Paul Mc Cartney Parody Albert

Uncle Albert, Admiral Halsey is a song by Paul and Linda McCartney from the album Ram. Released in the United States as a single on 2 August 1971, 1 it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1971, 23 making it the first of a string of postBeatles, McCartneypenned singles to top the US pop chart through the 1970s and 1980s. The song is noted for its sound effects, including the sounds of a thunderstorm, with rain, heard between the first and second stanza, the sound of a telephone dialing, and a message machine, heard after the second stanza, and a sound of chirping sea birds and wind by the seashore. Linda s voice is heard in the harmonies as well as the bridge section of the Admiral Halsey portion of the song. McCartney said Uncle Albert was based on his uncle. He s someone I recall fondly, and when the song was coming it was like a nostalgia McCartney also said, As for Admiral Halsey, he s one of you