McCartney Times

A former John Lennon aide recalled times when the former Beatle envied the sort of songs Paul McCartney was writing.

While Dan Richter was instrumental in helping the former bandmates reconnect after their acrimonious split in 1970 he told The Telegraph that Lennon knew McCartney had talents he didn’t share. (Richter was around during the Beatles’ last few months.)

Richter recalled, at one point, “John got somebody to make a list of all the Beatles’ songs, and then we had to say which were his and which were Paul’s.” On another occasion, Lennon’s entourage visited a “fancy restaurant” where a band was playing as guests ate dinner. “When they saw John come in, they started playing ‘Yesterday,’” Richter recalled. “John was so pissed off!”

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