to join him, 24 June. Paul performs several numbers for fans outside his LA hotel before leaving for London.

25 June. Paul returns to London.

30 June. Paul travels to Bradford in Yorkshire to record the Black Dyke Mills Band performing his composition 'Thingumybob'. He is interviewed by Tony Cliff for the BBC TV programme Look North and on the way back to London with Derek Taylor and Peter Asher, stops at a village pub and entertains the locals on a piano.

1 July. The Look North interview with Paul is broadcast.

2 July. Paul has a lunch date with a number of City businessmen, including Sir Joseph Lockwood and Lord Poole, at which he discusses the Beatles' new business venture - Apple. The meeting takes place at Lazard Brothers 8c Co in Old Broad Street.

4 July. Paul's composition 'Penny Lane' is the title track of an EP of the same name issued in Australia on Parlophone GEPO 70045.

8 July. Paul is approached by actor David Peel who asks if Paul will pay for a children's beach show at Apple. He says, 'He agreed to help straight away, as well as suggesting our title.' The title was Apple Peel.

12 July. Ray Charles's version of Paul's composition 'Eleanor Rigby' is issued by Stateside Records.

15 July. Paul adds a new vocal to 'Ob La Di, Ob La Da' at Abbey Road Studios.

17 July. Paul, sans Jane Asher, joins John and Yoko and Ringo and Maureen at the London premiere of the Yellow Submarine movie.

Later that evening, at the Revolution Club, Paul promises Clem Curtis of the Foundations that he will write a number for the group.

20 July. On the BBC TV show Dee Time, Jane Asher announces that her engagement to Paul is off.

21 July. When asked about the split in the Daily Mirror, Jane Asher says, 'I don't want to say anything about it.' Paul's father comments, 'Paul has never given any hint that he and Jane were parting. They were a really happy couple at their engagement party last Christmas.'

28 July. Paul attends Mick Jagger's 28 th birthday party at the Vesuvio Club in Tottenham Court Road and plays an advance pressing of 'Hey Jude'.

30 July. Commenting on the closure of the Apple boutique, Paul says, 'We decided to close down the shop last Saturday - not because it wasn't making any money, but because we thought the retail business wasn't our particular scene. So we went along, chose all the stuff we wanted - I got a smashing overcoat - and then told our friends. Now everything that is left is for the public'.

31 July. It is announced that Paul's house in St John's Wood is to be the subject of a preservation order as 'having special architectural or historic interest'.

1 August. An interview with Paul appears in the Daily Mail newspaper.

2 August. Thingumybob, the London Weekend Television series starring Stanley Holloway, for which Paul has written the theme tune, makes its debut.

3 August. Paul and Francie Schwartz visit the Revolution Club in Bruton Place, London. On the Marty Robbins album, By The Time I Get To Phoenix issued on CBS 63295, is his version of Paul's composition 'Yesterday'.

7 August. Paul, accompanied by Francie Schwartz, traces the words 'Hey Jude' with white paint on the window of the Apple boutique and says, 'We thought we'd paint the windows for a gas. What would you do if your shop had just closed?'

9 August. Paul records his composition 'Mother Nature's Son' solo at Abbey Road.

10 August. The New Musical Express interviews Paul.

15 August. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'Rocky Raccoon'.

19 August. Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 issue their single of Paul's composition 'Fool On The Hill' on A&M AMS 731.

20 August. Paul adds brass overdubs to 'Mother Nature's Son' and records his composition 'Wild Honey Pie', plus a demo of 'Etcetera' for Marianne Faithfull.

22 August. The Beatles record Paul's composition 'Back In The USSR'.

26 August. The single 'Thingumybob', by John Foster & Sons Black Dyke Mills Band, written and produced by Paul, is issued in America on Apple 1801.

27 August. Paul turns up to watch the Merseyside derby - a match between the Liverpool and Everton football teams.

30 August. The Beatles' 18th single, 'Hey Jude', penned by Paul, is released, becoming the first Beatles single to be issued on the Apple label. On the same day 'Those Were The Days' by Mary Hopkin, produced by Paul, is released. Paul also attends the wedding of Neil Aspinall and Suzy Ornstein.

6 September. Thames Television films Paul and Mary Hopkin for their Magpie series. The single 'Thungumybob' by the Black Dyke Mills Band, conducted by Paul, is released in Britain.

7 September. Paul's composition 'Hey Jude' tops the Melody Maker charts.

8 September. A clip of 'Hey Jude' is featured on The David Frost Show.

9 September. The Beatles record a new version of Paul's composition 'Helter Skelter'. The Magpie show featuring Paul and Mary Hopkin is screened by Thames Television.

10 September. Paul appears on the ITV show Magpie with his protege Mary Hopkin.

12 September. Top Of The Pops screens the 'Hey Jude' film promo.

13 September. Paul's composition 'Hey Jude' tops the New Musical Express charts. Fats Domino issues his version of Paul's composition 'Lady Madonna' on the Reprise label.

16 September. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'I Will' at Abbey Road Studios.

18 September. Paul records 'Birthday' at Abbey Road Studios before the other members of the Beatles arrive. That evening they go to Paul's Cavendish Avenue house to watch 'The Girl Can't Help It' on television.

20 September. The Larry Page Orchestra issue an instrumental single: 'Hey JudeV'Those Were The Days'.

24 September. Paul's composition 'Hey Jude' tops the American charts.

25 September. Ray Charles's cover version of 'Yesterday' is featured on his Greatest Hits album, issued on Stateside SSL 10241.

26 September. Jose Feliciano's debut album, issued on RCA RD7246, features his recording of Paul's composition 'Here, There And Everywhere*. 30 September. Paul visits Liverpool to see his father, who is ill in hospital.

1 October. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'Honey Pie' at Trident Studios, London.

2 October. Paul completes the lead vocal to 'Honey Pie' at Trident Studios.

4 October. Paul records 'Martha My Dear' at Trident Studios with a 14-piece orchestra.

5 October. 'Those Were The Days', Mary's single, produced by Paul, is No. 1 in the New Musical Express charts and Paul's composition 'Hey Jude', recorded by the Beatles, is No. 2.

6 October. In America the 'Hey Jude' promo film is shown on The Smothers Brothers show.

9 October. A film clip of Paul introducing Mary Hopkin is included in David Frost's TV show in America. While final work is being completed on 'Long Long Long' and 'The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill', Paul records 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road?' in the studio next door.

10 October. Paul announces the Beatles plan to perform live in the future.

11 October. 'I'm The Urban Spaceman' by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, which was produced by Paul, is issued in America on Liberty LBF 15144.

12 October. In an interview with the Evening Standard, Jane Asher says, 'I know it sounds corny but we're still very close friends. We really are. We see each other and we love each other, but it hasn't worked out. That's all there is to it. Perhaps we'll be childhood sweethearts and meet again and get married when we're about 70!'

20 October. Paul sets off on a brief holiday.

22 October. The Beatles single 'Hey Jude', penned by Paul, is No. 1 in the American charts.

23 October. It is announced that the single 'Hey Jude' has sold five million copies worldwide.

24 October. Bobbie Gentry's version of 'Fool On The Hill' is issued on Capitol CL 15566.

25 October. ^Quelle Erand G/orw'V'Turn! Turn! Turn!' by Mary Hopkin, produced by Paul, is issued in Italy on Apple 2.

26 October. 'Those Were The Days', Mary's single, produced by Paul, is No. 1 in the Melody Maker charts and Paul's composition 'Hey Jude', recorded by the Beatles, is No. 2.

31 October. Linda moves to London with her daughter Heather to live with Paul at Cavendish Avenue.

5 November. Paul and Linda travel to his farm in Campbeltown, Scotland for a holiday.

8 November. The Best Of Cilia Black is issued on Parlophone PCS 7065 and contains all three songs by Paul that she recorded: 'Love Of The Loved', 'It's For You' and 'Step Inside Love'.

18 November. Two British groups, Marmalade and Spectrum, record cover versions of Paul's composition 'Ob La Di, Ob La Da'.

20 November. Tony Mac Arthur interviews Paul at home in Cavendish Avenue for a Radio Luxembourg special 'The Beatles'. 'Those Were The Days' qualifies for a gold disc in America.

22 November. Donovan's single 'Atlantis' is issued on Pye 7N 17660.

Paul is said to have provided backing vocals.

27 November. Wort, an album by Wort Steenhuis, is issued on Studio 2 TWP 231, which features instrumental versions of three of Paul's compositions: 'Michelle', 'She's Leaving Home' and 'Fool On The Hill'.

6 December. James Taylor's eponymous album with the track 'Carolina On My Mind', featuring Paul on bass, is issued in Britain on Apple SAPCOR 3.

7 December. Disc reports that Paul has a new girlfriend, Linda Eastman: 'Rumours first began to circulate that she and Paul were good friends about two weeks ago when Paul came to New York for a few days.'

8 December. In the New Musical Express Readers' Poll, Paul's composition 'Hey Jude' is voted the Best Single of 1968.

11 December. Paul and Linda arrive at Praia da Luz in the Algarve, Portugal to stay at Hunter Davies's villa.

12 December. Paul conducts a press conference on a beach in Portugal. The Kasenatz-Kats Singing Orchestral Circus issue their latest album on Pye Int. NSPL 28119 with covers of Paul's compositions 'Yesterday' and 'We Can Work It Out'.

25 December. The Beatles promo for their single of Paul's composition 'Lady Madonna' is screened on Top Of The Pops.

28 December. An album of cover versions called Sounds Like This on Fontana SFGL 13060 includes a cover of 'Hey Jude'. 30 December. Atlantic Records issue Wilson Pickett's version of Paul's composition 'Hey Jude'.

1969

9 January. Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 issue their album Fool On The Hill on A&M AMLS 922, featuring Paul's composition of that name.

16 January. Gerry Lockran issues his version of Paul's composition 'Hey Jude' on Decca F 12873.

17 January. Paul's composition 'Yellow Submarine1 is issued as a Beatles single on Apple PCS 7070.

23 January. Work begins on Paul's composition 'Get Back'. 3 February. Paul records 'My Dark Hour' with Steve Miller in London. 7 February. Paul is fined for a speeding offence. The Vic Lewis Orchestra issue an instrumental single of Paul's compositions 'I Will' and 'Blackbird'.

12 February. Paul is the sole director of a new company, Adagrose Ltd, which later becomes McCartney Productions Ltd.

13 February. A launch party for Mary Hopkin is held at the Post Office Tower in London attended by Paul and Linda. Other guests included Donovan and Jimi Hendrix.

17 February. James Taylor's eponymous album with the track 'Carolina On My Mind', featuring Paul on bass, is issued in America on Apple SKAO 3352.

21 February. Mary Hopkin's Postcard album, which Paul produced, is issued on Apple SAPCOR 5. Paul also played guitar on several of the tracks and designed the record sleeve. 'Rosetta', a single by the Fourmost, produced by Paul, is issued on CBS 4041.

I March. Paul is at a recording session at Morgan Studios, Willesden, producing Mary Hopkin's next single.

3 March. Mary Hopkin's Postcard album, produced by Paul, is issued in America on Apple ST 3351.

4 March. Paul and Linda visit Ringo Starr on the film set of The Magic Christian at Twickenham Studios. Another visitor is Princess Margaret. In the evening he goes to the Odeon, St Martin's Lane to see the film Isadora starring Vanessa Redgrave.

5 March. A group called Trifle issue their version of Paul's composition 'All Together Now' on the United Artists label.

7 March. Two of the singles Paul produced with Mary Hopkin are released in Europe: 'Lontano Dagli Occhf on Apple 7 in Italy and lPrince En Avignon' on Apple 9 in France.

I1 March. Paul is producing Jackie Lomax's recording of 'Thumbin' A Ride' at Apple Studios on his wedding eve.

12 March. Paul marries Linda Eastman at Marylebone Register Office. 17 March. Paul and Linda fly to New York to spend three weeks with Linda's family. Linda's daughter Heather accompanies them.

19 March. Noel Harrison reveals to the press that Paul has written a song especially for him, which is to be his next single. 28 March. Apple issue Mary Hopkin's single 'Goodbye', a composition by Paul, who also dueted with Mary on the album and played guitar. 2 April. Paul, John and Allen Klein visit merchant bankers Henry Ansbacher and Company for advice on how to obtain Northern Songs. 4 April. The Gladys Knight and the Pips album Silk V Soul, issued in Britain on Tamla STML 11100 includes the group's version of Paul's composition 'Yesterday'.

7 April. Mary's Hopkin's single 'Goodbye' is issued in America on Apple 1806.

10 April. Bing Crosby issues an album called Hey Jude on London SHU 8391.

11 April. 'Get Back', the 19th Beatles single, penned by Paul, is issued in Britain on Apple R 5777 and features Billy Preston on piano.

14 April. John and Paul record 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko' at Abbey Road Studios.

17 April. The promotional film for 'Get Back' is featured on Top Of The Pops.

18 April. Atco Cbartbusters on Atco 228 021 features Arthur Conley's version of Paul's composition 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'.

26 April. On the trail of the 'Paul Is Dead' rumours, reporters arrive at Paul's Scottish farm. He told them, 'I'm as fit as a fiddle.' Dr Richard Asher, Jane's father, is found dead at his home in Wimpole Street.

2 May. Paul's composition 'Get Back', the latest Beatles single, is No. 1 in the New Musical Express charts with Mary Hopkin's 'Goodbye', which Paul wrote and produced, at No. 2.

3 May. Paul's composition 'Get Back', the latest Beatles single, is No. 1 in the Melody Maker charts, with 'Goodbye' at No. 2.

4 May. Paul and Linda are among the guests at Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers' party at Les Ambassadeurs in London.

6 May. Paul's composition 'Get Back', the latest Beatles single, is issued in America on Apple 2490. The Beatles also record Paul's composition 'You Never Give Me Your Money' at Olympic Studios in Barnes.

8 May. Asked to comment on the sacking of Alistair Taylor, a long-time member of NEMS and Apple's general manager, Paul says, 'It is not possible to be nice about giving someone the sack.'

12 May. Three Dog Night include their version of Paul's 'It's For You' on their debut album, issued in America on Stateside SSL 5006.

14 May. Ritchie Havens' album 1983 is issued on Verve SVLP 6014 with his versions of Paul's compositions 'Lady Madonna' and 'She's Leaving Home'.

15 May. Roy Corlett of Radio Merseyside interviews Paul, who is visiting his father's house in Cheshire, for the programme Light And Local.

16 May. Paul and Linda set off for a month-long holiday in Corfu and announce that Linda is pregnant.

19 May. Paul and John receive an Ivor Novello Award for 'Hey Jude', the top selling British record of 1968.

20 May. The Beatles 20th single 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko' is released. John and Paul are the only members of the Beatles playing on the disc.

27 May. 'Get Back', the Beatles version of Paul's composition, is No. 1 in the American charts.

6 June. Paul and Linda are reported to be house hunting in the Devon area.

8 June. John Bratby's portrait of Paul, which he painted in 1967, is to be included as part of the British trade week in Japan.

9 June. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's album Urban Spaceman, with its title track produced by Paul, is issued in America on Imperial 12432.

12 June. This Is Tom Jones, an album issued on Decca LK 5007, features Tom Jones's version of Paul's composition 'Hey Jude'.

16 June. The Steve Miller Band single 'My Dark Hour', which includes Paul's vocal and instrumental contribution, is issued in the States on Capitol CL 15604. Paul has used the pseudonym Paul Ramon.

17 June. Paul and Linda return from their month-long holiday in Corfu.

1 July. Paul adds a new vocal to 'You Never Give Me Your Money' at Abbey Road Studios.

2 July. Paul records 'Her Majesty' at Abbey Road Studios.

3 July. Paul, George and Ringo are at Abbey Road Studios working on recordings of Paul's compositions 'Golden Slumbers' and 'Carry That Weight'.

5 July, Paul attends the Rolling Stones concert in Hyde Park, London. 9 July. The Beatles begin recording Paul's composition 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer'.

13 July. Paul and Mary Hopkin begin work on her next single.

17 July. Paul adds his lead vocal to 'Oh, Darling!' at Abbey Road Studios.

24 July. Paul records a solo demo disc of 'Come And Get It' as a demo for the Iveys, who are to change their name to Badfinger.

25 July. Work begins on Paul's composition 'She Came In Through The Bathroom Window' at Abbey Road Studios.

21 August. Adagrose Ltd becomes McCartney Productions Limited.

28 August. Paul and Linda's daughter Mary is born at Avenue Clinic in Avenue Road, St John's Wood, London.

19 September. David Wigg interviews Paul for the BBC's Scene and Heard programme. 'Que Sera Sera'/'Fields Of St Etienne' by Mary Hopkin, produced by Paul, is issued in France on Apple 16.

21 September. David Wigg's interview with Paul is broadcast on the Scene and Heard programme 23 September. Northern Star, the Illinois University newspaper, reports rumours of Paul's death.

28 September. The second part of David Wigg's interview with Paul is

broadcast on Scene and Heard.

13 October. Paul and Linda and Ringo and Maureen attend Mary Hopkin's opening night at the Savoy Hotel, London.

22 October. The 'Paul Is Dead' rumours still persist and Paul tells the Evening Standard, 'I'm dead, am I? Why does nobody ever tell me anything?' He and Linda travel to their Scottish farm. 24 October. Chris Drake interviews Paul at his Scottish farm regarding the 'Paul Is Dead' rumours.

26 October. Part of Chris Drake's interview with Paul is broadcast on Radio 4's The World This Weekend.

27 October. Excerpts from Chris Drake's interview with Paul are broadcast on Radio 4's The World At One and Radio 2's Late Night Extra.

30 October. Tom Jones's album Live At The Flamingo, Las Vegas is issued by Decca featuring his versions of Paul's compositions 'Hey Jude' and 'Yesterday'.

10 November. 'The Ballad Of Paul' by Mystery Tour is issued in America, one of several such records issued in the wake of the 'Paul Is Dead' rumours.

19 November. Paul and Linda return to London after spending several weeks at their farm in Scotland.

27 November. Aretha Franklin's version of Paul's composition 'Eleanor Rigby' is released as a single by Atlantic.

30 November. Paul talks to the press to scotch the 'Paul Is Dead' rumours, saying that if he is dead, he's the last one to know about it!

5 December. Badfinger's 'Come and Get It', written and produced by Paul, is issued in Britain.

19 December. Anita Harris cover's Paul's composition 'Hey Jude' on her album Cuddly Toy.

31 December. Paul and Linda, together with George and Pattie, are guests at Ringo and Maureen's New Year's Eve party in Highgate, London.

1970

9 January. Badfinger's album Magic Christian Music is issued in Britain on Apple SAPCOR 12, with one track produced by Paul. 12 January. Badfinger's 'Come And Get It' single, written and produced by Paul, is issued in America on Apple 1815.

14 January. Paul buys extra property in Scotland adjoining his farm. 19 January. A cover version of 'Come And Get It' by the Magic Christians is issued in America on Commonwealth United CU 3006.

8 February. Apple announces that Paul's first solo album will be issued

in May.

12 February. Paul books into Morgan Studios using the alias Billy Martin to continue with the recording of his solo album, which he began working on at the end of 1969.

21 February. Paul returns to Morgan Studios as Billy Martin.

22 February. Paul records the tracks 'Every Night' and 'Maybe I'm Amazed'.

25 February. Paul records 'Man We Was Lonely' at Abbey Road Studios.

2 March. Good Feelin's, an album by the Happy Day Choir, is issued in America featuring their version of Paul's composition 'Hey Jude'.

6 March. Paul's composition 'Let It Be' is issued as the new Beatles single in Britain on Apple R 5833.

11 March. The 'Let It Be' single is issued in America on Apple 2764.

13 March. Chris Barber's album batter sea Rain Dance on Marmalade 2384 020 features Paul's composition 'Catcall'.

16 March. Paul is at Abbey Road Studios listening to playbacks of his solo album recordings.

18 March. Paul announces that his debut solo album will be issued on 17 April.

19 March. Tony Hatch and the Satin Brass feature a version of Paul's composition 'Hey Jude' on their Pye album.

20 March. Karen Young's single iQue Sera Sera'' is issued on Major Minor MM 691 with adverts stating, 'specially arranged by Paul McCartney'.

23 March. Phil Spector begins mixing Let It Be at Abbey Road Studios. Paul finishes his master tapes of McCartney at Abbey Road Studios. 25 March. Phil Spector mixes Paul's compositions 'Two Of Us' and 'Teddy Boy'.

1 April. Phil Spector overdubs a choir and orchestra over Paul's composition 'The Long And Winding Road'.

2 April. Actor Edward Woodward issues his album This Man Alone on DJM DJPS 405 on which he features his version of 'Eleanor Rigby'. In an interview with the Evening Standard, Paul says, 'We all have to ask each other's permission before any of us does anything without the other three. My own record nearly didn't come out because Klein and some others thought it would be too near to the date of the next Beatles album.' He added, 'I had to get George, who's a director of Apple, to authorise its release for me. We're all talking about peace and love but really we're not feeling peaceful at all.'

9 April. London Weekend Television screens the promo film of Paul's solo track 'Maybe I'm Amazed'.

10 April. Paul announces he has left the Beatles, 'because of personal, business and musical differences'. Advance copies of Paul's solo debut album McCartney are sent to the press.

11 April. Paul announces that he will not record with John Lennon again.

14 April. Paul obtains the film rights to Rupert The Bear.

15 April. On her new album This Girl's In Love With You, issued on Atlantic 2400 004, Aretha Franklin features her versions of Paul's compositions 'Let It Be', 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Fool On The Hill'.

17 April. Paul's debut solo album McCartney is issued in Britain on Apple PCS 7102. Sir Lew Grade describes it as 'absolutely brilliant'.

18 April, The Melody Maker runs an article headed 'Paul -The Truth', about his decision to leave the Beatles.

19 April. London Weekend Television screen the promo for 'Maybe I'm Amazed'.

20 April. Paul's debut solo album McCartney is issued in America on Apple STAO 3363.

21 April. The first of a two-part interview with Paul appears in the Evening Standard during which Paul expresses his feelings about what Phil Spector had done to his composition 'The Long And Winding Road'.

22 April. The second part of Paul's interview is published in the Evening Standard.

30 April. McCartney, Paul's solo album, is awarded a gold disc for its American sales, while Paul and Linda leave for a holiday abroad. Paul is also featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, with a lengthy interior interview with Jann Wenner.

6 May. Three Dog Night's album Captured Live At The Forum is released in America on Stateside SSL 5023 with their live version of Paul's composition 'It's For You'.

10 May. Paul's composition 'Ob La Di, Ob La Da' receives an Ivor Novello Award as the most performed song on British radio.

11 May. Paul's composition 'The Long And Winding Road' is issued as a Beatles single in America on Apple 2832.

14 May. Aretha Franklin issues her version of Paul's composition 'Let It Be' on Atlantic Records in Britain.

23 May. Paul's debut solo album McCartney tops the American charts.

8 June. The Tony Osbourne Orchestra album Evergreens Of Tomorrow, issued on Gemini GMX 5010, includes their versions of Paul's compositions 'Yesterday' and 'She's Leaving Home'.

9 June. 'The Long And Winding Road' tops the American charts.

10 June. Mel Torme issues his album Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head on Capitol ST 21585, which features his version of Paul's composition 'She's Leaving Home'.

15 June. Mary Hopkin's 'Que Sera Sera'/'Fields Of St Etienne' is released in America on Apple 1823. Paul produced both sides of the single. On Paul's behalf Lee Eastman writes to Allen Klein requiring that the Beatles partnership be immediately dissolved officially. He receives no reply.

22 June. Danny Boyle issues his version of Paul's composition 'The Long And Winding Road' on Columbia DB 8698. 2 July. Cissy Houston's album Presenting on Major Minor SMLP 80 features her version of Paul's composition 'The Long And Winding Road'. 4 July. The Beatles version of Paul's composition 'Let It Be' tops the Melody Maker charts.

8 July. Ray Morgan's version of Paul's composition 'The Long And Winding Road' is released as a single on B&C CB 128.

11 July. The Beatles version of Paul's composition 'Let It Be' tops the Melody Maker charts for a second week.

15 July. Another cover version of Paul's 'The Long And Winding Road' is issued as a single, this time by Baskin And Copperfield on the Decca label.

16 July. Cliff Richard's Live At The Talk Of The Town album on Regal Starline SRS 5031 features his version of Paul's composition 'When I'm Sixty-Four'.

19 July. Press reports say that Paul intends to collaborate on a television special with Glen Campbell.

20 July. Four In Blue, the new Tamla Motown album from Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, features their version of Paul's composition 'Hey Jude'.

2 August. Paul and Linda begin a holiday in the Shetlands that lasts until 20 August,

5 August. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band compilation album The Beast Of The Bonzo's, featuring Paul's production of 'I'm The Urban Spaceman', is issued in America on UA UAS 5517.

13 August. A group called Fickle Pickle issued a cover version of Paul's composition 'Maybe I'm Amazed' on Philips 6006 038.

29 August. A letter from Paul is published in the Melody Maker insisting that the Beatles will never get together again.

30 August. Paul is planning a new solo project to take place in New York and begins to book the sessions.

2 September. Joe Cocker's album Mad Dogs And Englishmen, issued on A&M SP 6002, features his version of Paul's composition 'She Came In Through The Bathroom Window'.

9 September. Record impresario Mickie Most announces he has asked Paul to star in a movie called The Second Coming Of Suzanne.

13 September. Apple issue a denial that Paul will appear in the film The Second Coming Of Suzanne.

17 September. The Everly Brothers' double album Show, issued on Warner WS 1858, features their version of Paul's composition 'Hey Jude'.

21 October. Paul and Linda travel to New York.

2 November. Melody Fair, the new album by Lulu on Atco 2400 017, features her version of Paul's composition 'Good Day Sunshine'.

15 November. Paul files his lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles partnership.

16 December. Johnny Mathis issues his latest album The Long And Winding Road, with Paul's composition as the title track.

31 December. Paul begins High Court proceedings to end the Beatles partnership.

1971

2 January. Paul and Linda shoot some 16mm footage at their farm in Scotland.

3 January. Paul and Linda fly to New York where Paul intends to begin work on his Ram album.

6 January. Paul tapes a number of tracks with songwriter Leslie Fradkin.

7 January. Paul auditions for a new drummer in New York and selects Denny Seiwell.

8 January. Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band release a cover version of Paul's composition 'Honey Pie'.

9 January. It's reported that Paul has bought another 400 acres of land adjacent to his High Park farm.

10 January. Recording of the Ram album begins at Columbia Studios in New York.

11 January. Paul records some orchestral tracks for his debut album. 13 January. Paul begins recording 'Another Day'.

10 February. 'We've Only Just Begun', the new album from Ray Conniff, includes his cover version of Paul's composition 'Let It Be'.

18 February. Paul and Linda return to England.

19 February. Paul and Linda attend the opening day of the High Court case to dissolve the Beatles. Their single 'Another Day'/'Oh Woman Oh Why' is issued in Britain on Apple R 5889.

22 February. Paul and Linda's single 'Another Day' is released in America on Apple 1829.

25 February. In the High Court a statement by Allen Klein is read out which states: 'Paul McCartney never accepted me as his manager, but the partnership did, and I have continued as manager of the partnership. McCartney has accepted the benefits I have negotiated in that capacity.'

26 February. Paul gives evidence in the High Court in his case to dissolve the Beatles partnership. He contradicts John Lennon's statement, 'We always thought of ourselves as Beatles, whether we recorded singly or in twos or threes,' by saying, 'Since the Beatles stopped making group recordings, we have stopped thinking of ourselves as Beatles. One has only to look at recent recordings by John or George to see that neither thinks of himself as a Beatle. On his recent album, John Lennon has listed things he did not believe in. One was, "I don't believe in Beatles".'

12 March. Paul wins the first round in his legal battle to dissolve the Beatles partnership when the High Court appoints James Douglas Spooner as receiver.

15 March. Paul and Linda leave for California.

16 March. Paul receives a Grammy award from John Wayne for the Let It Be album as 'Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or Television Special In 1970'.

17 March. Paul tops the New Musical Express charts with 'Another Day', his first No. 1 single as a solo artist. Paul's composition 'The Long And Winding Road' is featured on the Four Tops' new album Changing Times.

20 March. The Daily Mirror runs a story stating that the Beatles will reform with Klaus Voormann replacing Paul.

26 March. Apple issue a press statement that the Beatles will not be reforming with Klaus Voormann.

15 April. The Beatles version of Paul's composition 'Let It Be' wins an Oscar for Best Original Film Song at the 43rd Academy Awards.

12 May. Paul and Linda, with their children, join Ringo and Maureen Starr on a trip to St Tropez for the wedding of Mick Jagger to Bianca. 17 May. The Ram album is issued in America.

28 May. Paul and Linda release the album Ram in the UK. 10 June. There is a bomb scare at the BBC at Bush House in London over a package sent to Paul. It turns out to be a parcel of birthday presents for his coming birthday.

15 June. Recordings begin at Abbey Road Studios of an instrumental version of Paul's Ram album, arranged and conducted by Richard Hewson.

16 June. Recordings continue on the instrumental version of the Ram album which is eventually to be released in 1977 as Thrillington.

17 June. Recording of the instrumental version of the Ram album is complete.

18 June. Tony Clark and Alan Parsons complete the mixing of the instrumental version of the Ram album.

24 July. Paul phones Denny Laine to ask him to join a group he is forming.

25 July. Paul is at Abbey Road Studios.

31 July. In a New Musical Express interview, John Lennon says, 'The thing with Paul is he wants all the action. He wants it all. It's not just the money. It's the principle.'

2 August. 'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey'/'Too Many People' is issued in America.

3 August. Paul officially announces the members of his new band. Apart from himself and Linda they are Denny Seiwell and Denny Laine. He says they have not yet decided on a name.

13 August. Apple issue Paul and Linda's 'Back Seat Of My Car'/'Heart Of The Country' in the UK.

4 September. 'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey' tops the American charts. 13 September. Paul and Linda's daughter Stella Nina is born at King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London.

7 November. Paul, Linda and family travel from their Scottish farm to London.

8 November. Paul holds a fancy dress party at the Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square, London to announce the launch of Wings. Entertainment is provided by Ray McVay and his Dance Band.

13 November. The first photograph of Wings is published on the front cover of Melody Maker.

20 November. Melody Maker features an exclusive interview with Paul under the heading, 'Why Lennon Is Uncool'.

4 December. John Lennon attacks Paul in a letter published in Melody Maker.

7 December. Wings' first album Wild Life is released simultaneously in Britain and America.

15 December. Paul and Linda appear on the New York radio station WCBS-FM to promote Wings' Wild Life album.

1972

13 January. Paul begins recording 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'. An interview with Paul and Linda, recorded in December, is aired on the New York radio station WRKO.

17 January. Paul begins twelve days of rehearsals at London's Scotch of St James Club.

29 January. Paul and Linda fly to New York for a meeting with John and Yoko.

30 January. The radio station KHJ in New York interviews Paul.

31 January. Paul and Linda fly back to London.

1 February. Wings record 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish' at Island Studios, London.

2 February. Wings begin rehearsals at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

8 February. Paul, Linda and Wings set off on the motorway intent on appearing at small gigs.

9 February. Paul and Wings perform before 700 students at Nottingham University.

10 February. Wings appear at Goodridge University, York.

11 February. Wings appear at Hull University.

12 February. Kid Jenson conducts a live interview with Paul for Radio Luxembourg.

13 February. Wings appear in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

14 February. Wings appear at Lancaster University.

16 February. Wings appear at Leeds Town Hall.

17 February. Wings appear in Sheffield.

18 February. Wings appear in Manchester.

21 February. Wings appear at Birmingham University.

22 February. Wings appear at Swansea University.

23 February. Wings appear at Oxford University.

25 February. Wings' controversial 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish' is issued in Britain.

26 February. In a Melody Maker interview, Linda says, 'Eric Clapton once said that he would like to play from the back of a caravan, but he never got round to doing it. Well, we have! We've no manager or agents, just we five and roadies. We're just a gang of musicians touring around.'

28 February. 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish' is issued in America on the day that Paul, Linda and Wings fly to Los Angeles. 20 March. Paul is working on the Red Rose Speedway album at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London.

17 April. Producer Glyn Johns walks out of the Red Rose Speedway sessions following a disagreement with Paul.

12 May. 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'/'Littie Woman Love' is released in the UK.

15 May. Paul begins mixing tracks for Red Rose Speedway at Manor Studios, Oxfordshire.

22 May. Paul and Wings begin rehearsing for their forthcoming tour at the Scotch of St James, London.

25 May. Wings mime to 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' on Top Of The Pops. 29 May. 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' is released in America.

6 June. Wings shoot a new promotional film for 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'.

10 June. Paul and Linda officially end their dispute with ATV Music and sign a seven-year co-publishing deal.

29 June. Top Of The Pops screens the 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' promo.

3 July. Wings begin three days of rehearsals at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London prior to their European tour.

7 July. Paul and Wings travel to France to begin their European tour.

9 July. Paul and Wings begin their seven-week European tour at Chateau Vallon Centre Culturelle.

12 July. Wings appear at Juan Les Pins, France.

13 July. Wings appear at the Theatre Antique in Aries, France.

14 July. A Wings concert in Lyons is cancelled due to poor ticket sales, so Wings go to the EMI Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris to begin recording 'Seaside Woman'.

16 July. Wings perform two shows at the Olympia Hall, Paris.

18 July. Wings appear at the Circus Krone, Munich, Germany.

19 July. Wings appear at the Offenbach Halle, Frankfurt, Germany.

21 July. Wings appear at the Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland.

22 July. 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' reaches No. 28 in the US charts. Wings appear at the Pavilion, Montreux, Switzerland.

23 July. Wings appear at the Pavilion, Montreux, Switzerland.

I August. Wings appear at the KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

4 August. Wings appear at the Messuhalli, Helsinki, Finland.

5 August. Wings appear at Idraets, Kupittaan Urheilli, Turku, Finland.

7 August. Wings appear at the Tivoli Gardens, Kungliga Hallen, Stockholm, Sweden.

8 August. Wings appear at the Idretis Halle, Oerebro, Sweden.

9 August. Wings appear in Oslo, Norway.

10 August. Wings appear at the Scandinavium Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden. Paul, Linda and Denny Seiwell are arrested after the show on drugs offences.

II August. Wings appear at the Olympean, Lund, Sweden.

12 August. It's reported in the Daily Mirror that customs officials in Gothenburg have busted Paul, Linda and Denny Seiwell, who confessed to smoking cannabis.

13 August. Wings appear at Fyns Forum, Odense, Denmark.

14 August. Wings appear at the Wejlby Risskov Hallen, Arkus, Denmark.

16 August. Wings appear at the Stadthalle in Hanover, Germany.

17 August. Wings appear at the Evenmanten, Gronnegan, Rotterdam, Holland.

18 August. Wings appear at Doelan, Rotterdam, Holland.

19 August. Wings appear at Evenementenhal, Groningen, Holland.

20 August. Wings appear at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland. During the day they appear on Popsmuk, a programme on VPRO radio.

21 August. Wings appear at the Congresgebouw, The Hague, Holland. This was an extra date that had been added to the tour and during the show 'The Mess' was recorded and later issued as the flipside of 'My Love'.

22 August. Wings appear at the Cine Roma Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium.

24 August. Wings appear at the Deutschland Halle, Berlin, Germany. 31 August. Rolling Stone publishes an interview with Paul which has been conducted backstage at the Theatre Antique concert during the recent European tour.

19 September. Police raid Paul's Scottish farm and discover marijuana plants.

11 October. Paul appeals for the return of a stolen guitar. It was one he'd used on stage with the Beatles. He says, 'If the thief stole it to sell it, he can sell it back to me!'

12 October. The promo clip from 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' is screened in America on The Flip Wilson Show.

25 November. The promo films of 'Hi, Hi, Hi' and 'C Moon' were shot at the Southampton studios of Southern Television, directed by Steve Turner.

27 November. Paul and Wings continue work on Linda's 'Seaside Woman' at AIR Studios, London.

30 November. Paul hosts a party at the Village Restaurant, London to celebrate the release of 'Hi, Hi, Hi'/'C Moon'.

1 December. Paul McCartney and Wings release 'Hi, Hi, Hi', which is then banned from BBC Radios One and Two.

2 December. In an interview in Melody Maker\ Paul says, '"Mary Had A Little Lamb" wasn't a great record, but the funny thing about that is we've got a whole new audience of eight-year-olds and five-to-six year olds - like Pete Townshend's daughter.' 'Hi, Hi, Hi'/'C Moon' is issued in Britain.

4 December. 'Hi, Hi, Hi'/'C Moon' is issued in America.

16 December. The promo for 'Hi, Hi, Hi' is shown on London Weekend Television's Russell Harty Plus show.

22 December. Through his solicitor Paul pleads not guilty to charges of growing marijuana at his Scottish farm.

1973

4 January. Wings videotape a performance of 'C Moon' for Top Of The Pops.

13 January. Paul and Linda attend the 'Rainbow concert' featuring Eric Clapton.

25 January. The Radio Merseyside programme Twice The Price, hosted by disc jockey Peter Price, airs a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

3 February. 'Hi, Hi, Hi' reaches No. 10 in the American chart.

9 February. Mike McCartney's new group Grimms release their eponymous album.

19 February. Paul begins work on his television special 'James Paul McCartney' at ATV Television Studios.

27 February. Paul holds a press conference during which he announces that he will soon begin his first tour of Britain with Wings.

8 March. Paul and Linda are each fined £100 at Campbeltown for growing cannabis on their farm.

10 March. Paul and Wings continue filming for 'James Paul McCartney' and appear on Hampstead Heath performing 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'.

15 March. Filming of the TV special 'James Paul McCartney' resumes at ATV Studios.

18 March. Paul and Linda appear with Wings at the Hard Rock Cafe, London, raising funds for Release, a charity that aids drug-takers. Earlier in the day they'd recorded songs in front of a live audience for the forthcoming ATV Television special 'James Paul McCartney'.

19 March. Paul and Wings are recording tracks for Red Rose Speedway at Abbey Road Studios.

23 March. 'My Love'/'The Mess' by Paul McCartney and Wings is released in the UK.

1 April. Paul and Wings complete the filming of the television special 'James Paul McCartney'.

4 April. Paul and Wings pre-record their third Top Of The Pops appearance with 'My Love'.

9 April. 'My Love'/'The Mess' is released in America and becomes Wings' first US chart-topper.

12 April. Paul, Linda and the kids set off for a holiday in the Caribbean.

15 April. Paul and family return from their brief holiday.

16 April. The 'James Paul McCartney' television special is screened in America. Paul aids Ringo in the recording of the track 'Six O'Clock' for the Ringo album.

21 April. A two-part feature on Wings appears in Melody Maker entitled 'Wings - Anatomy Of A Hot Band'.

30 April. Red Rose Speedway is released in America.

4 May. Red Rose Speedway is released in Britain.

10 May. The 'James Paul McCartney' television special is screened in Britain.

11 May. Paul McCartney and Wings begin their first major British tour at the Hippodrome, Bristol.

12 May. Wings appear at the New Theatre, Oxford. Paul holds a press conference for forty journalists at the Randolph Hotel and is later interviewed for the BBC radio programme The David Symonds Show.

13 May. Wings appear at the Capitol, Cardiff.

15 May. Wings appear at the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth.

16 May. Wings appear at the Hard Rock, Manchester.

17 May. Wings appear at the Hard Rock, Manchester.

18 May. Wings appear at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

19 May. Wings appear at Leeds University.

21 May. Wings appear at the Guildhall, Preston.

22 May. Wings appear at the Odeon, Edinburgh.

23 May. Wings appear at the Odeon, Edinburgh.

24 May. Wings appear at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow.

25 May. Wings appear at the Odeon, Hammersmith. In America Red Rose Speedway is certified gold.

26 May. Wings appear at the Odeon, Hammersmith.

27 May. The scheduled concert at the Hippodrome, Birmingham is cancelled due to problems caused by a large water tank above the stage installed as part of the musical The Pajama Tops, currently running at the theatre. Instead, Wings hold an end-of-tour party at the Cafe Royal, Regent Street, London.

1 June. 'Live And Let Die', a composition by Paul, is the theme tune for the latest James Bond film. Wings issue it as a single in Britain with 'I Lie Around' on the flip.

2 June. The single 'My Love' and the album Red Rose Speedway both top the American charts.

18 June. 'Live And Let Die' is issued in the US.

29 June. The film Live and Let Die is premiered in New York.

2 July. The soundtrack for the James Bond movie Live And Let Die is released in America featuring the Wings title track and also the Brenda J Arnau version.

4 July. Wings appear at the City Hall, Sheffield.

5 July. Wings attend the premiere of the film Live And Let Die at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London. They had cancelled a concert at Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent because it clashed with the movie premiere.

6 July. The Live And Let Die soundtrack album, with Paul's title tune, is issued in the UK. Wings appear at the Odeon, Birmingham. In America 'My Love' is awarded a gold disc.

9 July. Wings appear at the Odeon, Leicester.

10 July. Wings complete their British tour at the City Hall, Newcastle. 27 July. Denny Laine and Henry McCullough join Paul at his Scottish farm to begin rehearsing for the next Wings album.

8 August. Paul reviews Paul Simon's latest album Paul Simon Songbook in Punch magazine.

29 August. Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell both leave Wings. Regarding McCullough, a spokesman said: 'He left Wings due to musical differences and by mutual agreement. Everybody thinks it's for the best and wishes each other well in the future.'

30 August. The McCartneys and Denny Laine fly to Lagos, Nigeria, to record Band On The Run.

31 August. The 'Live And Let Die' single is issued with a gold disc by the RIAA in America.

1 September. Paul, Linda and Denny Laine begin their recordings for the Band On The Run album.

23 September. Paul and Linda arrive at Gatwick airport after six weeks in Lagos, Nigeria. They are a day late due to brake failure on the plane. 26 September. The Melody Maker reports that Paul is writing the music for a Twiggy TV special 'Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance'.

