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Who was the first Beatle to win an award for a solo performance, and what was the song ?
Paul McCartney won for Best Contemporary Solo Vocal Performance in 1966 for "Eleanor Rigby." Source: Information Please Almanac and Grammy.com. Interestingly enough, that same year McCartney also won a songwriting Grammy (again, by himself) for "Michelle".
I don't understand either of these (since "Eleanor Rigby" was released as a Beatles song and since both McCartney and John Lennon are listed as songwriters of "Michelle") but hey, it's the Recording Academy. Their decisions don't have to make sense.
Paul McCartney won for Best Contemporary Solo Vocal Performance in 1966 for "Eleanor Rigby." Source: Information Please Almanac and Grammy.com. Interestingly enough, that same year McCartney also won a songwriting Grammy (again, by himself) for "Michelle".
I don't understand either of these (since "Eleanor Rigby" was released as a Beatles song and since both McCartney and John Lennon are listed as songwriters of "Michelle") but hey, it's the Recording Academy. Their decisions don't have to make sense.