Heartbreaking: Paul McCartney English singer-songwriter just passed away at the Aged of 82…see..more…On Monday, the former Beatles star, 79, announced the dozens of songs that will be featured in his upcoming “self-portrait” book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present.
The book — which was first announced in February — will “recount his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career,” highlighting 154 songs by The Beatles, Wings, and his lengthy solo career. Notable songs included are “Blackbird,” “Live and Let Die,” “Hey Jude,” “Band On The Run,” and “Yesterday.”
The collection — which is arranged alphabetically rather than chronologically — “establishes definitive texts of the songs’ lyrics for the first time and describes the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now,” according to a release.
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