5 October. Mike McCartney's band Grimms release their second album Rockin' Duck.

15 October. Paul begins a week at Abbey Road Studios mixing tracks for the Band On the Run album.

26 October. Paul McCartney and Wings release the single 'Helen Wheels' in Britain, with 'Country Dreamer' on the flip.

12 November. 'Helen Wheels' is released in America.

14 November. Paul, Linda, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch and Davey Lutton fly to Paris to record at EMFs Boulogne-Billancourt Studios for the Suzy and the Red Stripes sessions.

17 November. Paul and Linda return to London.

24 November. Paul is interviewed for the London station Capital Radio. 30 November. The BBC 1 programme Rockweek airs a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

5 December. The Paul McCartney and Wings album Band On The Run is issued in America.

7 December. The Paul McCartney and Wings album Band On The Run is issued in Britain, although it does not contain the track 'Helen Wheels', which is on the American release. It is awarded a gold record in America.

16 December. Paul and Linda record 'Disney Time' at their Cavendish Avenue home.

19 December. Wings mime to 'Helen Wheels' on Granada TV's Lift Off with Ay shea.

26 December. Paul and Linda's 'Disney Time' appearance is screened on BBC 1.

1974

4 January. Paul begins recording his brother Mike's album McGear at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. The sessions take place at various times over the coming four months and during one of the recording sessions the Carpenters drop in to see Paul at work.

12 January. 'Helen Wheels' reaches the position of No. 10 in the US chart. The Melody Maker also suggests that Paul has hinted on a Beatles get-together with the words, 'We have broken up as a band, but I'd like to see us work together on a loose basis - and I think we will.' 28 January. The Paul McCartney and Wings single 'Jet' is issued in America backed by 'Mamunia' - it will reach No. 7 in the charts.

13 February. Jane Asher gives birth to a baby girl at Middlesex hospital. 15 February. Paul McCartney and Wings release the single 'Jet,' with 'Let Me Roll It' on the flip in the UK - again, it will reach No. 7 in the charts. 18 February. Capitol Records in America swap the sides of the 'Jet' single, making 'Mamunia' the A-side.

25 February, Commenting on the fact that the High Court has approved the receiver carrying on running the Beatles' partnership affairs, Paul says, 'As soon as things are sorted out we can all get together again and do something. We've talked about it, but haven't been able to do anything because this has been going on and on.'

8 March. Paul is interviewed for the American network ABC TV at the MPL offices in London.

9 March. Paul and Linda, together with their kids and the other members of Wings, fly to Los Angeles for rehearsals.

28 March. Paul drops in to see John Lennon recording at Burbank Studios and joins John on the track 'Midnight Special'. Paul and Linda receive an invitation to join John the following Sunday.

29 March. Paul's composition 'World Without Love', recorded by Peter and Gordon, appears on a compilation double album Alan Freeman's History Of Pop Vol 2.

30 March. Paul and Linda take their kids to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus in New York and then fly on to Los Angeles.

31 March. Paul and Linda turn up at John Lennon's beach house for a Sunday evening jam session, with musicians such as Stevie Wonder and Jesse Ed Davis. Paul plays drums and also sings.

1 April. Paul and Linda return to John's beach house and, while John is asleep, Paul jams with Keith Moon and Harry Nilsson.

4 April. Paul and Linda drop by Brian Wilson's house, but he refuses to open the door. They can hear him crying and they leave.

8 April. 'Band On The Run'/'Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five' is issued as a single in America and tops the US charts.

13 April. The album Band On The Run tops the American charts.

26 April. Paul holds an audition at the Albery Theatre in London to find a new drummer and chooses Geoff Britton. Other drummers at the audition included Mitch Mitchell, former member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Aynsley Dunbar, a famous Liverpool drummer and Rob Townshend, former drummer with Family.

24 May. Jungle Juice releases Paul's composition 'The Zoo Gang' as a single.

4 June. Band On The Run is awarded a gold disc in America.

14 June. Band On The Run reaches No. 1 in Australia, Norway and Sweden and receives a gold disc in each country.

15 June. Jimmy McCulloch joins Wings.

17 June. Paul, Linda and Wings fly to Nashville to record. 'God Bless America', a single by Thornton, Fradkin and Unger is released in America. Paul was a guest on the track while in New York three years earlier.

18 June. Paul tells the Daily Express, 'I've discovered I'm rather old-fashioned. I believe in the marriage contract.*

28 June. 'Band On The Run' is issued as a single in the UK and reaches No. 3 in the charts. 'Zoo Gang' is on the flip.

4 July. John Christie's single 'July 4', penned by Paul and Linda and produced by Dave Clark, is released.

6 July. The Band On The Run album tops the British charts.

14 July. In an interview in the Evening News, Denny Laine reveals that he trusts Paul, saying, 'I have signed so many contracts that have got me into so much trouble that I never want to sign anything again.' In Scotland, Paul records several numbers on his studio piano and refers to them as 'Piano Tapes'.

15 July. Paul and Linda set off for New York to meet John and May Pang.

16 July. Paul and Linda visit John and May in their new apartment on East 52nd Street. John recalled that they spent a few 'Beaujolais evenings, reminiscing about old times'.

21 July. Paul and Linda return to England.

1 August. Paul and Linda return to New York City.

15 August. Wings begin recording at Abbey Road and also work on a documentary to be called 'One Hand Clapping'. Willy Russell's play John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert, which Paul feels portrays him in a bad light, makes its West End debut.

16 August. Adam Faith's album / Survive is released by Warner Brothers. Paul and Linda are featured on it. Paul plays synthesiser on 'Change', 'Never Say Goodbye' and 'Goodbye'. John and Paul sign a co-publishing agreement with ATV Music.

6 September. Mike McGear's 'Leave It'/'Sweet Baby' is released. Paul produced both sides. The record will reach No. 36 in the British charts.

26 September. Paul is asked to comment on John Lennon's latest album release Walls And Bridges. He says, 'It's a very good, great album, but I know he can do better. I heard "I Am The Walrus" today, for instance, and that is what I mean. I know he can do better than Walls And Bridges. I reckon "Walrus" is better. It's more adventurous. It's more exciting.'

27 September. Rod Stewart's recording, 'Mine For Me', penned by Paul and Linda, is on his new album release Smiler. Mike McGear's solo album McGear, produced by Paul, is released on the Warner Brothers label.

1 October. Paul and Linda attend Wembley Arena to watch Liverpool Boxer John Conteh become the world light-heavyweight boxing champion. Peggy Lee issues her album Let's Love with the title track written and produced by Paul.

7 October. Peggy Lee's version of Paul's composition 'Let's Love', which Paul also produced, is issued as a single.

14 October. The album McGear is released in the States. The British release was on 27 September.

18 October. 'Walking In The Park With EloiseV'Bridge Over The River Suite' by the Country Hams is issued as a single.

22 October. Paul and Linda hold a press conference in New York to discuss their forthcoming world tour.

23 October. During a press conference, when George Harrison is asked if the Beatles would ever get back together again, even for one night, he said: 'I'd rather have Willie Weekes on bass than Paul McCartney.'

25 October. Paul takes solo billing on the new Wings release 'Junior's Farm'/'Sally G', which was recorded in Nashville. Peggy Lee's 'Let's Love' is issued in the UK.

4 November. 'Junior's Farm'/'Sally G' is issued in America. Rod Stewart's version of Paul's composition 'Mine For Me', is issued in America on Mercury Records.

13 November. Paul and Linda are surprise guests on boxer John Conteh's This Is Your Life ITV appearance.

20 November. Wings pre-record a version of 'Junior's Farm' for Top Of The Pops. They also back David Essex on 'Gonna Make You A Star'.

21 November. The Wings recording of the group miming to 'Junior's Farm' is aired on Top Of The Pops.

27 November. Paul and Linda turn up at Rod Stewart's concert at the Odeon, Lewisham and join him on stage to perform 'Mine For Me'. 30 November. Paul gives details of his forthcoming world tour to Melody Maker. Paul films Wings' drummer Geoff Britton at the Michael Sobell Sports Centre in Islington for a projected documentary called 'Empty Hand'.

21 December. The Wings single 'Sally G' enters the American Country Music charts. Advertisements in the British music press announce that Band On The Run has received a platinum disc.

22 December. Paul, Linda and the kids arrive back in Britain from America to spend Christmas in Scotland.

1975

9 January. The Beatles' partnership is finally dissolved at a hearing in the High Court in London.

10 January. Paul, Linda and the kids fly off to New York, with Paul telling the press, 'I'm relieved that the legal links between the Beatles have been separated.'

16 January. Wings begin recording the Venus And Mars album at Sea Saint Studios in New Orleans.

7 February. The single 'Junior's Farm'/'Sally G' is re-released with the sides reversed.

12 February. Paul appears on News Scene Eight, an ABC TV programme that had filmed Paul recording 'My Carnival' at Sea Saint Studios in New Orleans.

25 February. Wings travel to Los Angeles and begin completing tracks for the Venus And Mars album at the Wally Heider Studios.

28 February. Paul copyrights an instrumental version of 'Tomorrow', a vocal version of which was included on the 1971 Wild Life album.

1 March. Paul and Linda attend the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles and accept two awards for the Band On The Run album, the first for 'Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Group', the second for 'Best Produced Non-Classical Recording'.

3 March. In Los Angeles, Linda is arrested for possessing marijuana. The police statement read: 'Mr McCartney and his wife Linda and their three children were driving along Santa Monica Boulevard when their car went through a traffic light soon after midnight. While a patrolman was writing a traffic ticket, he said he smelt the odour of marijuana in the car and ordered the McCartneys out. He found a plastic bag containing a quantity of marijuana which Mrs McCartney had allegedly carried in her purse.' 10 March. Linda appears in a Municipal Court on the charge of possessing marijuana.

24 March. To celebrate the completing of the Venus And Mars sessions, Paul holds a party on the Queen Mary liner at Long Island, California and has 200 guests. Recordings are made of the two entertainers that night, Professor Longhair and the Meters.

26 March. Paul and Linda attend the Los Angeles premiere of the film Tommy and David Frost interviews Paul for the Wide World Of Entertainments.

2 April. Paul, Linda and the kids arrive at Heathrow airport.

8 April. Linda, who says she will not fight the marijuana charge, comments that she is 'ready to attend a class on the evils of drug abuse in expiation'.

9 April. Five years after he began his case to dissolve the Beatles, the High Court in London announces, 'All matters in the dispute between Mr McCartney and John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr have been fully settled.'

24 April. Pete Ham of Badfinger is found hanged at his home in Woking, Surrey.

25 April. Paul and Linda's appearance with Rod Stewart and the Faces at the Odeon, Lewisham on Wednesday 27 November 1974 is featured on the America television programme Midnight Special.

5 May. BBC 1 transmits an interview with Paul. 16 May. 'Listen To What The Man Said'/'Love In Song' is issued in Britain and is the first record to feature the MPL logo on the label. 21 May. 'David Frost Salutes The Beatles', an ABC TV show in America, includes a sequence from an ABC News clip in 1972 of Paul and Wings promoting 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish'.

23 May. 'Listen To What The Man Said'/'Love In Song' is issued in America. 4

27 May. Venus And Mars is issued in America.

30 May. The Venus And Mars album is issued in Britain.

31 May. A feature on Paul appears in Melody Maker under the title 'McCartney: Abbey Road Revisited'.

2 June. Venus And Mars is awarded a gold disc in America.

12 June. On Top Of The Pops, Pan's People dance to 'Listen To What The Man Said'.

14 June. The album Venus And Mars tops the British charts.

24 June. A 60-second commercial promoting the Venus And Mars album is screened on the ITV network in Britain.

4 July. Mike McGear's single 'Dance The Do' is issued on the Warner Brothers label. It was produced and co-written by Paul.

19 July. The album Venus And Mars and the single 'Listen To What The Man Said' top the American album and singles charts. 23 August. Linda is featured on the cover of Melody Maker.

5 September. 'Letting Go'/' You Gave Me The Answer' is released in Britain.

6 September. Wings perform a 'thank-you' concert before 1,200 EMI employees, 100 members of the Wings Fun Club and 100 invited guests at Elstree film studios. Celebrity guests include: Ringo Starr, Elton John, Twiggy, Victor Spinetti, Long John Baldry, Queen, Richard Chamberlain, Harry Nilsson and Dave Mason.

7 September. Paul and Linda attend a concert by Dave Mason at the Odeon, Hammersmith.

9 September. Wings begin a 13-month tour of ten countries at the Gaumont, Southampton.

10 September. Wings appear at the Hippodrome, Bristol.

11 September. Wings appear at the Capitol, Cardiff, following an early press conference at the Post House Hotel, near Bristol.

12 September. Wings appear at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.

13 September. Wings appear at the Hippodrome, Birmingham. Record Mirror features an interview with Paul.

15 September. Wings appear at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

16 September. Wings appear at the City Hall, Newcastle.

17 September. Wings appear at the Odeon, Hammersmith.

18 September. Wings appear at the Odeon, Hammersmith. Following the concert, Paul hosts a party. His guests include members of Queen and Pink Floyd, David Frost, Ringo Starr, Alice Cooper, Harry Nilsson and Lynsey De Paul.

19 September. Capital Radio transmits a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

20 September. Wings appear at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh. The Melody Maker begins a two-part feature on Wings.

21 September. Wings appear at the Apollo, Glasgow, donning kilts for their encore.

22 September. Wings appear at the Capitol, Aberdeen.

23 September. Wings appear at Caird Hall, Dundee.

25 September. Wings appear in St Mark's Square, Venice performing a concert for UNESCO.

27 September. Second of a two-part series on Wings appears in Melody Maker, mainly comprising an interview with Linda. She tells Chris Welch that she is feeling more confident as a musician during the latest tour. She says, 'I never was on any of the other tours. But I think that's because I like it now and know a few chords. Last night a few things kept going out of tune, like the Moog bit on "Band On The Run" and the Mellotron went out a bit - that sort of thing. It happened on "Live And Let Die". During the rehearsals I used to get really, really nervous when a solo bit came up because it all depended on me, but it's funny in front of an audience, I feel more relaxed.'

29 September. 'Letting Go'/'You Gave Me The Answer' is issued in America.

4 October. Melody Maker publishes an interview with Paul under the title, 'Just an Ordinary Superstar - Fresh from a highly successful Wings tour, Paul McCartney talks to Chris Welch'.

5 October. Radio One transmits a one-hour documentary 'Wings - The Birth Of A Band', during which Paul is interviewed by Paul Gambaccini.

27 October. The McCartneys are late for their flight to Australia and because they held the flight up they are fined $200 a minute. The single 'Venus and Mars'/'Rock Show'/'Magneto And Titanium Man' is issued in America.

28 October. Wings arrive in Perth, Australia.

29 October. Denny Laine is given a special cake to celebrate his 31st birthday.

1 November. Wings begin a tour of Australia at the Entertainment Centre, Perth. An interview conducted in the afternoon is transmitted that evening on The Mike Walsh Show on Channel 7. The concert is also recorded by Radio 3XY and transmitted on 2 November. There is an audience of 8,000 at the opening concert.

2 November. Paul holds a press conference in Perth for more than 200 reporters.

4 November. Wings appear at the Apollo Stadium, Adelaide.

5 November. Wings appear at the Apollo Stadium, Adelaide.

7 November. Wings appear at the Horden Pavilion, Sydney.

8 November. Wings appear at the Horden Pavilion, Sydney.

10 November. Wings appear at the Festival Hall, Brisbane.

11 November. Wings appear at the Festival Hall, Brisbane. Paul also hears that the Japanese minister of justice has banned Wings from appearing in concerts in Japan due to Paul's British drug conviction in 1973.

13 November. Wings appear at Myers Music Bowl, Melbourne before an audience of 14,000. The show is filmed for a TV special and aired in February 1976 on Channel 10.

14 November. Wings appear at Myers Music Bowl, Melbourne.

15 November. Unable to appear in Japan, Wings return to England and Paul and his family then take a holiday in Hawaii.

20 November. As she's completed her psychiatric and drugs counselling course in London, the marijuana charges against Linda are dropped by a Los Angeles judge.

28 November. The single 'Venus And Mars'/'Rock ShowV'Magneto And Titanium Man' is released in Britain.

1976

26 January. The Beatles' contract with EMI expires and Paul is the only former member of the group to re-sign with the company. 14 March. Wings begin rehearsals at Elstree Studios, London.

18 March. Paul's father dies of bronchial pneumonia at his home.

19 March. Paul and Wings hold a press conference at the MPL Offices in London on the eve of their brief European tour.

20 March. Wings appear at the Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen.

21 March. Wings appear at the Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen.

23 March. Wings appear at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany.

25 March. Wings appear at the Ahoy Sport Paleis in Rotterdam, Holland. The Wings At The Speed Of Sound album is issued in America. When they arrive in Holland they are filmed for a special documentary by Veronica Television.

26 March. Wings appear at the Pavillion Du Paris in France. That evening Jimmy McCulloch has an accident that fractures his finger and the American tour has to be postponed for three weeks. Capital Radio in London transmits an interview with Paul.

27 March. An interview with Paul by Chris Welch is published in Melody Maker.

29 March. Michael Drucker interviews Paul and Linda in Paris for Number One, a French television show.

1 April. 'Silly Love SongsV'Cook Of The House' is issued in America.

7 April. McCartney Productions Ltd changes its name to MPL Communications Limited.

8 April. Wings had been due to start their American tour today in Fort Worth, Texas, but the tour had been put back for three weeks due to Jimmy McCulloch's accident.

9 April. The Wings At The Speed Of Sound album is issued in Britain.

24 April. Wings At The Speed Of Sound tops the American charts. Paul visits John Lennon at the Dakota and they both watch the Lome Michaels offer for the Beatles to appear on Saturday Night Special and almost decide to surprise him by turning up.

25 April. Paul drops around to see John again, but John doesn't want to see him, saying he will have to make an appointment next time. They never see each other again.

26 April. Wings begin rehearsals in Dallas.

30 April. 'Silly Love Songs'/'Cook Of The House' is issued in Britain.

3 May. Wings At The Speed Of Sound is certified gold. Wings open their American tour at the Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center, Texas.

4 May. Wings appear at the Houston Summit, Texas, where Paul narrowly escapes serious injury from a falling piece of scaffolding.

5 May. Paul and Linda buy an Appaloosa stallion that they spot wandering by a roadside.

7 May. Wings appear at the Detroit Olympia, Texas.

8 May. Wings appear at the Detroit Olympia, Texas.

9 May. Wings appear at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto.

10 May. Wings appear at the Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio.

12 May. Wings appear at the Spectrum Bowl, Philadelphia. The Veronica Television documentary on Wings is screened in Holland.

14 May. Wings appear at the Spectrum Bowl, Philadelphia.

15 May. Wings appear at the Maryland Capitol Center, Washington. Among the 22,000 strong audience are Peter Asher, Linda Rondstadt and the Eagles.

16 May. Wings appear at the Maryland Capitol Center, Washington.

18 May. Wings appear at the Atlanta Omni.

19 May. Wings appear at the Atlanta Omni. Paul, Linda and Wings leave their hands and footprints in cement for a 'Pavement Of Stars' outside the walkway of Peaches, a record store in Atlanta, Georgia.

21 May. Wings appear at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

22 May. Wings appear at the Boston Garden. 'Silly Love Songs' tops the American charts. On Saturday Night Live Lome Michaels makes another offer for the Beatles to appear, upping the fee to $3,200.

24 May. Wings appear at Madison Square Garden, New York.

25 May. Wings appear at Madison Square Garden, New York. 27 May. Wings appear at the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati. 29 May. Wings appear at the Kemper Arena, Kansas City.

31 May. Wings appear at Chicago Stadium, Illinois.

1 June. Wings appear at Chicago Stadium, Illinois.

2 June. Wings appear at Chicago Stadium, Illinois.

4 June. Wings appear at the Minnesota Civic Center, St Paul. Their appearance is filmed for a television show called 'Wings Over St Paul'. 7 June. Wings appear at McNichols Arena, Denver. 10 June. Wings appear at the Kingdome, Seattle.

12 June. 'Silly Love Songs' reaches No. 2 in the British charts, its highest position.

13 June. Wings appear at the Cow Palace, San Francisco.

14 June. Wings appear at the Cow Palace, San Francisco. An American TV show transmits 'Monday Night Special', which features an interview conducted with Paul at the Kingdome, Seattle on 10 June.

16 June. Wings appear at the Sports Arena, San Diego.

18 June. Wings appear at the Community Centre, Tucson. Linda and the group arrange a special surprise party for Paul's 34th birthday.

19 June. Paul and Linda join Ringo Starr for a four-hour recording session of Paul's composition 'Pure Gold' at the Cherokee Studios in Hollywood.

20 June. Paul and Linda attend a birthday party in Los Angeles for Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.

21 June. Wings appear at the Forum, Los Angeles.

22 June. Wings appear at the Forum, Los Angeles.

23 June. Wings appear at the Forum, Los Angeles.

24 June. Wings hold an end-of-tour party at the Harold Lloyd Estate in Beverly Hills, attended by several celebrities.

28 June. Paul and Linda appear on Goodnight America, where they are interviewed by Geraldo Rivera.

29 June. ABC's Good Morning America screens excerpts from the recent Seattle concert of 10 June.

10 July. Paul and Linda attend a Beach Boys concert in Anaheim, California.

16 August. The Melodiya label in Russia issues the Band On The Run album.

21 August. As members of the audience, Paul and Linda watch performances by the Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Knebworth Festival. 28 August. 'Let 'Em In' reaches No. 3 in the American charts. 7 September. Paul launches his first ever 'Buddy Holly Week' on the 40th anniversary of Holly's birth.

17 September. Ringo Starr's Rotogravure album is released in Britain and contains the number 'Pure Gold', which Paul wrote for Ringo and on which he sings backing vocals.

18 September. Paul, Linda and Wings travel to Austria to begin a short European tour.

19 September. Paul and Wings perform at the Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria.

20 September. Paul is given an American industry award as top male vocalist of the year.

21 September. Paul and Wings perform at the Dom Sportova Hall, Yugoslavia.

25 September. Paul and Wings perform for the 'Save Venice Fund' in St Mark's Square, Venice where they raise $50,000 to aid the restoration work to offset the sinking of the city.

27 September. Paul and Wings perform at the Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany.

27 September. Ringo's Rotogravure is issued in the States.

19 October. Wings perform at the Empire Pool Wembley.

20 October. Wings perform at the Empire Pool Wembley.

21 October. Wings perform at the Empire Pool Wembley and Paul says, 'I still love touring and will still be doing it when I'm 99!'

10 December. Wings Over America, a triple album, is issued in both Britain and America.

24 December. Paul and Linda attend a Rod Stewart concert at the Olympia, London. Mike McCartney and Denny Laine are among the guests backstage.

1977

8 January. At the Daily Mirror Pop Club Readers' Poll Concert at Bingley Hall, Staffordshire, Wings receive awards as Best Pop Group and Best Rock Group. Paul receives an award as Best Group Singer. 22 January. Wings Over America tops the American album charts.

3 February. Capital Radio announce an award for Paul for the Best London concert of 1976.

4 February. 'Maybe I'm Amazed'/'Soily' is released in Britain.

6 February. Paul and Linda collect their Capital Radio award.

7 February. Wings begin recording 'London Town' and 'Deliver Your Children' at Abbey Road Studios. 'Maybe I'm Amazed'/'Soily' is issued in America.

20 February. Paul and Linda leave for Jamaica for a fortnight's holiday.

29 April. Thrillington, an instrumental version of the Ram album, is released in Britain, together with the single 'Uncle Albert/Admiral HalseyV'Eat At Home'.

30 April. Paul and Linda book into the Stanhope Hotel in New York. 17 May. Thrillington is released in America.

31 May. 'Seaside WomanV'B Side to Seaside' is issued in America.

8 September. Jimmy McCulloch leaves Wings and joins the Small Faces. He says, 'I enjoyed playing with Wings and I learned a lot from Paul, but

I felt it was time for a change and the ideal change for me was the Small Faces. They are old friends of mine whose music I have always enjoyed.'

12 September. James Louis McCartney is born at the Avenue Clinic, Avenue Road, St John's Wood, London.

24 September. In a Melody Maker poll, Paul is voted No. 5 in the bass player section.

13 October. Director Michael Lindsay Hogg films a promotional clip for 'Mull Of Kintyre' with Paul, Linda and Denny Laine.

25 October. Wings are at Abbey Road Studios for more London Town recordings.

II November. 'Mull Of Kintyre'/'Girls' School' is released in Britain. Paul, Linda and Denny are presented with gold and silver discs at Abbey Road Studios for the album Wings At The Speed Of Sound.

12 November. Paul discusses 'Mull Of Kintyre' during a live interview

on Radio One.

19 November. Another interview with Paul by Chris Welch appears in Melody Maker.

1 December. Paul discusses 'Mull Of Kintyre' with Peter Sharp on ITN News.

3 December. 'Mull Of Kintyre' reaches No. 1 in the British charts.

Wings begin further sessions for London Town at AIR Studios.

9 December. Wings film a further promotional film of 'Mull Of Kintyre' at Elstree film studios. The first promo makes its American TV debut on Midnight Special.

10 December. Wings record an appearance on 'The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show'.

17 December. The millionth copy of 'Mull Of Kintyre' is sold.

1978

4 January. Wings continue recording London Town at Abbey Road Studios.

14 January. It is announced that 'Mull Of Kintyre' is the biggest selling record in British recording history. The TV Times runs a feature 'Masks Of McCartney'.

15 January. The first of London Weekend Television's new arts series The South Bank Show is called 'Paul McCartney: Songsmith'.

23 January. Wings complete the recording of London Town.

20 March. 'With A Little Luck'/'Backwards Traveller' is released in America.

21 March. Paul promotes 'With A Little Luck' on Capital Radio. Paul, Linda and Denny Laine shoot a promotional film for 'London Town' at Twickenham film studios.

22 March. There is a great deal of media coverage for Wings' press launch of London Town which takes place on a boat sailing on the Thames.

23 March. 'With A Little Luck'/'Backwards Traveller' is released in Britain.

31 March. London Town is issued simultaneously in Britain and America.

15 April. Paul and Linda attend a 45th anniversary screening of Dinner At Eight, a 1943 film starring John Barrymore.

5 May. Wings record 'Same Time Next Year' at Rak Studios, a number used in the film Twice In A Lifetime.

6 May. Paul continues with the recording of 'Same Time Next Year'. An exhibition of Linda's photographs opens at the Baynard Gallery, New York.

9 May. The Granada TV show 'Paul', hosted by Paul Nicholas, includes the promo film of 'With A Little Luck'.

14 May. Paul and Linda appear on the Simon Bates Show on Radios One and Two (the shows are broadcast simultaneously) promoting London Town and 'With A Little Luck'.

20 May. 'With A Little Luck' tops the American charts.

12 June. 'I've Had Enough'/'Deliver Your Children' is released in America.

16 June. 'I've Had Enough'/'Deliver Your Children' is released in Britain. 19 June. Paul and Linda attend a performance by the Rolling Stones at the New York Palladium.

29 June. Wings begin recording tracks for Back To The Egg at Paul's Spirit of Ranachan Studio in Scotland.

7 July. Paul and Linda attend the London premiere of That's Entertainment II at the Pavilion cinema.

21 August. 'London TownVTm Carrying' is released in America. 26 August. 'London Town'/Tm Carrying' is released in Britain.

6 September. Paul and Linda launch their third 'Buddy Holly Week' with a party whose guests include Mary Hopkin, David Frost, Mickey Dolenz, Carl Perkins and George Melly.

11 September. Wings resume recording at Lympne Castle, Kent cutting tracks such as 'We're Open All Night', 'Love Awake' and 'After The Ball'. 3 October. Rockestra sessions take place at Abbey Road Studios. 10 October. More Back To The Egg sessions take place at Abbey Road Studios with numbers such as 'Baby's Request' and 'Getting Closer'.

14 October. The design studio Hipgnosts creates the sleeve of Wings Greatest.

5 November. Denny Laine marries Jo Jo Wood on a yacht in Boston Harbour.

22 November. Wings Greatest is released in America. 1 December. Wings Greatest is released in Britain.

1979

15 March. 'Goodnight Tonight'/'Daytime Nightime Suffering' is released in America on the Columbia label.

16 March. The 'Wings Over The World' television special is screened in America by CBS.

26 March. Paul issues a 12" extended mix of 'Goodnight Tonight'/ 'Daytime Nightime Suffering'.

1 April. 'An Afternoon with Paul McCartney', in which Paul is interviewed by Paul Gambaccini, is broadcast in America. Paul records the Black Dyke Mills Band for his track 'Winter Rose' at Abbey Road Studios.

3 April. 'Goodnight Tonight'/'Daytime Nightime Suffering' is released in Britain. The promotional film for 'Goodnight Tonight' is shot at the Hammersmith Palais.

4 April. A preview of the 'Wings Over The World' documentary takes place at the Bijou Theatre, Wardour Street, London.

5 April. The 'Goodnight Tonight' promo is featured on Top Of the Pops.

8 April. The 'Wings Over The World' television special is screened in Britain.

9 April. The 'Goodnight Tonight' promo is featured on Thames Television's The Kenny Everett Show.

19 May. Following the marriage of Eric Clapton and Pattie Boyd, Paul, George and Ringo are among the musicians who take part in a jam session.

24 May. The album Back To The Egg is released in America.

31 May. Paul commissions Keith MacMillan, Phil Davey and Hugh Scott-Symonds to produce promo clips for the Back To The Egg album.

I June. 'Old Siam Sir'/'Spin It On' is issued in Britain.

4 June. The shooting of the promo for 'Old Siam Sir' begins at Lympne Castle in Kent.

5 June. Promo films for 'Spin it On' and 'Getting Closer' are filmed in a small aircraft hanger in Kent. 'Getting Closer'/'Spin It On' is released in America.

6 June. Promos for 'Winter Rose' and 'Love Awake' are filmed at Lympne Castle.

8 June. The album Back To The Egg is released in Britain. Wings film the promo for 'Baby's Request'.

I1 June. A press conference to promote Back To The Egg is held at Abbey Road Studios during which part of the 'Rockestra' film is screened.

13 June. Wings complete filming their promos for Back To The Egg with 'Arrow Through Me'.

15 June. Capital Radio airs Paul's Back To The Egg interview.

30 June. Paul is interviewed on Radio Luxembourg about Back To The Egg-

30 July. Another interview with Paul discussing Back To The Egg is aired on Radio Luxembourg.

10 August. The Suzy and the Red Stripes single 'Seaside Woman' is released in Britain.

14 August. 'Arrow Through Me'/'Old Siam Sir' is issued in America.

3 September. The promo for 'Getting Closer' is screened during the 'Jerry Lee Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon'.

14 September. Paul hosts a Crickets concert at the Odeon, Hammersmith during which he performs 'It's So Easy' and 'Bo Diddley'.

27 September. Jimmy McCulloch, former guitarist with Wings, is found dead at the age of 26.

6 October. The funeral for Jimmy McCulloch is held.

24 October. Paul receives a rhodium medallion from the British arts minister after being declared the most successful composer and recording artist of all time. Between the years 1962 and 1978 he had written or co-written 43 songs that had sold over a million copies each.

He had sold 100 million singles and 100 million albums.

1 November. Geraldo Rivera interviews Paul and Linda for the ABC

TV programme 20/20.

16 November. 'Wonderful Christmastime'/'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reggae' is released in Britain.

20 November. 'Wonderful Christmastime'/'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reggae' is released in America.

23 November. Wings open their 19-date British tour at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

27 November. Wings take a 'ferry 'cross the Mersey' on the Royal Iris, the Mersey ferryboat on which the Beatles used to perform.

28 November. Wings appear at the Apollo, Ardwick, Manchester.

29 November. Wings appear at the Apollo, Ardwick, Manchester.

1 December. Wings appear on the TV programme Tiswas. Wings appear at the Gaumont, Southampton.

2 December. Wings appear at the New Conference Centre, Brighton.

3 December. Wings appear at the Odeon, Lewisham, London.

5 December. Wings appear at the Rainbow theatre, Finsbury Park, London. Tom Synder interviews Paul and Linda by satellite for the American NBC TV programme the Tomorrow Show.

7 December. Wings appear at the Empire Pool, Wembley. They add 'Cook Of The House' and 'Baby Face' into their tour repertoire.

10 December. Wings appear at the Empire Pool, Wembley.

12 December. The 'Wonderful Christmastime' promo is aired on ATV Today. Wings appear at the Odeon, Birmingham.

14 December. Wings appear at the City Hall, Newcastle.

15 December. Wings appear at the Odeon, Edinburgh.

16 December. Wings appear at the Apollo, Glasgow.

17 December. Wings appear at the Apollo, Glasgow. The Campbeltown Pipes Band joins them on stage.

21 December. Radio Clyde airs a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

22 December. The show Saturday Shake Up features 'Flying With Wings' on Tyne-Tees Television.

25 December. As a special Christmas present, Paul buys a ranch in Arizona for $40,000, one that Linda had fallen in love with when she lived in Arizona during the 1960s.

27 December. The 'Wonderful Christmastime' promo is aired on Top Of The Pops.

27 December. The concerts for the people of Kampuchea take place at the Odeon, Hammersmith.

28 December. The second night of the concerts for the people of Kampuchea.

29 December. The last night of the concerts for the people of Kampuchea. There had been rumours that the Beatles would attend and when a toy robot glided across the stage, Paul said: 'No, that's not John Lennon!'

1980

2 January. Wings begin rehearsing for their Japanese tour at Paul's studio, the Mill.

12 January. Paul and his entourage leave London on their journey to Japan, staying overnight at the Stanhope Hotel, New York.

14 January. Paul phones John at the Dakota, hoping to meet him. Yoko intercepts the call and will not allow Paul to speak to John. Paul tells her that they are off to Japan.

16 January. Paul and Wings land in Japan to begin a series of concerts, but Paul is arrested and jailed on a drugs offence. Some people have suggested that it was Yoko Ono who actually tipped off the police.

17 January. Paul, now in a detention centre as Prisoner No. 22, is questioned by police for six hours.

18 January. The Tokyo court grants the prosecutor's request that Paul be held for a further ten days for questioning.

20 January. Live And Let Die, with Paul's title theme, receives its television premiere in Britain.

21 January. Laurence Juber and Steve Britton leave Japan for America and Denny Laine travels to Cannes.

22 January. Linda visits Paul in his cell.

24 January. Linda visits Paul in jail once again and states she will remain for 'as long as it takes'.

25 January. Paul is extradited from Japan and flies home via Alaska and Holland.

26 January. Paul and Linda arrive at Lydd Airport in Kent. The Sun newspaper reports on Paul's troubles under the headline, 'I'll Never Smoke Pot Again'.

27 January. Reporters hassle Paul at his home in Peasmarsh, pestering him about the incident. He asks them to leave him alone.

29 January. Denny Laine records 'Japanese Tears' at Rock City studios, London.

30 January. The This Is Your Life programme honours George Martin and a pre-recorded tribute by Paul is shown.

20 February. Paul gives an interview to Rolling Stone magazine.

26 February. At the 'British Rock And Pop Awards' at the Cafe Royal, Paul receives the 'Outstanding Music Personality of 1979' award.

27 February. The Rockestra Theme wins a Grammy Award. Highlights from the 'British Rock And Pop Awards' are shown on BBC 1.

3 March. Paul begins recording at Abbey Road Studios.

23 March. Paul completes three weeks of recording in both Abbey Road Studios and his own home studios.

26 March. Paul begins filming the promotional video 'Coming Up' at Ewart television studios, with the video being directed by Keith McMillan.

27 March. Recording of the 'Coming Up' promo is completed.

11 April. 'Coming Up' (studio version )/'Coming Up' (live version)7'Lunch Box - Odd Sox' is released in Britain.

15 April. 'Coming Up' (studio version)/'ComingUp (live version)7'Lunch Box - Odd Sox' is released in America.

1 May. Paul begins to learn to sail in a boat called Royal Isis.

2 May. Denny Laine's 'Japanese Tears' is released in Britain by Scratch Records.

9 May. Paul receives a 'Special International Achievement' award at the Ivor Novello Awards at the Grosvenor Hotel, London.

16 May. McCartney II is issued in Britain. Paul and Linda arrive in Cannes to visit the Cannes Film festival where the animated film 'Seaside Woman', based on Linda's song, will receive first prize, the Palm d'Or. The couple stay at the Montfleury Hotel where Ringo asks Paul if he would like to participate in his new album. Paul agrees to produce and play on it.

17 May. Paul and Linda appear on Saturday Night Live by satellite from outside the MPL offices in London. Billy Crystal is the host and the promo of 'Coming Up' is also shown.

19 May. The 'Coming Up' clip opens the MPL show 'Meet Paul McCartney'. During the day Paul is involved in numerous radio and TV interviews including ones for Associated Press and Thames Television.

20 May. Paul records an interview with Andy Peebles for Radio One.

21 May. McCartney II is released in America.

23 May. Nicky Home interviews Paul on Capital Radio for the Mummy's Weekly programme.

26 May. The interview Andy Peebles conducted with Paul at Broadcasting House is aired on Radio One.

27 May. Denny Laine appears on the TV programme Magpie to discuss his new book, The Denny Laine Guitar Book.

31 May. McCartney II tops the British album charts.

13 June. 'WaterfallsV'Check My Machine' is issued in Britain.

14 June. The 'Waterfalls' promo is shown on the children's TV programme Tiswas.

22 June. Denny Laine announces that he will go on tour with his wife Jo Jo.

28 June. 'Coming Up' tops the American charts. Wings begin rehearsing at Finston Manor in Kent for a two-week period.

9 July. Wings are filmed on their final day of rehearsals at Finston Manor by a camera crew from Day By Day, a Southern ITV programme.

10 July. The Day By Day feature on Wings is transmitted and includes an interview with Paul. The animated 'Seaside Woman' film is added to the bill of the Peter Sellers film Being There at British cinemas. A Daily Mirror feature on Linda is headed 'The Launching Of Linda - Paul's Wife Goes It Alone'.

11 July. Paul and Linda join Ringo at the Super Bear studios in Paris where Ringo records Paul's compositions 'Private Property' and 'Attention'. During their period at the studios, Paul, Linda and Laurence Juber record a number by Linda, 'Love's Full Glory'.

18 July. Paul and Linda are seen in 'Diary Of The Cannes Film Festival', which is screened in America.

22 July. 'Waterfalls'/'Check My Machine' is issued in America.

15 September. Paul's 12" single 'Temporary Secretary'/'Secret Friend' is released in Britain.

29 September. During a Newsweek interview with Barbara Graustark, John Lennon, when asked about Paul, referred to the time in 1976 when 'he turned up at the door. I said, "Look, do you mind ringing first? I've just had a hard day with the baby, I'm worn out and you're walking in with a damn guitar."'

2 October. Paul and Wings begin rehearsing at Finston Manor in Kent.

10 October. Paul and Linda donate £500 to help Liverpool boxer Johnny Owen, who has been injured in a boxing match.

27 October. Paul and George Martin begin recording at AIR Studios on the 'Rupert The Bear' soundtrack.

4 November. Mike McCartney travels to Rijnsburg, Holland to appear on a 'Save The Whales' charity show. In America Paul completes the final edits to the 'Rockestra' film.

6 November. Paul returns to England.

10 November. Paul works with Linda and Denny Laine on demo tracks for a forthcoming album.

26 November. Paul's Rockshow film is premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York.

27 November. Paul and Linda appear on a satellite broadcast from their Sussex home on the American ABC TV programme Good Morning America.

28 November. Paul and Denny Laine join George Martin at AIR studios in London to continue work on the next Wings album.

4 December. An interview album The McCartney Interview is issued in America.

8 December. John Lennon is fatally shot outside the Dakota building by Mark Chapman.

9 December. In England Paul learns of John's murder. Reporters camp outside his house for quotes. He says, 'I can't take it in at the moment. John was a great man who'll be remembered for his unique contributions to art, music and peace. He is going to be missed by the whole world.' He goes into London to resume working on the next Wings album and phones Yoko Ono in New York to offer his condolences.

1981

4 January. Highlights from the Kampuchea concerts in December 1979 are screened in various ITV regions in a programme called 'Rock For Kampuchea'.

1 February. Paul is in Montserrat to begin recording at George Martin's AIR studios on the island.

2 February. Paul begins recording tracks for forthcoming albums, with George Martin producing and drummer Dave Mattacks backing him.

3 February. Paul continues recording in Montserrat and tracks laid down include 'The Pound Is Sinking', 'Somebody Who Cares' and 'Hey Hey'.

8 February. Bass guitarist Stanley Clarke flies in from Philadelphia to join Paul at his recording sessions in Montserrat.

9 February. With Mattacks having returned to England, Paul is joined by another drummer, Steve Gadd.

15 February. Ringo Starr arrives in Montserrat to join Paul on his recording sessions.

16 February. Work begins on the track 'Take It Away', featuring Ringo on drums.

18 February. Paul, Linda and their kids make a brief visit to the West Indies.

19 February. Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach leave Montserrat to return to Los Angeles.

20 February. Carl Perkins arrives in Montserrat to join Paul on his recording sessions.

21 February. Paul and Carl Perkins begin recording together and tracks laid down over the next four days include 'Get It', 'My Old Friend', 'Honey Don't', 'Boppin' The Blues', 'Lend Me Your Comb', 'When The Saints Go Marching In', 'Cut Across Shorty' and 'Red Sails In The Sunset'. 23 February. The interview album The McCartney Interview is issued in Britain. The interview had originally been recorded in May 1980 by Vic Carbarini for Musician magazine.

