Thursday, June 24, 1971
“3 Legs” and “Heart Of The Country” promo films broadcast in the UK
Last updated on June 30, 2022
Thursday, June 24, 1971
Last updated on June 30, 2022
Session Jun 18, 1971 • "Thrillington" session #4
Article Jun 22, 1971 • Denny Seiwell and Hugh McCracken visit Paul and Linda McCartney in Scotland
Article Jun 24, 1971 • "3 Legs" and "Heart Of The Country" promo films broadcast in the UK
Article Jul 01, 1971 • A fan files a complaint against Paul McCartney
By Paul & Linda McCartney • LP
Officially appears on Ram
1971 • For Paul & Linda McCartney • Directed by Roy Benson
1971 • For Paul & Linda McCartney • Directed by Roy Benson
In June 1971, Paul and Linda McCartney filmed two promotional videos, to promote the release of their album, “RAM” – one for “Heart Of The Country“, and one for “3 Legs“.
On this day, they were broadcast on “Top Of The Pops” in the UK.
From Wikipedia:
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The world’s longest running weekly music show, TOTP was shown every Thursday evening on BBC One, except for a short period on Fridays in mid-1973, and again in autumn 1974, before once again being moved to Fridays at 7:30 pm from 1996 to 2005 and then to Sundays on BBC Two from 2005 till the last ever weekly show in 2006. Each weekly show consisted of performances from some of that week’s best-selling popular music records, usually excluding any tracks moving down the chart, including a rundown of that week’s singles chart. This was originally the Top 20, changing to the Top 30 during the 1970s and the Top 40 in the 80s. The distinctive TOTP theme tune – a riff of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” – first appeared in 1973 as the background music to the chart countdown.
NOW IT’S THE FAMILY GROUP
THAT reluctant Beatle Paul McCartney comes back to TV tonight, with a new partner – his wife Linda. The girls who have followed him so passionately over the years may not go for his having the wife around. But this is Paul’s new image.
Fans see them in TOP OF THE POPS (BBC-1, 7.35) singing a track or two from “RAM”, McCartney’s new LP. The BBC still considers him good box-office. A Beatle by any other name, and all that !
The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001
"An updated edition of the best-seller. The story of what happened to the band members, their families and friends after the 1970 break-up is brought right up to date. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship."
We owe a lot to Keith Badman for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles after the break-up and how their stories intertwined together!
The Beatles - The Dream is Over: Off The Record 2
This edition of the book compiles more outrageous opinions and unrehearsed interviews from the former Beatles and the people who surrounded them. Keith Badman unearths a treasury of Beatles sound bites and points-of-view, taken from the post break up years. Includes insights from Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney, Barbara Bach and many more.
Maccazine - Volume 40, Issue 3 - RAM Part 1 - Timeline
This very special RAM special is the first in a series. This is a Timeline for 1970 – 1971 when McCartney started writing and planning RAM in the summer of 1970 and ending with the release of the first Wings album WILD LIFE in December 1971. [...] One thing I noted when exploring the material inside the deluxe RAM remaster is that the book contains many mistakes. A couple of dates are completely inaccurate and the story is far from complete. For this reason, I started to compile a Timeline for the 1970/1971 period filling the gaps and correcting the mistakes. The result is this Maccazine special. As the Timeline was way too long for one special, we decided to do a double issue (issue 3, 2012 and issue 1, 2013).
Maccazine - Volume 47, Issue 1 - The birth of Wings
"Maccazine is a hard copy magazine (a bound paperback) about Paul McCartney. It is published twice a year. Due to the fact that the Internet has taken over the world and the fact that the latest Paul McCartney news is to be found on hundreds of websites, we have decided to focus on creating an informative paper magazine about Paul McCartney."
"In this issue we take you back to the early days of Paul McCartney’s solo career when he decided to form a new group. With Wings he proved there was life after The Beatles. This Maccazine features a detailed timeline of ‘the birth’ of the band with interesting entries including many new facts and unpublished photos. Follow-up timelines will be published in the upcoming years."
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