LITTLE WONDER
HITTING THE WRONG KEY
It was in February 1966 when the bright young things of Merseybeat and Motown met for the first time when Paul attended Little Stevie Wonder’s show at London’s Scotch of St James Club. Having been raised to be a fan by his Beatles-obsessed mother, Wonder was still only 15 years of age and travelling with a chaperone when he arrived in the city. As McCartney headed backstage to introduce himself after the show, a starstruck Stevie told reporters that he would be waxing lyrical about the meeting as part of his homework. “When I’m on tour I have to write essays about the places I visit,” Stevie told the NME. “In the essay I’ll be writing when I get back I’ll certainly include my meeting with Paul McCartney. I met him in the Scotch Of St James club. He’s a really swinging guy, the only Beatle I’ve met.”