26 February. Stevie Wonder joins Paul in Monserrat and they record a number they have written together, 'What's That You're Doing?'

27 February. Paul and Stevie Wonder begin recording 'Ebony And Ivory'. 3 March. Paul and Linda, having returned from Montserrat, begin recording at the AIR studios in London. During a break in the recordings Paul plays bass on a session with the Michael Schenker Group, on the invitation of drummer Cozy Powell.

30 March. The album Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea is released in America.

3 April. The album Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea is released in Britain.

8 April. Paul's Rockshow film receives its European premiere at the Dominion Theatre, London and Paul holds a party after the screening.

14 April. Paul fills up the tank of his Mercedes with diesel fuel instead of petrol on his way to Scotland. His car breaks down and he calls the AA (Automobile Association) to clear his tank.

27 April. Paul and Linda attend the wedding of Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach at Marylebone Register Office, where they were themselves married. The same registrar, Mr Jevans, conducts the ceremony. There was a reception held at Rags club during which a jam session took place with Paul and Nilsson on piano, George Harrison on guitar and Ringo and Ray Cooper playing spoons. Denny Laine appears on the ATV programme ATV Today to announce that he is leaving Wings, ending his ten-year association with the group. This is effectively the end of Wings.

11 May. George Harrison's tribute to John Lennon, 'All Those Years Ago' is released in America. Ringo Starr is on the single and Paul and Linda provide backing vocals.

15 May. 'All Those Years Ago' is released in Britain.

10 June. The 'Back To The Egg' television special, a 31-minute programme featuring promos from eight of the Back To The Egg tracks, receives its British TV premiere on BBC 1.

12 June. 'Silly Lovie Songs'/'Cook Of The House' receives a re-release in America.

18 June. The Simon Bates Show on Radio One devotes 50 minutes in celebration of Paul's 39th birthday.

27 September. The Sunday People publishes an interview with Paul. 4 October. The rights to the Quarry Men recording of 'That'll Be The Day' and 'In Spite Of All The Danger' pass into Paul's hands.

12 October. Thorn-EMI issue the home video of Rockshow. However, six of the tracks featured in the cinema version, issued earlier that year, have been excised: 'Call Me Back Again', 'Lady Madonna', 'The Long And Winding Road', 'Picasso's Last Words/Richard Corey', 'Blackbird' and 'My Love'.

19 November. Paul is unsuccessful in his bid to buy 'Northern Songs'. 21 November. Now joined by Yoko, Paul says that he will sue Grade for breach of trust for not allowing him to buy back the rights to the Beatles' hits.

27 November. Beatles names are given to Liverpool streets in a new housing project. They include a Paul McCartney Way.

1982

3 January. The Sunday Mirror features an article on Paul's home in Rye, Sussex.

4 January. The Times publishes an interview with Paul in which he says, 'If I could get John Lennon back, I'd ask him to undo this legacy and to tell everybody what he told Yoko - that he still liked me after all!'

8 January. Nationwide presents a pre-recorded interview with Paul, which Sue Lawley had conducted at Abbey Road Studios where Paul was spending much of January recording for his Tug Of War album.

13 January. Beginning today, Paul, Linda, Ringo and Barbara spend three days filming The Cooler at Ewerts Studio, London.

25 January. Paul appears in a short clip for the ATV 'American Music Awards' when he makes an introduction for Stevie Wonder. 30 January. Paul appears on the radio series Desert Island Discs. It is the 40th anniversary of the programme and Paul is the 1,630th guest.

11 February. Paul films scenes for the second promo of 'Ebony And Ivory' at the Old Royal Mint, London.

15 February. Tug Of War was due to be released on this day, but is postponed until Friday 12 March.

2 March. The first of a three-part interview with Paul appears in the Daily Star. The interviewers are Moira Warren and Jan Bendrick.

3 March. Part two of Paul's Daily Star interview appears.

4 March 4. The final part of Paul's Daily Star interview appears.

12 March. The date when Tug Of War is scheduled to be released is postponed again and a new release date is set for 19 April.

15 March. Paul is interviewed by Freddy Hausser for the French station A2.

29 March. 'Ebony And Ivory' is released in Britain. 2 April. 'Ebony and Ivory' is released in America. 8 April. The promo clip for 'Ebony And Ivory' receives its world premiere on Top Of The Pops.

11 April. The German TV show Musicszene screens a pre-recorded interview with Paul, which had been conducted at his MPL offices in London.

14 April. Paul begins recording 'The Girl Is Mine' with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones at Westlake Studios.

15 April. Paul continues the recording sessions at Westlake Studios.

16 April. Paul finishes his recordings with Michael Jackson. Paul and Linda visit Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Paul also records an interview for the show Friday Night Videos.

17 April. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is included as an audio-cassette with the new British music paper SFX.

18 April. A pre-recorded interview with Paul by Andy Peebles is broadcast on Radio One. A two-part interview with Paul, conducted by Tony Fletcher, appears in the Sunday Mirror.

19 April. Now at his farm in Scotland, Paul begins to compose some new songs. The release date for Tug Of War has been put back again.

20 April. Paul appears in a pre-recorded interview on the American TV show Entertainment Tonight.

23 April. Paul spends the day at AIR studios, London. The Friday Night Videos show, which Paul filmed on 16 April, is screened, which includes Paul introducing the 'Ebony And Ivory' promo.

24 April. An interview with Paul is published in Record Mirror.

25 April. The second part of Tony Fletcher's interview with Paul appears in the Sunday Mirror. The New York Times also publishes an interview with Paul, written by Robert Palmer. The LA Times also publishes an interview with Paul.

26 April. Paul is at AIR studios, London. The first of a four-part interview with Paul, conducted by Brian Grimble, appears on the NBC TV breakfast show Today. Tug Of War is released simultaneously in Britain and America.

29 April. An interview with Paul appears in the Liverpool publication Scene.

1 May. 'Ebony And Ivory' tops the British charts. 6 May. Paul and Linda make a surprise appearance on Top Of the Pops following the screening of a promo of 'Ebony And Ivory'. They give a special greeting to Heather, who has recently broken a leg and collarbone after being thrown off a horse, and they give a brief interview to Simon Bates.

15 May. 'Ebony And Ivory', Paul's duet with Stevie Wonder, tops the American charts.

19 May. Paul meets George Martin at AIR studios. 24 May. The Cooler is entered into the 'Best Short Subject' category at the Cannes Film Festival.

29 May. Paul is best man at the wedding of his brother Mike in Liverpool to Rowena Home. Tug Of War tops the American album charts.

13 June. The Sunday Mail features a double-page spread entitled 'The Magical Maturity Of Paul McCartney'.

14 June. Paul buys an eighteenth-century windmill.

18 June. Paul begins filming the 'Take It Away' promo at Elstree Studios. And there is a special party to celebrate Paul's 40th birthday with Ringo and Barbara, Eric Stewart, George Martin and Steve Gadd. The Sun newspaper features an article 'Fab And Forty'. 'Paul McCartney Today' is the title of a three-part interview, the first part of which is transmitted today on NBC Radio.

19 June. The second part of NBC Radio's three-part interview 'Paul McCartney Today' is broadcast.

20 June. The third part of NBC Radio's three-part interview 'Paul McCartney Today' is broadcast.

21 June. 'Take It AwayVTH Give You A Ring' is released in Britain. 23 June. Filming of 'Take it Away' at Elstree Studios is completed.

3 July. 'Take It Away'/Tll Give You A Ring' is released in America.

5 July. A 12" version of 'Take It Away'/Tll Give You A RingV'Dress Me Up As A Robber' is released in Britain.

15 July. Paul's Take It Away' video is premiered on Top Of The Pops, 26 July. The 12" version of 'Take It Away'/Tll Give You A RingV'Dress Me Up As A Robber' is released in America.

1 August. A pre-recorded interview with Paul, conducted by David Perry and called 'Paul McCartney: The Man and his Music' is broadcast on WGAR-AM Radio in Cleveland, Ohio.

1 September. Paul begins a short spell of recording at Abbey Road Studios.

7 September. Paul and Linda and Ringo and Barbara attend the Buddy Holly Rock 'n' Roll Championship at the Lyceum, London as part of the Buddy Holly Week celebrations. 20 September. 'Tug Of WarV'Get It' is released in Britain.

23 September. Paul films a promo of 'Tug Of War' at AIR studios, London.

24 September. Paul completes the filming of the 'Tug Of War' promo at AIR studios.

25 September. Paul and Linda attend a launch party for the Guinness Book Of Records at EMI Studios.

26 September. 'Tug Of WarV'Get It' is released in America.

4 October. To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the release of 'Love Me Do', Paul is interviewed for the Newsnight programme on BBC 1. He is asked how likely it would have been for the Beatles to get back together when John had been alive. Paul was to say: 'There were times when we thought "Oh, it would be great, it would be good." But we generally thought that if we did it, it would be a letdown. One of the things we'd been consciously aware of with the Beatles was to go and

have a great career and leave them laughing and we thought we'd done that, you know. We didn't want to come back as decrepit old rockers saying, "Remember us?"'

5 October. Paul is interviewed by Tony Prince for the Radio Luxembourg special 'McCartney Remembers'.

7 October. Paul sends a telegram to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher: 'What the miners did to Ted Heath, the nurses will do to you.'

9 October. Mike McCartney appears on BBC l's Saturday Superstore in an interview with Mike Read and the promo of 'Tug Of War' is screened.

18 October. Linda is featured on the cover of Woman magazine.

19 October. In New York, Linda buys a pair of doves.

25 October. 'This Girl Is Mine', the Michael Jackson single on which he duets with Paul, is released in America.

29 October. 'This Girl Is Mine' is released in Britain.

5 November. At Elstree Studios Paul begins filming of Give My Regards To Broad Street.

23 November. The BBC Radio One programme Newsbeat broadcasts a short pre-recorded interview with Paul.

24 November. Paul and Linda arrive in Paris.

25 November. Paul and Linda attend La Galerie Ganon where an exhibition of her photographs is on display.

29 November. Michael Jackson's album Thriller is issued in America and features his duet with Paul on 'This Girl Is Mine'.

8 December. Paul appears on a Channel 4 documentary programme about Rupert The Bear.

22 December. Paul attends the rock and pop memorabilia auction at Sotheby's, London.

25 December. Radio Luxembourg transmits 'The Paul McCartney Interview'.

26 December. Paul Gambaccini's Appreciation series on Radio One includes an interview with Paul.

1983

2 February. Michael Jackson arrives in Britain and stays with Paul and Linda at their Sussex home. He is here to make a promo with Paul for 'The Man'.

10 February. Paul, Linda and Michael Jackson attend the BRIT Awards. Paul is awarded 'Best British Male Artist of 1982' and receives a Sony Award for 'Technical Expertise' while George Martin and Geoff Emerick receive awards for their work on Paul's album Tug Of War. 26 February. An interview with Paul is published in the Sunday Mirror. 18 March. Denny Laine's company 'Denny Laine Ltd' is compulsorily wound up.

6 April. At the first American Video Awards, Paul is inducted into the Video Hall of Fame by Mike Nesmith and also receives a second award for 'Ebony And Ivory' as Best Soul Video.

17 April. A three-part series by Jo Jo Laine regarding her association with Paul and Linda begins in the Sunday People.

27 April. Paul and Linda join Ringo and Barbara at the St James Club, London to celebrate Ringo and Barbara's second wedding anniversary. 8 May. Filming of Give My Regards To Broad Street ends and at the Elstree Studios party the cast and crew are all given a crystal glass tumbler with the message 'With Love From Paul And Linda'.

11 May. A photograph of Paul and Ringo from Give My Regards To Broad Street is published in the Daily Mirror.

16 May. An interview with Paul is published in the Daily Mirror.

5 June. MTV presents a live interview with Paul from Shepperton Studio.

16 June. Paul records an interview with Simon Bates for Radio One.

17 June. The Simon Bates interview with Paul is broadcast with Paul discussing his upcoming album Pipes Of Peace.

18 June. 'Paul McCartney - The Solo Years' is a programme broadcast in America by Westwood One radio to celebrate Paul's birthday.

26 June. Parade magazine publishes an interview with Paul.

4 July. Paul completes some recordings at AIR studios in London before flying off to Montserrat.

16 July. Paul is seen busking in Leicester Square for an additional scene for Give My Regards To Broad Street.

23 July. An exhibition of Linda's entitled 'Photographs' opens in the Barry Stern Gallery in New South Wales, Australia.

25 July. Paul, George and Ringo are spotted at the Gore Hotel, Kensington having a drink together.

26 July. Paul is at Elstree Studios for some post-production work on Give My Regards To Broad Street.

6 August. Paul has lunch with his brother Mike in Liverpool before flying to New York.

26 August. Paul begins recording at AIR studios, London with George Martin.

28 August. Paul, Linda and family are in Liverpool.

1 September. The charity single 'The Selection Of Children's Stories', issued by Warwick Records, has sleeve notes penned by Paul and Linda. 6 September. Paul and Linda host their annual Buddy Holly Week.

12 September. A paperback edition of Linda's book Photographs is published.

19 September. The Liverpool Echo publishes an interview with Paul. 22 September. Paul and Linda attend the Everly Brothers concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Also in the audience are Ringo and Barbara, Eric Clapton and Mickey Dolenz.

27 September. Ruth McCartney makes her American singing debut on NBC's Fantasy programme.

29 September. Time magazine hosts a 60th anniversary party at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Paul and Linda are amongst the guests, as are Ringo Starr, Elton John, Pete Townshend and Diana Rigg.

3 October. 'Say Say Say'/'Ode To A Teddy Bear', the single on which Paul duets with Michael Jackson, is issued simultaneously in Britain and America.

4 October. Shooting begins on the 'Say Say Say' promotional film in Los Alamos, California and lasts for four days.

14 October. Paul records an interview for Radio One's Saturday Live Show in which he discusses Give My Regards To Broad Street.

17 October. The release of Pipes Of Peace in Britain is delayed.

18 October. The Enquirer magazine reports that Paul has bought a $100,000 dollar bed with a built-in stereo system for Stevie Wonder. 22 October. Paul's pre-recorded interview for Saturday Live Show is broadcast.

28 October. The 'Say Say Say' promo receives its British premiere on The Tube. Linda's 'Photographs' exhibition opens at the Milburn Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.

29 October. Paul and Linda appear on the TV show The Late Late Breakfast Show, hosted by Noel Edmonds, to promote their 'Say Say Say' promo.

30 October. The 'Say Say Say' video receives its world premiere on MTV in America.

31 October. Pipes Of Peace is released simultaneously in Britain and America.

1 November. Paul, Linda and family return to London from Los Angeles. 4 November. The 'Say Say Say' video receives its network premiere in America on NBC-TV's Friday Night Videos.

11 November. MTV announces that Paul will release 'The Man' as his next single.

15 November. Paul composes the theme music for the film The Honorary Consul.

24 November. Smash Hits publishes an interview with Paul.

I December. Paul, George and Ringo meet Yoko Ono at the Dorchester Hotel, London to discuss Apple business. The first of a two-part interview with Paul is shown on the American CBS programme Entertainment Tonight.

3 December. Paul is interviewed by Simon Bates for his Radio One show.

4 December. The second part of Paul's interview is screened on Entertainment Tonight.

5 December. 'Say Say Say' reaches No. 1 in the American charts. Paul's single 'So Bad'/'Pipes Of Peace' is released in America. The British release is 'Pipes Of Peace'/'So Bad'.

6 December. Linda's exhibition 'Photographs' opens at the Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

II December. Paul is interviewed on the MTV programme 'MTV In London'.

13 December. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is featured on the ITV show Razzmatazz.

14 December. Paul is seen in a pre-recorded interview on the BBC 1 programme Harty.

16 December. Paul is interviewed by Leslie Ash for The Tube.

23 December. The first of a two-part pre-recorded interview with Paul is included in the Friday Night Videos show in America.

25 December. A pre-recorded interview conducted by Allan Banks is broadcast by the British Forces Broadcasting Service. 31 December. The radio station Signal transmits a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

1984

3 January. Paul, Linda and the kids fly to New York on their way to a fortnight's holiday in Barbados.

5 January. An interview with Paul, originally recorded in October 1983, is broadcast on a local NBC station in America, the WKYC news channel.

13 January. Paul, Linda, Stella and James settle in at Potter's House,

Bridgetown, Barbados.

16 January. Paul and Linda are arrested for possession of cannabis in Barbados when police raid their villa and discover ten grams of marijuana.

17 January. In court in Barbados Paul and Linda plead guilty to possession of marijuana and are fined 200 Barbados dollars. At the American Music Awards, a message Paul videotaped for Michael Jackson is screened. Cannabis is found in Linda's possession when she arrives back in England.

19 January, Commenting on Linda's search by customs officials at Heathrow, Paul says, 'All our bags were thoroughly searched by police in Barbados after we were busted there. They told us we were clean but they obviously didn't do a thorough job. Most of the time, Linda doesn't know what's in her bag anyway. It wouldn't have been there if they'd done their job properly.'

24 January. Linda appears at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court where her defence counsel tells the magistrates, 'Linda is genuinely sorry, and wishes to make a genuine apology. I urge the court not to make an example of her just because she is famous. Linda is a thoughtful, likeable woman who has done far more for other people than those who sneer at her.' Linda is fined £75 for possession of cannabis.

27 January. The second part of an interview with Paul is screened on Friday Night Videos. The London magazine Time Out publishes an article in which Paul calls for the legalisation of cannabis.

31 January. The Sun newspaper begins a four-part feature by Denny Laine, discussing his association with Paul.

2 February. Humphrey Ocean's portrait of Paul is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

10 February. Paul is again featured on Friday Night Videos.

11 February. 'So Bad' tops the American charts.

13 February. The Paul/Michael Jackson single 'The ManV'Blackpool', planned for release in Britain today on Parlophone 6066, is cancelled. 21 February. 'Pipes Of Peace' receives the 'Best Video of 1983' award at the 1983 Rock and Pop Awards. Keith MacMillan picks up the award on Paul's behalf as Paul, Linda and the kids are on a skiing holiday. 29 February. Tug Of War is issued on CD in America, while in Britain EMI release a CD of Pipes Of Peace.

3 March. The Paul McCartney Fan Club of Scotland organises a two-day Beatles convention.

5 March. Rolf Harris presents Geoff Dunbar with the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) for directing Rupert And The Frog Song as 'Best Short Animated Film'.

21 March. On their return from a brief holiday in Switzerland, Paul and Linda attend a reception at St James's Palace and talk to the Queen Mother.

2 April. The first of a three-part series on Paul is featured in the Scottish Daily Record.

3 April. The second part of the series on Paul is featured in the Daily Record.

4 April. The Daily Record completes its three-part series on Paul. An interview with Paul also appears in the Sun newspaper.

10 April. Paul begins filming the promo for 'No More Lonely Nights' in Bermondsey, London.

11 April. The first part of a two-part interview with Paul is broadcast on Capital Radio.

14 April. Linda and David Bailey appear on a Radio One programme on photography.

18 April. The second part of Paul's interview is broadcast on Capital Radio.

23 April. Radio Merseyside and Radio Northampton broadcast a prerecorded interview with Paul entitled 'McCartney: The Man'. 26 April. Bob Marley's 'One Love' video, on which Paul appears in a cameo role, is screened on Top Of The Pops. Mike McCartney unveils a statue of the Beatles in Liverpool.

6 May. Paul and Linda have a family get-together with McCartney relatives at 'Rembrandt', their Wirral home.

18 May. The Phipps Plaza Cinema in Atlanta, Georgia holds a sneak preview of the movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.

22 May. Linda appears on Good Morning America.

3 June. Linda's photographic exhibition at the Barbara Gillman Gallery in Florida closes.

9 June. Paul appears on London Weekend television's Aspel And Company, along with Tracy Ullman.

17 June. Stuart Grundy interviews Paul for the Radio One show 'Echoes'.

18 June. The first of a two-part interview with Paul is broadcast on the NBC TV show Today.

19 June. The second part of Paul's interview is broadcast on NBC TV's Today.

5 July. A colour photograph of Paul with Fairuza Balk, who plays Dorothy

in the Return To Oz movie, appears in Rolling Stone magazine.

28 July. Paul begins mixing a disco version of 'No More Lonely Nights' at AIR studios. The Radio Four programme Desert Island Discs makes an apology to Larry Parnes regarding remarks humorously made by Paul when he appeared on the programme in January 1982.

24 August. 'On the Wings Of A Nightingale' by the Everly Brothers is released. It was written and mixed by Paul.

7 September. Paul presents the prizes in a Buddy Holly drawing competition at Hamilton's Gallery, London during his Buddy Holly Week.

8 September. The MPL film The Music Lives On is screened by MTV. 24 September. The single 'No More Lonely Nights (ballad version)7'No More Lonely Nights (playout version)' is issued in Britain, together with a 12" disc 'No More Lonely Nights (extended playout version)7'No More Lonely Nights (ballad version)7'Silly Love Songs'.

2 October. The promotional video for 'No More Lonely Nights' is premiered on MTV. It is directed by Keith MacMillan and includes additional footage with Paul portrayed as a film projectionist who finds no one at home when he calls and wanders out onto a rooftop to gaze at the London skyline. The 12" single of 'No More Lonely Nights' is also released.

5 October. 'No More Lonely Nights (ballad version)7'No More Lonely Nights (playout version)' is issued in America.

7 October. Paul is the cover-story subject of the American magazine Family Weekly.

10 October. WGN, the Chicago radio station, airs a 30-minute interview with Paul, conducted by Roy Leonard.

14 October. London Weekend Television's South Bank Show presents a programme on Give My Regards To Broad Street, which includes the first public performance of new versions of 'Eleanor Rigby', 'For No One' and 'Yesterday'.

15 October. Paul arrives in New York to promote Give My Regards To Broad Street, beginning with a full day of interviews at the Plaza hotel. He is also honoured at a luncheon by ASCAP at the Jockey Club. Carly Simon and Ashford and Simpson are among the guests. He records an appearance on the Tonight Show.

16 October. Paul and Linda leave New York for Chicago.

18 October. Paul and Linda hold a press conference in Chicago to promote Give My Regards To Broad Street. The 'No More Lonely Nights' promo is screened on Top Of The Pops.

19 October. Paul is interviewed about Give My Regards To Broad Street by the Chicago radio station WLS.

22 October. The soundtrack album of Give My Regards to Broad Street is issued simultaneously in the UK and America.

23 October. Paul and Linda hold a press conference promoting Give My Regards To Broad Street at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles.

24 October. Paul appears on the live phone-in radio show Rockline. They also host a party at the Bistro Restaurant in Beverly Hills. Paul also appears on Rocker Special, an ABC TV programme.

25 October. Paul appears on Good Morning America promoting Give My Regards To Broad Street. The film opens at the Gotham Theater, New York City.

26 October. Paul appears on CBS Morning News, PM Magazine, Hour Magazine and the Tonight Show promoting Give My Regards To Broad Street. The film opens nationally in America. Pavilion Books also publish the book of the film.

28 October. Paul appears on the New York radio station WPJL to promote Give My Regards To Broad Street.

29 October. Remixed versions of both the 7" and 12" versions of 'No More Lonely Nights' are released in Britain.

30 October. The MTV show Linear Notes features a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

2 November. Paul and Linda appear on the A.M. Chicago radio show while a pre-taped interview with Paul is screened on Entertainment Tonight.

5 November. 'We All Stand Together'/'We All Stand Together (humming version)' is released in Britain.

7 November. Paul renews his acquaintance with Julian Lennon after recording an episode of Friday Night Videos, an American TV show.

11 November. The first of a two-part interview with Paul promoting Give My Regards To Broad Street is broadcast by Capital Radio.

12 November. Paul is heard on two American radio shows, Top 30 USA and Rock Notes.

16 November. Paul's appearance on Friday Night Videos is screened. Paul is also featured on the TV show New York Hot Tracks.

17 November. The promo for 'We All Stand Together' receives its world premiere on the BBC 1 show Saturday Superstore.

18 November. The second part of Paul's Capital Radio interview is broadcast.

23 November. Paul records a three-part interview with Simon Bates. Paul also pre-records an interview with Russell Harty for a show entitled Harty With McCartney. Paul appears on the BBC 1 programme 'Children In Need' and donates £5,000 to the charity.

24 November. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is featured on BBC Radio Two's Star Sound Extra. The Album Time programme on Radio Two features the Give My Regards To Broad Street soundtrack.

25 November. Paul records two spoken messages for the flipside of the 'Do They Know It's Christmas?7'Feed The World' charity single. Paul and Linda attend the British premieres of Give My Regards To Broad Street and Rupert And The Frog Song at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square.

26 November. The first part of the interview with Simon Bates is broadcast on Radio One. The TV show Harty With McCartney is broadcast. Linda is interviewed for a regional TV programme London Plus. TV AM features a pre-recorded message from Paul.

27 November. The second part of Paul's interview with Simon Bates is broadcast on Radio One. In America a pre-recorded interview with Paul is featured on the CBS show Entertainment Tonight.

28 November. The gala premiere of Give My Regards To Broad Street takes place at the Odeon Cinema, Liverpool and Paul receives the Freedom of the City Award in Liverpool. The third part of Paul's interview with Simon Bates is broadcast. In America a pre-recorded interview with Paul is featured on the TV show Hour Magazine.

29 November. Give My Regards To Broad Street receives its official London premiere at the Empire Theatre, attended by Paul and Linda, Ringo and Barbara and Olivia Harrison. A pre-recorded interview with Linda is featured on Good Morning America.

30 November. 'Entertainment Tonight' in America reviews the film 'Give My Regards To Broad Street.'

1 December. TV AM screens a pre-recorded interview with Paul. Paul is in the studios recording 'We Got Married' and 'Lindiana'.

2 December. Give My Regards To Broad Street is discussed by Gloria Hunniford and her guests Kenny Everett and Maureen Lipman on ITV's Sunday Sunday.

3 December. Westwood One begins syndicating an interview with Paul to various American radio stations.

6 December. The TV documentary 'Paul McCartney, The Man, His Music, His Movies' is screened in Britain in various ITV areas.

8 December. It is the fourth anniversary of John Lennon's murder and Paul discusses him on a pre-recorded 30-minute interview on Good Morning Britain. In America a pre-recorded video of Paul introducing the song 'Disco Duck' is shown on Solid Gold.

11 December. In a pre-filmed interview, Paul discusses 'Rupert The Bear' on the children's TV programme CBTV.

14 December, Paul appears on the American show Rick Dee's Weekly Top 40 Radio Show. On the MTV programme Top 20 Paul introduces his promo for 'No More Lonely Nights'.

15 December. Another clip of Paul's appearance on Rick Dee's Weekly Top 40 Radio Show is transmitted. Paul also records another interview for MTV.

16 December. Paul's appearance on Rick Dee's Weekly Top 40 Radio Show receives another transmission.

17 December. Paul returns to London from America.

21 December. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is screened on TV AM. 25 December. A pre-recorded Christmas message from Paul is screened on TV AM. The ITV programme 'Top Pop Videos Of 1984' screens the promo for 'We All Stand Together' plus a Christmas greeting from Paul.

26 December. Paul's Desert Island Discs appearance from 30 January 1982 is repeated on Radio Four.

1985

2 January. Paul turns down an offer to appear in the popular American soap Dallas. A Give My Regards To Broad Street video game is released in Britain.

4 January. Paul, Linda and the kids fly to New York on Concorde.

6 January. MTV screens a repeat showing of Paul's appearance on the Tyne-Tees programme The Tube.

9 January. Linda's animated short 'Seaside Woman' receives its British television premiere on BBC 2. Paul and Linda are on the cover of Weekend magazine.

11 January. Give My Regards To Broad Street goes on general release in Britain.

18 January. Actor Wilfred Brambell dies at the age of 82. He portrayed Paul's grandfather in A Hard Day's Night.

19 January. Night Flight, a US cable programme, features a 45-minute tribute to Paul and includes the first national screening of the disco version of 'No More Lonely Nights'.

23 February. The ITV series Freeze Frame features an interview with Paul that had been recorded a couple of years previously in which he mainly discussed the Tug Of War album. Videos of 'Take It Away', 'Coming Up', 'Tug Of War' and 'Ebony And Ivory' are also screened. 2 March. Paul appears on Channel 4's On The Other Side Of The Tracks with Paul Gambaccini.

5 March. Give My Regards To Broad Street is released on home video in America.

8 March. Paul discusses Little Richard in a pre-recorded interview screened on Tyne-Tees' The Tube.

13 March. 'We All Stand Together' receives an award as 'Best Film Theme of 1984' at the Ivor Novello Awards. As Paul is ill, George Martin picks up the award on his behalf.

22 March. The American syndicated radio series On The Road presents a one-hour programme on Paul, repeated over the following two days.

30 March. Michael Jackson spends the weekend with Paul and Linda at their East Sussex farm.

15 May. Paul records a brief message for the flipside of Gerry Marsden's single 'You'll Never Walk Alone', which is in aid of the families of the victims of the Bradford City FC disaster.

12 June. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is featured on the MTV programme 'Rock Of The Eighties'.

13 July. Paul appears on the 'Live Aid' concert from Wembley Stadium, London and performs 'Let It Be'.

14 July. Paul overdubs a different vocal onto his 'Live Aid' appearance.

25 July. Give My Regards To Broad Street is issued as a video in Britain.

10 August. Michael Jackson outbids the competition in his aim to acquire the Northern Songs catalogue from ATV Music.

29 August. A letter Paul had sent to the Melody Maker sells for £10,000 at the Sotheby's auction.

31 August. 'The Beatles - Yesterday', a radio special in honour of the 20th anniversary of Paul's composition 'Yesterday', is syndicated around American stations.

4 September. Traffic warden Meta Davies, who claimed to be the 'meter maid' in Paul's song 'Lovely Rita', retires.

6 September. After eight months of negotiations, Michael Jackson pays $47.5 million for ATV Music, which has the Northern Songs catalogue with 251 Lennon and McCartney compositions, plus 4,000 other songs.

11 September. Paul and Linda host a Buddy Holly Week luncheon in London.

12 September. BBC 2's Arena programme plays the Quarry Men's early 'That'll Be The Day' disc. Paul also appears and performs some snatches of Buddy Holly songs.

14 September. Paul and Linda attend another Buddy Holly event in London.

1 October. Paul resumes recordings for Press To Play at his Scottish studio which he began in April 1985.

4 October. An exhibition of Linda's photographs opens in Warsaw.

9 October. Paul joins Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase at Abbey Road Studios to film a promo for 'Spies Like Us', with John Landis directing, 6 November. Paul is quoted as saying, 'Lennon was a manoeuvring swine' in a New York Post interview headed 'Imagine: John Lennon Tries To Steal My Songs'.

14 November. Rupert And The Frog Song is issued as a home video in Britain, and also includes 'Seaside Woman' and 'Oriental Nightfish'.

16 November. The 'Spies Like Us' promo receives its British TV premiere on The Late Late Breakfast Show. Paul is interviewed on the show by its host Noel Edmonds.

18 November. Paul's single 'Spies Like Us' is issued simultaneously in the UK and USA. It becomes Paul's 100th single to enter the Billboard charts.

21 November. Paul is interviewed by Gloria Hunniford on her Radio Two show.

22 November. Paul appears on Friday Night Videos promoting 'Spies Like Us'.

6 December. Alan Grimadell of the National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Operations interviews Paul. This is for a broadcast to patients in British hospitals and is called 'Paul McCartney: The Man'.

7 December. Paul appears on Saturday Superstore, hosted by Mike Read. He participates in a phone-in and introduces his promos for 'Spies like Us' and 'We All Stand Together'. The Times publishes an interview with Paul by Patrick Humphries.

18 December. Paul pre-records a tribute to Gerry Marsden, the subject of this week's Thames television show This Is Your Life.

22 December. Paul is interviewed by Janice Long for a Radio One show 'Listen To What The Man Said'.

25 December. TV-AM's 'Caring Christmas Campaign' screens a video message from Paul wishing viewers a 'Happy Christmas.'

1986

6 January. Paul's Rupert And The Frog Song becomes the second most successful video released in the UK, Michael Jackson's Thriller being the first.

26 January. Paul and Linda attend the Superbowi Party at the Video Cafe in London.

27 January. Paul receives an 'Award Of Merit' from the American Music awards via a satellite link-up from the Hippodrome club in London.

8 February. Rick Dee's Weekly Top 40 screens a brief appearance by Paul.

14 February. Paul is the subject of a two-hour Legends Of Rock show on NBC radio. The movie Spies Like Us receives its British premiere.

15 March. 'Rock For Kampuchea' is screened on American cable television.

28 March. Paul is on the cover of USA Weekend. 4 April. Paul appears on the TV show The Tube.

8 April. The edition of The Tube featuring Paul is repeated.

14 April. Paul begins mixing his new album at AIR studios.

2 May. Give My Regards To Broad Street makes its European TV debut on the cable and satellite channel Premier.

26 May. Paul receives an honorary membership in the Guinness Hall of Fame on the BBC 1 show 'Guinness Book Of Records Hall Of Fame', hosted by David Frost.

28 May. Hal David picks up an award for Paul from ASCAP in Los Angeles for 'No More Lonely Nights', the most performed song of the year (October 1984 - September 1985).

13 June. Linda appears live on the BBC Radio Four show Woman's Hour.

16 June. Paul films a promo for 'Press', directed by Philip Davey.

20 June. Paul appears at the Prince's Trust Gala at Wembley Arena. It is the 10th anniversary of the Prince's Trust and Paul performs before Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales.

23 June. A pre-taped interview with Paul is aired in America on Entertainment Tonight, a CBS TV programme.

28 June. The Prince's Trust concert with Paul performing 'Long Tall Sally', 'I Saw Her Standing There' and 'Get Back' is screened on BBC 2. 4 July. Paul's promo of 'Press' is shown on The Tube. 12 July. BBC 2 presents the British TV premiere of the MPL documentary 'Blankit's Last Show'. Paul's 'All You Horseriders', an unreieased composition of his, is heard on the soundtrack.

14 July. The 'Press' single is released in both the UK and the USA with 'It's Not True' on the flip.

16 July. Paul gives a pre-recorded interview to Selina Scott, which appears on the BBC programme Breakfast Time the next day.

18 July. Paul films an interview for the BBC 1 special 'McCartney' at Abbey Road Studios. This will be screened on 29 August on BBC 1 and on 30 December on BBC 2 and issued as a home video under the title 'The Paul McCartney Story'.

19 July. Paul's promo for 'Press' receives its premiere on Off The Wall, a programme on the Music Box cable channel. Inside HBO in America screens a two-minute clip from an interview with Paul.

20 July. MTV screens Paul's promo of 'Press'.

23 July. The American TV show Entertainment Tonight features excerpts from 'The Prince's Trust 10th Birthday Party Concert'. It includes an interview with Paul conducted by Selina Scott.

1 August. Paul appears on BBC TV's Wogan.

9 August. An interview with Paul conducted by Janice Long is broadcast on The Saturday Picture Show.

17 August. Paul and Linda fly to America to promote the album Press To Play.

18 August. Paul begins a series of interviews to promote Press To Play. 22 August. The Press to Play album is issued in America.

24 August. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is broadcast on BBC Radio One's The Simon Bates Show.

25 August. Paul begins recording at the Power Station studios New York with Billy Joel's backing band. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is also broadcast on the David Jenson Show on Capital Radio. The first of a four-part interview with Paul is screened on NBC TV's Today programme.

26 August. The second part of Paul's pre-recorded interview is screened by Today. The home video of 'The Real Buddy Holly Story', featuring the Quarry Men performing 'That'll Be The Day' is issued in Britain. This version is thirty minutes longer than the BBC 2 screening on 12 September 1985.

27 August. NBC TV's Today screens the third part of Paul's interview.

28 August. The final part of Paul's four-part interview to promote Press To Play is featured on the NBC programme Today.

1 September. The album Press To Play is issued in the UK. It is featured in America on the NBC Radio programme Album Party. 5 September. A pre-recorded tape of Paul introducing Tina Turner is screened at the MTV Awards.

10 September. Paul and Linda host a Buddy Holly Week lunch at the Break For The Border restaurant in London during which they present Jerry Allison of the Crickets with a gold disc for That'll Be The Day'.

12 September. Linda is featured in the BBC 2 programme Landscapes.

13 September. Westwood One radio syndicates a 90-minute broadcast of the Prince's Trust Rock Gala Concert across America.

20 September. The Disney channel screens Rupert And The Frog Song for the first time.

21 September. The home video of 'The Real Buddy Holly Story' is issued in America.

24 September. The American Cinemax TV station screens 'The Real Buddy Holly Story'.

27 September. A Radio 1 show 'City to City', about the Liverpool music scene, includes an interview with Paul,

29 September. An interview with Paul is included on Rock Today, a syndicated American radio programme. The show is syndicated to various stations around America over the next week.

2 October. Radio 1 repeats 'City To City'.

3 October. Rock Watch, a three-hour American radio programme with an interview with Paul, is syndicated in America until 5 October, as is a similar programme, Hot Rocks.

4 October. Les Enfants Du Rock, a French television show, features a 15-minute pre-recorded interview with Paul.

11 October. The Music Box cable channel show Off The Wall reports on Denny Laine's bankruptcy.

12 October. Paul is interviewed on Capital Radio.

16 October. Paul receives the 'Best Selling Video' award for Rupert And The Frog Song at the British Music Video Awards.

17 October. Dick Clark's Rock and Roll Remembers series syndicates a four-hour radio programme on Paul.

18 October. Paul films a cameo for the promo of 'Pretty Little Head'.

26 October. Paul's single 'Pretty Little Head' is issued in the UK.

27 October. The single 'Pretty Little Head'/'Write Away' is released in Britain. The first of a two-part interview with Paul is published in the new American magazine Hits.

29 October. Paul's single 'Stranglehold'/'Angry' is released in America. 3 November. Filming begins on a six-day shoot for a promo of 'Pretty Little Head', which features actors in a story similar to 'She's Leaving Home'. The second of a two-part interview with Paul is published in the new American magazine Hits. 6 November. 'Blankit's First Show' is repeated on BBC 1.

17 November. Paul begins three days of shooting for the promotional video of 'Only Love Remains'. The promo is directed by Maurice Phillips and features the actors Gordon Jackson and Pauline Yates.

18 November. Mike McCartney appears on TV-AM promoting his book Mike Mac's Black And Whites Plus One Colour.

19 November. By Request, an album by Matt Monro who died of cancer in February 1985, is released, with tributes from various stars, including a 22-word tribute from Paul.

20 November. Paul receives the 'Personality Of The Year' Award at the Bambi Awards in Munich, Germany. West German football manager Franz Beckenbauer presents him with the award.

23 November. Paul and Linda attend the rehearsals for the Royal Variety Command Performance Show.

24 November. Paul appears on stage at the Royal Variety Command Performance Show at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. The Anti-Heroin Project: It's A Live-In World is released in Britain.

28 November. BBC 1 screens the Royal Variety Command Performance Show.

1 December. The single 'Only Love Remains'/'Tight On A Tightrope' is issued in the UK. In America the CD of Wings Greatest is released.

9 December. Paul voiced his disagreement over the teachers' strike.

10 December. Paul records an insert for 'Only Love Remains' at the Top Of The Pops studios, although it is not shown due to the single's poor chart placing.

11 December. Paul pre-records an interview and performs before a live audience for the Channel 4 series The Tube. On the way to the studio in Newcastle Paul and Linda's car bursts into flames.

12 December. The episode of The Tube featuring a 14-minute insert of Paul is transmitted.

13 December. Paul appears on the children's programme Saturday Superstore and is interviewed by Mike Read. A pre-recorded interview with Paul, conducted by Suni, a female DJ, is screened on the Off The Wall programme on the Music Box cable channel. A promo of 'Only Love Remains' is also screened.

14 December. The episode of The Tube, which Paul recorded on 11 December, is repeated on Channel 4. Conspiracy Of Hope, the Amnesty International charity album, which contains Paul's 'Pipes Of Peace', is issued internationally.

16 December. Denny Laine is officially declared bankrupt in a London court.

25 December. On Noel Edmonds's BBC 1 show, a two-minute Christmas greeting from Paul is screened.

30 December. During Granada TV's 30th birthday celebrations, Channel 4 screens 'The Music Of Lennon and McCartney'.

31 December. The film of 'The Prince's Trust 10th Birthday Party Concert', in which Paul is featured, is repeated on BBC 2. Capital Radio airs a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

1987

3 January. Music Box, the cable channel, presents an exclusive prerecorded interview with Paul on their series Private Eyes.

6 January. Piccadilly Radio, the Manchester station, airs the first of a two-part interview with Paul.

7 January. Piccadilly Radio airs the second part of its interview with Paul.

9 January. Twice In A Lifetime the Ann Margret/Gene Hackman film for which Paul wrote the theme music, opens in London.

2 February. Paul is recording at Audio International studios in London, with Phil Ramone producing.

3 February. Paul is recording at Audio International studios.

4 February. Duane Eddy visits Paul at his recording studio in Sussex. He records 'So Glad To See You Here', with Paul on bass. He also records the 'Rockestra Theme' for his forthcoming Duane Eddy album, which is released in Britain on 19 June 1987.

5 February. Paul is recording at Audio International studios.

6 February. Paul completes his recordings at Audio International studios.

16 February. Paul and his family set off for a holiday.

27 February. Paul has returned from his holiday and joins George Martin to listen to the recordings produced by Phil Ramone.

