This is Susanna Hoffs.
Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
I'm Paul and I play the bass.
Introducing himself to a BBC radio audience in 1963, that's 21-year-old Paul McCartney.
At the time, She Loves You was the UK's number one single,
while the Beatles' debut LP, Please Please Me, topped the album charts.
A year later, the Beatles would storm the U.S. charts as well.
My name's Susanna Hoffs, and I'm a singer, songwriter, and co-founder of The Bangles.
The Beatles' music made a huge impression on me as a child.
Now, I'm celebrating the legend and legacy of a cultural icon.
Welcome to Paul McCartney, Beatles and Beyond.
My whole family were Beatles fans when I was growing up.
My mom had a best friend who worked for Capitol Records.
How lucky were we?
She'd bring home early copies of Beatles discs fresh off the press.
That music has inspired my whole career.
And while my brothers followed John and Ringo, it was always Paul for me.
Elsewhere in this tribute, we'll bring his story right up to date,
seeing how Sir Paul McCartney is giving back to the city of his birth.
By the way, that's the only time I'll be using his full title, Sir Paul.