Paul’s most recent release, the #1 album McCartney III, recorded in “Rockdown” last year, saw a return to the homespun, lo-fi style of the earliest days of his solo career. To celebrate the 50 th anniversary of Paul and Linda McCartney’s 1971 masterpiece RAM, the album will be reissued as a limited edition half-speed mastered vinyl pressing via UMe. LIMITED EDITION 50th ANNIVERSARY HALF-SPEED-MASTERED VINYL Session Overdubs: March-April 1971 Studio : Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Producer Denny Seiwell : Drums Hugh McCracken : Electric guitar Eirik Wangberg : Mix engineer Phil Ramone : Recording engineer Marvin Stamm : Horns Mel Davis : Horns Ray Crisara : Horns Snooky Young : Horns Ron Carter : Double bass David Nadien : Violin The New York Philharmonic Orchestra : Horns, Strings Jim Guercio : Recording engineer Tim Geelan : Recording engineer Ted Brosnan : Assistant recording engineer Dixon Van Winkle : Assistant recording engineer Miles Showell : Mastering Armin Steiner : Recording engineer Session Mixing: March-April 1971 Studio : Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA Session Overdubs: March-April 1971 Studio : Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA Session Overdubs: Studio : A&R Studios, New York City Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mandolin (?), Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Producer, Vocals Denny Seiwell : Drums Hugh McCracken : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Mandolin (?) Eirik Wangberg : Mix engineer Phil Ramone : Recording engineer Marvin Stamm : Brass Mel Davis : Brass Ray Crisara : Brass Snooky Young : Brass The New York Philharmonic Orchestra : Horns, Strings Jim Guercio : Recording engineer Tim Geelan : Recording engineer Ted Brosnan : Assistant recording engineer Dixon Van Winkle : Assistant recording engineer Miles Showell : Mastering Armin Steiner : Recording engineer Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon.Session Mixing: April 1971 Studio : Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USAĬredits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi Session Overdubs: Mar 01, 09, 10, 12 & Studio : Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA Session Overdubs: Jan 03 & 11, 1971 Studio : A&R Studios, New York City Session Recording: Studio : CBS Studios, New York City 15.Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Producer, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Producer George Martin : Orchestration Denny Seiwell : Drums Hugh McCracken : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar Eirik Wangberg : Mix engineer Phil Ramone : Recording engineer Marvin Stamm : Brass Mel Davis : Brass Ray Crisara : Brass Snooky Young : Brass David Nadien : Violin The New York Philharmonic Orchestra : Strings Paul Beaver : Synthesizer Jim Guercio : Recording engineer Tim Geelan : Recording engineer Ted Brosnan : Assistant recording engineer Dixon Van Winkle : Assistant recording engineer Miles Showell : Mastering Armin Steiner : Recording engineer 4 and West’s “All Day,” featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and McCartney, hit No. 35 “FourFiveSeconds,” a joint collaboration with West and Rihanna, reached No. West’s “Only One,” featuring McCartney, peaked at No. McCartney most recently charted on the Hot 100 with three collaborations with Kanye West, back in 2015, and all of them reached the top 40 on the weekly tally. “Uncle Albert”/“Admiral Halsey,” his duet with his late wife, Linda McCartney, topped for one week in 1971, while “Ebony and Ivory” with Stevie Wonder spent seven weeks at No. McCartney - an 18-time Grammy Award winner - has also reigned on the list with further collaborative efforts. His second biggest hit is his chart-topping collaboration with Michael Jackson, “Say Say Say,” which spent six weeks at No. McCartney’s biggest Hot 100 hit is Wings’ “Silly Love Songs,” which ruled the weekly chart for five non-consecutive weeks in May, June and July of 1976. He went on to chart 22 more top 10 smashes, and a total of 46 hits on the list. His first solo appearance on the chart came with the release of the double single “Another Day”/“Oh Woman Oh Why,” which peaked at No. 1s - outside of The Beatles’ record-holding 20 - McCartney is no stranger to the Hot 100. In honor of Sir Paul McCartney ’s 80th birthday (June 18), Billboard looks back at his top 40 biggest songs on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist and with his band Wings.
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