28 February. Linda's photographic exhibition opens at the Octagon Gallery, Bath.

4 March. Paul and Linda film a scene for the movie Eat The Rich in Moor Park, Hertfordshire.

9 March. Paul's appearance on the Channel 4 programme The Tube is screened on MTV.

19 May. Linda's 'Photographs' exhibition opens at the Olympus Gallery, Hamburg and runs until 29 June.

7 April. Linda is a guest at the all-women's lunch for the National Rubella council, although Paul accompanies her.

24 April. The Prince's Trust 10th Anniversary Birthday Party album is released in Britain with a free bonus single by Paul.

27 April. CDs of the McCartney and Ram albums are issued in Britain.

1 May. Richard Ogden becomes Paul's new manager.

26 May. A CD of the Wings Over America album is issued in Britain.

30 May. Geoff Baker releases the news that Paul, George and Ringo have recorded together to the British press.

1 June. At a special 20th anniversary party for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at Abbey Road Studios, Paul and Linda are among the guests - and Linda makes the anniversary cake.

18 June. Vicki Peterson of the Bangles splits her trousers on stage and says: 'It's Paul McCartney's birthday today and I heard he once split his pants in Hamburg, so in honour of him, I split mine.'

30 June. Linda donates the proceeds from her 'Photographs' exhibition in Bath to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

1 July. Paul is once again at Abbey Road Studios, overdubbing three of his recent numbers.

20 July. Paul begins a two-day recording session during which he records eighteen rock and roll numbers, most of which appear on the Choba В СССР album in 1988. He is accompanied by Mick Green on guitar, Chris Whitten on drums and Mick Gallagher on piano.

21 July. Paul continues recording rock and roll oldies, including 'Crackin' Up', 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore' and 'Ain't That A Shame'. He also records 'I Saw Her Standing There'.

7 September. Paul and Linda attend the EMI Sales conference at the Metropole Hotel, Brighton.

9 September. Paul and Linda hold their Buddy Holly Week luncheon at the Dolphin Brasserie, Pimlico. Paul takes part in a jam session with various guests who include Alvin Stardust and Mick Green.

13 September. Paul's Buddy Holly Week ends with a Rock 'n' Roll funfair at Camden Town Hall, London.

5 October. The CDs of Red Rose Speedway, McCartney II and Wild Life are issued in Britain.

12 October. Disc jockey Mike Read begins recording an interview with Paul at the International Christian Community studios in Eastbourne, Sussex.

13 October. Mike Read finishes recording a lengthy interview with Paul, to be broadcast on Radio One.

16 October. Paul films the promo for 'Once Upon A Long Ago' in the Valley of the Rock in Devon.

20 October. Sony Video issues a 52-minute documentary 'The Paul McCartney Special'. It is taken from a BBC special aired in 1986 and is a retrospective of Paul's career, which includes clips and an interview disc jockey Richard Skinner conducted with Paul at Abbey Road Studios.

21 October. George and Ringo visit Paul at his Cavendish Avenue house.

23 October. The movie Eat The Rich, featuring a cameo by Paul and Linda, is premiered in London.

24 October. Radio One broadcasts the first part of Mike Read's three-part interview with Paul.

29 October. A video of The Paul McCartney Special' is released. 31 October. The second part of Mike Read's interview with Paul is broadcast on Radio One.

2 November. Paul's second compilation album of hits, All The Best, is released in Britain. EMI also release a limited edition box set of nine of Paul's Parlophone singles.

7 November. Radio One broadcasts the final part of Mike Read's interview with Paul.

9 November. The home video of 'The Paul McCartney Story' is issued in America.

16 November. Paul's single 'Once Upon A Long AgoV'Back On My Feet' is released in Britain. There is a 7", two different 12" releases and a CD release.

17 November. Paul is at Tyne-Tees Television in Newcastle recording for the pop show The Roxy. He mimes to a performance of 'Once Upon A Long Ago'.

18 November. Paul promotes 'Once Upon A Long Ago' for the Japanese programme Yoru No Hit Studio via a live satellite link.

19 November. Paul and Linda record an appearance on the TV chat show Wogan, during which Paul performs 'Jet' and 'Listen To What The Man Said'. A promo of 'Once Upon A Long Ago' is also shown.

20 November. Paul and Linda's appearance on the BBC TV show Wogan is broadcast.

24 November. Paul's appearance on The Roxy is aired.

30 November. Paul appears on the Dutch TV show Countdown.

1 December. A CD of Band On The Run is issued in America. Paul is working with George Martin at AIR studios on music for his 'Rupert The Bear' project.

2 December. Paul pre-records 'Once Upon A Long Ago' at the Top Of The Pops studio. He later records a sketch for 'Comic Relief, a BBC charity special.

3 December. The 'Once Upon A Long Ago' performance is shown on Top Of The Pops.

5 December. Paul's compilation All The Best is released in America.

Paul and Linda mime 'Once Upon A Long Ago' for Sacree Soiree, a

French TV show. They also mime the number for another French show Annette 2, during which they make a live appearance.

7 December. The home video 'Once Upon A Video' is released in Britain.

11 December. Paul introduces Madonna's video of 'Open Your Heart' on Top Of The Pops.

13 December. Paul is joined by his son James when he appears on the BBC 1 children's TV show Going Live.

14-19 December. Paul records his Rupert The Bear soundtrack album with George Martin at AIR studios.

21 December. Paul is at his home studio in Sussex where, for the next four days, he records a number of songs including 'Figure Of Eight', lOu Est Le Sofe/7?',*How Many People?' and 'Rough Ride'.

25 December. Christmas messages from Paul and Linda are shown on the Italian TV shows Canale Fantastico and leri Goggi Domina and on the BBC 1 show 'Christmas Morning With Noel'.

27 December. An interview with Paul is featured on the Italian TV show Deejay TV.

1988

2 January. Paul is working on various tracks at his own home recording studio in Sussex.

4 January. The Press To Play album is issued on mid-price CD in Britain. 13 January. 'Paul McCartney Special', a 55-minute interview, recorded at the MPL offices, is broadcast on the Sky Channel.

18 January. The albums McCartney, Ram, Tug Of War and Wings Over America are issued on CD in America.

20 January. Paul declines an invitation to attend the 'Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame' ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, which George Harrison and Ringo Starr were attending, citing 'still existing business differences amongst the Beatles'.

31 January. The albums Red Rose Speedway and McCartney II are deleted from the EMI catalogue.

5 February. The sketch for 'Comic Relief, which Paul and Linda filmed on Wednesday 2 December 1987, is screened on BBC 1.

27 February. Paul appears at the San Remo Festival in Italy where he lip-synchs to 'Once Upon A Long Ago' and 'Listen To What The Man Said'.

29 February. A three-minute interview with Paul appears on the Italian programme Italia I.

16 April. In New York, veteran guitarist Les Paul presents Paul with a custom-made light guitar designed specially for him.

9 May. Johnny Cash's 'Moon Over Jamaica' is recorded at Paul's studio, the Mill. Linda and Carla Lane are also involved.

14 May. Give My Regards To Broad Street is premiered on British television on the ITV network.

24 June. Paul is awarded the Silver Clef for 'Outstanding Achievement in the World of British Music' at the annual Nordoff-Robbins luncheon.

26 June. Paul and Linda arrive in Liverpool to shoot scenes for the comedy TV show Bread. Paul is also interviewed by disc jockeys Spencer Leigh, Alan Jackson and Monty Lister.

27 June. Additional scenes for Bread are filmed.

12 July. Paul receives an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sussex.

2 August. Paul directs a promotional video at the Liverpool Institute.

5 September. Paul is interviewed for the launch of 'DEF II – Animation Week' on BBC 2 in which excerpts from 'Oriental Nightfish', Rupert And The Frog Song, 'Seaside Woman' and 'Once Upon A Long Ago' are shown.

7 September. The annual Buddy Holly lunch takes place at Stefano's, London, during which Paul joins the Crickets on stage.

8 September. Excerpts from Paul's performance with the Crickets are screened on TV-AM. An interview with Paul from the Buddy Holly lunch, conducted by Rona Elliott is screened in America on NBC TV's Today programme.

11 September. At the BBC Centre in London, Linda films her final scenes for Bread in front of a studio audience.

10 October. The Johnny Cash album Water From The Wells Of Home is released in America containing the track 'New Moon Over Jamaica' on which Cash duets with Paul.

26 October. Paul appears on the BBC 1 programme 'The Power Of Music'.

30 October. The edition of Bread featuring Paul and Linda is screened on BBC 1.

31 October. Paul's Russian album Choba В СССР is issued in Russia on the Melodiya label.

1 November. The interview with Rona Elliot, filmed at Stefano's restaurant in London during Paul's Buddy Holly lunch, is shown on NBC News and NBC's Today programme.

9 November. An exhibition of Linda's 'Sun Prints' opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

10 November. Linda's book Sun Prints is published.

14 November. The Johnny Cash album Water From The Wells Of Home is released in Britain.

27 November. In Britain the Video Collection issue an extended version of the 'McCartney' documentary, originally produced by the BBC and MPL in 1986.

2 December. Paul and his band appear once again on the Dutch TV programme Countdown.

12 December. Paul appears on the BBC programme Going Live!

24 December. A second edition of Choba В СССР is issued in Russia,

which includes two extra tracks.

1989

26 January. Paul holds a live question and answer session lasting 55 minutes for BBC Radio's Russian service programme Granny's Chest.

27 January. The BBC World Service programme Multitrack 3 transmits highlights from Paul's Granny's Chest question and answer session.

28 January. The BBC World Service programme Multitrack 3 transmits highlights from Paul's Granny's Chest session once again.

2 February. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is aired on Radio Mersey side.

4 February. Paul is heard on the Buddy Holly commemorative programme 'Not Fade Away' on Radio One.

7 February. 'Not Fade Away', the documentary tribute to Buddy Holly, with comments from Paul, is repeated on Radio One.

24 February. The Family Way, the 1966 film for which Paul wrote the theme music, is issued on home video in Britain, as is The Magic Christian, which features Paul's composition 'Come And Get It'.

24 March. The first part of an eight-part radio series McCartney On McCartney in which Paul is interviewed by disc jockey Mike Read, begins on Radio One, with this initial episode entitled 'Early Beginnings to 1962'.

28 March. The first episode of McCartney On McCartney is repeated on Radio One.

1 April. A home video, 'The McCartney Special', is issued in Britain and was originally shown on BBC 1 as 'McCartney' on 29 August 1986.

4 April. Paul receives an award at the Ivor Novello Luncheon for his 'Outstanding Services to British Music' and he recites the 'Ivor Novello Rap'.

10 April. Paul films the promo for 'My Brave Face' at Strawberry Fields in Liverpool.

11 April. Paul completes filming of the 'My Brave Face' promo. 13 April. Final editing on the 'My Brave Face' clip takes place.

20 April. Paul is at PWL studios in south London where he takes part in the recording of the 'Ferry 'Cross The Mersey' charity single for the families of the Hillsborough FC disaster.

3 May. Paul is filmed in an interview by Pedro Bial for Brazilian television, during which he plays parts of 'How Many People', 'Blue Suede Shoes' and 'Distractions' on acoustic guitar.

8 May. The single 'My Brave FaceV'Flying To My Home' is issued in Britain, as is the 'Ferry 'Cross The Mersey' charity single. 10 May. The single 'My Brave FaceV'Flying To My Home' is issued in America.

13 May. The French television show Champs Ely sees features a nine-minute interview with Paul.

16 May. Rona Elliott, of the NBC Today show, records an interview with Paul at his Sussex home studio, which is transmitted the next day.

17 May. Paul appears on Countdown, a Dutch television show, and his interview with Rona Elliott is screened on the Today show in America. He is also featured on another American television show, Entertainment Tonight.

18 May. The second part of Rona Elliott's interview with Paul is screened in America on the Today programme. Paul also appears on the German TV show Mensch Meir where he mimes to 'Put It There' and 'Figure Of Eight'. Top Of The Pops screens the first 'My Brave Face' promo.

19 May. Paul, Linda and the band return from their European promotional tour and appear on the BBC 1 show Wogan With Sue Lawley. Paul is interviewed by Lawley and also mimes with the group to 'Put It There' and 'Figure Of Eight'.

21 May. A pre-taped interview with Paul is featured on the American TV show Entertainment Tonight,

22 May. Another interview with Paul is featured on Entertainment Tonight. Paul and his band appear on the Dutch TV show miming to 'My Brave Face' and 'How Many People'. Paul and Linda also visit the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

24 May. A Dutch TV station screens an interview with Paul and shows performances of 'How Many People', 'My Brave Face' and 'Mull Of Kintyre'.

25 May. Paul had hoped to perform live on Top Of The Pops promoting 'My Brave Face', a promo of which had been shown on the programme the week before. However, due to a TOTP ruling which stated that no record could be aired for two weeks in succession, apart from the current chart-topper, his proposed live appearance doesn't go ahead.

26 May. Paul appears in a pre-taped interview on the morning show TV-AM, which also presents a 'Making of "My Brave Face"' video clip. He also appears on the Italian TV programme Notte Rock.

27 May. Paul and his band leave London for Los Angeles. The BBC Radio One series McCartney On McCartney is premiered in edited form on American radio and runs until 29 May.

29 May. Paul appears on Rockline, an American radio phone-in show during which he answers calls from fans and also takes the opportunity to promote Flowers In The Dirt. He and Linda then leave America for France. 31 May. Paul and his band appear on the French TV show Sacree Soiree and perform 'My Brave Face'. Paul is also interviewed. 2 June. The Honorary Consul, the film for which Paul wrote some incidental music, is shown on BBC 1.

5 June. Paul's album Flowers In The Dirt is issued in Britain.

6 June. Paul's album Flowers In the Dirt is issued in America.

7 June. Paul performs before a live audience at Twickenham film studios for the Japanese television show Hunky Dory.

8 June. Paul and his group arrive in Spain to appear on the TV show La Luna and fly back to London the same day.

10 June. The MPL special 'Put It There' is shown on BBC 1. Linda's photo exhibition, containing 76 photographs, opens at the Access Gallery in Manhattan and runs until 26 June.

15 June. Paul and his group arrive in Italy to appear on the RAI TV show Saint Vincent Estate 89.

16 June. Paul's appearance on Saint Vincent Estate 89 is screened in Italy, with Paul and his band miming to 'This One' and 'My Brave Face'. Paul, Linda and the band return to London.

17 June. From a BBC studio in London Paul holds a 2-hour phone-in with the Italian radio station RAI's programme Stereo 2, with the station receiving more than 500 calls.

18 June. As a 47th birthday present to Paul, EMI Records had a pink hybrid tea rose grown in the South of France named after him.

19 June. Paul asks Tim Pope to direct the promo of 'This One'.

20 June. CDs of Wild Life, Pipes Of Peace, London Town, Back To The Egg and Wings At The Speed Of Sound are issued in America.

21 June. The home video 'McCartney' is issued in America.

23 June. Tim Pope begins filming the promo for 'This One' at Albert Wharf in London.

24 June. The promo for 'This One' is completed.

4 July. Paul is not satisfied with the promo for 'This One' and hires director Dean Chamberlain to make another.

5 July. Work continues on the promo for 'This One'.

10 July. The episode of Bread featuring Paul and Linda is repeated on BBC 1. Wings At The Speed Of Sound is released in Britain. 14 July. Paul begins work on a promo for 'Ом Est Le SoleiW at Cliphouse Studios, London.

17 July. The single 'This One'/'Turn To Stone' is released in Britain.

24 July. Paul begins rehearsing with his new band at the BBC Playhouse Theatre, London. Apart from himself and Linda they comprise Hamish Stuart, guitar; Robbie Mclntosh, guitar; Paul 'Wix' Wickens, keyboards and Chris Whitten, drums. A limited edition box set of 'This One'/'The Long And Winding Road' is released in Britain.

25 July. Throughout the day Paul pre-records interviews and rehearses his band for several forthcoming TV shows. He also pre-records a performance of This One' for Top Of The Pops (incidentally, there are already two promos of this number, one directed by Tim Pope, the other by Dean Chamberlain).

26 July. Paul holds rehearsals at the Playhouse Theatre in London for his forthcoming tour, performing before an invited audience. He tells the audience that they were only witnessing a rehearsal, adding, 'so if you see any mistakes, don't!'

27 July. At a press conference at the Playhouse Theatre, London, Paul announces the dates of his European and British tour. Paul and his band also take part in a brief performance. Later they present another concert for an invited audience, A 12" single and a cassette maxi single of lOu Est Le SoleiH' is released in America.

28 July. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is screened on The О Zone programme, together with a clip from his press conference at the Playhouse Theatre.

29 July. A special compilation of Michael Aspel chat-show extracts called 'Aspel In The Best Company' is screened by London Weekend Television and includes excerpts from interviews with Paul, George and Ringo.

30 July. Ghost Train, a children's TV show, features a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

1 August. The eight-hour Radio One series McCartney On McCartney begins transmissions on the BBC World Service in sixteen half-hour episodes.

2 August. The single 'This One'/'Turn To Stone' is released in America.

3 August. Top Of The Fops airs the pre-recorded performance of Paul and his band with 'This One'. Paul and his family leave for Scotland on a short holiday.

4 August. The Italian TV show Notte Rock features a special on Paul, including clips from his recent Playhouse Theatre press conference.

10 August. A pre-recorded interview with Linda is featured on the BBC 1 show But First This ....

12 August. Paul and Linda attend Ringo Starr's concert at the Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantaugh, New York. Linda appears on the cover of the TV Times.

14 August. The compilation series issues Now That's What I Call Music as a double album on NOW 15, a double cassette on TC-NOW

15 and a double CD on CD NOW 15. They contain Paul's 'My Brave

Face' followed by the charity version of 'Ferry 'Cross The Mersey' on which he also appears.

21 August. Paul begins rehearsals at the Lyceum Theater, New York.

22 August. The О Zone programme includes scenes of Paul at Top Of The Pops rehearsing 'This One' with the band.

24 August. Paul holds a press conference at the Lyceum Theater, New York. There are approximately 400 reporters and 20 camera crews. Paul performs 'Figure Of Eight', 'This One' and 'Coming Up' and holds a question and answer session that lasts for 40 minutes.

25 August. Excerpts from Paul's Lyceum Theater conference appear on CNN's Showbiz Today, USA Today On TV, Headline News, Entertainment Tonight and MTV's Week In Rock. In the meantime, Paul, Linda and the band return to England.

26 August. Paul and his band continue rehearsals at Paul's Sussex studio.

29 August. The album London Town is issued on CD in Britain.

1 September. Paul records a new version of 'Figure Of Eight'.

4 September. Paul and his band continue their rehearsals, this time at Elstree film studios in Borehamwood. Linda appears on the Wogan chat show in the evening. The 'Put It There' TV special is issued on home video in Britain.

7 September. Paul and Linda hold their annual Buddy Holly Week luncheon at the Talk Of The Town, Holborn.

II September. The single 'My Brave Face' is issued as a CD in America. 21 September. A pre-tour concert is held at Goldcrest film studios in Elstree.

25 September. Paul and his band fly to Norway. Mike McCartney is the host of the Yorkshire TV show Pick Of The Week.

26 September. Paul holds another pre-tour concert at the Drammenshalle, Dramen, Norway. Channel 4 screens the 1980 concert film Rockshow.

28 September. Paul and his band officially open their tour at the Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden.

29 September. Paul and his band appear at the Johanneshows Isstadium, Stockholm, Sweden.

30 September. Paul and his band appear at the Johanneshows Isstadium, Stockholm, Sweden.

3 October. Paul holds a press conference at the Kaiserkeller Club in Hamburg and appears in concert at the Sportshalle, Hamburg. Wings At The Speed Of Sound is issued on CD in Britain.

4 October. Paul and his band appear at the Sportshalle, Hamburg.

6 October. Paul and his band appear at the Festehalle, Frankfurt, Germany.

7 October. Paul and his band appear at the Festehalle, Frankfurt, Germany. Paul and Linda are featured on the cover of Hello magazine. 9 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palais Omnisport De Bercy, Paris, France.

10 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palais Omnisport De Bercy, Paris, France. The West Berlin radio station SFB2 broadcasts a three-hour Paul McCartney special.

11 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palais Omnisport De Bercy, Paris, France. Paul and Linda then fly home before resuming the tour on 16 October.

16 October. Paul and his band appear at the Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany.

17 October. Paul and his band appear at the Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany.

19 October. An item on Paul is featured on the ITV show Cover Story.

20 October. Paul and his band appear at the Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany.

21 October. Paul and his band appear at the Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany.

22 October. Paul and his band appear at the Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany.

24 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palaeur, Rome, Italy.

26 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy. Nancy Duff of CBS News meets Paul backstage and proposes a 48 Hours special on him.

27 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy. He performs the number 'All My Trials' for the first and only time on the tour.

29 October. Paul and his band appear at the Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland.

30 October. Paul and his band appear at the Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland.

2 November. Paul and his band appear at the Palacio De Sportes, Madrid, Spain. He also holds a press conference earlier in the day.

3 November. Paul and his band appear at the Palacio De Sportes, Madrid, Spain.

4 November. The Spanish TV show Rockopop includes a report from the Palacio De Sportes concert.

5 November. Paul and his band appear at Le Halle Tony Gamier, Lyon, France.

7 November. Paul and his band appear at the Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam, Holland.

8 November. Paul and his band appear at the Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam, Holland. Lawyers for Paul, George, Ringo and Yoko Ono finally settle their multimillion-dollar lawsuit against EMI. An EMI spokesman said that the settlement covers 'all outstanding lawsuits between the artists, Apple, EMI Records and Capitol Records'.

10 November. Paul and his band appear at the Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam, Holland.

11 November. Paul and his band appear at the Ahoy Sportpaleis,

Rotterdam, Holland. Backstage Mariella Frostrup interviews him and part of the concert is filmed by Channel 4 for their 'Big World Cafe' programme.

13 November. The single 'Figure Of Eight'/'Ои Est Le SoleiW is issued in Britain in eight different configurations.

15 November. The single 'Figure Of Eight'/'Ои Est Le Soleilf is issued in America on cassette only.

21 November. The Channel 4 programme 'Big World Cafe' includes an interview with Paul and footage from his rehearsals and concert in Rotterdam.

22 November. Paul, Linda and the band arrive in New York and hold a press conference at the Lyceum Theater.

23 November. Paul and his band appear at the Forum, Los Angeles. In Britain the limited edition Flowers In The Dirt (World Pack) is issued with the bonus track 'Party Party'.

24 November. Paul and his band appear at the Forum, Los Angeles. During the day Paul tapes an interview for the music channel VH-1. The Channel 4 'Big World Cafe' programme is repeated.

26 November. Paul tapes a pre-recorded interview for the Japanese radio show Super DJ.

27 November. Paul and his band appear at the Forum, Los Angeles. During a press conference he mentions that he would like to write songs with George Harrison.

28 November. Paul and his band appear at the Forum, Los Angeles.

29 November. Paul and his band appear at the Forum, Los Angeles. 'Mike McCartney's Alternative Liverpool', a 55-minute guide to the city which was written, presented and directed by Mike, is released by the Magnum Music Group. It was completed two years previously.

3 December. Paul and his band appear at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago. The team from 48 Hours films him during the next three days.

4 December. Paul and his band appear at the Rosemont Horizon, Chicago.

5 December. Paul and his band appear at the Rosemont Horizon, Chicago.

10 December. Paul is featured on the cover of Music Connection magazine.

11 December. Paul and his band appear at Madison Square Garden in New York. Paul also records an interview with the local radio station WNEW and is featured on a Today show in America from an interview taped in Toronto, Canada.

14 December. An interview with Paul, conducted by Anne Nightingale, is screened by Central Television, the Midlands television station.

15 December. Paul and his band appear at Madison Square Garden. Following the concert, Twiggy, Sting and Dustin Hoffman join Paul and Linda at Sardi's restaurant. Paul and Linda also donate a cheque for $100,000 to Friends Of The Earth.

19 December. Paul receives an award for his outstanding achievements in the field of popular music from the Performing Rights Society during a lunchtime ceremony at Claridges, London. His award is a miniature copy of his Hofner bass in gold. It is the first time the Society has honoured an individual in 75 years. The home video of 'Put It There' is issued in Britain.

20 December. For four days, in his home studio in Sussex, Paul records music for his Daumier's Law film project.

23 December. In America, laserdiscs of Rockshow, Give My Regards To Broad Street and Rupert And The Frog Song are released. 26 December. Give My Regards To Broad Street is given a Boxing Day screening on ITV in Britain.

1990

2 January. Paul begins the third leg of his world tour with his UK concerts, starting at the NEC International Arena, Birmingham.

3 January. Paul and his band appear at the NEC International Arena, Birmingham. During the day he takes part in a tree planting ceremony.

5 January. Paul and his band appear at the NEC International Arena, Birmingham. The single 'Put It There'/'Mama's Little Girl' is issued in Britain. The CD and 12" versions include an additional track, 'Same Time Next Year'.

6 January. Paul and his band appear at the NEC International Arena, Birmingham

8 January. Paul and his band appear at the NEC International Arena, Birmingham.

9 January. Paul and his band appear at the NEC International Arena, Birmingham.

11 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London.

13 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London.

14 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London.

15 January. The limited edition Flowers In The Dirt (World Pack) is issued in America.

16 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London. Backstage at the concert Paul meets Polish teacher Agnieska Czariecka, who has been running the 'Paul McCartney Kindergarten' in Cracow, Poland.

17 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London. The first of a two-part interview with Paul, conducted by Cathy McGowan, is screened on BBC 1 in the South.

19 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London.

20 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London.

21 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London.

22 January. The first part of a series of pre-taped interviews with Paul is screened on Good Morning Britain, a TV-AM programme. Paul directs himself in a promo clip for 'Put It There'.

23 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London. The second part of the pre-recorded interview with Paul is screened on Good Morning Britain.

24 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London. The third part of the pre-recorded interview with Paul is screened on Good Morning Britain. The first of a two-part pre-recorded interview with Paul is screened in America on Entertainment Tonight.

25 January. The CBS show 48 Hours is subtitled '48 Hours With Paul McCartney' and features him during his two days in Chicago in a 90-minute programme.

26 January. Paul and his band appear at the Wembley Arena, London. After the show he holds a party. Guests include Cynthia Lennon, George Martin, Elvis Costello, Neil Aspinall and Dick Lester. The fourth part of the pre-recorded interview with Paul is screened on Good Morning Britain. The second part of a pre-recorded interview with Paul is screened in America on Entertainment Tonight.

31 January. BBC 1 screens the second part of Cathy McGowan's interview with Paul in its Southern region. The final part of the pre-recorded interview with Paul is screened on Good Morning Britain.

2 February. The fourth leg of Paul's world tour returns to America and a concert is held at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan.

3 February. Paul and his band appear at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

4 February. Paul and his band appear at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh.

5 February. Paul and his band appear at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh.

8 February. Paul and his band appear at the Centrum, Boston. Paul appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

9 February. Paul and his band appear at the Centrum, Boston.

11 February. Paul and his band appear at the Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky. A pre-taped interview with Paul is featured on Capital Gold.

12 February. Paul and his band appear at the Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum.

14 February. Paul and his band appear at the Market Square Arena, Indianapolis.

15 February. Paul and his band appear at the Market Square Arena, Indianapolis.

18 February. Paul and his band appear at the Omni, Atlanta, Georgia.

19 February. Paul and his band appear at the Omni, Atlanta, Georgia. Paul and Linda are featured on the cover of US Magazine.

21 February. Paul and Linda attend the Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles where Paul is given a Lifetime Achievement Award by actress Meryl Streep.

1 March. Paul and his band arrive in Japan and he holds a press conference at the MZA Ariake Theatre, Tokyo, which is broadcast live on the Japanese TV show Supertime.

2 March. Paul and his band rehearse at the Tokyo Dome.

3 March. Paul and his band appear at the Tokyo Dome.

4 March. Paul and Linda pay a visit to Meiji Jinguu.

5 March. Paul and his band appear at the Tokyo Dome.

7 March. Paul and his band appear at the Tokyo Dome. Paul is interviewed by Naoto Kine for the radio show All Night Nippon.

8 March. Paul and Linda visit Mount Fuji.

9 March. Paul and Linda visit the Imperial Palace Garden and attend a planting ceremony at the Masago Primary School. Paul and his band appear at the Tokyo Dome and the concert is transmitted to various other Japanese cities by closed circuit television.

11 March. Paul and his band appear at the Tokyo Dome.

12 March. Paul and his band record a promo clip for 'We Got Married'.

13 March. Paul and his band appear at the Tokyo Dome.

14 March. Paul, Linda and the band fly back to England.

24 March. A compilation album The Last Temptation Of Elvis is issued in Britain by the New Musical Express newspaper and includes Paul's version of the Elvis number 'It's Now Or Never'.

28 March. Paul, Linda and the band arrive in America for the sixth leg of their world tour.

29 March. Paul and his band appear at the Kingdome, Seattle.

31 March. Paul and his band appear at the Berkeley Memorial Stadium, San Francisco.

1 April. Paul and his band appear at the Berkeley Memorial Stadium, San Francisco.

4 April. Paul and his band appear at the Sun Devil Stadium, Arizona State University, near Phoenix.

7 April. Paul and his band appear at the Texas Stadium, Irving. Paul is interviewed by 'Red Beard', a disc jockey with Dallas radio station KTXQ.

9 April. Paul and his band appear at Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky.

12 April. Paul and his band appear at the Tampa Stadium, Florida.

Asteroids 4147-4150, originally discovered in 1983 and 1984, are named after Paul, John, George and Ringo.

14 April. Paul and his band appear at the Joe Robbie Stadium, Florida, where he also holds a press conference. Paul is also interviewed for the TV show The Mike Duccelli Show.

15 April. Paul and his band appear at the Joe Robbie Stadium, Florida.

19 April. Paul appears on CBS Evening News to promote 'Earth Day'. His concert at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro is cancelled due to heavy rain.

20 April. Paul and his band appear at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro. Paul appears on CBS This Morning to promote 'Earth Day'.

21 April. Paul and his band appear at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro before the biggest-ever concert for a rock show - 184,000 people. Excerpts from the show are filmed for a TV special 'Paul In Rio' by the Brazilian station GLOBO TV.

23 April. The TV special 'Paul In Rio', with eight of the numbers from the Maracana Stadium show of 21 April, is screened.

1 May. The single 'Put It ThereV'Mama's Little Girl' is issued in America on cassette.

5 May. A John Lennon Tribute Concert is held at the Pier Head, Liverpool. Paul sends a video with a greeting and a concert clip of him and the band performing 'PS Love Me Do'. Mike McCartney's third son, Sonny, is born.

8 May. Paul, Linda and Carla Lane support the Towyn Flood Disaster Appeal. This small Welsh town, twenty miles from Liverpool, suffered devastating floods in January.

24 May. The first of a two-part interview with Paul is screened on TV-AM.

25 May. The second of a two-part interview with Paul is screened by TV-AM.

26 May. BBC 1 screens The Family Way, for which Paul composed the soundtrack.

13 June. Paul appears live on the Steve Wright Show on Radio One. 19 June. Paul and his band begin rehearsals at Paul's Sussex studio. 21 June. Paul and his band begin rehearsing in Glasgow. 23 June. Paul and his band appear at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow. Various ITV regions screen the documentary 'Paul McCartney Now'.

25 June. Paul and Linda attend film sessions at Twickenham Studios.

26 June. Paul and Linda attend film sessions at Twickenham Studios. VH-I presents a video special on Paul.

28 June. Paul and his band appear at the King's Dock, Liverpool, during which he performs a John Lennon medley for the first time. He also hosts a reception for 150 guests.

29 June. Paul and his band arrive at Knebworth Park for a sound check.

30 June. Paul and his band appear at Knebworth Park for a concert in aid of the charity Music Therapy. Radio One broadcasts highlights from the 'Knebworth 90' concert, which features Paul's performance.

2 July. Paul and Linda fly to Washington. The film Eat The Rich, with a cameo performance from Paul and Linda, is screened in Britain on Channel 4.

4 July. Paul and his band continue their ten-month world tour at the Robert F Kennedy Stadium, Washington DC. For the 4 July anniversary celebrations, he performs 'Birthday'.

6 July. Paul and his band appear at the Robert F Kennedy Stadium, Washington DC.

8 July. It had been hoped that a concert could take place at Shea Stadium, but it does not take place.

9 July. Paul and his band appear at the Giants Stadium, New Jersey.

11 July. Paul and his band appear at the Giants Stadium, New Jersey.

14 July. Paul and his band appear at the Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia. 'Paul McCartney: Put It There' is screened on Showtime in America. MTV in America airs footage from Paul's Knebworth concert performance.

15 July. Paul and his band appear at the Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia. 18 July. Paul and his band appear at the University Of Iowa Stadium in Aimes, Iowa.

20 July. Paul and his band appear at the Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland. 'Paul McCartney: Put It There' receives another Showtime screening.

22 July. Paul and his band appear at the Carter-Finley Stadium, North Carolina.

24 July. Paul and his band appear at the Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts. Paul is interviewed backstage by Boston's radio station WBCN.

25 July. Paul and the band shoot footage for the movie Get Back in front of an invited audience of 800 at the Sullivan Stadium.

26 July. Paul and his band appear at the Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts.

29 July. At Soldier Field in Chicago, Paul introduced 'Twenty Flight Rock' into his repertoire because of its association with the city in the line 'They've sent to Chicago for repairs'. Paul also holds a press conference at the venue.

30 July. 'Paul McCartney: Put It There' receives a third screening on Showtime.

5 August. In the A&E cable channel programme 'My Love Is Bigger Than A Cadillac', Paul is seen talking about the Crickets. The programme is repeated on 11 August.

6 August. Knebworth: The Album is issued simultaneously in Britain and America. It features two of the live tracks by Paul, 'Coming Up' and 'Hey Jude'.

25 August. Paul and Linda hold a fancy dress party in the ground of their Sussex home to celebrate their daughter Mary's 21st birthday. 28 August. A home video 'Knebworth: the Event' (Volume One) is released in Britain featuring four numbers by Paul: 'Coming Up, 'Birthday', 'Hey Jude' and 'Can't Buy Me Love'.

1 September. Paul and Linda arrive in America to celebrate Buddy Holly Week in New York for the first time.

2 September. Robert Holmes a'Court dies at the age of 52. He was the man who acquired ATV Music in 1982 and sold it to Michael Jackson. 4 September. At the Buddy Holly lunch at the Lone Star roadhouse, New York, Paul performs several Holly numbers, backed by musicians such as the Crickets and Dave Edmunds.

13 September. Linda's sister Laura Lee Eastman marries Donald James Malcolm in East Hampton, Long Island. Linda, Heather, Stella and Mary are present and Paul is a groomsman.

8 October. The 12" and CD versions of 'Birthday'/'Good Day Sunshine' are released in Britain and contain the bonus track 'Let 'Em In', originally recorded at the Tokyo Dome in February. Part of Paul's promo of 'Birthday' is premiered on Entertainment Tonight in the US.

9 October. The NBC programme Today features part of the promo of 'Birthday', plus an interview with Paul, recorded in his London office, talking about the number as a tribute to John Lennon. Paul also performed his Lennon medley.

11 October. Paul and Linda begin to distribute leaflets in Rye, near their home, to help save the Rye Memorial Hospital.

15 October. Paul and Linda lead a march from Rye Town Hall to the Rye Memorial Hospital in a protest to try to save the hospital from closure.

16 October. The single 'Birthday'/'Good Day Sunshine' is issued as a cassette in America.

26 October. Paul appears on the American show Rockline in Los Angeles during which he performs an acoustic version of 'Matchbox'.

27 October, Radio One broadcasts 75 minutes of the concert recorded at the King's Dock, Liverpool on 28 June 1990.

29 October-2 November. Radio One broadcasts a five-part, prerecorded interview with Paul.

5 November. The album Tripping The Live Fantastic receives a simultaneous world release.

7 November. Several artists are commissioned to work on an animated promo for Paul's video 'Party Party'.

12 November. MTV Prime in America screens a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

19 November. The CD Tripping The Live Fantastic ... Highlights! is issued in America and Britain. The British version contains 'All My Trials', which is not on the American release.

25 November. Paul appears on the American version of Desert Island Discs in Los Angeles.

26 November. 'All My Trials'/'C Moon' is released in Britain in several configurations. The 12" version also contains 'Mull Of Kintyre' and 'Put It There'. Paul appears in a two-hour radio show Rockline in Los Angeles, which is syndicated to other radio stations in the States.

28 November. Paul appears on a one-hour radio phone-in show that is syndicated to more than sixteen countries.

3 December. Yet another configuration of 'All My Trials'/'C Moon' is released in Britain, this time replacing the previous two bonus tracks with the 'Lennon Medley'. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is aired on The Simon Bates Show on Radio One.

10 December. 'The 1990 Billboard Awards' show on American television includes a pre-recorded insert from Paul who receives an award for the highest-grossing concert during the year.

12 December. Paul's appearance on the American After Hours show is screened on BBC 2. Paul makes an appearance at the Q Awards at Ronnie Scott's club in London to receive the Merit Award for his 'outstanding and continued contribution to the music industry'. He holds an end-of-tour party at the Boardwalk Restaurant in Soho.

13 December. Paul and his band are at Limehouse Studios, London, where they mime to songs before an invited audience and are filmed for various European and Japanese TV shows.

14 December. Paul and Linda appear on the Wogan chat show during which Paul and the band mime to 'All My Trials'. He also pre-records an interview for Going Live! The Independent newspaper reports that Paul has resumed collaborating on writing songs with Elvis Costello. MTV in America screens 'Famous Last Words', which include a pre-taped interview with Paul.

17 December. Channel 4 screens the concert documentary 'From Rio To Liverpool'.

18 December. The Limehouse performance of various mimed numbers is shown on the Countdown TV show in Holland, and also includes an interview with Paul by Jerone Van Inkel.

22 December. Paul appears in a short pre-recorded interview on the BBC 1 children's programme Going Live! which also screens the 'All My Trials' promo. His Limehouse performance is also screened in Italy on the programme Fantastico.

24 December. Radio One repeats part of Paul's interview from the Steve Wright Show first broadcast in June.

26 December. LTV stations broadcast 'Sounds Like Christmas', a programme of Christmas No. l's, which includes 'Wonderful Christmastime' and 'Mull Of Kintyre'. The Limehouse performance is screened on the Spanish TV show Rockopop and the Dutch TV show Countdown. Radio One broadcasts highlights from the 'Knebworth 90' concert, originally broadcast in June and featuring Paul's performance. MTV in America screens the clip of Paul's concert promo of 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.

30 December. Some ITV stations transmit 'The 1990 Billboard Music Awards' with Paul's acceptance speech.

1991

20 January. Paul's Limehouse Studios appearance is screened by the Japanese TV programme Beat UK.

25 January. Paul and his group return to Limehouse Studios once again to record Unplugged for MTV.

28 January. The American TV show Pan E! Vision screens a short pre-taped interview with Paul. The syndicated American radio programme The Live Show includes a pre-recorded interview with Paul and plays his 'John Lennon Medley'.

7 March. Paul is voted No. 1 bass guitarist in a Rolling Stone magazine poll.

3 April. MTV in America screens Paul's 51 -minute Unplugged show and includes an interview with Paul called 'Last Word'. It is also simultaneously broadcast on network radio by the Global Satellite Network, which is preceded by a 15-minute interview with Paul.

7 April. MTV repeats Paul's Unplugged show.

30 April. Paul and Linda host a press conference in London to launch her new range of vegetarian dishes.

I May. Paul and Linda make a surprise appearance on Radio One's The Simon Bates Show.

8 May. Paul and his band make the first of six surprise concerts to promote Unplugged at the Zeleste Club, Barcelona, Spain. Paul and Linda return to England immediately after the concert.

10 May. Another Unplugged concert takes place at the Mean Fiddler, London.

13 May. Paul's Unplugged show receives its first screening on the European MTV channel.

20 May. Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) is released in Britain.

4 June. Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) is released in America.

5 June. Another concert in Paul's surprise Unplugged series takes place at the Teatro Tendo, Naples, Italy. Paul performs 'The River', playing harmonica, and also introduces the song 'The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise'.

7 June. An Unplugged concert takes place at the Cornwall Coliseum, St Austell, England.

10 June. Paul's MTV Unplugged show is screened by TSW, a TV station in the southwest of England.

I1 June. A letter from Paul voicing his anger at the closure of the Rye Memorial Hospital is published in the Daily Mirror.

12 June. The American show Entertainment Tonight reports on Paul's Unplugged performance at the Cornwall Coliseum.

14 June. The promo for 'Birthday' is issued in Japan as a VSD (video single disc).

19 July. Paul and his band perform another Unplugged concert at the Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Southend, England, slightly altering the repertoire and introducing the poet Adrian Mitchell.

20 June. Paul and Linda host a party to launch a range of her vegetarian foods at the Hard Rock Cafe in London. Ringo and Barbara Starr are among the guests.

26 June. Linda discusses her vegetarian foods on the ITV show Good Morning.

28 June. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio receives its world premiere at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool. Paul had earlier shown MP Michael Portillo around the Liverpool Institute.

29 June. A second performance of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio takes place at the Anglican Cathedral, once again with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carl Davis.

7 July. The London premiere of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio takes place at the Royal Albert Hall with Paul and Linda in attendance.

23 July. Paul's MTV show Unplugged is screened nationally by Danish television.

24 July. Paul's final Unplugged concert takes place at the Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark and Adrian Mitchell appears once again. 26 July. Originally, the Olympia Theatre in Paris, France was to be the final venue in the Unplugged tour, but MPL decided to cancel it.

30 July. Linda's father Lee Eastman dies of a stroke. He was 81 years old.

4 August. A documentary 'Power of Music', featuring Paul working with mentally handicapped children, is screened on BBC 2.

26 August. Paul's MTV show Unplugged is screened by Channel 4.

3 September. The Sun newspaper runs an interview with Paul.

13 September. Paul and Linda hold their annual Buddy Holly Week luncheon at the Orangery in Holland Park, London.

16 September. Paul is interviewed on the Radio Four programme Kaleidoscope about his work on Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio.

