On this date this week, September 4, 1971, 53 years ago, this single took over the #1 position on the USA Billboard Hot 100 chart.
• After the breakup of THE BEATLES, "UNCLE ALBERT / ADMIRAL HALSEY" became PAUL McCARTNEY's first gold record. It was his first US #1 hit, marking the start of a string of singles written by McCartney after the Beatles that peaked at the top of the US pop chart in the 1970s and 1980s.
"UNCLE ALBERT / ADMIRAL HALSEY" - PAUL & LINDA MCCARTNEY
• Songwriters and Producers: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
• Recorded: November 1970
• Released: August 1971 (US only)
• Certified Gold single
• Billboard Top 40 Chart Chronology:
- Date song debuted in the Top 40: August 21, 1971
- Highest charted (a.k.a. peak) position: 1 (1 week, September 4 - 10, 1971)
- Total weeks charted in the Top 40: 12
• Label & No.: Apple Records 1837
• From the album "Ram"
Paul McCartney – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, bass and xylophone
Linda McCartney – backing vocals
Hugh McCracken – acoustic and electric guitar
Denny Seiwell – drums
Paul Beaver – synthesizer
David Nadien, Aaron Rosand – violin
Marvin Stamm, Mel Davis, Ray Crisara, Snooky Young – brass
New York Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestral backing
George Martin – orchestral arrangement
Eirik Wangberg – mix engineer, thunder sound effect
Album Track:
https://youtu.be/UvUkPtSheyg?si=o6cZtR0nSrg528_A
Music Video:
https://youtu.be/XI6C7L66zq8?si=2VbWMHdoBGCeyaYt
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It wasn’t released in the UK but we took it as staple diet prime McCartney those fans who stuck with Paul ( and Linda) post Beatles and ‘Ram' remains one of my and my wife’s favourite albums of all time
Hands across the water / Heads across the sky
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