The Beatles song “Yesterday” voted the No. 1 pop song of all time
by MTV and Rolling Stone magazine the following year. In 1997,
the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Broadcast
Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven
million times in the 20th century alone.  

“Yesterday”, featuring a string quartet, was the group’s first recorded
use of classical music elements and their first recording that involved
only a single band member, Paul McCartney with his acoustic guitar.

Sir James Paul McCartney turned 73 on June 18.