JULY 13, 1965 – Paul McCartney was presented with five Ivor Novello Awards at a lunch party at The Savoy Hotel on the Strand in London. Paul was 40 minutes late after he had forgotten about the engagement. The ceremony was presented by David Frost, and the awards were given to McCartney by Sir Billy Butlin.McCartney accepted five awards on behalf of himself and Lennon, who chose not to attend after the fuss caused by The Beatles being awarded MBEs. In recognition of this, McCartney accepted one of the awards with the words, “Thanks. I hope nobody sends theirs back now.” McCartney’s acceptance and subsequent speech was filmed and the event was broadcast during a UK show called “Pick Of The Songs”
