Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He achieved worldwide fame with the Beatles, where he was the bassist and keyboardist and shared songwriting and lead vocals with John Lennon. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in music history.
McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass playing. He was born in Liverpool and taught himself piano, guitar and songwriting as a teenager. He began his career in 1957, when he joined Lennon's skiffle band, Quarrymen, which became the Beatles in 1960. Starting with the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, he gradually became the band's de facto leader.
Many of his songs from the Beatles era, including "Yesterday", "Eleanor Rigby" and "Blackbird", are among the most covered songs in history.
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Paul McCartney was born in 1942 at Walton Hospital in Liverpool. Both his parents were of Irish descent. His father, Jim, played the trumpet and piano, and led a jazz band called Jim Mac's Jazz Band in the 20s. His father encouraged his sons to play music, and McCartney began playing a second-hand trumpet his father had bought him.
In the late 50s, rock and roll and rhythm and blues became more prominent on the radio, and McCartney decided to give up the trumpet and buy an acoustic guitar. As he was left-handed, he struggled to play it until he decided to reverse the strings.
His mother, Mary, died in 1956, when he was 14, from complications following surgery for breast cancer. At 14, he wrote his first song, "I Lost My Little Girl". At 16, he wrote "When I'm Sixty-Four" on the piano, which became one of the Beatles' hits.
McCartney met George Harrison in 1954, on a bus from his home in Speke. He met John Lennon in 1957, after a performance by Lennon's band, when a mutual friend introduced them.
Lennon was one of the founders of the skiffle band The Quarry Men. After they met again, he agreed to let McCartney join the band as a rhythm guitarist. McCartney also tried to recruit Harrison, who was accepted in 1958 as lead guitarist. After several name changes, the band became known as the Beatles.
Lennon's aunt Mimi disapproved of McCartney, a working-class boy. Despite this, McCartney and Lennon became friends and began writing songs together almost immediately.
After the Beatles broke up, McCartney began his solo career with the 1970 album McCartney. He later formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.
Under his leadership, Wings became one of the most successful bands of the 70s. He wrote or co-wrote the band's hits that reached number one in the United States or the United Kingdom, including "My Love", "Band on the Run" and "Mull of Kintyre".
In 1980, he returned to his solo career. Since 1989, he has toured as a solo artist. His number-one hits outside Wings include "Coming Up", "Ebony and Ivory" with Stevie Wonder, and "Say Say Say" with Michael Jackson.
McCartney is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with estimated sales of 100 million records. He is one of only three artists, along with Phil Collins and Michael Jackson, to have sold more than 100 million records both as a solo artist and as a key member of a band.
He wrote or co-wrote 32 songs that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, a record.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: with the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1999. He has won 19 Grammy Awards. He has also won an Academy Award and an Emmy Award. In 1965, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. In 1997, he was knighted for his services to music. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 11th on its list of the 100 greatest singers of all time.
Paul McCartney was born in 1942. His full name is Sir James Paul McCartney.
In the Beatles, he was the bassist and keyboardist. He also played guitar and drums on various songs with his bands and projects.
Including "And I Love Her", "Yesterday", "Eleanor Rigby" and "Blackbird". These are among the most covered songs in history.
Wings was the band McCartney formed after the Beatles with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. Under his leadership, it became one of the most successful bands of the 70s.
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