Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born 18 Juin 1942) is an Inglis sangster, multi-instrumentalist, an componer. Wi John Lennon, George Harrison, an Ringo Starr, he gained warldwide fame as a member o the Beatles, ane o the maist popular an influential acts in the history o rock muisic; his sangwritin pairtnership wi Lennon is ane o the maist celebratit o the 20t hunderyear. efter the band's break-up, he pursued a solo career an shapit Wings wi his first wife, Linda, an Denny Laine.

Sir Paul McCartney
McCartney performin in New York, 2009
Background information
Birth name	James Paul McCartney
Born	(1942-06-18) 18 Juin 1942 (age 83) Liverpuil, Ingland
Genres	Rock pop clessical electronica
Thrift	Sangster sangwriter record producer film producer businessman
Instruments	Vocals bass guitar guitar keybuirds drums percussion mandolin flugelhorn
Years active	1957–present
Labels	Apple Capitol Columbia Decca Hear Music Parlophone Polydor Swan Vee-Jay
Associate acts	The Quarrymen the Beatles Wings the Fireman Michael Jackson Kanye West
Wabsteid	www.paulmccartney.com
Notable instruments
Höfner 500/1 Rickenbacker 4001S Epiphone Texan Fender Jazz Bass Gibson Les Paul Epiphone Casino Martin D-28 Wal 5-String Bass
Paul McCartney's voice from the BBC programme Front Row, 26 December 2012.[1]

McCartney haes been recognisit as ane o the maist successfu componers an performers o aw time, wi 60 gowd discs an sales o ower 100 million albums an 100 million singles o his wirk wi the Beatles and as a solo airtist.^[2] Mair nor 2,200 airtists hae covered his Beatles sang "Yesterday", mair nor ony ither copyrichtit sang in history. Wings' 1977 release "Mull of Kintyre" is ane o the aw-time best-sellin singles in the UK. Inductit intae the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo airtist in Mairch 1999, McCartney haes written, or co-written 32 sangs that hae reached nummer ane on the Billboard Hot 100, an as o 2014^[update] he haes sauld mair nor 15.5 million RIAA-certifee'd units in the Unitit States. McCartney, Lennon, Harrison an Starr receivit MBEs in 1965, an in 1997, McCartney wis knichtit for his services tae muisic.

McCartney haes released a extensive catalogue o sangs as a solo airtist an haes componit clessical an electronic muisic. He haes taken pairt in projects tae promote internaitional charities relatit tae sic subjects as ainimal richts, seal huntin, land mines, vegetarianism, poverty, an muisic eddication. He haes marriet three times an is the faither o five childer.

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