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Paul McCartney Says He Came Up with Sgt. Pepper After Mishearing 'Salt and Pepper'


Paul McCartney reveals during the "Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics" podcast, that he created the idea of Sgt. Pepper after he misheard a crew member say, "salt and pepper."

“I was with our roadie Mal [Evans], a big bear of a man,” the music legend began to recall. Paul McCartney in Glastonbury, England in June 2022.Samir Hussein/WireImage As for the sole image they provided audiences — the album artwork — he explained to Muldoon what he wanted the visuals to be. McCartney recalled that he told his bandmates: “I want each of us to come up with a list of favorite people… because we'll have pictures of them.”

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