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Bill Harry. "The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia"The Beatles
1963-1970
BILL HARRY. THE PAUL MCCARTNEY ENCYCLOPEDIAQue Sera, SeraA
number by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans which Paul recorded as aMary
Hopkin single in August 1969, with 'Fields Of St Etienne' byBernard
Gallagher and Graham Lyle on the flip.It was issued in France on
Friday 19 September 1969 on Apple 16 and
in America on Monday 15 June 1970 on Apple 1823.Queen MaryThe
famous British ocean liner, which is now permanently docked atLong
Beach, California. On Monday 24 March 1975 Paul and Linda helda
special party for 200 invited guests to celebrate the end of
twomonths of recording for the Venus And Mars album.George Harrison
was among the guests and it was believed that thiswas the first
time the two ex-Beatles had met socially following thebreak-up of
the Beatles.Also present was Peter Grant, manager of Led Zeppelin,
together withmembers of the group; Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones of
the Monkees;former Apple friends Derek Taylor and Mai Evans; Cher;
JoniMitchell; Carole King; Ryan and Tatum O' Neal; Marvin Gaye;
Bob
Dylan; the Faces; Phil Everly; the Jackson Five; Paul Williams;
TonyCurtis; Rudy Vallee; Dean Martin and David Cassidy.Music was
provided by Professor Longhair and the Meters. ProfessorLonghair
(Henry Byrd) had his performance recorded by Paul and itwas later
issued as an MPL album in 1978 called Live On The QueenMary.The
Meters (one of the members was Art Neville, later of the
NevilleBrothers) also had their set recorded during the evening. It
wasn'tissued as an album until late in 1992 when it was released by
Sequel
(NEX CD 220) called Uptown Rest! - The Meters Live On The
QueenMary. In the introduction to their set, Paul, Linda and Wings
arementioned.
Quickly, TommyA young Liverpool singer signed up by Brian
Epstein. Epsteinprovided him with the Remo Four, one of Liverpool's
top groups, as abacking band and gave him John Lennon's 'No Reply'
to record.Quickly was slightly drunk at the session and couldn't
manage thesong. After seventeen takes he abandoned the attempt.
Epstein thengave him the Paul McCartney number 'Tip Of My Tongue'.
The numberhad been added to the Beatles' repertoire in 1962 and the
groupactually recorded it on Monday, 26 November 1962, but George
Martindidn't consider it suitable for release. The Tommy Quickly
versionwas issued in Britain on Piccadilly 7N 35137 on 30 July
1963, butfailed to enter the charts.Quinn, Aidan
The actor who appeared as Paul in the VHI movie The Two Of Us,
firsttransmitted in 2000.Prior to filming, in his search for
authenticity, Quinn spent a dayand a half in Liverpool. Ian Hart, a
fellow actor who had playedJohn Lennon in The Hours And The Times
and Backbeat accompanied him.Quinn commented, 'I went to Liverpool
as soon as I got the job andgrabbed Ian, who's a friend of mine,
and he was my tour guide. Wewent and did the whole Beatles thing.
But I still might fall flat onmy face.'