18 September. The Get Back feature film receives its world premiere at the Passage Kino, Hamburg, Germany, with Paul and Linda in attendance. Paul also acts as a disc jockey for an hour on the Antenne Bayern radio station.

19 September. The Get Back concert film is screened at various Odeon cinemas throughout Britain.

20 September. A single, 'The World You're Coming Into'/'Tres Conejos', from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is released in Britain. The Get Back concert film opens at various other cinema chains in Britain. 30 September. Paul contributes to a new book, Save The Earth by Jonathan Porritt, with the royalties going to the Friends Of The Earth. A 14-track version of Paul's Russian album Choba В СССР is issued on CD in Britain.

3 October. Some humorous adverts promoting the Choba В СССР CD release appear in the Independent and Guardian newspapers.

7 October. The record of the Liverpool premiere of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is issued in Britain.

8 October. 'Ghosts Of The Past', a documentary on the making of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, is screened on BBC 1.

13 October. In America the Disney channel screens 'Paul McCartney: Going Home', which is 'From Rio To Liverpool' with a different title.

14 October. Paul and Linda are at the Anuga Exhibition in Cologne, Germany to launch a range of vegetarian menus in Europe.

18 October. On Six O'Clock Live, the London Weekend Television show, Paul chats with Michael Aspel while Kiri te Kanawa is seen at the HMV shop signing copies of her Oratorio performance of 'The World You're Coming Into' and her hit single 'World in Union'. Paul is also featured on the American ABC TV programme In Concert '91.

19 October. The Disney Channel repeats 'Paul McCartney: Going Home'.

21 October. Paul and Linda fly to New York. Get Back, The Movie is issued in Britain on home video.

22 October. The recording of the Liverpool performance of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is released in America.

23 October. Paul holds a press conference at the Weill Recital Hall, New York City, to promote the Liverpool Oratorio. There are 150 representatives from the media and Linda and Hamish Stewart accompany Paul. The 'Ghosts Of The Past' video, showing the making of the oratorio, is screened prior to Paul holding a question and answer session. He is asked how working with Carl Davis compared with writing with John and he says, 'I bossed Carl around more than I bossed John.' Paul is then presented with a platinum disc for sales of Tripping The Live Fantastic - Highlights.

24 October. Paul, Linda and Hamish Stuart attend the premiere of Get Back, The Movie at the Baronet Theater, New York. During his stay in New York Paul appears on Good Morning America and has interviews with Charlie Rose and Bob Costas.

25 October 25. Paul and Linda are in Toronto promoting Get Back, The Movie. They hold a press conference at the Sutton Place Hotel. Paul is then interviewed by the Toronto Star, appears on CITY-TV's Movie Television and is interviewed live on CHUM-AM. Together with Linda he then attends a premiere at the Varsity 11 Cinema. The Disney Channel screens another repeat of 'Paul McCartney: Going Home'.

28 October. PMI release the home video of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, recorded in Liverpool on 28 June 1991.

29 October. A CD version of Paul's Russian album Choba В СССР is issued in America. MTV feature Paul in their show Day In Rock.

30 October. The American television premiere of the Liverpool Oratorio takes place on Great Performances on PBS. The documentary on the making of the work, 'Ghosts Of The Past', is also shown. The Disney Channel also features another repeat of 'Paul McCartney: Going Home'.

1 November. Get Back, The Movie opens at the Canada Square Cinema in Toronto.

2 November. The 25 October interview with Paul is screened on Movie Television.

3 November. CBS Sunday Morning features a piece on Paul and the oratorio.

5 November. Paul's pre-recorded interview with Bob Costas is screened on Later With Bob Costas. Another pre-recorded interview with Paul is featured on ABC TV's Eyewitness News.

6 November. Paul's pre-recorded interview with Bob Costas is given another screening.

7 November. The third airing of Paul's pre-recorded interview with Bob Costas is screened.

12 November. Granada Television screens the Liverpool Oratorio film in the northwest of England. A single 'Save the WorldVThe Drinking Song' from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is released in America.

16 November. Paul is rehearsing for the Liverpool Oratorio with the orchestra at the Carnegie Hall in New York.

18 November. Paul and his family attend the American concert premiere of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio at Carnegie Hall, New York. The single 'Save The WorldVThe Drinking Song' from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is released in Britain.

19 November. Paul appears on Nicky Campbell's Radio One show in a pre-recorded interview to discuss the Liverpool Oratorio and to promote his 'Save The Child' single.

20 November. Nicky Campbell interviews Paul on his Radio One show. Toshiba-EMI release a double CD of the oratorio which includes a bonus CD-3 single featuring a six-minute message from Paul in which he discusses the background to the work.

21 November. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed at Ulster Hall, Belfast as part of the Belfast Festival.

24 November. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Eire.

25 November. Paul begins working with Julian Mendelsohn at his home studios in Sussex on tracks for the Off The Ground album.

30 November. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast by the Northern Ireland Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

9 December. A laser disc version of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is released in Britain. Paul continues his recording sessions for the Off The Ground album.

11 December. Vestron Video releases Get Back, The Movie.

12 December. Paul receives the Q Merit Award for his services to the music industry at a ceremony at Ronnie Scott's club in London.

14 December. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed at the Guildhall, Londonderry. Channel 4 screens the Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio concert film. Paul appears in a two-hour Radio Two special discussion about the Liverpool Oratorio. 18 December. The Get Back concert film is released on home video. 24 December. MTV dedicate their day's programming to Paul with various promo clips, the Unplugged performance, 'Famous Last Words' and 'Rockumentary'.

26 December. The BBC series Arena screens the documentary 'Linda McCartney: Behind The Lens'.

1992

7 January. Paul appears on Top Of The Pops to deliver a live vocal over a recorded version of 'Hope Of Deliverance'.

29 January. The Daily Mirror begins a two-part series on Paul ending on 30 January. Paul begins recording a classical piece, which includes Linda's tune 'Appaloosa' and his own 'Meditation', which he has co-arranged with Carl Davis. The recording is to be used in the MPL film Appaloosa.

31 January. Paul and Linda attend a party at London's Groucho Club to celebrate the wedding of Paul 'Wix' Wickens who had got married the previous day.

1 February. Paul is interviewed on Radio One.

3 February. MTV and VH-I screen a 90-minute version of Paul's 'Up Close' video.

6 February. MTV repeats the 'Up Close' video, but in an abridged 60-minute version.

7 February. MTV repeats the abridged version of 'Up Close'.

13 February. Paul appears in several comedy sketches on Saturday Night Live and performs three numbers with his band, 'Get Out Of My Way', 'Biker Like An Icon' and 'Hey Jude'. VH-I repeats the 90-minute version of 'Up Close'.

14 February. VH-I repeats the 90-minute version of 'Up Close' once again.

21 February. Paul hosts a fundraising lunch at the headquarters of the Performing Rights Society in London on behalf of LIPA.

15 March. The Sunday Express runs a cover story on Paul, with a feature to tie in with his forthcoming 50th birthday. Ray Connolly writes, 'Despite everything he has achieved, he is driven to keep proving himself, he has to keep trying, and the harder he tries, the fewer albums sell, the more indifferent the songs become and we get over-produced, over-arranged songs, but McCartney loves rock and roll and loves being in a band.'

9 April. Paul joins George Martin at Abbey Road Studios to be interviewed for the television documentary The Making Of Sgt Pepper.

16 April. The rental version of the Get Back video is issued.

12 May. Carl Davis conducts the classical pieces Appaloosa and Meditation with the Boston Pops Orchestra. The performance is filmed by PBS Television.

22 May. Paul's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain.

23 May. Paul's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Valencia, Spain.

1 June. The Daily Star begins a three-day series on Paul.

2 June. Paul is featured on the cover of Jornal Do Brasil.

6 June. In an article on 'Sgt Pepper' in TV Guide Paul is quoted as saying, 'I was always frightened of the moment when children would say: "we like rap, your music is crap". But it didn't happen that way, they like it, a lot of kids do.'

. 7 June. The Independent On Sunday asks fifty musicians and critics to choose their favourite composition by Paul.

8 June. An interview with Paul appears in Time magazine. He says, 'I was thinking, what's this article going to be called. My bet's on "Paul At Fifty" so that everyone can go, "What? Jeez-us Curr-hist! He's fifty!

He isn't, is he? Bloody hell! That makes me old!"' The article was called 'Paul At Fifty'.

10 June. Jools Holland films an interview with Paul for the Anthology project.

13 June. A souvenir issue of the Radio Times celebrates Paul's 50th birthday with a ten-page story.

14 June. The ITV network in Britain screens the documentary The Making OfSgt Pepper.

16 June. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II makes a private donation to Paul's LIPA project.

18 June. Paul's 50th birthday. It is 'Paul McCartney Day' on BBC Radio Two, which plays Paul's music throughout the day and features a special documentary, 'Paul McCartney - Rediscovered', narrated by Brian Matthew. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio receives its Japanese premiere in Tokyo with Carl Davis conducting the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Radio Bayern 3 features a three-hour McCartney special. On his 50th birthday Paul says, 'Despite the successful songs I've written, like "Yesterday", "Let It Be" and "Hey Jude", I feel I just want to write one really good song. People say to me, "What's left for you to do?" But I still have a little bee in my bonnet telling me, "Hang on, the best could be yet to come, you could write something, which could be just incredible." That keeps me going. Looking at things now, I don't seem to be over the hill.' 21 June. The career of Richard Hamilton, who worked on designs for The Beatles double album, is featured in 'This Is Tomorrow', a programme in the Channel 4 series Without Walls. It features a brief interview with Paul.

28 June. In Britain it is National Music Day and BBC 2 features a prerecorded interview with Paul during which he discusses his LIPA project. 2 July. Paul and Linda fly to Brussels, Belgium on a fundraising trip, which aims to help the LIPA project.

6 July. The Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Rome, Italy.

7 July. The Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Rome, Italy.

15 July, The Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Quebec, Canada.

16 July. The Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Quebec, Canada.

18 July. The Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Montreal, Canada. 20 August. Paul and Linda visit the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett in New York State to see the Saturday Night Live band perform. He is persuaded to join them on stage for a rendition of 'Blue Suede Shoes'. 24 August. Give My Regards To Broad Street is screened on Nederland 2, Holland.

28 August. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, conducted by Carl Davis, is performed at the Ravina Festival, Chicago.

5 September. For Stella's 21st birthday, a special party, which includes fancy dress, is held in a marquee at the McCartneys' home in East Sussex, Paul dresses as a highwayman and Linda as Queen Elizabeth I. Ringo and Barbara are among the guests. Providing the entertainment are the Thompson Twins and a ten-piece group called Soul Provider who play a 90-minute set, at the end of which Paul joins them to sing Al Green's 'Take Me To The River'.

7 September. The Dame Kiri Те Kanawa album Kiri Selection includes the song 'The World You're Coming Into' which she sang in Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio.

9 September. Paul and Linda once again host a luncheon to celebrate Buddy Holly Week. Guests include the Crickets, Leo Sayer, Allan Clarke, Gary Glitter, Mick Green, Big Jim Sullivan and Chrissie Hynde. Paul performs several Buddy Holly numbers.

19 September. Paul and Linda attend the wedding reception of Linda's niece Louise Eastman in Long Island, New York and Paul is persuaded to perform some Buddy Holly numbers.

21 September. Clips of Wings' first European tour are shown on the ITV show 'Memories Of 1972'.

27 September. The Disney Channel in America premieres the documentary The Making OfSgt Pepper.

3 October. BBC 2 features a documentary radio show 'Yesterday Forever' based on Paul's composition and the various artists who have recorded it.

5 October. A 77-minute 'highlights' version of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is issued as a single CD {CDC 7546422) and cassette (EL 7546424).

8 October. Paul, George and Ringo meet for three hours at Paul's MPL offices.

9 October. Linda's photographic exhibition 'The Sixties: Portrait Of An Era' opens at the Royal Photographic Society in Bath and runs until 15 November.

11 October. The Disney Channel in America screens the documentary 'Paul McCartney: Going Home'.

17 October. The Disney Channel repeats their screening of 'Paul McCartney: Going Home'.

23 October. Linda appears on Ray Cokes' Most Wanted show on MTV.

24 October. Paul's Liverpool Oratorio receives its West Coast premiere at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. It is performed by William Hall and the Master Chorale of Orange County and the Costa Mesa Children's Chorus with Ruth Golden (soprano), Lucille Beer (mezzo-soprano), Jon Garrison (tenor), Richard Fredericks (baritone), Anthony Kalomas (boy soprano) and Albert Stern (violin solo). Linda appears on MTV Europe promoting her book The Sixties.

27 October. Linda appears on The Late Show promoting her book The Sixties.

1 November. The Disney Channel in America screens the world television premiere of the concert film Get Back.

5 November. The concert film Get Back receives its first European TV screening on the Filmnet satellite channel. 7 November. The Disney Channel screens Get Back once again. 12 November. Yet another repeat screening of Get Back is shown on the Disney Channel.

15 November. Paul's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Lille, France by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra with Choristers of the Liverpool Cathedral, conducted by Carl Davis. The work is performed in the presence of Diana, Princess of Wales and Pierre Mauroy, a former French prime minister who was now Mayor of Lille.

16 November. MTV begin recording Paul at his home studio 'The Mill'.

17 November. MTV continue recording Paul. Paul plays journalists a preview of his forthcoming album Off The Ground at EMI House in London. There is also a film crew from Carlton TV present. The Central TV network in the Midlands screens Paul's Unplugged.

18 November. MTV complete their recording of Paul at the Mill.

20 November. Paul appears at the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden where Carlton TV films him for their 'A Carlton New Year' special. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in San Francisco, California.

21 November. Paul's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in San Francisco, California.

24 November. MTV Europe screens Unplugged.

26 November. The shooting of the promo for 'Hope Of Deliverance', directed by Andy Morahan, takes place at Black Island studios, North Acton, London.

29 November. A pre-recorded interview with Paul and Linda is screened on the Austrian TV show Yana Lendt.

30 November. Paul and his band are in San Francisco to shoot the video of 'Hope Of Deliverance', which is completed on 5 December.

3 December. Capitol Records preview the Off The Ground album at a Los Angeles luncheon and announce Paul has signed what appears to be a lifelong contract with them. Linda's photographic exhibition 'The Sixties: Portrait Of An Era' opens at the David Fahey Gallery in Los Angeles and guests included Graham Nash, Twiggy and Todd Rundgren. Linda appears on the Arsenio Hall Show.

4 December. A pre-taped interview with Linda is screened on the American TV show Hard Copy. Another pre-taped interview with her promoting her new book The Sixties is shown on CNN's Showbiz Today.

9 December. Simon Mayo previews 'Hope Of Deliverance' on his Radio One breakfast show.

10 December. Paul performs before a selected audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York for the MTV series Up Close. Linda appears on the American TV show Vicki!

11 December. Paul holds a press conference at the Academy in New York. He performs a second show before a selected audience at The Ed Sullivan Theater for the MTV series Up Close. Paul announces the making of a three-part television series on the Beatles history, hinting that the three surviving members were getting together for it. 'We're getting together for this thing and there is a chance that we might do a little bit of music for it. It will just be the three of us. We'll just do that and see how it goes from there. I shouldn't think we'll re-form as a band, but we'll do a bit of work together.'

12 December. Paul and Linda return to England.

15 December. Paul begins recording at Abbey Road with the number 'Is It Raining In London?' Paul also gives a phone interview to Simon Mayo of Radio One.

26 December. BBC TV screens the 50-minute Arena special 'Linda McCartney Behind The Lens'.

28 December. 'Hope Of Deliverance'/'Long Leather Coat' is issued in Britain. Apart from the vinyl and cassette versions there is a CD single with the additional tracks 'Big Boys Bickering' and 'Kicked Around No More'.

1993

2 January. The video of 'Hope Of Deliverance' receives its first screening on ITV's Chart Show.

7 January. Paul appears live on Top Of The Pops performing 'Hope Of Deliverance'. Central Television broadcasts 'From Rio To Liverpool'. Paul pre-records an interview for BBC 2's The О Zone.

10 January. Paul appears during a five-minute interview on The O-Zone when a clip of 'Hope Of Deliverance' is also screened.

11 January. Paul makes spontaneous calls to various radio shows, beginning with Steve Wright on Radio One.

13 January. Paul makes spontaneous calls to BRMB in Birmingham and Chiltern Radio in Milton Keynes.

14 January. Paul makes a live phone-in call to Kid Jenson at Capital Gold.

15 January. Paul is a guest on the BBC 1 show Entertainment Weekly and the video of 'Hope Of Deliverance' is shown. He also makes a spontaneous call to Radio One's News 93. A 12" version of 'Hope Of Deliverance' is issued in Britain. The late-night Chart Show screens a clip of 'Big Boys Bickering' from MTV's Up Close.

16 January. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Pretoria, South Africa. The Australian TV show Rage shows a clip of Wings performing at Abbey Road Studios in 1977.

17 January. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Johannesburg, South Africa. Paul pre-records an interview for a radio special 'Paul McCartney: Off The Ground'.

18 January. 'Hope Of Deliverance'/'Long Leather Coat' is issued in America.

19 January. Paul has to turn down an invitation to play at President Clinton's Inaugural Gala at the Capitol Centre, Landover, Maryland because he was rehearsing for his world tour at the London Arena.

22 January. Paul phones the ITV show Good Morning With Anne And Nick. The first of a two-part pre-recorded interview with Paul appears on GMTV. While rehearsing for his forthcoming tour at Pinewood studios, Princess Diana, along with her two sons William and Harry, pay him a visit.

23 January. The German TV station ZDF TV screens a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

25 January. The one-hour pre-recorded radio show 'Paul McCartney: Off The Ground', recorded at his MPL offices on 17 January, is promoted on radio stations throughout the world.

26 January. In an MTV interview Paul says that he has written to Michael Jackson asking if he could buy his songs back and that he now only receives 15 per cent royalties for his early work. The second part of Paul's pre-recorded interview is screened on GMTV.

27 January. Linda's exhibition of photographs, 'Sixties', opens at the Hamilton Gallery in Grosvenor Square, London. Paul and Linda host a party at the gallery with various celebrity guests attending including Elvis Costello and Koo Stark. Paul and Linda's daughters Mary and Stella are there, along with Ringo's children, Lee and Jason.

28 January. Linda appears on Carlton TV's Big City in an interview recorded the previous evening at the Hamilton Gallery.

29 January. A number of radio stations in Britain and America will not play 'Bad Boys Bickering' because of Paul's use of a four-letter word.

1 February. Paul appears on Radio One's The Simon Bates Show and 'Biker Like An Icon' is aired.

2 February. Paul's latest album, Off The Ground, his 18th solo LP, is released in Britain.

3 February. MTV screens Up Close, the concerts Paul recorded at the Ed Sullivan Theater in December 1992. Paul moves from Pinewood Studios to continue his rehearsals at the Docklands Arena.

5 February. Paul hosts a 25-minute press conference at the Docklands Arena and then holds a 90-minute tour rehearsal before an invited audience of 3,000.

6 February. Paul, Linda and the band fly to Los Angeles.

7 February. Paul records a special programme about his Off The Ground album for 'The Official World Premier Special', which is a radio special syndicated across America. He also records an interview for Up Close, another syndicated radio show.

9 February. Paul's album Off The Ground is released in America. Paul continues his rehearsals at the Docklands Arena.

10 February. Paul, Linda and the band fly to New York.

11 February. Paul holds a press conference at the Academy in New York. He also holds a live phone interview with Rockline, the Los Angeles radio show.

12 February. Paul rehearses for his appearance on Saturday Night Live. He also engages in some pre-recorded interviews for two NBC shows, Nightly News and Today.

13 February. Paul appears live on Saturday Night Live, appearing in some comedy sketches and performing 'Biker Like An Icon', 'Get Out Of My Way' and 'Hey Jude'.

15 February. Paul officially launches Off The Ground, his 18th album, at a press conference at the Docklands Arena, London.

17 February. Paul and the band pre-record an appearance for Top Of The Pops, lip-synching to 'C'Mon People'.

18 February. The Top Of The Pops show includes the pre-recorded 'C'Mon People'. Paul, Linda and the band fly to Italy. The RAI TV network interviews Paul.

18 February. Paul and the band begin the first leg of their European tour with a concert at the Forum, Assage, Italy.

19 February. Paul and the band appear on their second concert at the Forum, near Milan, Italy.

20 February. The promo of 'C'Mon People' receives its premiere in Britain on The Chart Show, an ITV networked programme.

21 February. Big El, a programme on the Carlton and Meridian regions in Britain, screens excerpts from Paul's Docklands conference.

22 February. Paul and the band appear at the Festehalle, Frankfurt, Germany where he is presented with a gold disc for his Off The Ground album. The single 'C'Mon People' is released in Britain.

23 February. Paul and the band appear at the Festehalle, Frankfurt, Germany.

24 February. 'The Making Of C'Mon People' is screened on the Carlton and Meridian TV regions in Britain. Paul's Up Close is given its European premiere on MTV.

25 February. Inside Music, a programme on VH-I, includes news of Paul's forthcoming American tour.

28 February. An interview with Paul, conducted by Andrea Babrato on 18 February, is broadcast on the RAI TV network. Another interview, pre-recorded on the same day by Rolando Giambelli of the Radio 10 Network is aired on RAI UNO.

3 March. Paul, Linda and the band arrive in Perth for the second leg of their world tour. The TV channels Channel 9 and Channel 10 feature Paul's arrival in Australia.

4 March. MTV's 3 From 1 spot features Paul and screens the promotional videos of 'Birthday', 'No More Lonely Nights' and 'Hope Of Deliverance'. Paul is also heard on the Radio 96FM show with Bob Geldof. Australian programme Eleven AM show a number of McCartney TV clips.

5 March. Paul and his band appear at the Subiaco Oval, Perth. During a press conference Paul refuses to be drawn on political issues due to the Australian election campaign. He says, 'I think Australians are more worried about the economy but someone has to talk about the environment. I would happily shut up if the politicians would do something about it.' The ITV programme The Chart Show screens the 'C'Mon People' promo. A special four-CD box set The New World Collection is issued to coincide with the Australian/New Zealand Tour. In America the NBC programme In Concert '93 presents a two-part feature on the world tour and the Off The Ground album, part of which had been recorded at Paul's Docklands press conference on 5 February.

6 March. The ITV programme The Chart Show screens the 'C'Mon People' promo for the third time. An advert appears in the American publication Billboard, paid for by Paul and Apple, in which they congratulate George Martin on the opening of AIR studios in London.

7 March. MTV Europe presents 'Paul McCartney Sunday', a day devoted to documentaries and promotional videos of Paul.

9 March. Paul and his band appear at the Cricket Ground, Melbourne. He holds a 30-minute press conference. Linda visits the cast of the TV show Neighbours. Perth's Radio 96FM show in which Bob Geldof interviewed Paul is repeated. Paul also pre-records an interview for 3AW-AM, a Melbourne radio station.

10 March. Paul holds a press conference at Melbourne Cricket Ground prior to his second concert there. The press conference is featured on the television news show Live Eye. Paul's pre-recorded interview for 3AW-AM is broadcast.

11 March. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Linkoping, Sweden.

12 March. Paul's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Stockholm.

13 March. Paul and his band appear at the Oval, Adelaide.

16 March. Paul and his band appear at the Entertainment Centre, Sydney. Channel 7 screens the concert film Get Back. Backstage, Paul and Linda are visited by actor Bryan Brown, who portrayed Paul's manager in Give My Regards To Broad Street.

17 March. Paul and his band appear at the Entertainment Centre, Sydney. Ian Rogerson and Debbie Spillane of 2JJJ FM, a Sydney radio station, interview him. Channel 9 screens clips of 'Drive My Car' and 'Coming Up'.

19 March. 12,000 people join a queue outside Brash's record store in Pitt Street, Sydney after it has been announced that Paul will do a 30-minute signing session. Queuing begins five hours before Paul arrives and it is his first record-store signing since his Liverpool days. Linda appears on a Channel 9 midday show hosted by Ray Martin to discuss her 'Sixties' photographic collection. She creates controversy when she is interviewed by Roland Roccheccioli for the Channel 7 programme Real Life by verbally attacking Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, a pig farmer, who she describes as a 'pig slaughterer'. She says, 'The only way to be a good leader is to be kind and fair. And you're not kind and fair if you're murdering animals for profit.'

20 March. Paul and his band appear at the Entertainment Centre, Sydney.

22 March. Various Australian news reports screen Paul and Linda's visit to the Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace vessel docked in Sydney Harbour. In the evening Paul and his band appear at the Parramatta Stadium, Sydney.

23 March. Paul and his band appear again at the Parramatta Stadium, Sydney.

25 March. Paul and the band arrive in New Zealand.

26 March. Paul holds a press conference and a rehearsal with the band. Linda is interviewed for the TV show Prime Time.

27 March. Paul and his band appear at the Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. The Continental Airlines Pipe Band joins him on stage for 'Mull Of Kintyre'. Paul appears on the Channel 9 show Hey Hey It's Saturday. After the show Paul and Linda return to England. 2 April. The Off The Ground promotional clip receives its American premiere on the TV show Friday Night Videos.

8 April. Paul attends the Mayfair Hotel, London for a press conference in which Grundig announce that they will become one of the sponsors to LIPA.

9 April. Paul, Linda and the group set off for Nevada and the next leg of their world tour.

12 April. The documentary about the Nordoff-Robbins music therapy charity, with its introduction by Paul, is repeated on BBC 2. In America the VH-I show Inside Music features a pre-recorded interview with Paul and screens the 'Hope Of Deliverance' promo and clips from Up Close. Paul's MTV Up Close programme is screened on BBC 1. 14 April. Paul and his group appear at the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas. Prior to the concert Robert Hilburn of the LA Times interviews Paul, who mentions his current activism: 'The strange thing about activism is it's not easy. It's so much easier for me to go off and hibernate with my money, but I'm an older guy, one of the planet's elders almost - and I figure there is a sort of responsibility to either just tell everyone to "tune in, drop out, turn on, man," if that's what you think, or give them some ideas.'

16 April. Paul appears at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, for the Earth Day For The Environment concert and is joined on stage by Ringo for the finale. CNN's Showbiz Today screens clips from Paul's Las Vegas concert.

17 April. Paul and his group appear at the Anaheim Stadium, California.

18 April. Channel 4 screens Paul's 'Movin' On' documentary, directed by Aubrey Powell, filmed in June 1992.

19 April. Paul's single 'Off The Ground' is released in America.

20 April. Paul and his band appear at the Aggie Memorial in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Capital release a vinyl single of 'Biker Like An Icon'.

22 April. Paul and his band appear at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas. The American VH-I music channel screens clips from Paul's performance on the 'Earth Day' event at the Hollywood Bowl and is immediately followed by a re-edited version of Up Close.

24 April. Paul and his band appear at the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans.

26 April. The American show Entertainment Tonight features a peek at Paul's current tour by Pat O'Brien.

27 April. Paul and his band appear at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee. Before the concert, Paul is filmed with Carl Perkins performing 'Blue Suede Shoes', 'Maybelline', 'Matchbox' and 'My Old Friend' for the HBO programme 'Go Cat Go'.

29 April. Paul and his band appear at the Busch Memorial Stadium in St Louis, Missouri.

30 April. The Hollywood Report programme on ITV features excerpts from Paul's Hollywood Bowl concert for 'Earth Day'.

1 May. Paul and his band appear at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.

2 May. The music programme VH-I to I features a pre-recorded interview with Paul and a rare clip from the '3 Legs' promo. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed at the St Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, Indianapolis, Indiana by the Carmel Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by David Hunter, who was formerly an Abbey Road Studios employee.

5 May. Paul and his band appear at the Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.

7 May, Paul and his band appear at the Williams-Bryce Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina. Backstage, Paul records an interview for the NBC show Today.

9 May. Paul and his band appear at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida.

10 May. VH-I provides a competition for a prize winner to join Paul at one of his American concerts. The competition is called the 'Backstage With Paul Sweepstakes'.

11 May. Linda appears in a pre-recorded interview on the CBS TV show This Morning. The Liverpool Oratorio is performed at Linkopings Konserthus.

12 May. The Liverpool Oratorio is performed at Stockholm Konserthus. 19 May. Paul's pre-recorded interview from backstage at his Columbia South Carolina gig is featured on the Today show.

21 May. Paul and his band appear at the Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, during which the Heatherbelles Ladies Pipe Band joins him onstage for 'Mull Of Kintyre'. The local radio station 103 UFM interviews him. The Meridian TV region screens the Give My Regards To Broad Street film.

23 May. Paul and his band appear at the HHH Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

26 May. Paul and his band appear at the Folsom Field Stadium in Boulder, Colorado.

27 May. Linda's book The Sixties is reprinted in Britain.

29 May. Paul and his band appear at the Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas.

31 May. Paul and his band appear at the Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri.

2 June. Paul and his band appear at the County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

4 June. Paul and his band appear at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Detroit, Michigan.

6 June. Paul and his band appear at the CN Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Canada.

7 June. Re-mastered CDs of the albums McCartney, Band On The Run, Venus And Mars, Wild Life, London Town, Ram and Red Rose Speedway are released in Britain.

9 June. A proposed concert at the Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New Jersey, is cancelled.

11 June. Paul and his band appear at the Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. NBC/Fox and ABS News in America report on the Giant's Stadium concert and include snippets of an interview with Paul. MTV Europe reports that Paul is going to team up for recording sessions with Sting.

12 June. Paul and his band appear at the Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

13 June. Paul and his band appear at the Veterans' Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

14 June. BBC 1 screens the MPL film 'Blankit's First Show', which includes several numbers by Paul: 'The Man', 'The Other Me', 'Sweetest Little Show', 'Hey Hey' and 'All You Horse Riders'. It is the third time the BBC has screened the 1984 documentary. In America the Fox channel airs the first of a two-part interview with Paul.

15 June. 'Live In The New World', the concert by Paul given at the Blockbuster Pavilion in Charlotte, Carolina is broadcast on the Fox channel in the States. It attracts 9.54 million viewers, a record for the Tuesday night spot on the channel.

24 June. Paul Cooper of the Bootleg Beatles performs a concert at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool in aid of LIPA.

27 June. MTV Europe screen Paul's 1991 Unplugged once again.

10 July. The Australasian premiere of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio takes place at the Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Paul is featured on the cover of Hor Zu, the German TV guide.

11 July. Another performance of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio takes place at the Aotea Centre, Auckland.

12 July. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, at the Aotea Centre, New Zealand, is staged by the Auckland Choral Society, the Auckland Boys' Choir and the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra for the third and final time. MTV Europe screens 'Paul McCartney Up Close'. The single 'C'Mon People' is released in America.

14 July. Disc jockey Chris Tarrant interviews Paul live by phone for Capital Radio.

20 July. Paul appears in a pre-recorded interview on London Tonight, a Carlton ITV programme.

22 July. Paul poses on the Abbey Road zebra crossing for the cover of his Paul Is Live album.

28 July. MTV News on MTV Europe reveals that Paul is writing classical pieces for piano.

9 August. A new set of re-mastered CDs of Paul's albums are released in Britain: Wings At The Speed Of Sound, Back To The Egg, McCartney II, Tug Of War, Pipes Of Peace, Give My Regards To Broad Street, Press To Play, Wings Greatest and Flowers In the Dirt. 3 September. Paul and his group begin the fourth leg of their world tour at the Waldbuehne, Berlin, Germany.

5 September. Paul and his group appear at the Stadhalle, Vienna.

6 September. Paul and his group appear at the Stadhalle, Vienna.

7 September. Paul and Ringo are at Abbey Road Studios where they record a special message for 'Cilia - A Celebration', a programme on Cilia Black's career.

9 September. Paul and his group appear at the Olympiahalle, in Munich.

11 September. Paul and his band appear at Earl's Court, London. Backstage, Paul tapes a speech for 'Cilia - A Celebration'.

12 September. The Disney Channel in America screen 'Paul McCartney: Going Home'. They screen further showings of the documentary on 18, 24 and 30 September.

13 September. Paul's son James is swept out to sea near Winchelsea, Sussex when he falls off his surfboard. An RAF helicopter rescues him.

14 September. Paul and his band appear at Earl's Court, London.

15 September. Paul and his band appear at Earl's Court, London.

18 September. Paul and his band appear at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany.

19 September. Paul and his band appear at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany.

21 September. Paul and his band appear at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany.

23 September. Paul and his band appear at the HM Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany.

25 September. Paul and his band appear at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg.

27 September. Paul and his band appear at the Spektrum in Oslo.

1 October. Paul and his band appear at the Globen Arena, Stockholm.

2 October. The MTV documentary Up Close is screened on local American television stations.

3 October. Paul and his band appear at the Maimarkthalle, Mannheim.

5 October. Paul and his band appear at the HM Schleyer-Halle, in Stuttgart, Germany.

6 October. Paul and his band appear at the Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany.

8 October. The Brazilian premiere of the Liverpool Oratorio takes place at Curitiba.

9 October. Paul and his band appear at the Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam, Holland

10 October. Paul and his band appear at the Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam, Holland.

13 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palais Omnisports de Bercy in Paris, France.

14 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palaise Omnisports de Bercy in Paris, France. During the day he makes a personal appearance at the FNAC record store. Whilst in the store he renews acquaintance with Tony Sheridan.

17 October. Paul and his band appear at the Flanders Expo, Ghent.

18 October. The planned concert in Metz, France is cancelled due to the fact that Paul has strained his voice.

20 October. Paul and his band appear at the Zenith in Toulon, France.

22 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palasport in Florence, Italy.

23 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palasport in Florence, Italy.

26 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palau San Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

27 October. Paul and his band appear at the Palau San Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.

30 October. The MTV show First Look on MTV Europe screens the European premiere of the 'Biker Like An Icon' promo.

31 October. MTV repeats First Look, with the 'Biker Like An Icon' promo, 1 November. MTV Europe hosts a Beatles Day, which includes a prerecorded interview with Paul.

4 November. The US Broadcast Music Inc honours 'Yesterday' as the most performed song in history. At this time the song has been covered by 2,500 artists and has received six million plays on American radio and television alone.

12 November. Paul begins the fifth and final leg of his world tour with an appearance at the Tokyo Dome, Japan.

13 November. An alternative version of the 'Biker Like An Icon' promo is screened on MTV in Japan. Channel 4 screen the UK premiere of the Fox TV 'Paul McCartney Live', which was taken from the 5 June concert at Charlotte North Carolina.

14 November. Paul and his group appear at the Tokyo Dome, Japan.

15 November. Paul and his group appear at the Tokyo Dome, Japan. The album Paul Is Live is released in Britain. The album Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest by the Fireman (Paul and Youth) is released in Britain.

16 November. The album Paul Is Live is released in America.

18 November. Paul and his group appear at the Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan.

19 November. Paul and his group appear at the Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan.

25 November. At a press conference in Mexico City Paul announces that he will be getting together with George Harrison and Ringo Starr in January to work on The Beatles Anthology. That evening Paul and his group appear at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez racetrack.

27 November. Paul and his group appear at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez racetrack in Mexico City.

3 December. Paul and his group appear at the Pacaembu Stadium, San Paolo.

5 December. Paul and his group appear at the Paulo Leminski Rock in Curitiba, Brazil.

10 December. Paul and his group appear at the Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires.

11 December. Paul and his group appear at the Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires.

12 December. Paul and his group appear at the Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires.

16 December. Paul and his group appear at the Estadio Nacional, Santiago.

1994

I January. The Paul Is Live concert video is released in Japan.

19 January. Paul makes his induction speech for John Lennon's entry into the 'Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame' during a ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.

28 January. Paul and Linda attend the premiere of Wayne's World II at the Empire, Leicester Square, London and then visit the Hard Rock Cafe where Mike Myers presents them with a cheque for LIPA for £25,000 from the sale of Linda's vegetarian burgers.

29 January. 'El Especial de Paul McCartney', a 50-minute excerpt from the Unplugged show is screened on Channel 5 in Peru.

7 February. An all-star 'Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving' video, with the artists singing 'Drive My Car', featured Paul as the main vocalist when the clip was screened on US TV. 10 February. An interview with Paul appears in Rolling Stone magazine.

I1 February. Paul, George and Ringo get together at Paul's studio, the Mill, to begin recording 'Free As A Bird'. The 'In Concert' show on American TV, hosted by Dan Marino, features clips from Paul's 'New World' tour.

22 February. Capitol releases Paul's 'Fireman' album in America.

7 March. A feature on Paul and Linda's 25 years of marriage is published in the Liverpool Echo.

12 March. Paul receives the Doris Day Award at the Genesis Awards in Century City, California.

21 March. The 85-minute Paul Is Live home video is released in Britain.

10 April. The Sunday Times estimates Paul's fortune as being £400,000,000.

5 May. Paul, George and Ringo visit a vegetarian restaurant in Chiswick High Road.

11 May. Paul and Linda fly to America to promote Linda's vegetarian foods.

24 May. Mike McCartney appears in a charity concert at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool and sings a new song he has composed, 'You're Never Too Old To Rock And Roll'.

8 June. Paul, George and Ringo, with their wives, return to the vegetarian restaurant in Chiswick High Road, during their discussions about The Beatles Anthology.

22 June. Paul, George and Ringo record at George's studio in Henley.

I August. People magazine run a colour photo of Paul in Australia in 1993.

27 September. An art exhibition called 'Little Pieces From Big Stars' opens in Hackney, London. Among the contributions for a charity auction are a wood sculpture by Paul and a photograph by Linda.

28 September. Paul sends a statement to the press conference being held at LIPA in Liverpool, which reads: 'I want this to be the best school of its type in the world. Let's aim high with this, because I'm very optimistic of what we can do here.'

7 October. Linda's press conference on her vegetarian range is filmed and shown on GMTV in Britain on 10 October.

8 October. The German Channel 3 screen an extended version of Paul's 'Live In The New World' concert, which had taken place at Charlotte, North Carolina on 15 June 1993.

3 November. Paul is involved in a car accident, but is unhurt.

13 November. 'Paul McCartney Live' is shown on Channel 4.

21 November. The cast of Bay watch appear on the Geraldo Show in America. David Hasselhoff announced, 'Paul McCartney will be our next big guest star.' It didn't happen!

3 December. Paul is featured on Top Of the Pops 2 on BBC 2, with an excerpt from 'Once Upon A Long Ago'.

8 December. The 'Hope Of Deliverance' video is screened on the ITV networked The Album Show.

I1 December. Liverpool Suite is performed at St John's Square, Smith Street, London by the New London Orchestra.

24 December. Fuji Television in Japan air a 90-minute Paul McCartney special, which includes 16 songs.

26 December. MTV Europe repeats a screening of 'Paul McCartney Up Close'.

31 December. The German channel SWF screen 'Movin' On'.

1995

14 January. McCartney Unplugged is repeated on Sat-3 in Europe, with German subtitles.

29 January. 'Memories Of 1984' on Sky News shows clips of Paul receiving the freedom of the city in Liverpool, attending the premiere of Give My Regards To Broad Street and Linda's drugs bust, which took place that January.

6 February. Paul, George and Ringo begin recording 'Real Love' at Paul's Mill Studios.

7 February. Paul, George and Ringo continue with their recording of 'Real Love'.

12 February. Linda's 'The Sixties' exhibition opens at the Kunsthalle zu Kiel, in Germany and runs until 26 March.

4 March. Paul, Linda and Mary attend a Booksellers Association convention reception at Marc Restaurant in Chicago to promote Linda's latest book Linda's Kitchen. They arrive at 6 p.m. in a limousine and shake hands and sign autographs for some of the 200 guests. They leave the reception at 8 p.m. and go to a restaurant called Charley Trotters. 11 March. Paul, Linda and their children record Yoko Ono's 'Hiroshima Sky Is Always Blue' with Yoko and Sean at Paul's home studio in Sussex.

15 March. A press conference promoting LIPA takes place at Planet Hollywood, New York. Paul sends a message: 'I'm sorry I can't be there with you, but I've got the best possible excuse. I'm working in the studio on a couple of tracks from a sixties beat group you may have heard of - called the Beatles. These tracks will be released at the end of this year as a couple of cherries on the cake of the Beatles Anthology.7 20 March. Paul, George and Ringo begin work on the track 'Now And Then' at the Mill, but decide to abandon the number.

23 March. Paul appears at the Royal College of Music where 22-year-old Anya Alexeyev premieres his piano piece A Leaf. He also performs 'Mistress And Maid' with Elvis Costello and 'For No One' and 'Yesterday' backed by the Brodsky Quartet. Prince Charles is among the 300 attendees.

25 March. 'MTV Unplugged - The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Edition' is screened by MTV. This includes acoustic sets from past and present inductees of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and Paul was featured.

29 March. Paul, George and Ringo are in Chiswick, working on The Beatles Anthology project.

31 March. A photograph of Paul, George and Ringo together appears on the cover of the Daily Mirror. They are referred to as 'The Threetles'.

6 April. Paul and Linda attend the ceremony marking the completion of the new Rye Memorial Care Centre.

24 April. A Panorama report on drugs features a clip of Paul from a 1984 interview saying that cannabis was less harmful than alcohol. Paul's piano piece A Leaf', played by Russian pianist Anya Alexeyev, is issued in the UK on EMI Classics.

25 April. Linda is at the Amstel Hotel, Amsterdam promoting her line of vegetarian foods.

30 April. Details of Paul's finances are published in the magazine Night And Day, which mentions his interests in Apple Corps, Maclen Music and MPL Communications, pointing out that they generated £30 million in 1992 and a further £25 million in 1993. The accounts showed that Paul paid himself £837,000 in 1992 and £310,000 in 1993. During 1993 MPL had a turnover of £14.3 million, with costs of £11.7 million.

I May. The CD of Thrillington is released in Britain.

