61 Years Ago Today: One of the 'Greatest Songs of All Time' Was Released

A seminal track from arguably the best rock band – if not the best band period – of all time included just one of the four Hall of Fame members.

The Beatles released “Yesterday” on this day 61 years ago, but it featured only Paul McCartney and a string quartet. The song was the first of its kind for the band as a solo performance, but sparked the “most covered” song of all time.

Eva Cassidy, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra all covered the song, which the Guinness Book of World Records claims has been covered over 4,000 times.

McCartney revealed the Beatles were “a little embarrassed about” the song because of their rock roots. The track initially came to the Beatles star upon waking one morning and he hammered it out over the piano where he wondered where he’d heard the song before.

“It was like a jazz melody,” he said. “My dad used to know a lot of old jazz tunes. I thought maybe I’d just remembered it from the past.”

Yesterday’ Named One of the Greatest Songs of All Time

Rolling Stone named “Yesterday” as the No. 13 greatest song of all time, which was the second-highest song by the Beatles on the list behind only “Hey Jude” which came in at No. 8.

Source: mensjournal.com/Andrew McCarty

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