take a sad song and make it better

Sharing this anniversary with many other events of great pith and moment, we learn from our faithful chronicler that not only on this day did Albert Niemann first synthesise cocaine at the University of Göttingen, also on 30 August 1968, Apple Records released one of the Beatles’ most iconic tunes as a single in the United Kingdom (with Revolution on the B-side) but moreover the song was written as a consolation to the then five-year old Julian Lennon (originally Hey Jules) over the impending break-up of parents’ marriage, Cynthia and John Lennon, delivered by Paul McCartney during a sincere, surprise visit to mother and son to check on their welfare. My Behind the Music backstory assumed it was about cheering up Saint Jude or Jude the Obscure. The featured performance is from early September, two weeks after its premier, the band appearing on Frost on Sunday.