Sir Paul McCartney appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” last night after snubbing the show for and the Ed Sullivan Theater since 1964. He was last seen on the marquee with the rest of The Beatles in a show that would launch the British invasion.

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It was more of a serious interview as they chatted about the band and how it got it’s start. It was mostly Beatles talk. They even delved into crazy rumors that had died while shooting the cover the infamous Abbey Road album.

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“It was great, we had a great time,” McCartney said. “It was Christmas and I was at home and my phone rang and a little voice talked to me and I said ‘Who’s this?’ you know, kind of guarding my privacy, my private number.

“I said who’s this? ‘It’s Michael.’ I thought it was, you know, a little bit sort of dodgy. But anyway he said, ‘Michael Jackson.’ He said, ‘You want to make some hits?’ So I said, ‘Yeah, sure’ – you know, being of the hit-making variety.”

Of course his friendship with the recently departed Michael Jackson came up. The infamously parted ways after Michael outbid Paul for the publishing rights to a 4,000 song music catalogue. Jackson paid around $47 million for the rights and subsequently received 50% of the royalties.