3 May. James McCartney is airlifted to the Conquest Hospital, Hastings after being rescued by a police helicopter when he breaks his ankle after his Land Rover overturns.

4 May. Together with Steve Miller, Paul records 'Broomstick' at the Mill in Hog Hill.

5 May. Paul and Steve Miller begin recording 'Used To Be Bad' at the Mill.

8 May. David Mirkin, producer of The Simpsons, flies to London with the scripts for Paul and Linda's appearance on the show, in order to tape their voices.

II May. Paul and Steve Miller record 'If You Wanna' at the Mill.

14 May. Paul is listed at No. 20 in the Sunday Times annual list of the wealthiest people in Britain, with his fortune quoted as being £420,000,000.

15 May. Paul, George and Ringo are at the Mill, completing 'Real Love'. 17 May. Paul, Linda, son James and Geoff Emerick fly to America to record for a week at Steve Miller's studio in Sun Valley, Idaho.

22 May. Paul and Linda are promoting National Vegetarian Week, with Paul narrating a 'Devour The Earth' video in which he says, 'I am convinced that vegetarianism will become the future way of life. Therefore, I'm very happy and proud that I'm able to participate in it now.'

23 May. Paul and Linda are the subject of a double-page spread in the 'Woman Extra' section of the Liverpool Echo. They mention the animals at their home in Sussex - the cows Lavender and Vanessa who had been brought to them when their pregnant mothers were on their way to the slaughterhouse; their flock of sheep; seventeen horses; two deer; a golden pheasant; and three Old English sheepdogs.

24 May. Paul returns from America and appears on the ITV London Tonight show in tribute to former British prime minister Harold Wilson who'd died the previous day. He says, 'He was very canny. The last time we met him, somebody from the press tried to put a microphone in our faces and tried to get us to say something indiscreet with him. But he put the microphone in his pocket and just carried away puffing on his pipe. I liked him a lot, he seemed a nice man.' 29 May. The first of the 13-part Oobujoobu series is aired with a two-hour special by Westwood One and syndicated to stations across America.

1 June. Steve Miller returns to America.

2 June. Paul begins overdubbing the tapes he has recorded with Steve Miller at Abbey Road Studios.

4 June. Paul, Linda and Mary attend a reception at the Marc Restaurant in Chicago for the book Linda's Kitchen.

12 June. 23-year-old Stella presents her graduation collection at the Central St Martin's Design School in London. Paul writes a song, 'Stella', for the soundtrack. Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Yasmin Le Bon model her creations. The Daily Telegraph describe it as 'a strong collection'. Paul, Linda and James are present and Paul says,

'I'm the proudest dad in the world. I thought that it was brilliant, and Stella has come such a long way since she first started out.'

20 June. The CD of Thrillington is issued in America on the EMI Records Group (North America) label.

22 June. Paul meets producer Chips Chipperfield and director Geoff Wonfor to discuss the Beatles Anthology documentary.

15 July. Paul and Linda lead a march through Rye to celebrate the opening of the local 16-bed hospital. Paul also appears on a BBC Radio 4 programme 'Remembering Live Aid'.

16 July. Cole Moreton interviews Paul in an Independent On Sunday feature in which he discusses the Rye Memorial Care Centre. He also mentions the Anthology series.

28 July. Paul and Linda visit the site of the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts.

6 August. 'Hiroshima Sky', the Yoko Ono number Paul and his family recorded with Yoko and Sean, receives its world premiere on Good Morning japan on the Japanese television station NHK.

25 August. The Liverpool Suite receives its American debut in Cleveland.

4 September. Paul, together with Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher and the Mojo Filters records 'Come Together' at Abbey Road Studios for the charity album Help!

7 September. For the Buddy Holly Tribute Show at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, Paul appears on stage with the Crickets, Bobby Vee and Carl Perkins.

10 September. Channel 4 screens the documentary on the making of 'Come Together', filmed at Abbey Road Studios on 4 September. 14 September. At Sotheby's auction in London, Paul's handwritten lyrics to 'Getting Better' sell for £161,000.

2 October. Paul and Linda fly to America to spend a week promoting Linda's new book, Linda's Kitchen. Her publishers, Little Brown, comment: 'Linda McCartney is today recognised as one of the most influential vegetarian campaigners. She is determined to persuade more of us to adopt a healthier and more caring way of life by cutting back on the amount of meat in our diet, and ultimately becoming vegetarian.'

3 October. Paul and Linda, on their five-day promotional tour for Linda's range of vegetarian foods, appear in Detroit, Seattle and Los Angeles, with Linda conducting press conferences. An exhibition of Linda's 'Sixties' photographs ends at the Reiss Museum, Mannheim, Germany.

4 October. Linda holds a press conference at the Ritz Carlton in Dearborn, Michigan to discuss her vegetarian foods. Paul is in the audience and is asked, 'What does your husband think of the dinners?' He then joins her on stage. Paul and Linda appear on Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee and Linda appears on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Paul's wood sculpture 'Wood One' realises £12,500 at the charity auction held at the Royal College of Art.

7 October. Linda's press conference on her vegetarian range was filmed and shown on GMTV in Britain on 10 October. 11 October. The Album Show features a clip from the Abbey Road sessions on 4 September when Paul recorded 'Come Together' with Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher.

15 October. The McCartney episode of The Simpsons is shown on Fox TV. Paul reveals to Lisa that if you play 'Maybe I'm Amazed' backwards you will hear a recipe for a really ripping lentil soup. To celebrate World Food Day, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals distributes Linda's range of vegetarian foods to the homeless in the Farringdon district of London.

16 October. Paul joins poet Allen Ginsberg on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall, London to provide backing for Ginsberg's poem 'The Ballad Of The Skeletons' during the 'Return Of The Forgotten Poetry' event. Only half of the 5,000 seats are filled.

17 October. BBC l's Newsroom South features a clip of Paul backing Allen Ginsberg at the Royal Albert Hall, together with a short interview with Paul. Help!, the benefit album for the 'War Child' charity that features Paul, is released.

19 October. The BBC 2 programme Today's The Day includes a clip of Paul and Wings at a press conference at Wembley following the end of their 1975/76 tour. Linda's book Linda's Kitchen is published in Britain.

24 October. The BBC 2 programme Today's The Day includes a clip of Paul from his 'Guinness Book Of Records Investiture' in 1979.

28 October. The Paul Is Live special makes its American debut on VH1. In an interview in the Daily Express, Paul says, 'There are those who think John was the Beatles. That is not true and he would be the first to tell you that.'

2 November. Paul's Grateful Dead film is scheduled for the London Film Festival.

8 November. Paul holds a private viewing of his nine-minute Grateful Dead - a Photofilm at the Metro Cinema, Rupert Street, London. Guests include Paul's family and friends. Paul is honoured with the fellowship of the Royal College of Music and is presented with the award by Prince Charles.

10 November. The American TV show Day and Date screens the 14 May 1968 interview with Paul and John discussing Apple with journalist Larry Kane.

12 November. The Sunday Mirror reports that Paul is angry with his 66-year-old stepmother Angie McCartney because she sold Paul's birth certificate. The birth certificate has actually been sold a couple of times at different auctions.

16 November. Grateful Dead-a Photofilm is premiered at the Odeon, Leicester Square as part of the London Film Festival.

19 November. The Beatles Anthology series premieres on the ABC network in America.

21 November. The Beatles Anthology 1 is released worldwide.

26 November. The Beatles Anthology documentary series is premiered in Britain on the ITV network.

4 December. The single 'Free As A Bird' is issued in Britain.

7 December. A hospital scan reveals that Linda has a malignant tumour in one of her breasts.

9 December. The Family Way soundtrack is reissued on CD in America.

11 December. Linda undergoes surgery at the Princess Grace Hospital, London to remove a lump from her breast. Paul comments, 'We're very optimistic about the future and, for the moment, everything goes on as normal. The doctors have said she will need a couple of months of recuperation - she just needs peace and quiet at the moment.'

1996

8 January. The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts opens in Liverpool. 30 January. Paul hosts the press launch for LIPA. Guests include his son James, his brother Mike, Gerry Marsden, Neil Aspinall and George Martin.

6 February. Paul and Linda are featured in the Woman Extra supplement of the Liverpool Echo.

13 February. A new promo of 'Real Love' is completed.

14 February. The Sun newspaper claims that two robbers, now in custody, revealed that there had been a plot to kill Paul.

26 February. Sky Movies screens Give My Regards To Broad Street. 4 March. Paul and Ringo appear on BBC 2's Pebble Mill discussing 'Real Love', which has been released on this day. It is reported that Paul has turned down an offer on behalf of the three remaining Beatles to tour Europe, Japan and America for £147 million.

9 March. Paul writes an article in the Daily Mirror newspaper condemning Radio One's decision not to play 'Real Love'.

18 March. The Beatles Anthology 2 is released internationally.

13 May. Paul and Ringo work on the number 'Beautiful Night' at Paul's studio at the Mill.

18 May. Paul appears on The Steve Wright Show on BBC Radio Two.

7 June. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens LIPA and is shown around the school by Paul, who comments, 'This is a very proud day for me. It's exciting that we have saved this fine old building of my school, and that Her Majesty has taken such an interest in our new school.'

8 June. 'The Fame Game', a documentary about LIPA, is shown on BBC1.

26 June. Paul visits the site for the forthcoming Prince's Trust Gala at Hyde Park.

29 June. Newspapers anticipate a Beatles reunion at the Prince's Trust Gala and the Evening Standard newspaper even prints a headline 'Beatles Lined Up For Hyde Park Surprise'.

23 August. The Liverpool Echo publishes an exclusive interview with Paul.

21 September. The 100th performance of the Liverpool Oratorio takes place at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, with Paul and Stella in attendance. Geoff Baker, Paul's spokesman, comments, 'The funny thing about it, when it was premiered, one of the critics said it would never travel. It's played 20 countries, 14 states of the US and has travelled 195,504 miles. They ought to call it Paul McCartney's Peripatetic OratorioV

24 September. Excerpts from an interview with Paul are included on the BBC Radio 2 programme 'The Beatles In Scotland'.

28 September. Paul and Linda's photo film of the Grateful Dead receives its American premiere at the New York Film Festival. 4 October. Abbey Road Studios holds its 65th anniversary party. Paul is unable to attend due to Linda's chemotherapy treatment, but his brother Mike deputises.

6 October. The Daily Mail reports on its front page that Linda is in Los Angeles undergoing 'a new intensive course of chemotherapy treatment'. Mike McCartney also confirms the treatment and says, 'She has more stamina than all of us and Paul is there for her.'

11 October. Paul and Linda's Grateful Dead film is shown again at the Angelika Film Center, New York.

22 October. Paul, Linda and Mary attend a private party at Heather's pottery exhibition at Felissimo, New York, where her new range of Tulip, Sunflower and Crocus vases is on display. Each vase is in a numbered box and limited to 100 signed pieces.

28 October. The Beatles Anthology 3 is released around the world.

7 November. Linda's book Roadworks is published by Little Brown.

8 November. Linda's 'Roadworks' photographs exhibition opens at the International Center of Photography in New York. A photograph of Paul is entitled 'My Love'.

9 November. An interview with Linda promoting 'Roadworks' appears in the Guardian newspaper.

23 November. Linda's 'Roadworks' photographic exhibition opens at the National Film and Television Museum in Bradford.

24 November. A performance of the Liverpool Oratorio takes place at the Sorbonne in Paris.

4 December. A clip of Paul, George and Ringo jamming on 'Blue Moon Of Kentucky' at Friar Park in June 1994 is shown on ABC's Good Morning America.

7 December. The Daily Mail newspaper publishes profiles of Mary and Stella McCartney.

14 December. Paul and Linda are awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the PETA Gala in Hollywood. They send a 45-second acceptance video. The two take turns thanking PETA for the award, with Linda saying, 'You've certainly brightened up my year.' Paul wished everyone peace and love from himself, Linda and the kids and they both added, 'and from the animals'.

16 December. Paul is informed that he will be awarded a knighthood in the next honours' list and he videotapes an acceptance speech.

17 December. Linda appears with Paul for the first time since her cancer scare.

25 December. An interview with Paul is broadcast on London's Talk Radio. 31 December. Paul's knighthood is announced in the New Year's Honours List. Paul is on holiday in America but had been informed a few weeks previously and made a tape of acceptance during a visit to LIPA: 'It's a fantastic honour and I am very gratefully receiving it on behalf of all the people of Liverpool and the other Beatles, without whom it wouldn't have been possible. So I hope I can be worthy of it. I would also like to thank my wife and kids and wish everyone a Happy New Year.'

1997

2 January. RTL, the German TV channel, reports on Paul's knighthood.

8 January. EMI hold a press conference at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, during which they announce that there will be a world premiere of Paul's classical work that he is writing to celebrate the EMI centenary at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 October.

9 January. The BBC programme Watchdog covers the story of Paul banning the sale of the handwritten lyrics to 'With A Little Help From My Friends', which had been put up for auction by Lily Evans, wife of former Beatle aide Mai Evans. Paul gave Watchdog a statement: 'The programme is trying to make the Beatles out to be widow beaters. Nothing could be further from the truth. I would like to meet Mrs Evans and discuss this and come to some arrangement to see that she is taken care of, and the lyrics are returned.' He added, 'To show how ridiculous this whole memorabilia market has become, there is someone in the US who owns my birth certificate. How people can feel that is right is beyond my comprehension.'

27 January. The Jornal Do Brasil reports that Paul is furious about Beatles memorabilia sales in London and Japan.

4 February. Paul donates a portrait of Buddy Holly to an auction at the Saatchi Gallery on behalf of the charity War Child.

14 February. Paul is at Abbey Road Studios for the orchestral overdubs on 'Beautiful Night'.

3 March. Paul is at Abbey Road Studios recording demos for Standing Stone with the London Symphony Orchestra and a school choir.

4 March. Paul spends a second day at Abbey Road Studios making demos.

10 March. The Daily Mail publishes a feature on Paul under the title 'The Reclusive Beatle'.

11 March. Paul is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. On the BBC's 6 O'clock News they erroneously refer to him as 'the man who gave his MBE back'.

13 March. Paul and Linda voice their support for a vigil in memory of the children who were gunned down in Dunblane in 1996. The two send a fax, 'We will be lighting a candle in memory of the beautiful children and their teacher whose lives were so tragically snatched away. Hopefully, in some small way, this will help relieve the pain of their loved ones.'

17 March. In a Daily Mirror interview Jane Asher was asked if she was sick of people asking her about Paul. 'No, I get sick of people asking me if I get sick of people asking me about it.' 24 March. Paul is featured in People magazine.

2 April. Record retailers are invited to a playback of Paul's Flaming Pie album. In the press kit, he states, T came off the back of the Beatles Anthology with an urge to do some new music. The Anthology was very good for me, because it reminded me of the Beatles' standards and the standards that we reached with the songs. So, in a way, it was a refresher course that set the framework for this album.'

4 April. Allen Ginsberg dies at the age of seventy.

5 April. In the Liverpool Echo, Glen Campbell says that he cried when he first heard 'Mull Of Kintyre' and comments, 'Playing in Liverpool is a must for me - the home of the Beatles. I'll play "Mull Of Kintyre" in honour of Sir Paul, he is one of the greatest songwriters in the world and Liverpool should be rightly proud of his achievements. His songs such as "Michelle" with that great French verse, "Yesterday" and "Fool On The Hill" are classics.

6 April. Paul features on a pre-recorded interview on Capital Radio during their Chart Show and the number 'Young Boy' is aired.

10 April. Paul performs two numbers from Flaming Pie on the roof of his MPL building - 'Young Boy' and 'The World Tonight'. 12 April. A promo for 'Young Boy' is made. The Daily Mirror publishes a story by Maggie McGivern about her affair with Paul in the 1960s. Stella is made chief designer of Chloe. She comments, 'I felt really honoured, but I was sure I could handle it. I knew Chloe clothes because my mum used to wear them.' An interview with Paul by Thorn Duffy appears in the American Billboard magazine, where he discusses his new album. Paul also comments, 'I've really started to say to myself, look, what's it been worth to do all that Beatles career, earn all this money, get all that fame, if at some point, I don't go, "That was great, now I can have a good time.'"

15 April. International journalists are invited to a press launch for Flaming Pie at the Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, London.

18 April. A promo for 'The World Tonight' is made.

19 April. Paul appears on a phone interview for Steve Wright's Radio Two show. Melanie Сое, the inspiration for Paul's song 'She's Leaving Home', appears on the Radio Four programme 'You Probably Think This Song Is About You'.

21 April. VH-I invites viewers from around the world to submit questions for Paul to answer during a forthcoming event at Bishopsgate Town Hall in London. Three million questions are received. 23 April. Stella is featured in the New York Times. 25 April. The London edition of The Times publishes an interview with Paul.

28 April. The single 'Young Boy' is released in Britain in three different formats. Stella is featured in Newsweek magazine. 30 April. The recording sessions for Paul's Standing Stone begin at Abbey Road Studios.

1 May. Paul appears on ITN World News. Little Brown publishes Linda's book Linda McCartney's Summer Kitchen. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is used during various parts of the day on the Sky News channel.

2 May. The Times publishes a very critical review of the Flaming Pie album.

3 May. Paul's video of 'Young Boy', which had been banned by Top Of The Pops, appears on ITV's The Chart Show.

4 May. An extended version of Paul's pre-recorded interview, first screened by Sky news on 1 May, is included in the Sky news programme Newsmakers. The Sunday Times reviews Flaming Pie.

5 May. The album Flaming Pie is issued in Britain. BBC Radio Two airs a Flaming Pie special.

6 May. Robert Katz and Bill Flanagan of VH-I meet Paul at the Mill to discuss the forthcoming meeting at Bishopsgate Town Hall, London, where Paul is to answer questions on the Internet from all around the world.

9 May. The film Father's Day opens in America and includes two Flaming Pie numbers on the soundtrack - 'The World Tonight' and 'Young Boy'.

11 May. Paul has a look at the forthcoming documentary 'The World Tonight'.

12 May. VH-I begins a week of programmes about Paul and is committed to screening the promo of 'The World Tonight' 25 times during the week.

13 May. 'The World Tonight' documentary is screened at a press launch in London.

14 May. VH-I in America has been running a 'Paul McCartney Week' and screens a one-hour programme, hosted by John Fugelsang, called 'The Paul McCartney Video Collection'. It features ten of Paul's promos. They also screen Paul Is Live.

15 May. On the BBC programme And I Quote^ Paul says, 'I'm a chain saw man. No tree is safe. I apologise to them, though.' VH-I screens Rockshow.

16 May. VH-1 in America screens the TV premiere of Paul's documentary under the title 'Paul McCartney In The World Tonight', and also screens 'Wings Over The World'. An interview with Paul appears in the Daily Telegraph under the heading 'The Superstar Next Door'.

17 May. Paul is filmed at Bishopsgate Town Hall, London in an interview with John Fugelsand which is screened live by VH-1 in Europe and America under the title 'Paul McCartney's Town Hall Meeting'. Paul also takes part in a netcast. Flaming Pie reaches No. 1 in the British album charts. VH-1 in America screens 'Wings Over The World' and Rockshow.

18 May. 'The World Tonight' receives its British television premiere on the ITV network.

20 May. The Flaming Pie album is issued in America.

22 May. The single 'The World Tonight', a track from the Flaming Pie album, is issued in America. In the Liverpool Echo Paul reveals he has an exercise book with five or six songs in it. 'It's got "Love Me Do" and four other songs that were never recorded,' he says.

24 May. Radio Two airs a programme on the making of the Sgt Pepper album with interviews with Paul, George Martin, Geoff Emerick and Peter Blake. MJI Broadcasting in America begins airing a two-hour special on Flaming Pie, which is broadcast on 100 affiliated stations. It was recorded at Paul's studio, features music from the new album in addition to previously unrecorded material, and also has interviews with Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne and Steve Miller.

27 May. Paul spends the afternoon at Abbey Road Studios where he tapes a one-hour interview for VH-I Europe, which is screened on 18 June.

1 June. Paul becomes 'Artist Of The Month' on VH-1. Paul is the cover star of the June edition of Q magazine and is featured inside in an eight-page interview.

16 June. A second promo for 'Young Boy', this time directed by Alastair Donald, is completed.

18 June. VH-1 Europe celebrates Paul's birthday with a selection of programmes on their 'Paul McCartney Day'.

22 June. A one-hour television special on Paul is broadcast on the Manchete network in Brazil.

23 June. 'From Rio To Liverpool' is screened on the MCM TV channel in France. A pre-recorded interview with Paul is screened on the programme In Control on the Italian TV station RA13.

24 June. Matt Lauer of NBC's The Today Show interviews Paul at the Mill for a three-part series. He asks if he should refer to him as Sir Paul. Paul says, 'I prefer "Paul". My dad would have said, "Sir? Do we spell that C-U-R?"'

26 June. Paul rehearses at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith for his appearance on TFI Friday the next day.

27 June. Paul appears on the show TFI Friday, interviewed by the host Chris Evans and performing 'Flaming Pie' and 'This Boy'. Ringo Starr sends in a question for Paul to answer: 'Who is your favourite Beatle?!' 2 July. Following a suggestion from PETA, Paul and Linda send an autographed copy of Veganissinto, a PETA vegetarian cookbook, to Chancellor Kohl of Germany who, along with his wife Hannelore, had just published a book of German recipes Kulinarische Reise durch Deutsche Lande, A Culinary Tour Of Germany. Paul and Linda also enclose a letter in which they write, 'Linda and I think PETA's new vegetarian cookbook makes the perfect complement to the Kohl cookbook. After all those heavy, meaty recipes, you may be ready to lighten up in the kitchen. There are more than four million vegetarians in Germany - won't you and your wife be the two newest?'

6 July. On the 40th anniversary of the day when Paul first met John Lennon, a special celebration is held at St Peter's Church Hall in Woolton, Liverpool. Paul sends a special message. Paul pre-records an interview for the Late Night With Conan O'Brien show.

7 July. The first of a three-part interview with Paul is featured on NBC's The Today Show. The others follow on 8 and 9 July. Paul is also featured in an interview in the Independent newspaper discussing Standing Stone. He says, 'Liverpool Oratorio came off the back of my normal music and stretched it a bit. This time, I wanted to go further, to acknowledge in my own way, as best I could, the end of the twentieth century. There's a passage in the narrative, a sea voyage, which takes the form of a kind of Celtic jazz - except that it all goes horribly wrong and the Everyman figure at the centre of the piece finds himself lost at sea. So here it is: my first atonal music. One of my colleagues suggested that I might be putting in for my doctorate with this one!'

'The World Tonight' becomes the second single from the Flaming Pie album to be released in America.

10 July. Paul appears on Late Night With Conan O'Brien in an interview recorded at the MPL office in London. In America several pre-taped interviews are shown on various programmes, including NBC's Internight.

30 July. 'Paul McCartney In The World Tonight' is screened on the Veronica TV channel in Holland.

18 August. VH-I features an edited version of the 'Rock For Kampuchea' concert.

22 August. There is a memorial service at Liverpool Town Hall to mark the 30th anniversary of Beatles manager Brian Epstein's death. Paul sends a message, 'Brian was a wonderful man who had an exceptional talent for guiding the careers of young people. I'm eternally grateful for the loving guide that he gave to the Beatles. Brian, your show goes on.'

23 August. The first of a three-part interview with Paul is aired on the weekly American syndicated radio series Up Close.

29 August. Chancellor Kohl of Germany replies to Paul regarding his letter about vegetarianism: 'I read the many recipes and ideas with great interest. Cookery, like life in general, depends upon the right balance. As with music, composition is the key.' Paul records 'Kansas City' solo on acoustic guitar.

5 September. Paul visits Derek Taylor at his home. Derek has been a close associate for many years and is dying of cancer. Paul also writes another letter to Chancellor Kohl: 'Thank you very much for sending me your cookbook of favourite recipes. I am afraid it is much too full of meat dishes for our tastes, and we can't help thinking of the unnecessary suffering that must inevitably have taken place for these recipes to reach your plate.'

7 September. Derek Taylor dies and Paul makes the statement: 'He was a beautiful man. It is time for tears and words may follow later.' 10 September. Paul holds his annual Buddy Holly Week lunch at a Mexican restaurant in London, but it is very subdued due to the death of Princess Diana a few weeks earlier. No Buddy Holly numbers are played and Roger McGough reads some poetry.

12 September. Mike McCartney attends the funeral of Derek Taylor. In New York a 'Flaming Pie Night' is held at Shea Stadium.

14 September. 'In The World Tonight' is shown on the Fox cable channel in Brazil. The Observer newspaper begins a three-part serialisation of 'Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now'. Paul and Linda send a bouquet of flowers for the unveiling of a Jimi Hendrix blue plaque in London. Paul once again voices his opinion in the British press that cannabis should be legalised, saying, 'You're filling all the jails and yet it's when you're in jail that you really become a criminal. That's when you learn all the tricks.'

15 September. The Concert For Montserrat, organised by George Martin, is held at the Royal Albert Hall with guests who include Paul, Elton John, Sting, Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. The show is

broadcast live by Heart FM. It is also filmed for the pay-to-view Sky Box Office channel and screened on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September. 18 September. Stella McCartney is named Best Young Designer at the Elle Style Awards.

23 September. Paul McCartney's Standing Stone is released in America on CD and cassette on EMI Classics 7243 556484 26. Standing Stone is featured on the American National Public Radio's Performance Today programme.

25 September. In an article in the Sun newspaper, Paul discusses the Manchester group Oasis.

28 September. Paul, along with Richard Branson, supports the Independent On Sunday newspaper's call for cannabis to be made legal.

29 September. Paul McCartney's Standing Stone is issued in Britain in a limited edition vinyl LP boxed double album with a gatefold sleeve.

30 September. Photographs from Linda's Sixties book are on display at the Museum of the City of San Francisco.

2 October. Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now is published in America by Henry Holt and in Britain by Seeker & Warburg.

8 October. The home video of 'The World Tonight' is released in Britain. EMI classics release Paul's Standing Stone in Britain.

10 October. Paul once again discusses the decriminalisation of cannabis, this time in the Daily Mirror saying, 'My own view is that we should decriminalise cannabis - like the authorities have in Holland - rather than legalise it.' In an interview in USA Today, Paul says that he hates being called 'sir' and didn't use the stationery with it on that Linda bought, although, 'It's a great honour but I'm intelligent enough to find it easy to be cynical about these things.'

12 October. Paul is interviewed on Parkinson's Sunday Supplement programme on BBC Radio Two.

14 October. Paul holds a press conference at the Mayfair Hotel and in the evening the London Symphony Orchestra performs Standing Stone at the Royal Albert Hall. Paul meets with Tony Blair, the prime minister, to discuss government help in the funding of LIPA.

15 October. Linda joins Paul and Ringo and Barbara at Stella's first show for Chloe, her 1998 Spring/Summer collection, held in the Grand Salon of the Paris Opera House. Heather, Mary and James are there, along with celebrities such as Kylie Minogue, Naomi Campbell and Meg Matthews. Paul says, 'I loved it. It's so beautiful and elegant. She's a very talented girl.'

16 October. Paul was present at the HMV store in London signing copies of Flaming Pie and Standing Stone and unveiling a statue of the HMV trademark - Nipper. 2,000 people turned up, some having queued for 24 hours, but only 250 were lucky enough to have one of the albums signed. Paul also received a 'Composer of the Century' Award.

23 October. On the BBC Radio One show Evening Sessions, Liam Gallagher of Oasis talks about Standing Stone, saying, 'Sitting around with a bunch of old lesbians writing doesn't sound classical to me. I've written three classic albums.'

27 October. Paul was at Alexandra Palace, London for the Gramophone magazine awards and presented the Young Artist Of The Year Award to Isabelle Faust, a German violinist. He also met Luciano Pavarotti and they discussed a possible collaboration. The evening closed with a performance of 'Celebration' from Standing Stone.

28 October. Paul performs with a teenage band called Spud in Hackney for the video of 'Beautiful Night'.

4 November. Paul receives a Best Songwriter Award for Flaming Pie at the annual Q Awards in London. He then walks out on the event as a protest against Phil Spector receiving a special award, allegedly saying, 'He fucked up Let It Be and I'm not a man who forgets.'

6 November. Paul and Linda arrive in New York to attend rehearsals for the Carnegie Hall premiere of Standing Stone.

17 November. Rehearsals for the Standing Stone premiere are held at Riverside Church on New York's West Side.

18 November. Rehearsals for Standing Stone continue at the Riverside Church. Rhino Home video issue 'Paul McCartney: In The World Tonight' in America.

19 November. The US live premiere of Standing Stone takes place at Carnegie Hall. The concert is performed by the Orchestra of St Luke's, conducted by Lawrence Foster, with the New York Choral Artists, directed by Joseph Flammerfelt. Paul pre-records an interview for NPR, a radio station. The promo for 'Beautiful Night', directed by Julian Temple, is ready for distribution.

20 November. Paul videotapes an appearance on Oprah, the Oprah Winfrey chat show, during which he also performs 'Flaming Pie' and 'Young Boy'. The promo for 'Beautiful Night' is also shown, but has been edited.

23 November. The Royal Albert Hall performance of Standing Stone is broadcast on the A&E cable network in America.

24 November. A home video version of the Royal Albert Hall performance of Standing Stone is issued in Britain.

7 December. Paul appears in a pre-recorded interview on Breakfast With Frost on BBC1.

14 December. Paul's appearance on the Oprah chat show is repeated, with additional footage, including that of Paul fielding questions from the studio audience. A promo for 'Little Willow' replaces 'Beautiful Night'.

15 December. 'Beautiful Night' becomes the third single from the Flaming Pie album to be issued in Britain. The promo causes controversy due to a nude swimming scene.

17 December. Paul speaks to fans on the Internet, discussing Linda's Wide Prairie album and revealing his recipe for mashed potatoes.

23 December. Sky One in Britain screens the Oprah show featuring Paul.

25 December. Channel 5 screens Paul's Standing Stone concert.

26 December. ВВС 1 screens 'The Making Of Standing Stone' documentary.

28 December. Channel 5 screens 'Paul McCartney Talks With David Frost', a 58-minute programme.

1998

4 January. Flaming Pie is nominated for 'Best Album Of 1997' at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, but is beaten by Bob Dylan's Time Out Of Mind.

18 January. The News of the World reports on two letters Paul and Michael Jackson sent to each other in an attempt to end their 12-year-old feud.

19 January. Carl Perkins dies at the age of 65 in Nashville. Paul's spokesman issues a statement, 'Paul is saddened to hear of Carl's death. They were close friends and had the greatest respect for each other.' Paul also sends a video message to be played at the memorial service.

I March. Paul contributes a video message, which includes a performance of 'Calico Skies', to the ABC TV special 'Christopher Reeve - A Celebration Of Hope'.

7 March. The Daily Express, in a story headlined 'Gangster Hatched £lm Plot To Shoot Sir Paul', relates how Jimmy Phillips intended to have someone wound Paul so that he could fake a rescue and receive a reward. He was found guilty and jailed.

I1 March. Paul and Linda are in Paris to attend Stella's latest catwalk show for Chloe, which Stella has dedicated 'to my mum'. Linda tells reporters, 'Right now, I'm feeling great. I'm feeling fit and well and looking forward to having lunch together as a family before we go back to London.'

19 March. Linda and Mary are photographed with the vegetarian cycling team which Linda has sponsored. 15 April. Paul takes Linda riding in Arizona.

17 April. Linda McCartney dies with Paul at her side at their ranch near Tucson, Arizona. The news of her death is kept secret for a few days.

18 April. A pre-recorded item featuring Paul's merging of 'Yesterday' with the Goons' 'Ying Tong Song' is screened during 'Spike Nighf on BBC 2 - a tribute to Spike Milligan.

19 April. Paul, with Heather, Mary, Stella and James, scatter Linda's ashes over their Sussex farm and Paul has his spokesman declare that she died in Santa Barbara, California.

20 April. John Eastman, Linda's brother, together with Linda's sisters Laura and Louise, arrive at the McCartneys' farm.

21 April. Paul writes a moving tribute to his late wife.

22 April. The media announce that Linda died in Arizona on the previous Friday and not in Santa Barbara as had previously been announced.

26 April. The Boston Beatles Expo '98 is dedicated to Linda and a special memorial service is organised in her honour.

3 May. BBC 1 repeats the documentary 'Behind The Lens' as a tribute to Linda.

4 May. People magazine devotes seven pages to 'Paul's Tragic Loss'.

9 May. Linda is posthumously awarded with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. This was given by the National Ethnic Coalition of organisations who honour people who have enriched society with their actions or ideas.

22 May. Paul takes out a full-page advertisement in a number of newspapers thanking everyone for their support following Linda's death.

26 May. The Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Antwerp, Belgium.

27 May. The Liverpool Oratorio is once again performed in Antwerp, Belgium.

28 May. The Liverpool Oratorio is performed at the Limburghal, Genk, Belgium. The conductor is Dirk Brosse.

4 June. Linda's photo exhibition 'Wide Open' is held at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, running until 2 July. It features black-and-white shots of landscapes and still lifes.

8 June. A special memorial service for Linda is held at St Martin in the Fields church in Trafalgar Square, London. Paul, Heather, Mary, Stella and James are in attendance, along with George, Olivia and Dhani Harrison.

18 June. Paul receives a present from his late wife Linda for his 56th birthday. He says, 'She gave me a beautiful box with a picture of the two of us in the lid. It was just a little box to keep things in. She'd planned everything over the last couple of years. She said the sweetest things to the kids - private things to help them through if anything happened.' VH-1 is dedicated to 'Paul McCartney Day' and they include a repeat of an Abbey Road Studios interview with Paul, plus 'Ten Of The Best: Paul McCartney's Greatest Hits' and 'Town Hall Meeting'.

20 June. Hello magazine publishes nine pages devoted to Linda's London Memorial Service.

22 June. Linda's American memorial service takes place at the Riverside Church on Riverside Drive, New York. Paul and his family attend (Heather, Mary, Stella, James) and others in attendance include Chrissie Hynde, Twiggy, Laurence Juber, Steve Holly, Neil Young and Paul Simon. Yoko Ono tells People magazine, 'Sean and I were not invited. We were a bit hurt, but I know that Paul is dealing with a tragedy as best he can, so he is allowed. We sent flowers for Linda to the memorial.'

20 July. Paul was originally to have appeared at the John Moore's University in Liverpool to be bestowed with an honorary fellowship, but he pulls out of it.

21 July. All TV news bulletins in Britain report on the opening of Paul's former home in Forthlin Road, Liverpool as a National Trust property.

22 July. ВВС 2 screens 'The Birthplace Of The Beatles', a documentary about the Forthlin Road house.

30 July. The media reveals that Paul paid Lily Evans, widow of Mai Evans, £100,000 for the handwritten lyrics of 'With A Little Help From My Friends'.

2 August. Paul is featured on the cover of the People newspaper. 5 August. Paul discusses Linda's passionate fight for animal rights in interviews with two publications, Viva Life and Animal Times. He says, 'Animal rights is too good an idea for the next century to be suppressed. I think it's time we got nice.'

8 August. An interview with Paul is featured in the Daily Express.

23 August. Paul berates pig farmers in an interview in the News Of The World.

9 September. Paul attends the Buddy Holly Week event at the Empire, Leicester Square, but does not perform.

16 September. Paul's original draft lyrics to 'Hey Jude' are sold at Sotheby's sale at the Hard Rock Cafe for £115,000. 19 September. The Sun newspaper announces that Paul is in discussions with Chrissie Hynde to set up a tour as a tribute to Linda.

21 September. Rushes, the album Paul made with Youth, using the pseudonym the Fireman, is released in Britain.

22 September. It is announced that Paul has been nominated as an inductee to the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'.

23 September. Radio Merseyside broadcasts a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

24 September. Linda's cookbook On Tour is issued on what would have been her 57th birthday.

26 September. Paul attends the wedding of his daughter Mary to Alistair Donald at the church of St Peter and Paul in Peasmarsh, East Sussex. Stella and Heather are bridesmaids.

27 September. The documentary 'Clive James Meets the Supermodels' on ITV includes scenes of Paul, Linda, Ringo and Barbara at Stella's fashion show filmed in October 1997.

2 October. Paul appears on a special live webcast, disguised in a ski mask, answering questions about the Fireman album Rushes. 12 October. Linda is honoured with an 'empty chair' tribute at the 43rd 'Woman Of The Year' lunch at the Savoy Hotel, London. Paul sends each of the guests a floral tribute and a message regarding the honour, adding, 'It was a shame us blokes can't go.' 14 October. At her fashion show in Paris, Stella dedicates her latest collection to her mother, saying, "This collection is dedicated to my mum. She was everything. Also, to my dad, brother and sisters, who have kept me strong. Everything. Always. Stella.' She later added further comments about Linda. 'She was incredible. Everyone who met her for even ten minutes thought the same. She was strong, motherly, normal, warm. She had all the right values. People thought that animals thing was just her sympathising with a cute beagle, but it was much more intelligent than that. I'll never meet anyone like her -1 just hope I have some of her qualities.'

Paul says of Stella, 'I am very proud of her because she is a serious English designer more than holding her own at the heart of Paris fashion. It is beautiful, just beautiful. It's a credit to the family. Here we are seeing real clothes for real women to look really good in.'

19 October. Paul releases some previously unpublished photographs by Linda, which are featured on the Sky News channel.

20 October. The Daily Mirror features the photographs by Linda that Paul has released.

23 October. Sir George Martin was given an 'outstanding achievement' award at the annual dinner of the Music Industry Trust. Guests included Paul, George, Ringo and Prime Minister Tony Blair. Paul says, 'Congratulations on getting the man of the year, man of the minute, the man of the hour, the man for me. Thanks for everything you've done for us all. We love you.' A pre-recorded interview with Paul by Des Lynam is featured on BBC Radio Two.

24 October. BBC 2's TOTP2 includes the British TV premiere of the animated clip for Linda's 'Wide Prairie'.

26 October. Linda's posthumous album Wide Prairie is released simultaneously around the world. A pre-taped interview with Paul is also sent to various TV stations.

30 October. The Fireman Internet website repeats the interview with the Fireman (Paul in disguise).

1 November. An interview with Paul, conducted by Chrissie Hynde, is published in USA Weekend.

6 November. The first of a two-part interview with Paul is published in the Sun newspaper. He discusses the possibility of playing some benefit concerts in aid of vegetarianism.

7 November. The second part of Paul's interview is published in the Sun newspaper in which he discusses Linda's album Wide Prairie.

9 November. Linda's single 'Wide Prairie' is released in Britain.

10 November. Linda's single 'Wide Prairie' is released in America. An announcement is made that Paul and George Martin will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.

14 November. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed at the Alte Oper Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany.

20 November. The Fireman Internet website once again repeats the interview with the Fireman.

25 November. An interview with Paul, conducted by Edna Gundersen, is published in USA Today,

19 November. The media announce that Paul's daughter Mary is pregnant.

6 December. The News of the World publishes a story that Paul intends to buy Everton football club.

7 December. The media announce that Paul has turned down the chance of buying Everton.

17 December. Paul appears on the Internet for one hour in a show called 'The McCartney Wide Prairie Show'.

1999

7 January. Paul attends a trade fair in Atlanta, Georgia to promote his stepdaughter Heather's new range of Homeware Designs.

25 January. Paul takes advertisements in several newspapers to protest about the banning of Linda's single 'The Light Comes From Within' by the BBC because of some of the strong language in the lyrics.

26 January. Paul contributes an article to the Sun newspaper to discuss Linda's single 'The Light Comes From Within'.

27 January. Paul discusses the banning of Linda's single on GMTV and also, by satellite, on Good Morning America. He also meets the prime minister's wife, Cherie Blair, to discuss a campaign to fight breast cancer.

30 January. Linda's veggie burgers are given free to supporters of Birmingham City football club.

2 February. VH-I Europe screens an unedited version of Linda's 'The Light Comes From Within'.

4 March. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed at the theatre Royal de Liege in Belgium.

6 March. The Royal Opera Company of Belgium performs Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio at the Palais Des-Arts de Charleroi in Belgium.

7 March. Once again the Royal Opera Company of Belgium performs Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio at the Palais Des-Arts de Charleroi in Belgium.

10 March. At the 'Freedom For Tibet' rally at Westminster Hall, London, Paul goes on stage to read the lyrics to 'Blackbird'.

13 March. Linda's photographic exhibition 'Sixties: Portrait Of An Era' opens at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut.

15 March. Paul is inducted as a solo artist into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame at a ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. He later attends a party hosted by Bruce Springsteen.

19 March. An announcement that 'Here, There And Everywhere - A Concert For Linda' will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in April results in all tickets being sold within an hour.

20 March. A computer-enhanced version of the 'Helen Wheels' promo receives its first screening on BBC 2's TOTP2.

21 March. The German ADF television channel screens a feature on Paul's career in its Pop Gallerie series.

22 March. A 25th-anniversary issue of Band On The Run is released simultaneously worldwide, with previously unreleased bonus tracks.

31 March. Paul's former house in Forthlin Road, Liverpool is once again open to the public.

2 April. The Daily Mail publishes a story that Paul has found a new romance with Sue Timney, a designer.

3 April. Paul becomes a grandfather as his daughter Mary gives birth to a baby boy. A furious Paul gives an interview to the Sun newspaper attacking the Daily Mail for its story on Sue Timney, which is completely false. 'The story is a pack of lies,' he says.

9 April. Paul is rehearsing at the Royal Albert Hall.

10 April. 'Here, There And Everywhere - A Concert For Linda' takes place at the Royal Albert Hall with a star-studded bill of guest artists. Paul performs 'Lonesome Town', 'All My Loving' and 'Let It Be'.

