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Paul McCartney covering Twenty Flight Rock in One Hand Clapping (filmed in 1974)
“I went round to see [The Quarrymen] afterwards in the church hall place. I talked to them, just chatting and showing off. I showed them how to play ‘Twenty Flight Rock’ and told them all the words. They didn’t know it. Then I did ‘Bee Bop a L[ula],’ which they didn’t know properly either. Then I did my Little Richard bit, went through me whole repertoire in fact. I remember this beery old man getting nearer and breathing down me neck as I was playing. ‘What’s this old drunk doing?’ I thought. Then he said ‘Twenty Flight Rock’ was one of his favourites. So I knew he was a connoisseur."
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“I was pissed that day,” says John. “So I probably wasn’t all that clued up. I was very impressed by Paul playing “Twenty Flight Rock.’ He could obviously play the guitar. I half thought to myself ‘He’s as good as me.’ I’d been kingpin up to then. Now, | thought, ‘If I take him on, what will happen?’ It went through my head that I'd have to keep him in line if I let him join. But he was good, so he was worth having. He also looked Elvis. I dug him."
- Paul McCartney and John Lennon on meeting at the Woolton Village Fête on 6 July 1957. Within Hunter Davies, The Beatles: The Authorised Biography (1968)