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  1. Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.

    • Early Life
    • The Quarrymen
    • The Beatles
    • Wings
    • Solo Music
    • Honours
    • Collaborations
    • Personal Life
    • Paul Is Dead
    • Discography

    Paul was born at Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Past is Walton Hospital) in Walton, Liverpool, England. His parents are Jim and Mary McCartney, he has a brother, Michael McCartney and a stepsister, Ruth. He was born James Paul McCartney, but goes by his middle name. His mother died of Breast Cancer in 1956.

    Paul first met John Lennon in 1957, after Paul saw John's band, The Quarrymen, playing a live performance. Paul auditioned for the band and joined instantly. A year later, Paul asked the band to have George Harrisonaudition, at first, they did not want George because he was 15 years old and was considered "too young". However, Paul convinced them t...

    In 1962, The Beatles signed to Parlophone Records. They were found and managed by Brian Epsteinfrom 1962, until Brian's death from an overdose of drugs in 1967. Their first song released was Love Me Do. One year later, their first album, Please Please Mewas made. McCartney began writing songs before he was sixteen, and has written well over two hun...

    Since the Beatles had stopped working together in 1971, McCartney started a new band called Wings with his wife Linda. Wings also had many hit records, including "Band On The Run" and "Mull Of Kintyre". McCartney wrote "Live and Let Die", which became the theme song to a James Bondfilm with the same title. Wings disbanded in 1981.

    McCartney had other hit songs, and also wrote and starred in the movie, Give My Regards to Broad Street, with Linda. The theme song from the movie, "No More Lonely Nights", was also a hit, but the movie did poorly, and McCartney's popularity suffered. He had to work hard to prove his talent was still strong. He co-wrote new songs with Elvis Costell...

    McCartney was knighted for his contributions to music and to British culture, and for his charitywork. He bought John Lennon's former school, Quarry Bank, which he then turned into a performing arts school. In 1990, the minor planet 4148was named "McCartney" in his honour. In 2010, he was honoured by President Barack Obama with the Gershwin Prize f...

    Later McCartney recorded a single called "Ebony and Ivory" with Stevie Wonder. Paul recorded the songs "The Girl is Mine" and "Say, Say, Say" with Michael Jackson. A song with Jackson called "The Man" was released on McCartney's fifth solo album Pipes of Peace. He and Jackson became friends, but this ended after Jackson outbid McCartney for ownersh...

    McCartney married Linda Eastman, a photographer, in 1969. She had a daughter, Heather, whom he adopted. McCartney and Linda had three more children together, named Mary, Stella and James. Stella became a popular fashion designerafter she grew up. Linda died in 1998 of breast cancer (McCartney's mother also died from the same disease in 1956). He ma...

    There was an urban legend that said that McCartney died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a look-alike called Billy Shears.

    Solo 1. McCartney(1970) 2. Ram (1971) (with Linda McCartney) 3. McCartney II(1980) 4. Tug of War(1982) 5. Pipes of Peace(1983) 6. Press to Play(1986) 7. Снова в СССР (1988) (covers album) 8. Flowers in the Dirt(1989) 9. Off the Ground(1993) 10. Flaming Pie(1997) 11. Run Devil Run (1999) (covers album) 12. Driving Rain(2001) 13. Chaos and Creation i...

    • Singer, songwriter, musician, producer, composer, businessman
    • James Paul McCartney, 18 June 1942 (age 81), Liverpool, England
    • 1957–present
    • English
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  3. 4 days ago · Paul McCartney is a British vocalist, songwriter, composer, bass player, poet, and painter whose work with the Beatles in the 1960s helped lift popular music into a creative, highly commercial art form.

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  4. Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.

  5. May 29, 2018 · Paul McCartney [1]Singer, songwriter, guitarist Paul McCartney [2] cast an indelible imprint on the history of modern music during the 1960s as a member of rock and roll [3]'s monumental band, the Beatles.

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