26 April. The Sun newspaper runs a story about Paul's forthcoming art exhibition in Germany.

30 April. Paul holds a press conference in Hamburg, Germany to launch his art exhibition.

I May. Paul's art exhibition opens at the Kunstforum Lyz Gallery in Siegen, Hamburg.

10 May. Paul, together with Sir Chris Bonnington and David Bellamy, writes an open letter supporting MP Maria Eagles' fur farm prohibition bill.

17 May. The media announce an eight-piece 'Garland for Linda' musical tribute with eight composers contributing, including Paul with 'Nova'.

18 May. The Fox network in America screens the movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.

19 May. The Fox network repeats its screening of Give My Regards To Broad Street.

20 May. Paul attends the 'Pride Of Britain Awards' at the Dorchester Hotel, London to present the Linda McCartney Award for Animal Welfare to Juliet Gellatley of the Viva animal rights organisation.

6 June. Paul agrees to participate in a campaign by the British Union for the Abolition Of Vivisection.

10 June. Paul holds a press conference in London to discuss genetically modified (GM) foods and to announce that Linda's range of foods were now GM free. He said: 'Sales of Linda McCartney foods dropped after the BBC revealed in February that they contained a tiny trace - 0.5 per cent - of GM soya. The company has now removed soya from its products and has replaced it with wheat for which there is no GM alternative grown.'

II June. Paul continues his stance against GM foods with an interview in the Daily Mail during which he says, 'We have to work out what the dangers of GM foods are before we put them in the public arena. How do we know what we are eating? I've got a grandson and I want him to eat good foods. As far back as 1995, Linda was saying, "I'd rather have my own food grown by Mother Nature than by the chemical industry," and we are sticking to that benchmark.' Paul also pre-tapes an interview of his opinions on GM food for GMTV.

12 June. Paul's pre-recorded interview appears on GMTV and he also talks about Linda and his grandson Arthur.

13 June. An exhibition of Linda's 'Sixties' photographs begins a three-year tour of America when it opens at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut.

16 June. Paul is upset to hear the news that CBS TV will make a mini-series about his life with Linda, based on the Danny Fields biography of Linda. A spokesman comments, 'What man would want to see the memory of his beloved wife cheapened like this? Let's just say Paul won't be watching. If the film gets anything badly wrong they can be sure that Paul will not remain silent.'

17 June. Paul's Give My Regards To Broad Street is screened in America on the ENC PLEX channel.

18 June. VH-I in Europe celebrate Paul's birthday with another day of programmes which include the film of his New World concert at Charlotte, North Carolina and 'Ten of the Best' and 'Greatest Hits'.

19 June. Linda's 'Sixties' photographic exhibition opens at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

20 June. VH-I Europe screens various clips of Wings.

18 July. A Garland For Linda concert is held at Charterhouse School in Surrey.

7 September. Paul joins the Crickets to perform 'Rave On' at his Buddy Holly Dance Party.

9 September. Paul and Madonna present an award to Lauryn Hill at the MTV Music Video Awards.

18 September. Paul performs at the PETA Millennium Gala at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The event holds a tribute to Linda.

21 September. Stella McCartney receives the Elle magazine award as Best International Designer.

3 October. Paul's Standing Stone is performed in Siegen, Germany. 16 October. The London Symphony Orchestra performs Working Classical, Paul's latest classical collection, at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

2 November. Paul performs four numbers live at the BBC Centre, Wood Lane for the programme Later With Jools Holland. His backup musicians are Dave Gilmour and Mick Green on guitars, Pete Wingfield on keyboards, Ian Paice on drums and Chris Hall on accordion. 13 November. Paul appears on the Red Alert for the National Lottery show, hosted by Lulu.

16 November. Paul appears on Channel 4's Big Breakfast show. 18 November. Paul performs 'No Other Baby' on Music First, a VH-I programme.

20 November. Paul appears on Sky One's The Apocalypse Tube programme.

21 November. The Sunday People newspaper reports that Paul will be playing gigs at small venues such as pubs in the New Year.

22 November. Paul attends the world premiere of the latest James Bond film The World Is Not Enough at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London.

23 November. Paul attends a press launch for Heather Mills's single 'Voice' on which he plays and provides backing vocals. The event takes place at the IMAX Cinema, London. Stella McCartney tells how she was affected by her mother's death to an audience at the International Breast Cancer conference in Montreaux, Switzerland.

4 December. A Garland For Linda concert is held at the Riverside Church, Riverside Drive in New York.

12 December. Linda's 'Sixties' photographic exhibition opens at the Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida.

14 December. Paul appears at Liverpool's Cavern Club.

2000

14 January. Paul, Stella and James fly to Havana for the day during their holiday in the Providenciales Islands in the Bahamas.

27 January. The London premiere of 'A Garland For Linda' takes place at St Andrew's church. Paul attends a press conference during the day, along with Sir John Tavener, Roxanna Panufnik, Judith Bingham and David Matthews. In the evening he attends the concert, accompanied by his brother Mike.

1 February. At the NME Premier Awards ceremony at the Mermaid Theatre, London, his son James and daughter Mary accompany Paul.

On behalf of the Beatles he accepts the 'Best Band In The World Ever' award, saying, 'Can I just say thank you to John, George, Ringo and thank you God.'

5 February. A cameo appearance of Paul appearing on the Pamela Anderson series VIP is launched in syndication. The footage of Paul has been taken from the PETA special.

7 February. The album A Garland For Linda is issued in Britain.

13 February. The 'A Garland For Linda' concert of 27 January is aired on BBC Radio Three.

14 February. The Daily Star newspaper reports that Paul and Heather Mills have spent ten days of a Caribbean holiday at the Parrot Cay resort on the Turks and Caicos Islands, 575 miles southeast of Miami. Initially his daughter Stella had been staying with him at the £8,000-a-week beachside cottage, but Heather joined him when Stella returned to Paris.

18 February. Stella McCartney is named 'Glamour Designer Of The Year' at London's Fashion Week.

21 February. People magazine publish photos of Paul and daughter Mary at the NME Awards.

1 March. Paul is in Paris to see his daughter Stella unveil her Chloe collection. Sean Lennon also attends and comments, 'I think it's just great how she has managed to carve out her own separate career. She's ever so talented and I'm pleased she has done so well.'

6 March. Paul inducts former Apple artist James Taylor into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame at the Waldorf Astoria, New York.

10 March. Linda's will is filed for probate at the Manhattan Surrogate's Court, New York.

15 March. Paul admits that he and Heather Mills are an item. He says, 'Yes, we're very good friends. She's a very impressive woman. We've done charity work together and we've grown close. We have been on holiday together and that's it.' He was also to say: 'What we don't need at this stage is photographers lurking in bushes. If this is to develop, then give us a chance. I'm not a politician and we're not spies. I don't want to be surrounded by photographers because that could wreck something.'

19 March. Linda McCartney's first husband Joseph Melville See Jr is found dead.

3 April. Paul and Heather Mills are on the cover of People magazine. 6 April. Paul attends Peter Blake's exhibition at Liverpool's Tate Gallery. 15 April. BBC America presents a special Paul McCartney night which includes his appearances on Parkinson and Later With Jools Holland. 25 April. The album A Garland For Linda is issued in America.

27 April. Paul appears at a benefit dinner for the Garland appeal in New York. It raises $150,000.

4 May. Paul appears at a concert by Sir John Tavener at The Church of St Ignatius, New York.

8 May. It is announced that while Paul is in Italy he will visit the ailing George Harrison.

9 May. Paul holds a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival to promote the release of 'Wingspan'. He says that despite the fact that Linda said she was unable to play a musical instrument, 'she made a tremendous difference to the band and quickly learned to play keyboards and harmonise beautifully'.

10 May. The Daily Mail publishes a special photo spread on Wings, including some photographs of Paul and Linda that had previously been unpublished.

11 May. Paul and his daughter Stella attend the opening of the Tate Modern in London.

12 May. An early car of Paul's, his 1966 Aston Martin DB6, is put up for auction at Bonham's in London.

19 May. Paul is featured in the Radio Times where he airs his comments about the credits to 'Yesterday'. Paul McCartney's

Liverpool Oratorio is performed at Napier Cathedral, New Zealand by the Napier Civic Choir.

21 May. The CBS drama 'The Linda McCartney Story' is screened in America by CBS with Elizabeth Mitchell as Linda.

23 May. Paul hosts a special edition of TOTP2 on BBC 2, during which ten promos of his records are screened, with Paul making comments on each of them.

25 May. Paul is honoured with a fellowship at the Ivor Novello Awards in London.

26 May. Paul arrives in Liverpool to conduct a master recording class at LIPA until 30 May.

3 June. The 'A Garland For Linda' concert is performed at the Riverside Church, New York.

4 June. Mary and Stella McCartney meet up with Anoushka Shankar at the Tibetan Peace Garden Appeal in London.

5 June. Virgin issue the Maybe Baby soundtrack album in Britain, with Paul's version of the title track.

11 June. Paul signs copies of Blackbird Singing at Barnes & Noble's book store in the Rockefeller Center. PBS stations in America screen a Charlie Rose interview with Paul.

12 June. Paul and Heather appear on CNN's Larry King Live.

15 June. Paul inducts Brian Wilson at the 31st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Awards at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers.

16 June. A German television station screens the 'Wingspan' documentary.

23 June. Paul acts as chauffeur at his cousin Sally Harris's wedding in Wallasey.

18 July. Capitol releases Peggy Lee's Rare Gems And Hidden Treasures collection, with a foreword by Paul: 'She has the power to move the heart and soul quite unlike any other artist. Her music has always given me a thrill.'

4 August. Paul buys a house by auction, situated in East Hampton, Long Island, New York.

6 August. VH-I in America holds a 'Paul McCartney Night'.

10 August. The European VH-I screens an evening themed around Paul, including the PETA awards ceremony and his 'Live at the Cavern' show.

11 August. The Sun newspaper reports that Paul has threatened to boycott his favourite restaurant unless it changes its menu, having discovered they were offering ostrich and wild boar. He writes a letter to owner Aldo Zilli: 'I enjoyed my last visit to your wonderful restaurant but was surprised to see that you are now offering wild boar and ostrich. I was wondering if there is so much profit in including these on your menu that you feel you could not consider removing them.'

14 August. The Daily Mirror reports that Paul's children, particularly Mary and James, were unhappy about Paul's relationship with Heather Mills.

21 August. Liverpool Sound Collage, the music that Paul composed for Peter Blake's Liverpool Tate Gallery exhibition, is released on CD. 3 September. In a Sunday Times interview, Paul discusses various topics, including his thoughts about his painting and poetry. Discussing his painting of Queen Elizabeth II, The Queen After Her First Cigarette, he says, 'I don't know if she will like it. I don't care, really. It is affectionate. It is not meant to be anti-royalist.' He adds, 'She is often ready with a little joke. The first time I met her was in a Beatles line-up

at a Royal Command Performance, and she said, "Where are you playing tomorrow night?" I said, "Slough, Your Majesty," and she goes, "Oh, just near us."' (Paul was wrong - it was the Queen Mother who said that.)

5 September. Paul arrives at the GQ Man Of The Year awards with Heather Mills and controversial artist Tracey Emin. 9 September. In The Times newspaper, art critic Brian Sewell confesses he is not impressed by Paul's paintings, saying, 'It's an infuriating tendency amongst clapped-out pop stars to become artists - they usually reproduce unmitigated garbage and should stick to what they were doing. I don't think anyone should move into the visual arts at that age and expect to be taken seriously.' BBC 2 repeats the Later With Jools Holland show featuring Paul.

11 September. Paul is in Geneva, Switzerland at a United Nations conference where he calls for a ban on landmines. He urges every country to sign the Ottowa treaty against the use of landmines, saying, 'We want to see an end to the use, manufacture, production, stockpiling and export of landmines. We applaud governments that have already joined. The treaty is a vital step forward. But there is still an urgent need for greater effort to clear mined land and help the victims. Not enough is being done. Too many people are still being killed and maimed, too much land can't be used. Every minute counts.'

12 September. The Times publishes a feature on Paul and his activities as a painter, entitled 'My Fear Of Being Branded A Celebrity Painter'. He says, 'When I was in the Beatles and began to be interested in collecting art, meeting artists through my friend Robert Fraser, I still couldn't get around this idea that the likes of me didn't paint on canvas, we were allowed only to paint bits of wood or toilet seats. It was Linda who helped me to get around the problem. When I turned forty she introduced me to the great American painter William de Kooning. It was a great experience to watch him paint and chat about his work. At the end of our visit he said that he'd like to give us a present of one of his paintings and that we should take our pick. Being friends, we didn't want to take one of the big million-dollar jobs, so we selected a small one, which he had framed himself. To me, it looked like a painting of a purple mountain, but, being unsure, I said to de Kooning, "At the risk of appearing gauche Bill, what is it?" And he replied, "I dunno, looks like a couch, huh?" That "huh?" at that moment liberated me. I'd thought his painting looked like a mountain and he thought it looked like a couch - but the fact that he said that it didn't matter was such a liberation. And so, at the age of forty, I grew up and realised that I could paint if I wanted to. It was allowed.'

14 September. Little Brown publishes the book Paul McCartney, Paintings.

16 September. The Daily Telegraph publishes an interview in which Paul discusses his paintings.

17 September. The Electronic Telegraph features a report in which Paul discusses his painting career.

21 September. Jack Douglas, producer of Double Fantasy tells the Liverpool Echo that John received a phone call from Paul during the Double Fantasy sessions. He said: 'From what I heard and from what I heard from John as well, he was looking to get hooked up with Paul before Paul went to Japan to do some writing.'

24 September. Capital Gold airs a pre-recorded interview with Paul.

27 September. Paul and Heather are at Gilda's Club charity photography exhibition at Sotheby's. Now magazine reports that Paul claims he still speaks to Linda and says she would have told him, 'If I was there, you'd be dead meat, sucker. But I'm not and I want you to be happy.'

28 September. An exhibition of Paul's paintings opens at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol and runs until 1 October. Paul is interviewed on the BBC 2 programme Newsnight.

6 October. Paul is nominated in the Lifetime Achievements category of the BBC's People Awards, but the winner is heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub.

8 October. Paul and Heather Mills attend the Castelli Animati Animated Film Festival in Venice where Linda's 'Shadow Cycle' animation receives its world premiere. Paul is the guest of honour. 11 October. Paul is in Paris attending Stella's fashion show.

19 October. Paul holds a netcast to discuss his art and painting.

20 October. Paul presents the 'Designer Of The Year' award to his daughter Stella at the VH-VVogue fashion awards at Madison Square Garden, New York.

22 October. Heather Mills appears on the 'Stars In Their Lives' TV programme, hosted by Carol Vorderman, during which Paul makes an appearance and publicly declares his love for her.

25 October. Now magazine reports that Paul and Heather were romancing in Rome.

27 October. Barbara Walters interviews Heather Mills in ABC TV's 20/20 programme.

2 November. Paul is interviewed on ABC TV's Prime Time during his American trip and also attends the opening of his 'Paintings' exhibition at the Matthew Marks Gallery in New York.

11 November. The exhibition of Paul's paintings at the Matthew Marks Gallery ends. Proceeds from the exhibition were donated to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Centre and the Garland Appeal.

24 November. Prime minister's wife Cherie Blair opens the £4 million Linda McCartney cancer centre at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. A letter from Paul is read in which he writes that he was sorry that he couldn't come to the opening. Mrs Blair says, 'I know it's wonderful for them to know Linda's name lives on in a place so associated with McCartneys.'

26 November. An article discussing Mary McCartney's photography is featured in the New York Times magazine.

8 December. ZDF, the German television station, screen the 'Paul Is Dead' film, directed by Hendrik Handloegten. Paul is at Abbey Road Studios.

13 December. Paul holds a signing for his Paintings book at Waterstone's in Piccadilly, London. It is his first-ever book signing.

31 December. Samples of Paul's poems dedicated to Linda are published in the Sunday Times.

2001

12 January. Paul holds a party for Heather at the Club 10 in London. 21 January. Paul is in India and stays at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai.

28 January. The Sunday People reports that rumours of Paul and Heather marrying in the summer are false. Paul's PR Geoff Baker also has a telephone message on his answering machine: 'If you are calling on that story about Paul marrying Heather, no, it's not true. It's just a flier that has been doing the rounds. So discount that one.'

31 January. The Daily Mirror reports Paul as saying, 'Look, I'm not getting married. I am NOT getting married in the same church as Mary. I am NOT going to the Mull of Kintyre or Jamaica for my honeymoon.'

2 February. Paul's 1999 Cavern concert appearance is broadcast on the Norwegian Television channel NRK.

8 February. The Liverpool Echo reveals details of the forthcoming signing by Paul of Blackbird Singing at the WH Smith Church Street branch.

10 February. The Daily Mail begins a week-long series of articles on the contemporary ex-members of the Beatles. The writer considers that Paul, 'far from being the nice Beatle, possesses a monstrous ego and ruthless desire to control others - whatever the cost.'

13 February. A new version of Paul's composition 'Nova', which he recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, is included on the charity album Music Of Hope, proceeds of which go to the American Cancer Society.

21 February. Paul is nominated for 'Best Alternative Music' in the Grammy Award but loses out to Radiohead.

11 March. The annual Paul McCartney Day in Liverpool includes a party at the new Clubmoor Hall, the venue where Paul made his debut with the Quarry Men.

17 March. Mike McCartney's photographs go on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

21 March. Paul holds a book signing session for Blackbird Singing at WH Smith in Church Street, Liverpool and gives his first public poetry reading at the Everyman Theatre.

23 March. Paul donates a signed lithograph of Linda to the Irish Cancer Society to raise money in an Internet auction. He also contributes a drawing of a squirrel to the Calvert Trust and Northumbria Wildlife Trust charity, which receives a top bid of £34,000 at auction. 26 March. Paul arrives at Kew Gardens, London to promote sales of scarves based on Linda's design. Proceeds will go to the Millennium Seed Bank Project. He talks to the press in the temperate house at Kew Gardens, discussing the Eco-scarves which were based on photographs Linda took at Kew Gardens in February 1998 for a project to support the Seed Bank Project. There are three designs for the scarves - 'Daisy Chain', 'Loving Memory' and 'Flower'. There is also an exhibition of Linda's work which is to be displayed from 27 March to 16 April 2001.

1 April. The Sunday Times runs a feature on Heather Mills and her relationship with Paul, quoting Heather as saying, 'Because I am going out with a very well-known person my reputation has gone down. The association has not been positive. Before I was "Heather the amazing survivor", or "Heather Mills, campaigner", or at least "Heather Mills, model". Now I am just Paul McCartney's girlfriend.'

9 April. The Ian Dury tribute album Brand New Boots And Panties is issued, featuring Paul's version of 'I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra'.

10 April. Hello magazine features a nine-page illustrated feature on Heather Mills in which she discusses her recent trip to India in March. Heather says, 'It was a terrific shock the day we arrived home to hear about the Gujarat earthquake. It was so close to where Paul and I had been. I just couldn't believe it had happened and my immediate instinct was to get back there straight away, because I knew that where there were earthquakes there were always amputees.'

19 April. Paul and Heather Mills meet US Secretary of State Colin Powell. They then appear on the CNN show Inside Politics and are honoured in New York for their work with the Adopt-A-Minefield charity.

20 April. Paul and Linda remain in New York to raise funds for the Adopt-A-Minefield campaign.

22 April. The Sunday Express features an interview with Paul. When chatting about Heather, he says, 'She's more Wings. She didn't hear much Beatles stuff when she was growing up. She had a strange childhood, involving all sorts of deprivation and stuff, so she didn't have much chance to hear the music then. But now, having heard quite a bit of it, she likes the Wings stuff. It's a generational thing and I like that layering of generations. It's great to me to realise that I've spanned quite a few - and now with the Beatles 1, it's come full circle. People say to me, "You know, my eight-year-old son loves you".'

24 April. Paul appears on Charlie Rose's chat show at the YM-YWMA on 92nd Street in Manhattan New York.

25 April. Paul hosts the American radio show Rockline, during which listeners phoned in to ask him questions.

3 May. The New York Times runs an interview with Paul and also reports on his poetry reading appearance at the 92nd Street YM-YWMA in Manhattan on 24 April. There was a teenage girl in the crowd who wore a button reading, 'I slept with Paul McCartney'. When he saw it, an amused Paul commented, 'Oh, really. When was that?'

7 May. Wingspan is issued in Britain. Paul attends a signing session in the Adagio Club, Marlene Dietrich Platz, Berlin, Germany, where he is promoting Wingspan. Following a press conference he signs autographs in the foyer of the Stella Musical Theatre.

8 May. Wingspan is issued in America. Paul attends a signing session in Milan, Italy. An interview with Paul is broadcast on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio Five Live show.

9 May. Paul attends a signing session in Cannes, France and tells the press conference, 'There is a good chance I will get married in the future. But that is a decision we will make in private and only then will we make it public' In America the Kockline radio show with Paul answering questions from listeners is repeated. Michael Jackson makes an official statement that he will not sell the Beatles catalogue. 'I want to clarify a silly rumour: the Beatles catalogue is not for sale, has not been for sale, and never will be for sale.'

11 May. 'Wingspan: The Story Of Wings', the documentary, receives its world premiere on television when it is screened by ABC TV in America. Paul was originally due to appear on Chris Evans' Virgin breakfast show but declines due to the show being sponsored by McDonald's. Paul's spokesman Geoff Baker said: 'It doesn't take a genius to work out that McCartney and McDonald's don't mix. We don't sleep with the enemy so we're certainly not going to wake up with them on a breakfast show.' An interview with Paul discussing his Blackbird Singing book is published in the Observer newspaper.

18 May. Paul holds an on-line chat on the Internet on his www.paulmccartney.com website.

19 May. 'Wingspan' is televised in Britain.

23 May. Paul presents a 45-minute BBC 2 TOTP2 show special on Wings, introducing several of the promo clips.

30 May. Paul appears at the Hay Festival Of Literature and the Arts at Hay-on-Wye and performs a reading from Blackbird Singing in the Gerrard Marquee before an audience of 1500. He recites the poems 'In Liverpool', 'Dinner Tickets', 'Ivan', 'Jerk Of All Jerks', 'Masseuse Masseuse', 'Chasing The Cherry', 'City Park', 'Trouble Is', 'A Billion Bees In The Borage', 'Anti Alarm Call', 'Black Jacket' and 'Her Spirit'. Song lyrics included 'Here Today', 'Eleanor Rigby', 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' and 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road'. Stella appears at the BP Lecture Theatre at the British Museum to lecture about her life and work in 'An Evening With Stella McCartney'.

2 June. The Sunday People newspaper reports that Paul and Heather Mills have been visiting Ireland to trace relatives of his mother. Paul said: 'I really want to trace my mother's family. I don't know why it has taken me so long. She was a lovely Irish lady. I've always wanted to look them up, but I've never got round to it before.' 4 June. Paul and Heather launch the British branch of the 4Adopt-A-Minefield' charity at the Marion Richardson Primary School in Stepney, London.

12 June. Paul and Heather appear on the CNN show Larry King Live. Paul is initially interviewed and is then joined by Heather who discusses her campaign against landmines.

13 June. Paul makes a guest appearance at the Paul Simon, Brian Wilson concert at the Greek Theater, Los Angeles. When Paul enters the theatre, Wilson introduces him to the audience and says that the next song is one of Paul's favourite numbers - 'God Only Knows'. Paul later appears on stage with Paul Simon and they sing 'I've Just Seen A Face'.

14 June. Paul and Heather Mills attend the Adopt-A-Minefield charity gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles.

17 June. The Mail On Sunday quotes Paul as saying 'I don't worry because the moment the man upstairs wants me, I'm his.'

19 June. 'Paul McCartney: Live at The Cavern' is issued on video. The 63-minute tape features the concert, together with two music videos, 'No Other Baby' and 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man', and a 20-minute interview. Roy Harper's compilation album Hats Off is issued by the Right Stuff (72435-27640-2/0) and contains the backing track of Paul and Linda singing on 'One Of Those Days' which was originally included on Harper's 1977 album Bullinamingvase.

20 June. The 'Wingspan' documentary is screened on RTLA, the Dutch television station.

23 June. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed at the Silesian Music Festival in the Czech Republic.

25 June. Paul's return to the Cavern on 14 December 1999 is released on video.

7 July. Paul hosts a party at his Cavendish Avenue house with guests including Lulu, Chrissie Hynde, Peter Blake, Twiggy, Dave Gilmour and Kevin Godley.

13 July. Paul and Heather Mills attend the Institute of Directors annual dinner at Winchester Guildhall, Hampshire, where Heather was a guest speaker.

20 July. Paul attends the graduation ceremony at LIPA in Liverpool.

23 July. Paul proposes marriage to Heather Mills at the Sharrow Bay

Hotel in the Lake District, and she accepts.

26 July. Paul and Heather announce their engagement to the media outside the Cavendish Avenue house. Paul says, 'We are standing here for the cameras and we are very happy. We will get married sometime next year. When I proposed I was a bit nervous but I managed. We've had a good reception from relatives and friends and from the media.' Heather said she would not take up the title Lady McCartney, 'I am not into all that pretence.'

4 August. 'Saturday Night Live Remembers Chris Farley' includes a sketch with Paul.

9 August. Paul and Heather visit the Book Soup bookstore on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and dine at the Ago Restaurant in West Hollywood, which is owned by Robert de Niro and Christopher Walken. VH-I screens Paul's film 'Live At The Cavern'.

10 August. OK magazine devotes a six-page feature to Paul and Heather's engagement.

12 August. Paul and Heather dine at the Earth Cafe on Melrose Avenue, Hollywood.

19 August. Paul and Heather visit Snug Harbour, the New Orleans Jazz Club.

3 September. Paul and Heather attend The Garage in London to see Denzel, a group in which Heather's cousin is a member.

4 September. Paul and Heather arrive in Venice for the premiere of Tuesday.

7 September. The episode of The Simpsons featuring Paul and Linda is repeated on BBC 2.

8 September. Paul presents the Linda McCartney Memorial Award to Chrissie Hynde at a PETA 21st Anniversary And Humanitarian Awards event at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.

9 September. Paul and Heather watch the men's singles tennis final at Flushing Meadow, New York, between Pete Sampras and Lleyton Hewitt.

10 September. Paul and Heather attend the 'Movers And Shakers Awards' in New York, which are presented by Hillary Clinton. Heather is one of the award winners. Paul and Heather also appear on the Today show.

11 September. Paul and Heather are due to fly back to London when a horrific terrorist attack destroys the World Trade Center. Soon after the tragic events, Paul makes a statement.

20 September. Paul and Heather take a cab to visit 'ground zero' in New York and he announces his charity concert. Paul says, 'America saved Europe in World War II and Britain is behind the US one hundred per cent.'

4 October. Paul reads from Blackbird Singing at the National Poetry Marathon at the Queens Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London on National Poetry Day.

8 October. Paul, Heather Mills and Chrissie Hynde attend Stella's latest fashion show in Paris.

11 October. Paul and Heather attend Yankee Stadium in New York for the baseball game between the Yankees and Oakland Athletics.

15 October. Paul and Heather are involved in a car collision in East Hampton, Long Island, but neither require hospital treatment.

16 October. The album Good Rockin' Tonight (The Legacy Of Sun Records), on which Paul sings 'That's Alright Mama', is released in America.

18 October. Paul appears on the Howard Stern Show and among the subjects discussed are Paul's disagreements with Yoko Ono and Michael Jackson. Stern plays two songs from Paul's Driving Rain album, 'From A Lover To A Friend' and 'Lonely Road'.

19 October. Paul hands out tickets for 'The Concert For New York' at two Manhattan fire stations, the Ladder Company 55 on Broome Street and Ladder Company 6 on Canal Street. Paul comments, 'We found out that some of the guys here didn't have tickets. This concert is happening to honour brave guys like these, so when Heather told me they didn't have tickets, I thought, "Well, we've got to fix that, haven't we."' He appears on MTV's 'Remember'/'Rebuild' show.

20 October. Paul performs 'Freedom' at the 'Concert For New York' at Madison Square Gardens. The show is screened on VH-I, which had its highest-ever audience of 16 million viewers.

21 October. Paul and Heather attend the Yankee Stadium to see the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners.

24 October. Dan Rather interviews Paul for the 60 Minutes TV show.

The Jonathan Ross Friday Night Chat Show is repeated.

30 October. Image Entertainment releases 'Paul McCartney & Friends: The PETA Concert For Party Animals' on video and DVD.

1 November. Paul and Heather attend the launch of a partnership between the Adopt-A-Minefield charity and the Mines Advisory Group.

3 November. Paul receives the World Arts Award from the International Jury of Men's World Day at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. The Ardent Productions documentary Paul McCartney is shown on the Biography Channel.

4 November. VH-I screens the six-hour 'Concert For New York'.

6 November. The Cavern Club in Liverpool holds a playback evening for Driving Rain, and also features a tribute to Paul by Bob Bartley.

7 November. Paul is seen buying jazz records at a collectors' shop near to the MPL office in London.

10 November. Paul and Heather attend the premiere of Paul's new classical work Ecce Cor Meutn at Magdalen College, Oxford.

12 November. Paul's album Driving Rain is released in Britain.

13 November. Driving Rain is released in America. The 'Wingspan' video and DVD is released in America. The DVD contains additional footage not included in the original documentary. There are vintage videos of 'Jet' from 1973, 'Let 'Em In' from 1976 and 'Rockestra' from 1979. There are 22 minutes of out-take material not seen by the public before, a gallery of 100 of Linda's photographs and a specially designed complete interactive discography.

16 November. TV France 2 screened an edited version of 'The Concert For New York' lasting two hours.

19 November. The News Of The World prints the story of Paul's attempt to rescue Hound Cottage Animal Sanctuary under the heading 'Масса Rescues Animal Sanctuary'.

20 November. Paul appears on Capital Gold to promote his Driving Rain album. 'Wingspan' is released on video and DVD in Britain.

21 November. Paul appears on GMTV to promote his Driving Rain album.

23 November. Paul appears on Top Of The Pops for the first time since 1993. He also appears on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross the same evening.

24 November. Paul appears on the Saturday morning children's TV show CD-UK performing 'Freedom'.

25 November. Penny Smith interviews Paul for the TV programme GMTV and in the evening Paul gives a poetry recital at the University of East Anglia.

28 November. The 'Freedom' video is screened on Top Of The Pops. The television documentary 'Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records', which also features Paul, is screened.

29 November. The tragic death from cancer of George Harrison. Linda's photographic exhibition 'The Light From Within' opens at the Bonne Benrubi Gallery in New York. It runs until 5 January 2002.

30 November. Paul was due to appear at the lTop Of The Pops Awards' to become the first entrant in the 'Top Of The Pops Hall Of Fame.' He decides not to attend due to the death of George Harrison, although a message from him is read out in his absence.

1 December. The 'Freedom' video is shown on Top Of The Pops again.

2 December. Paul and Heather attend Madison Square Garden in New York City to view the New York Knicks game.

7 December. Paul and Heather attend the memorial service for Desmond Wilcox at St Martin's Church in London.

8 December. Paul records at Abbey Road Studios.

11 December. At the Nobel Concert in Oslo, Paul performs 'Your Loving Flame', 'Freedom' and 'Let It Be'.

13 December. Paul attends a signing for his book Paintings at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London. He is also interviewed on Radio One during which he performs 'Freedom', with accompaniment from disc jockeys Marc Riley on guitar and Mark Radcliffe on drums.

14 December. Paul and Heather arrive in Dresden, Germany and appear on the television programme Wetten Dass ...

26 December. Paul sends an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair requesting a vote on the banning of fox hunting.

2002

I January. Paul and Heather are in Merseyside and are seen shopping in Heswall.

I1 January. Paul is joint winner of the 'best song' award at the Critics Choice Awards in Beverly Hills, California for 'Vanilla Sky'.

12 January. Paul and Heather celebrate her birthday during their holiday in India at the Coconut Lagoon, Kumarakom.

18 January. At the celebrity auction 'Hands Up For Hedgehogs', Paul's drawing of a hedgehog, donated in aid of the British Wildlife Fund, is sold for £3,012.

22 January. Paul attends Brian Wilson's concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

24 January. Linda's exhibition 'The Light From Within' opens at Hackelbury Fine Art, London and runs until 1 February 2002.

25 January. The George Harrison tribute 'All Things Must Pass' on the French Canal channel includes an interview with Paul.

27 January. Linda's 'Sixties' photographic exhibition opens at the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature in Winnipeg, Canada and runs until 30 March 2002.

28 January. Prior to receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award in New York, Paul, together with Heather and her sister Fiona, attend a reception at Chateau in Greenwich Village where Heather is to launch her modelling career for INC International Concepts. Heather appears on the TV shows Good Morning America and The View. Paul receives his award from Amnesty International.

29 January. Heather Mills appears on the TV show Entertainment Tonight in which she says that rumours that she and Paul were to marry at Skibo Castle in Scotland were untrue. 'If you always listen to rumours, you've got a lot to learn,' she says.

3 February. Paul and Heather attend Super Bowl XXXVI and at the pre-game show he performs 'Freedom'.

13 February. Paul is among the guests at Sir Richard Branson's party in honour of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to celebrate his honorary knighthood. The reception is held at the Kensington Roof Garden, London.

14 February. It is announced that Paul's composition 'Eleanor Rigby' is to be inducted into the Recording Academy Hall of Fame.

20 February. Paul and Heather visit Dublin for a day during which Heather is guest speaker at a disability conference at Dublin Castle.

23 February. Paul takes Heather to visit his old home in Forthlin Road, but although he knocks on the door, no one is in to show them around.

24 February. Paul attends the George Harrison tribute concert at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool and performs an a cappella version of 'Yesterday'.

6 March. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Switzerland 7 March. Paul is interviewed by satellite on NBC's Today show, discussing the death of George, his Oscar nomination for 'Vanilla Sky', his forthcoming American tour and upcoming wedding to Heather Mills.

11 March. Paul and Heather Mills attend Stella's latest fashion show at the Beaux Arts School in Paris.

12 March. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio receives another performance in Switzerland.

21 March. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany by the Bochumer Symphoniker. 24 March. Paul performs 'Vanilla Sky', a nominated song, at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It is his performance debut at the Oscars, although the song fails to win. Paul is pleased that the Best Song Oscar goes to Randy Newman and says, 'If I had to lose to anyone, Randy was the man because he has been nominated sixteen times. He's a great guy and I am a big fan of his anyway. This year, with what happened in America, I think maybe it was kind of important that a lot of Americans won. And you know I don't blame them, I wouldn't take that away from them. If I was an American voting, which most of the voters were, it is the year for America and why not?'

24 March. An exhibition of Paul's paintings opens at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and runs until 4 August.

25 March. Paul launches a new radio station 'Real Radio'. When the Yorkshire station goes on the air, Paul's voice is the first to be heard. John Myers, a company executive, comments, 'There is something for everyone in our schedule, but above all, the station will have a real sense of fun that doesn't exist elsewhere on the airwaves. Entertainment is what brings listeners to Real Radio in droves and to have a legend such as Sir Paul McCartney launch the station for us is the icing on the cake.'

29 March. Standing 'Stone is performed in Lucerne, Switzerland by the Handel Chor Luzern and the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester.

1 April. Paul appears at the Oakland Arena, Oakland.

3 April. Paul appears at the San Jose Arena, San Jose. In the audience is Graham Nash, former member of the Hollies and a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, who are to appear at the venue later that week.

6 April. Paul becomes the highest paid British artist of all time when he appears at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for a fee of $4 million. Celebrities who are in the audience include Tony Curtis, Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey and Tony Orlando.

7 April. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed in Bielfeld, Germany.

8 April. Paul and Heather Mills appear at the Center For International Rehabilitation awards dinner in Chicago, where Heather is honoured.

9 April. Paul appears on Entertainment Tonight.

10 April. Following his appearance at the United Center, Chicago, Paul is visited backstage by George Harrison's sister Louise.

12 April. Paul appears on E! News Live.

13 April. Paul appears at the Air Canada Center, Toronto, Canada. 'Mull Of Kintyre' is included in his set and the Peel Regional Police Pipe Band backs him.

16 April. Paul appears at the First Union Center, Philadelphia. Prior to the concert Paul and Heather have a three-hour session at a spa,

including haircuts, facials, manicures, pedicures, massages and yogic deep-breathing sessions. Hello! magazine features an article on the Driving Rain tour. 17 April. Paul appears at the Continental Arena, Rutherford.

19 April. Paul appears at the Fleet Center, Boston.

20 April. 'Sixties: Portrait Of an Era', Linda's photographic exhibition, opens at the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio and runs until 23 June.

21 April. Paul and Stella are featured on the cover of the Sunday Times magazine.

22 April. People magazine devotes three pages to the Driving Rain tour. Stella attends 'Viva Glam IV at the Criterion Theatre in London. Proceeds from the fundraising benefit go to M.A.C. AIDS Fund Campaign.

23 April. Paul appears at the MCI Center, Washington.

25 April. Paul appears on Access Hollywood and NBC's Today.

26 April. At the Madison Square Garden Concert, the CityKids Foundation join Paul on stage. They were the youngsters who designed the backdrop that was issued for his performance of 'Freedom'. Paul's daughter Stella and his brother-in-law John Eastman also attend the concert.

27 April. Paul's brother Mike attends the Madison Square Garden Concert.

29 April. Paul appears at Gund Arena, Cleveland. The appearance on Access Hollywood is screened again.

1 May. Paul appears at the Palace at Auburn Hills, Detroit. The Daily Mail features a two-page story alleging that Paul's children were against his forthcoming marriage to Heather Mills. It says that Paul had originally hoped that Stella would design Heather's wedding dress, Mary would take the wedding photographs and James would play music at the event - but it was not to be.

2 May. Paul and Heather tape The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.

3 May. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, which Paul and Heather had taped the previous evening, is screened. Paul originally intended to perform two songs, but had a sore throat and didn't want to aggravate it prior to his next concert. The show includes the network television premiere of 'Your Loving Flame'.

4 May. At Paul's concert at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, Geoff Emerick, Jeff Lynne and the former Wings drummer Denny Seiwell are in attendance, along with Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruise, John Cusack, Cameron Crowe, Mickie Dolenz, Ted Danson, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester and Frank Stallone, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of Kiss and Brian Wilson.

5 May. At Paul's concert at the Pond, Anahein, the former Wings guitarist Laurence Juber is in attendance.

7 May. Paul appears at the Pepsi Arena, Denver.

9 May. Paul participates in an online event, 'MSM Chat'. At his concert at the Reunion Arena, Dallas, that evening, George Martin is in attendance.

12 May. Paul participates in a jam session with apes at the Language Research Facility in Atlanta, Georgia. In the evening, following his concert at the Philips Arena, Paul performs a set on piano in the lounge of the Four Seasons Hotel.

15 May. Paul appears at the Ice Palace, Tampa. Lulu's new album, which includes her duet with Paul on 'Let 'Em In', is released. 18 May. The 'Driving USA' tour ends in Fort Lauderdale and Paul and Heather host an end-of-tour party at the house in Biscayne Bay, where they have been staying.

21 May. Paul is in a video production studio in London working on a DVD of his Driving Rain tour.

22 May. Paul is at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool inspecting the exhibition of his paintings. There are seventy paintings and photos and six sculptures. They included Hottest Linda, a 1992 nude in acrylic on canvas, the inkjet printings of My Eye and Larry King 2 and the driftwood sculptures Running Legs With Penis, Large Cheetah, African Bust and Small Cheetah. Peter Blake is also in attendance and Paul returns to the gallery in the evening for a two-hour reception.

23 May. The Art of Paul McCartney, an exhibition, opens at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, with Paul and Heather in attendance.

24 May. Public Radio International interviews Paul for its show World Cafe. The Daily Mail publishes the opinions of three critics on Paul's exhibition paintings. John Monks comments: 'I found his paintings more interesting than I thought, as there is a genuine quality that ultimately prevents any sense of pretension or concoction.' Dave Lee says: 'McCartney is potentially better than a chancer. He has promise. This said, none of these pictures is on any artistic merit.' Robin Simon writes: 'Stick to the day job, Масса. That is the message of these wholly talentless daubs. Perhaps endless adulation has made McCartney deaf to the voice of criticism.'

28 May. The Ardent documentary McCartney On McCartney is screened by Channel 5.

1 June. Heather Mills begins presenting 'Diana Forever', a season by BBC America, running from June to August, which honours Princess Diana. It begins on this date with 'Diana: Story Of A Princess'. Paul's 60th birthday is celebrated by a new series about him on the BBC World Service.

2 June. The BBC screens the one-hour documentary, There's Only One Paul McCartney.

3 June. Paul is among the performers at the Golden Jubilee Concert for the Queen in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, during which Eric Clapton joins him for a duet on 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' in tribute to George Harrison. Paul also leads a host of artists in a singa-long of 'All You Need Is Love'.

5 June. Paul and Heather attend Brian Wilson's concert at the Brighton Centre. They spend half an hour with him backstage following his performance.

8 June. BBC America begin two evenings of programmes to celebrate Paul's forthcoming 60th birthday, called 'Paul McCartney Forever'. They include 'Here There And Everywhere: A Concert For Linda', which had been recorded on 10 April 1999 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and Later With Jools Holland.

9 June. VH-I screens 'The Queen's Jubilee: Party At The Palace' in which Paul appears. BBC America continue their tribute to Paul with his 1999 appearance on Parkinson and 'Live At The Cavern'.

10 June. A new album The Very Best Of MTV Unplugged is released in Britain, which includes Paul performing 'Every Night'.

11 June. Paul and Heather are married at Castle Leslie in Ireland.

14 June. Linda's exhibition 'The Sixties' opens at the Ella Sharp Museum in Jackson, Michigan and runs until 14 September 2002.

