While John Lennon and George Harrison contributed to “I’m the Greatest” and “Photograph,” respectively, Paul McCartney added some good fun to Ringo’s second #1, “You’re Sixteen.”
“Paul was good enough to write a song for Ringo,” says producer Richard Perry, “and we had two or three nights of wonderful recording when he and Linda came down.”
“In fact, the solo on ‘You’re Sixteen,’ which sounds like a kazoo or something, was Paul singing very spontaneously as we played that track back, so he’s singing the solo on that.”
“You’re Sixteen” debuted at #75 and took just six weeks to hit #1 on January 26, 1974.
Originally published on WNEW.com on March 27, 2012
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