One morning in 1964, Paul McCartney awoke in the small attic bedroom of his girlfriend Jane Asher’s house at 57 Wimpole Street in London. A melody had come to him in his sleep, so complete, so moving, so natural that he was convinced it had to belong to s

One morning in 1964, Paul McCartney awoke in the small attic bedroom of his girlfriend Jane Asher’s house at 57 Wimpole Street in London. A melody had come to him in his sleep, so complete, so moving, so natural that he was convinced it had to belong to s

London, 1964 — In the early hours of a morning in 1964, Paul McCartney awoke in a small attic bedroom at 57 Wimpole Street, the London residence of his girlfriend Jane Asher. As the story goes, the legendary musician was struck by a melody so vivid and complete that he believed it must have originated elsewhere — a gift from his subconscious, perhaps, or a fragment of a forgotten tune.   According to McCartney, the melody came to him in his slee…