15 June. To celebrate Paul's forthcoming 60th birthday, a 'Paul McCartney Day' is held in Liverpool.

18 June. BBC World Service interviews Paul, who comments that he never imagined he would be famous for forty years. 24 June. The Party At The Palace album is released by EMI in conjunction with the BBC. Various charities nominated by the Queen are to be the beneficiaries.

27 June. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) issue a copy of a letter that Paul sent to the top one hundred shareholders of McDonald's, asking them to encourage the fast-food chain to extend its standards. It reads: 'Although McDonald's had made laudable efforts on behalf of farmed animals in the United States and the United Kingdom, it now needs to do the same in other countries. Abuse is abuse, whether it goes on in Sussex or San Salvador, Toronto or Tijuana.' 29 June. Linda's 'Sixties' exhibition opens at the Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont and runs until 24 August.

1 July. The Isle of Man has requested that Paul design a series of six stamps for them based on simple floral designs. A hundred and seventy thousand of the stamps are issued today and money raised will go to the Adopt-A-Minefield charity.

2 July. Paul and Heather dine at Paul's favourite vegetarian restaurant, Manna, in Primrose Hill, London. Their meal comprises organic brie and leek strudel and a tarte tatin.

4 July. Paul and Heather make their first public appearance since their wedding at Carl ton TV's Britain's Brilliant Prodigies. Paul presents a prize to the Best Young Pop Singer and Heather to the Young Person Who Made a Difference. The press ask Paul if he is going to have any more children and he says: 'Oh, here we go, the British press. I mean, Jesus, isn't that so typical? I think we can nix that question and try to get on with what we are here for, which is Sarah's charity and the

charity work done.' Heather's friend Sarah, the Duchess of York, had invited the couple to present awards.

7 July. Paul and Heather attend the men's singles final at Wimbledon. 11 July. Paul is spotted in Union Square, New York. Entertainment Tonight includes a brief clip of Paul from his AOL interview. Hamish Stuart, former sideman in Paul's band, appears at the Cavern in Liverpool with his band.

15 July. US Weekly reports that there is a feud between Heather Mills McCartney and Paul's children.

16 July. Paul officially announces the resumption of his American tour, now called 'Back in the US'. He says: 'I'm excited to be starting up again in Milwaukee. They're a loud crowd there and the beer's good, too.'

19 July. Paul and Heather attend the Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts graduation ceremony at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

25 July. Paul escorts the Queen around his exhibition of paintings at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. He says: 'I think she liked them. She said they were very colourful and I took that as a great compliment.'

Not included in the exhibition were three paintings Paul had done of the Queen: The Queen After Her First Cigarette, The Queen Getting a Joke and Л Greener Queen.

4 August. Linda's Roadworks exhibition is on show at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland.

18 September. Paul and Heather host an Adopt-a-Minefield benefit gala at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles. Paul, Brian Wilson and the Wondermints are among the performers on a show emceed by Jay Leno.

19 September. Linda's exhibition 'The Sixties' opens at the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois and runs until 30 November 2002.

21 September. Paul's 'Back In The US' tour begins at the Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

23 September. 'Back In The US' appears at the Xcel Energy Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

24 September. 'Back In The US' appears at the United Center, Chicago, Illinois.

27 September. 'Back In The US' appears at the Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut.

28 September. 'Back In The US' appears at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Fleet Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

4 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Gind Arena, Cleveland, Ohio.

5 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Conseco Field House, Indianapolis, Indiana.

7 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Sports Center, Raleigh, North Carolina.

9 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Sawis Center, St Louis, Missouri.

10 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio.

12 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana.

13 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Compaq Center, Houston, Texas.

15 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Linda's 'Roadworks' exhibition ends at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.

18 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon.

19 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Washington.

21 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Arco Arena, Sacramento, California.

22 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Compaq Arena, San Jose, California.

25 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California.

26 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the MGM Garden Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada.

28 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA.

29 October. 'Back In The US' appears at the America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona.

21 November. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is performed by the Association Choeur et Orchestra de Assistance Publique-Hopheaux de Paris in Paris, France.

26 November. The Driving USA DVD set is released and also contains footage of Paul and Heather's wedding.

28 November. Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is once again performed in Paris.

Cimarons, The

A long-established British reggae band that originally formed at a youth club in Harlesden in 1967. They made their debut album in 1973 with In Time and became the first reggae band to tour Africa.

When Paul had the idea of a reggae band performing pop standards, particularly those from the MPL catalogue, the Cimarons fitted the bill. Paul's company sponsored the recordings and their first release from the project was a single of Paul's song 'With A Little Luck', issued in Britain on 29 January 1982 on I.M.P. IMPS 50, with Buddy Holly's 'Peggy Sue' on the flip.

The album Reggaebility was issued on 25 February of the same year on Pickwick SHM 3106. Tracks on the album included the Lennon and McCartney composition 'Love Me Do' and three of Paul's songs -'With A Little Luck', 'Mull of Kintyre' and 'C Moon', and he personally directed the group's video for the 'Big Girls Don't Cry' single.

The group's line-up is: Locksley Gichie, guitar; Winston Reid, vocals; Sonny Binns, keyboards; Jah Bunny, drums and percussion; Elroy Bailey, bass.

Citrus Bowl

Venue in Orlando, Florida where Paul made his tenth stop in a 15-city tour on Sunday 9 May 1993. Prior to the concert he held a 15-minute press conference which was televised live, during which he mentioned that 'Paul McCartney Live In The New World', to be filmed in Charlotte, North Carolina on 15 June, would be screened on Fox television. The Citrus Bowl has a capacity of 43,000 and 40,000 people attended the concert. The concert started 45 minutes late and Paul told the audience, 'If you've got any hair, I want you to let it down - we're going to have a party here.'

Clarke, Brian

An artist who designed the Tug Of War album cover. Paul and Linda attended an exhibition of his work at the Mayfair Art Gallery on Tuesday 14 June 1983, where they met an old friend, Marianne Faithfull.

Clarke, Stanley

One of the world's most respected bassists. When George Martin and Paul discussed the recording of the Tug of War album, to be produced in Montserrat, George suggested that he include some of the world's top musicians on their particular instruments.

They included Paddy Maloney of the Chieftains, acknowledged as the best living exponent of the Uilleann pipes; Britain's major clarinettist Jack Brymer, and Stanley Clarke.

It was while they were jamming in the studio during the recording of Tug Of War that Stanley and Paul collaborated on 'Hey Hey', an instrumental which was to be included on Pipes of Peace.

Classical Music

In an interview with MTV News in 1993, Paul said, 'I'm writing some single piano pieces - the complete opposite to three hundred people, a massive choir, massive orchestra, kids' choir and soloists. This is for one bloke or bloke-ette at a piano. So it doesn't rely on me or my personality. It's got to be in the notes.'

Discussing classical music, he said, 'I don't know much about classical. If it came on the radio, my dad, who was a jazz fan, would say, "Bloody classical, turn it off!"

On 6 October 1997, BBC's Ceefax featured a quote from Paul: 'While I am not a serious classical freak, it's a bit pompous of people to assume that I'm interested in nothing other than loud guitars and drums.'

Paul has since become associated with composing various classical pieces ranging from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, Standing Stone and Working Classical to A Leaf and Ecce Cor Meum.

Classical Paul McCartney

A two-hour special that was aired on various commercial classical music stations in America by the Concert Music Network in September 1995. It featured the American premiere of Paul's A Leaf, performed by Anya Alexeyev, excerpts from Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio and an interview with Paul.

Clean Machine

An instrumental number, which Paul composed and recorded exclusively for the Linda McCartney Pro Cycling Team, which was sponsored by Linda McCartney Vegetarian Foods and launched in February 1999. The ceremony began in Trafalgar Square, London. Paul recorded the number at Abbey Road Studios on Friday 28 May 1999 and said he'd called the team 'The Clean Machine' because all fifteen members were vegetarian.

The number could be heard on the team's website, www.lindamc-cartney-pct.co.uk.

Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers

A group formed in 1961 and led by Cliff Bennett, who was born in Slough. They appeared at the Star Club, Hamburg and became friendly with many of the Liverpool bands. Their first hit came in 1964 with 'One Way Love', issued on the Parlophone label. Their biggest hit was in 1966 with 'Got To Get You Into My Life', which reached No. 6 in the British charts. The number was written and produced by Paul.

Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff

On Friday 19 July 1991, Paul performed one of the six Unplugged concerts before 1,000 fans at Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, near Southend. Paul and his band took the stage at 8.30 for a 130-minute show. Music based around his Unplugged album for the first hour, followed by an intermission and then an hour of music from Paul's world tour of the previous year. Announcing, 'The weekend starts here ... ' Paul went into an acoustic set with 'Mean Woman Blues', followed by 'Be-Bop-A-Lula', 'We Can Work It Out', 'San Francisco Bay Blues', 'Every Night', 'Here, There And Everywhere', 'That Would Be Simple', 'Down To The River', 'She's A Woman', 'I Lost My Little Girl', 'Ain't No Sunshine', 'Hi-Heel Sneakers' and 'I've Just Seen A Face'.

Then poet Adrian Mitchell came on stage to recite four of his recent poems. Paul and the band supported him musically on three of the poems, beginning with 'Song in Space'. He recited 'I Like That Stuff without musical backing, then while he recited 'Maybe Maytime' Paul and the group performed an instrumental version of'Junk' as the backing music. The final poem was 'Hot Pursuit', about R&B star James Brown.

They then performed 'Good Rockin' Tonight' before the ten-minute interval.

They changed their outfits and played the next set with electric instruments, opening with 'Twenty Flight Rock'. This was followed with 'Band On the Run', 'Ebony and Ivory', 'I Saw Her Standing There', 'Coming Up', 'Get Back', then Paul sat at the piano to perform 'The Long and Winding Road', which was followed by 'Ain't That A Shame' and 'Let It Be'. The encore saw him perform 'Can't Buy Me Love' and 'Sgt Pepper'.

Club Sandwich

The official title of Paul's Fun Club magazine. It was a quarterly magazine chronicling current progress as part of the membership of the Paul McCartney Fun Club. The final issue was published in 1998 following Linda's death. It was the 86th issue and was a 44-page special filled with pictures of Linda. There was the announcement: 'Paul and Linda McCartney created Club Sandwich together almost 21 years ago now. It was their joint project, with Paul as executive editor and Linda as picture editor. Paul now feels that it is not appropriate to continue without her, and therefore we will stop publishing Club Sandwich and will wind up the Paul McCartney Fun Club as well.'

MPL has now created an archive of Club Sandwich on the web at:

http://www.mplcommunications.com/mccartney/club/

Cogan, Alma

One of Britain's leading female vocalists of the 1950s, with a huge string of hits to her credit, including the chart topper 'Dreamboat' and novelty discs such as 'Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo' - which topped the charts in Iceland! Alma was born in London on 19 May 1932.

The Beatles met her for the first time on Sunday 12 January 1964 following their appearance together on Sunday Night at the London Palladium and they began to attend the soirees at her first-floor flat at 44 Stafford Court on Kensington High Street. Brian Epstein, Lionel Bart, Michael Caine, Sammy Davis Junior, Tommy Steele and Terence Stamp were among the regular visitors. In 1963 Paul told her he had a tune he wanted her to hear. He recalls: 'I played the melody for her and she said, "It's lovely". It was a little bit embarrassing because I think she thought I'd written it for her. Maybe I didn't make it very clear by saying, "here's a song I've written, what do you think of it?"'

Alma's sister Sandra was present and their mother Fay (who the Beatles referred to as Mrs Macogie) walked into the room while Paul was at the piano and said, 'Anyone like some scrambled eggs?' which prompted Paul to begin singing 'Scrambled eggs ... oh my baby how I love your legs.' As a result, for some time, the working title of 'Yesterday' was 'Scrambled Eggs'.

When Paul played tambourine on one of her singles, Alma returned the favour by recording 'Yesterday', which was issued on Columbia DB7757 on 11 November 1965 and a few weeks later, on 28 November, her double A-side single 'Eight Days a WeekV'Help!' was released on Columbia DB 7786. She'd recorded it on 9 October and both Paul and John had attended her recording session.

Cancer was diagnosed in March 1966 and she died at the Middlesex Hospital on Wednesday 26 October of that year. She was only 34 years old.

In 1988 EMI issued a double album Alma Cogan: A Celebration which featured a gatefold sleeve photograph of Alma with the Beatles. Paul also penned a sleeve note for the release.

In October 2000 a blue plaque was placed on Alma's former home in Kensington High Street.

Cold Cuts

A projected album in which Paul had intended to compile a number of his hit tracks. He'd originally begun the project under the name Hot Hitz and Kold Kutz until someone from the record company asked him, 'Why have cold cuts on a hot hits album?' and he changed the title to Cold Cuts.

In the autumn of 1974 he announced that he would be releasing it under the title Hot Hits and Cold Cuts and said it would feature unre-leased Wings tracks, together with A and B-sides of Wings singles which had not been available on an album before. He intended it to be a budget-priced release, issued around Christmas 1974. It wasn't released then, but plans were still kept alive and following the release of McCartney 11 in 1980 Paul began preparing what was to be Cold Cuts. He even had the American artist Saul Steinberg draw a cover for him. However, the death of John Lennon seemed to delay his plans for a few more years.

In 1986 Paul told Hits magazine that he was working on the much-delayed Cold Cuts project. 'You know, it's something I've been threatening the fans with for a long time,' he said. 'If they all mix up great, it may be something sooner rather than later. I get a lot of fans who write to me and say, "hey, when is that Cold Cuts coming out?" So I figured it would be nice to finish that up, and the release can come at any time. There's always tracks knocking around. I just don't like to have too much hanging around. So I'm going to finish that up.'

At around the same time he was discussing finishing the project, in 1986 Cold Cuts by Paul McCartney and Wings was issued on Club Sandwich SP-11. It was a bootleg whose release led Paul to decide against releasing his own Cold Cuts album.

The bootleg Cold Cuts contained twelve of Paul's outtakes recorded between 1971 and 1980. The tracks were: Side One: 'A Love For You', 'My Carnival', 'Waterspout', 'Momma's Little Girl', 'Night Out', 'Robbers Ball'. Side Two: 'Cage', 'Did We Meet Somewhere Before?', 'Hey Diddle', Tragedy', 'Best Friend', 'Same time Next Year'.

Collaborators

The most famous songwriting partnership is that of Lennon and McCartney, although Paul was to co-write various songs with a large number of different people.

They included Linda McCartney; Roger McGough; Denny Laine; Eric Stewart; Elvis Costello; Carl Lewis; Mike McGear (Mike McCartney); Michael Jackson; Stevie Wonder; Hamish Stuart; Steve Miller; Stanley Clarke; James McCartney; and, arguably, Mai Evans and Alistair Taylor (who both claim they contributed to Paul's songs).

When Paul and Linda wrote 'Another Day' together, Sir Lew Grade filed a lawsuit, alleging that Linda wasn't a competent songwriter and couldn't be the co-composer of the song.

Many years later Paul was to tell journalist Tim White, 'I had a contract with Northern Songs for me and John as writers. As I wasn't collaborating with John anymore, I looked for someone else to collaborate with. I assumed there wouldn't be any sweat ... They were so wonderful to me after all the success I'd brought them with me and John - more than they ever dreamed of earning anyway - then they immediately slapped a million-dollar lawsuit on us. So they were charming pals who shall be remembered ever thus ... If my wife is actually saying, "Change that," or "I like that better than that," then I'm using her as a collaborator. I mean, John never had any input on "The Long And Winding Road" and Yoko still collects royalties on it.'

The case went to court and Linda had to testify that she felt competent to collaborate on a song with Paul. A settlement was agreed with Paul making the television special 'James Paul McCartney' for Grade.

Paul and Eric Stewart collaborated on writing six of the ten tracks on the Press To Play album. Discussing his writing with Stewart, Paul said: 'We enjoyed the experience; I remember the old way I'd written with John, the two acoustic guitars facing each other - like a mirror, but better! I'd never really tried to do that again: I'd either sit on my own with a guitar or a piano, or with Michael Jackson doing lyrics, or Stevie and I just made that other one up. But it was never across the acoustics, which I'd always found a very complete way of writing.'

During the summer of 1987 Paul phoned Elvis Costello and suggested they write and record together. Paul helped Costello to write 'Veronica' which was to appear on Elvis's album Spike and Costello

helped Paul to write 'Back On My Feet', which appeared as the flipside of 'Once Upon A Long Ago'.

Paul collaborated with bassist Stanley Clarke on 'Hey Hey' on the Pipes Of Peace album; Steve Miller on 'Souvenirs' and Ringo Starr on 'Really Love You' on the Flaming Pie album, while Roger McGough worked with Paul on some numbers for the McGear album and Hamish Stuart collaborated with Paul on numbers such as 'Keep Coming Back To Love' and 'The First Stone'.

Paul was also to collaborate with his son James on the Driving Rain album. Paul and his son co-wrote 'Spinning On An Axis' and 'Back In The Sunshine Again', making it the first time that the credit McCartney and McCartney has appeared on a record.

Columbia

An American record label, more popularly known simply as CBS. Paul signed with the company in 1979 for an advance of two million dollars, making him the highest paid recording artist in the industry. His first release with the label was 'Goodnight Tonight'/'Daytime Nightime Suffering' on Thursday 15 March 1979. He left Columbia to return to Capital in October 1985.

Come And Get It

A number composed by Paul as the theme tune to the Peter Sellers/Ringo Starr movie The Magic Christian. In September 1969 Paul recorded the number with Badfinger and it was issued in Britain on Friday 5 December 1969 on Apple 20 and in America on Monday 12 January 1970 on Apple 1815. 'Rock Of Ages' was on the flip. It was also the lead track on the Badfinger album Magic Christian Music, which Paul also produced. The LP was issued in Britain on Friday 9 January 1970 on Apple SAPCOR 12 and in America on Monday 16 February 1970 on Apple ST 3364. The number was also included on The Magic Christian original soundtrack album, issued in Britain on Friday 10 April 1970 on Pye NSPL 28133 and in America on Commonwealth United CU 6004 on Wednesday 11 February 1970.

Coming Up

A Wings single issued in the UK on Parlophone R6035 on Friday 11 April 1980 and in America on Columbia 1-11263 on Tuesday 15 April 1980. The full track listing was 'Coming Up', (studio version); 'Coming Up' (live version recorded in Glasgow), plus the tracks 'Lunch Box' and 'Odd Sox'. The British single reached No. 2 in the charts and the American version topped the US charts.

Columbia in America liked the tune of 'Coming Up', but didn't like the way Paul had recorded it, with a tinny vocal sound that they felt was not typical of him. They preferred his version of 'Coming Up' from a recording of a live show at the Apollo Theatre, Glasgow.

The 'Lunch Box'/'Old Sox' track had been recorded five years prior with a Wings line-up which had included Jimmy McCulloch and Geoff Britton.

It was released in Germany on Odeon 1C006-63794.

A version of this number lasting 5 minutes and 18 seconds was included on the Tripping The Live Fantastic album. It was recorded live at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan on 3 March 1990 during the World Tour.

Coming Up (tribute album)

The second tribute album of Paul's music to be issued by the American record label Oglio in October 2001, with funds donated to the American breast cancer charity, the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

The full title of the album, issued on 23 October 2001, was Coming Up: Independent Artists Pay Tribute To The Music Of Paul McCartney. The tracks were: 'Let 'Em In', Starbelly; 'Take It Away', Jellybricks; 'Every Night', Marc Bacino; 'This One', Cliff Hillis; 'My Brave Face', Star Collector; 'Temporary Secretary', the Andersons; 'Mull Of Kintyre', Kyf Brewer; 'With A Little Luck', the Masticators; 'Somedays', Phil Keaggy; 'Getting Closer', Michael Carpenter; 'Maybe I'm Amazed', Gadget White Band; 'Helen Wheels', the Shazam; 'Oh Woman, Oh Why', Ray Paul with Emit Rhodes; 'Another Day', Cherry Twister; 'Back On My Feet', Cockeyed Ghost.

Commercials

When National Panasonic began a television advertising campaign using a cover version of 'All You Need Is Love', Paul once again publicly condemned the use of Beatles songs in commercials. He instructed his manager Richard Ogden to issue a statement in October 1989: 'Paul cannot stop Northern Songs doing this but he is nonetheless opposed to it. Paul and John Lennon always believed that it devalues the songs both as property in the long run and in the hearts and minds of the fans. If we could stop it, we would.'

The use of Beatles numbers for TV commercials has always upset Paul and Ringo, who issued a joint statement making clear they did not want any Beatles music to be used in advertisements, declaring; 'We are not in the business of singing jingles. We do not peddle sneakers, pantyhose or anything else.'

The fact that Michael Jackson, who beat a bid by Paul and Yoko Ono to buy the Beatles back catalogue, has allowed the numbers to be used in commercials caused a rift between Paul and Jackson. Paul is furious at the times Jackson has allowed the numbers to be used in advertisements. Nike paid £166,000 in 1987 for the use of 'Revolution' in one advert to promote trainers. Apple sued Capitol-EMI and Nike stating that although Capitol had the right to exploit the Beatles' goodwill and persona to advertise their records, this did not include commercial purposes such as television jingles. Nike even took out a full page newspaper advertisement stating, 'Can we talk? The last thing we want to do is upset the Beatles over the use of their music. That's why we've asked them to discuss the issue with us "face-to-face" without all the lawyers and spokesmen.'

Capitol said that Yoko Ono had given permission and her representative Sam Havadtoy had assured them that Paul had also given his consent. They also said that Yoko had insisted that the original Beatles version and not a soundalike be used.

Apple said that Paul had not agreed and that Capitol had nothing in writing from Yoko. They also pointed out that the Apple board had to agree unanimously on such matters. Paul said, 'I don't like this commercial thing. It's a pity, but we don't have any say in the matter.'

Jackson also allowed Oriole Cooking to use 'Good Day Sunshine' in their advertisements, in addition to the National Panasonic use of 'All You Need Is Love'.

Paul has personally appealed to Jackson to stop allowing the songs to be used in this way, without success. He says, "What Michael is doing cheapens songs which mean a lot not only to me but to a generation of Beatles fans.

'I thought "Revolution" was a serious song with a serious meaning -not a jingle to sell sneakers.'

In 1994 Michael Jackson gave permission for Paul's composition 'Come And Get It' to be used on commercial TV in Japan - not performed by Badfinger, but by a soundalike group.

In January 2002 Paul had occasion to be upset again by Jackson's permission for the American insurance giant Allstate to use 'When I'm Sixty-Four' in a 30-second commercial - sung by Julian Lennon.

It is particularly frustrating for Paul as that particular song, despite the Lennon and McCartney credit, was a number he originally wrote himself at the age of sixteen for a proposed musical. He then added new lyrics and recorded it largely solo, with George Martin aiding on the arrangement of clarinets.

Complain To The Queen

During his Wings tour of Holland in 1972 Paul appeared on a number of radio shows to promote the tour. On Sunday 20 August, prior to his appearance at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam he appeared on the programme Popsmuk during which he performed this number that was a song he said he composed specially for the Netherlands. When he appeared at the Congresgebouw the next day, 21 August, the number was recorded during his live show and released in Britain on 23 March 1973 as the flipside of 'My Love'. It was released in America on 2 June 1973, where 'My Love' was to top the charts.

Concert For Bangla Desh, The

The famous concert organised by George Harrison that took place at Madison Square Garden, New York on Sunday 1 August 1971.

George had invited John, Paul and Ringo to appear. Ringo immediately accepted. John arrived in New York with Yoko, but when Yoko discovered that George only wanted John to appear and not her, there was such an unholy row that John fled to the airport and returned to Europe. Paul also rejected the offer, feeling that the Beatles had only recently disbanded and it wouldn't be logical for them to get together again so soon.

In an interview with Chris Charlesworth of Melody Maker in November 1971, Paul mentioned that he was asked to play at the concert by George, but declined. He said, 'Klein called a press conference and told everyone I had refused to do so for the Pakistani refugees - that's what he called them. It wasn't so. I said to George the reason I couldn't do it was because it would mean that all the world's press would scream that the Beatles had got back together again, and I know that it would have made Klein very happy. It would have been an historical event and Klein would have taken the credit.' Paul said that if it hadn't been for Klein he might have had second thoughts about the offer.

Concert For New York, The

On the New York radio station WPLJ on 21 September 2001, Paul announced that he'd planned a benefit concert in aid of the families of firefighters involved in the Twin Towers tragedy, commenting, 'I was here in New York when the disaster happened. I was actually on a plane, on the tarmac, when the pilot said it'd all been closed down. I've been here in New York ever since and, in a way, I was pleased to be here to witness all the heroism. At the time of the disaster I was flying home in order to plan a concert that I was going to do in Russia, in Red Square in October. But that doesn't seem appropriate now, so I've postponed that.'

He later released an official statement on his reasons for the concert: 'I'm doing this benefit concert because, in short, I love New York. I was there when the tragedy occurred and I witnessed the last moments of the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Heather and I were sitting on a plane at the airport waiting to take off. Suddenly the captain announced that all the planes had been grounded. From our side of the plane we could see the Towers smoking and in flames, we couldn't believe what had happened.

'A tragedy like this affects everyone and everything. A few days after the attack we went down to the Canal Street area and you could smell it and feel it, people were still in a daze. At first I felt useless. I thought, "What can I do?" I knew I had to do something to help, so I'm going to do this concert. Although the events are dreadfully sad, in a way I was glad I was in New York when it was all happening because I was able to witness the tremendous heroism that has come out of the city since the disaster.

'This concert will honour those heroes and heroines and I'm very proud to be doing that. It will benefit the families of the victims, including the families of the firefighters involved. I feel a connection with the firefighters because my dad was a volunteer fireman in Liverpool during World War Two.

'So I'm going to do this benefit show to show solidarity. The thing is that people may disagree with how we live, but this attack has crossed the line; it is a real no-no and you have to show the people who have done this that we are not going to put up with it. You've got to stand up and do something. I can't fight fires, but I can do a concert. It will be a difficult night, but it needs doing and I hope to help raise a lot of money for the families of the victims.”

When the tickets went on sale from 7 October 2001, Paul personally delivered a hundred tickets to two Manhattan fire stations.

The concert took place at 8 p.m. on Saturday 20 October 2001 at Madison Square Garden with Paul headlining. David Bowie opened the show singing the Paul Simon song 'America', and was followed by Bon Jovi, Jaz-Z, the Goo Goo Dolls, Billy Idol, Destiny's Child, Eric Clapton, the Backstreet Boys, Melissa Etheridge, the Who with Zak Starkey on drums, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Macy Gray who sang 'With A Little Help From My Friends', James Taylor and Elton John. Paul closed the show performing 'I'm Down', 'Lonely Road', 'From A Lover To A Friend', 'Yesterday', and 'Freedom', a number he had written specially for the concert. The artists joined him on stage to perform 'Let It Be' and he then reprised 'Freedom' and 'Let It Be'. He sang 'Freedom' again as an encore.

Paul told the audience, 'This is one of the greatest nights for me. I want to thank you guys for everything you've done, on behalf of the British, on behalf of America, on behalf of the world.'

A number of Hollywood stars also came on stage, including Meg Ryan, Jim Carrey, Susan Sarandon, Mike Myers, John Cusack and Michael J Fox. The show was televised.

The concert had been produced by VHI, Cablevision, Miramax and AOL. There were more than 6,000 firefighters, police officers and rescue workers attending as guests.

Paul and Heather then attended an after-show party at the Hudson Hotel. He said, 'I think it went really well. Now I just want everyone to let their hair down and have some fun. Everyone pulled together and we've raised a lot of money.'

Paul then joined the Hudson's bar band and sang 'I Saw Her Standing There' with Jim Carrey and Dan Aykroyd.

A four-hour edited version of the concert was televised live by VHI and seen in more than 80 million American homes. There was also a live simulcast on radio stations across the country on the VH1 network and Westwood Inc. It was also carried on the digital channels VHI Classic, VHI Soul and VHI Country. There was a live webcast by AOL on the Internet.

Over $30 million was raised for the Robin Hood Relief Fund established by the Robin Hood Foundation with funds to be distributed to the Twin Towers fund and other charities directly affected by the World Trade Center tragedy.

A 2 CD set was also issued and Sony Music's net proceeds from the sale of the album went to the Robin Hood Relief Fund. There were four tracks by Paul at the end of the second CD - 'I'm Down', 'Yesterday', 'Let It Be' and 'Freedom'.

Concerts For Kampuchea, The

A double-album issued on Friday 3 April 1981 on Atlantic K60153 in Britain, which had been recorded at the series of Hammersmith Odeon concerts from 26-29 December 1979 in aid of the suffering people in Kampuchea.

The entire fourth side of the album comprises six tracks: three with Paul and Wings and three with Paul and the Rockestra.

The tracks are: 'Got To Get You Into My Life', 'Every Night', 'Coming Up', 'Lucille', 'Let It Be' and 'Rockestra Theme'.

There was also a television special of the concert in which Paul performed, simply called 'Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea'. Directed by Keith McMillan, the 90-minute film networked on Independent Television in Britain on Sunday 4 January 1981.

Conspiracy Of Hope

A compilation album to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Amnesty International. Paul donated the track 'Pipes Of Peace' to the LP, which was issued in Britain on Mercury MERH 99 and in America on USAM 830 588-1 on 14 November 1987. A UK cassette was issued on MERHC99 and a CD on 839 588-2 on 5 December 1987.

Conteh, John

A famous Liverpool boxer, born in the Toxteth area in 1951. His mother was of Irish descent and his father came from Sierra Leone. He was to become one of Britain's most glamorous boxers and was, for a time, the light-heavyweight champion of the world.

In his biography /, Conteh he describes one of the highlights of his life: the 1964 civic reception of the Beatles. A boy in short pants, he was jostling among the crowds in Lime Street and managed to duck under a policeman's horse in order to get a better view.

He later got to know Paul personally and was included on the Band On The Run album cover and had personal greetings from Paul when he was spotlighted on Thames Television's This Is Your Life.

Paul and Linda were actually at the ringside at Wembley on Tuesday 1 October 1974 when Conteh became the first British boxer in a quarter of a century to become the World Light-heavyweight Champion. Prior to the bout, Paul and Linda had sent the 23-year-old fighter a telegram that read: 'You made me Number One. Now You be Number One!' This was a reference to Conteh's appearance on the Band On the Run sleeve.

Cook Of The House

Linda's track on Wings At The Speed Of Sound, which Paul described as 'the first British cooking on record'. Linda sang lead vocal and the number was 2 minutes and 38 seconds in length.

Cooler, The

An intriguing film short starring Paul, Linda, Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach, made as a promotional video for 'Private Property', which was written and produced by Paul and was the second single issued from Ringo's album Stop and Smell the Roses.

Paul wanted to help Ringo in the promotion of the album and arranged for MPL to make the 11-minute video.

The result was described as a surrealist musical and concerned a prison camp of the future patrolled entirely by women, with Barbara as the Camp Commandant and Linda as a prison guard.

Ringo is an escaped prisoner who is recaptured and thrown into solitary confinement. He has visions. Paul appears as a country music bass player, as a fellow prisoner and as Ringo's father.

The video was directed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme and was the official British entry in the Short Film category at the Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 1982. It featured three numbers from the Stop and Smell the Roses album: 'Private Property' and 'Attention', both written by Paul, and 'Sure To Fall' by Carl Perkins, Quinton Claunch and William Cantre.

Coquette

A track from the Run Devil Run album lasting 2 minutes and 43 seconds. Paul had originally heard it when it was the B-side of a Fats Domino single. It was penned by Green/Kahn/Lombardo. Paul recorded it at Abbey Road Studios in March 1999 with himself on lead vocal and bass guitar, Dave Gilmour on electric guitar, Mick Green on electric guitar, Pete Wingfield on piano and Ian Paice on drums.

Corfu

Paul, Linda and Heather holidayed in Corfu during June 1968. They rented a villa on the Greek island. As Paul had been working hard in the studios when he and Linda got married the previous March this must have been a kind of belated honeymoon for them.

Cornell, Lyn

A blonde-haired singer from Liverpool who'd lived quite close to Paul. She became a member of the Vernons Girls and married musician Andy White. It was Andy who was hired by Ron Richards and George Martin to play drums on 'Love Me Do', although Ringo was also allowed to cut a version of the number. Andy's performance is included on the British and American albums. Lyn was booked for the special all-British edition of the American television series Shindig, on which the Beatles appeared, and during rehearsals at the Granville Theatre, Fulham, was able to talk over old times with Paul.

Cornwall Coliseum

A venue in St Austell, Cornwall, England, which was one of the several 'surprise* concert appearances Paul made between May and July 1991. It was the first time Paul had ever performed in Cornwall - he hadn't even appeared there during his years with the Beatles. His line-up for the show comprised himself, Linda, Robbie Mclntosh, Hamish Stuart, Paul 'Wix' Wickens and Blair Cunningham.

The show took place on Friday 7 June 1991 and it saw the largest audience of the 'surprise gigs' tour, with an audience of 3,326. As with the other 'surprise' concerts, the set was divided into one acoustic and one electric set. The acoustic set comprised: 'Mean Woman Blues', 'Be-Bop-A-Lula', 'We Can Work It Out', 'San Francisco Bay Blues', 'Every Night', 'Here, There and Everywhere', 'That Would Be Something', 'Down To The River', 'And I Love Her', 'She's A Woman', 'I Lost My Little Girl','Ain't No Sunshine', 'I've Just Seen A Face', 'Hi-Heel Sneakers' and 'Good Rockin' Tonight'. The electric set comprised 'My Brave Face', 'Band On The Run' 'Ebony and Ivory', 'I Saw Her Standing There', 'Get Back', 'Coming Up', 'The Long And Winding Road', 'Ain't That A Shame' and 'Let It Be'. The encores were 'Can't Buy Me Love' and 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.

Entertainment Tonight, the Paramount TV programme, screened a report of this concert in America on Wednesday 12 June 1991.

Cosmically Conscious

A number penned by Paul, lasting 1 minute and 42 seconds, which was the final track on the Off The Ground album.

Costello, Elvis

A singer/songwriter, who was born Declan McManus in 1955. His father was a professional singer and his mother worked for a time in Brian Epstein's NEMS record store. He was to say, 'My parents loved the Beatles and all those beat groups because my dad had to sing a lot of those songs.' Elvis started singing in Liverpool in the 1970s.

Writing about his association with Paul in the sleeve notes of Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous, a compilation of his songs, issued by Rhino Records on R2 75273 in 1998, Costello commented, 'I first met Paul when we opened the show for Wings during the 1979 Concerts for Kampuchea series in London. He was very friendly and good at putting people at ease who might have been a little overwhelmed. He was also singing and playing tremendously.'

During the 1980s they bumped into each other regularly at AIR Studios and then Paul invited Elvis to write songs with him.

Elvis commented, 'Our writing sessions could not have been more enjoyable or instructive. We set up in a room above Paul's studio with two acoustic guitars, an electric piano and a big notebook, and worked at great speed for about five hours a day. Once we had finished writing, we would go downstairs and knock off a demo recording.

He added that Paul was very sympathetic in his handling of Elvis's personal lyrical details in 'Veronica' and 'That Day Is Done' and felt that their work together was well illustrated by a series of 'character songs': 'Mistress And Maid', 'So Like Candy', 'Tommy's Coming Home' and 'My Brave Face'.

The Rhino Records album included 'My Brave Face' as the final track.

Paul and Elvis Costello wrote ten joint compositions in 1998, including 'Back On My Feet', for the B-side of 'Once Upon A Long Ago' and two others for Elvis's own album. Their co-written songs include 'My Brave Face', 'Flying To My Home', 'Don't Be Careless Love', 'You Want Her Too', 'That Day Is Done', 'Lovers That Never Were', 'So Like Candy', 'Playboy To A Man', 'Twenty-Five Fingers' and 'Tommy's Coming Home'.

They did sessions together at Paul's home studio in Sussex in September and late October 1987. 'Flying To My Home' appeared on the 'My Brave Face' single, while 'Lovers That Never Were', 'So Like Candy' and 'Playboy To A Man' appeared on Costello's album Mighty Like A Rose.

Countdown

A Dutch television programme. Paul and his band appeared on the show on Monday 30 November 1987 for 27 minutes during which they mimed to 'Once Upon A Long Ago'. They also appeared on the show on Monday 22 May 1989 when they mimed to 'My Brave Face' and 'How Many People'.

On Thursday 13 December 1990 Paul videotaped 'All My Trials', 'The Long And Winding Road' and 'Let It Be' at Limehouse television studios in Wembley for the show, which was screened in Holland on Wednesday 26 December 1990.

Country Dreamer

A number that appeared on the B-side of 'Helen Wheels'. An acoustic version which Paul recorded in his garden backyard and which was to be used in a short called The Backyard has found its way onto several bootlegs.

Cow

A number about animal rights which Linda wrote with Carla Lane. The two had recorded two numbers with Paul, the other being an anti-vivisection song called 'White Coated Man', the latter included on an American charity CD Animal Magnetism. 'Cow' was to appear on a promotional CD Oobu Joobu - Ecology in 1997.

Crackin' Up

A number composed by McDaniel. Paul's version, lasting only 49 seconds, was included on the Tripping The Live Fantastic album. It was recorded live at the Great Western Forum, Los Angeles on 23 November 1989 during the 1989/90 World Tour.

Crickets, The

Buddy Holly's backing band were the inspiration for the name the Beatles. Basically, the group had had various names since their Quarry Men days. Early in 1960 they were discussing a suitable name and Stuart Sutcliffe mentioned they could have a name similar to the Crickets (the group had included several Buddy Holly numbers in their repertoire). They began to think of insects and the word 'beetle' came up. John Lennon was to add the 'a', although there were initial variations over the next couple of months, including Beatals, the Silver Beats, the Silver Beetles and the Silver Beatles.

Holly had originally formed a duo with Bob Montgomery called Buddy & Bob. Drummer Jerry Allison joined them in 1955. The following year, for his Decca recording sessions in Nashville, since the trio had split up, Holly recruited Sonny Curtis on guitar and Don Guess on bass. The group that backed him on his first release 'Blue Days, Black Nights' on 16 April 1956 was Holly, Allison, Curtis and Guess. The Decca sessions didn't work out and in February 1957 Holly began recording with Norman Petty and formed a new backing band with Allison, Niki Sullivan on rhythm and Joe В Mauldin on bass. They chose the name the Crickets for themselves. Together they recorded numbers such as 'That'll Be The Day', 'Peggy Sue', 'Oh Boy!' 'Listen To Me' and 'Maybe Baby'. Holly split from the Crickets and began recording without the group in 1958.

After Paul had acquired the publishing rights to the Buddy Holly catalogue he instigated his annual Buddy Holly Week on what would have been Buddy's fortieth birthday, 7 September 1976. The following year he invited Allison, Mauldin and Curtis to perform at his Buddy Holly Week as the Crickets.

At the finale of Buddy Holly Week on Friday 14 September 1979, Paul appeared on stage with members of the Crickets at the Odeon, Hammersmith.

Paul recorded the Crickets performing the winning song from his 1987 Buddy Holly Week. The number was 'Got The Tee Shirt', written by Jim Imray, and Paul also contributed backing vocals and piano to the track. He also performed 'Rave On' with them at the 1999 Buddy Holly event in New York.

Crossroads

A popular soap opera on British television that ran from 1964 to 1987.

Tony Hatch penned the theme tune (he was an A&R man for Pye Records, who went to Liverpool in 1963 and recorded several Mersey bands, including the Undertakers and the Chants). Paul rearranged Hatch's theme tune from Crossroads, including it on his 1975 album Venus and Mars. The television company later used Paul's version as their theme for a time.

The number was recorded during the January/February sessions at Sea Saint Studios in New Orleans and, when asked at a press conference why he had recorded the Crossroads theme, he said, 'It's a joke. It's after "Lonely Old People", you see. They are sitting there in the park, saying, "Nobody asked us to play". It's a poignant moment. Then there's a little break and then Crossroads starts up. It's lonely old people. It's just the kind of thing that lonely old people watch. It could just as easily have been Coronation Street but we knew the chords to Crossroads. I just thought that it would be nice to do it.'

Incidentally, the soap has been responsible for a few pop hits.

Stephanie De Sykes appeared on the show in 1974 as pop singer Harriet Blair who was staying at the hotel while recovering from a nervous breakdown. She sang 'Born With A Smile On My Face', which featured heavily on the show for a couple of weeks - and it went on to top the British charts (Stephanie later married Stu James, former lead singer with Liverpool band the Mojos). In 1982, Paul's cousin Kate Robbins sang on the soap and also had a chart hit from Crossroads with 'More Than In Love', which reached No. 2 in the charts.

Crowder, Alan

A long-time MPL staffer, hired by Paul in 1973 to administer the furtherance of his music publishing company and who became head of the publishing division. In the Oobu Joobu radio series there is the track of a jam which is called 'Alan Crowder At Caesar's Palace'. This was recorded during a tour rehearsal in 1989 when Alan walked into the room and they named this jam in tribute, although Alan was to tell them, 'Could you do it in tune next time?'

Cummins, Jeff

An artist from the Hipgnosis design group who drew the colourful illustration on the sleeve of the special limited edition 12" single 'Temporary Secretary' issued in Britain in September 1980.

The cover showed Paul in a knitted V-necked sweater, jeans and sneakers, holding a telephone while balancing a bespectacled secretary ' on his knee - she is taking shorthand. Jeff also designed the inner sleeve of Wings Over America.

Cunningham, Blair

A former drummer with Echo &c the Bunnymen, Haircut 100 and the Pretenders, born 11 October 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee. He replaced Chris Whitten in Paul's backing band in 1991 when Whitten returned to Dire Straits. He also recorded a number of TV shows with Paul in December 1990 and appeared on the albums Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) and Paul Is Live.

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