 Walls and Bridges rose to the top spot on the album charts . Lennon achieved his only number one solo single in his lifetime with " Whatever Gets You Thru the Night " . Pang 's is the voice whispering Lennon 's name on " # 9 Dream " . Another song , " Surprise , Surprise ( Sweet Bird of Paradox ) " , was written about her . Julian played drums on the album 's last track , " Ya Ya " . While recording Walls and Bridges , Al Coury , vice president of promotion for Capitol Records , got possession of the chaotic Spector session tapes and brought them to New York . Lennon would complete his oldies album , which would be called Rock ' n ' Roll , with the same musicians he used on Walls and Bridges . Pang received an RIAA gold record award for her work on Walls and Bridges and continued her work as production coordinator of Lennon 's Rock ' n ' Roll album , where she was credited as " Mother Superior " . Pang also worked on albums by Nilsson , Starr , Elton John and David Bowie . 
