Paul McCartney leads birthday tributes for late George | Music News

Music legend Paul McCartney is main birthday tributes to his fellow Beatle George Harrison on what would’ve been his 82nd birthday on February 25.

McCartney, who just lately performed a collection of shock gigs in New York City earlier than taking the stage at SNL‘s star-studded fiftieth anniversary particular, took to his Instagram early Tuesday to share a candy snap of himself and George within the recording studio.

He captioned the black and white image with: “Time to celebrate my good mate George’s birthday. – Paul.”

George’s widow, Olivia Harrison, commented on the post with: “Love this” and shared her own post in honor of her late husband.

She shared a trippy montage video of some of the best moments of George’s profession.

The couple’s son, Dhani Harrison, reposted the video on his Instagram Story.

There’s some confusion about when George’s birthday actually is, with some believing he was born at 11:50 p.m. on Feb. 24.

Beatles Bible has acknowledged the confusion in dates however claims February 25 is appropriate.

They wrote: “Some sources list George’s birth date as 24 February, but his birth certificate specified the following day as the true date.”

Meanwhile, WFUV 90.7 says: “Even though most sources still list his birthday as being February 25, it’s quite possible that he was actually born on February 24.

“Later in his life, George found out that birth records say that he was born just before midnight of February 24, 1943. That said, George’s birth certificate lists February 25 as the day.”

An nameless Quora consumer wrote that George was born at 11:50 p.m. on Feb. 24 and that George had no concept of the true date.

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“A good deal of confusion as to his real birthday was solved when a family birth record noted him as being born shortly before midnight around 11:50 P.M. on February 24th, 1943,” they wrote. “He had believed his birthday was February 25th for his entire life.”

Another user claims that George preferred to celebrate his birthday on February 24 after discovering the truth about the date.

A 2001 edition of Billboard magazine also printed George’s birthday as February 24 and wrote that he was born at 11:42 p.m. that night.

In Fifty Years Adrift, The Beatles’ press officer Derek Taylor mentions that George’s birthday is February 25 and that he was born at 12:10 a.m.

Whenever George’s birthday is, fans have celebrated him at the end of February every year since The Beatles took the world by storm with their hits.

His 21st birthday was definitely memorable as he received 30,000 birthday cards and even a door for the thousands of 21st birthday keys from fans.

Traditionally, those turning 21 get house keys to symbolize their transition into adulthood.

That day, George recorded tracks at EMI Studios with The Beatles before perusing the thousands of birthday cards in 52 mail sacks.

Beatles Bible wrote: “In the evening a private party was held in an upstairs room at the Ivy restaurant in London. Brian Epstein presented Harrison with a gold cigarette lighter. The Beatles and their guests, which included George Martin, Dick James, Jane Asher, and Cilla Black, dined on turtle soup, smoked salmon, and Chateaubriand steak.”

“George, who’s the youngest Beatle, didn’t get a card from the other three. ‘We’re not sentimental people,’ he said. The first greeting came from his mother, Mrs. Louise Harrison, who rang from Liverpool at 12.10am, the exact time he was born and sang: ‘Happy Birthday to You.’

“How did George respond? ‘I had a good laugh,’ he said. ‘In America they have birthday operators singing to you and for a minute when my mother came on, I thought it was the operator.’”

George commented on being a Pisces during an interview with Guitar World in 1992: “I’m a Pisces, you know,” he joked. “One half always going back where the other half has been.”