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Paul McCartney was a singer, songwriter and guitarist for The Beatles, the biggest rock band of the 1960s, maybe alltime. In 1957 (the year I was born) Paul McCartney was invited to join John Lennon's band The Quarrymen. Eventually George Harrison and Ringo Starr joined and the new band became known as The Beatles. Almost all of their songs were written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, who produced classics from "A Hard Day's Night" and "Yesterday" to "Let it Be", Across The Universe" and "Hey, Jude." McCartney released his first solo album in 1970, just before the breakup of The Beatles. Paul McCartney soon formed the band Wings (featuring his wife, Linda), touring extensively and recording albums including Band on the Run and Venus & Mars. Throughout the 1980s and '90s McCartney continued to record and perform, and was awarded the MBE in 1997 making him Sir Paul McCartney.. On April 17, 1998, Linda McCartney died from breast cancer at the family ranch in Arizona. The following year, McCartney produced an album of songs, Wild Prairie, which Linda had written and recorded. Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of the Pretenders and a close friend of the McCartney family, said (according to Business Wire), "The legacy of Paul's music and the Beatles is one thing, but I think his real legacy is the love story he had with Linda." He married Heather Mills on 11 June 2002 at Castle Leslie at Glaslough in County Monaghan, Ireland. Their daughter Beatrice Milly was born in October 2003, but in May of 2006 the couple announced that they would separate. Paul McCartney is often called "Macca" by fans, and he playes guitar left-handed. Paul McCartney is the only artist to reach the U.K. number one as a soloist ("Pipes of Peace"), duo ("Ebony and Ivory" with Stevie Wonder), trio ("Mull of Kintyre", Wings), quartet ("She Loves You", The Beatles), quintet ("Get Back", The Beatles with Billy Preston) and sextet ("Let It Be" with Ferry Aid). Birth, 18th June 1942 - Birthplace, Liverpool, England. |
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