Video: ‘Paul McCartney accepts award Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 1999’

(Monday, March 15, 1999, evening EST) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney was inducted as a solo artist tonight at the 14th annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City.

Accepting the award following an induction speech by Neil Young, Paul remarked: “This is a brilliant night for me but it’s sad too. I would have liked my baby [McCartney’s late wife, Linda] to be with me. She wanted this.”

Later, McCartney joined the evening’s all-star line-up to perform “Blue Suede Shoes,” “What’d I Say” and, as the finale, “Let It Be.”

Video: ‘PAUL MCCARTNEY – BLUE SUEDE SHOES’

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Video: ‘Paul McCartney performs at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 1999’

Also inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame this evening was the late Dusty Springfield, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Curtis Mayfield and The Beatles’ producer George Martin, who remarks: “I am very honored to be placed in a galaxy alongside many of my own heroes.”