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Sir James Paul McCartney, Order of the British
Empire|MBE (born 18 June 1942) is a United
Kingdom|British singer, musician and songwriter,
who first came to prominence as a member of The
Beatles.

Recognised as one of the top musical icons of the
twentieth century, McCartney is listed in the
Guinness Book of World Records as the most
successful composer in popular music history.
Combining his work with and without The Beatles,
McCartney has written or co-written more than 50
top ten hits, more than any other songwriter.
McCartney is an accomplished singer, guitarist,
bassist, pianist, and even drummer.

McCartney and John Lennon were the main
songwriters in The Beatles, and many of
McCartney’s compositions of this period,
including "Hey Jude", "Eleanor Rigby
(song)|Eleanor Rigby," "Yesterday
(song)|Yesterday" and "Let It Be (song)|Let It
Be", are frequently ranked among the best songs in
popular music history. Another Beatles song
written by McCartney was "Helter Skelter", a song
often called the first Heavy metal music|heavy
metal song.  

McCartney’s post-Beatles career has also been
commercially successful. As a solo artist and with
his 1970s-era band Wings (band)|Wings, McCartney
has scored 30 top ten singles in the United
Kingdom and United States, including such songs as
"Maybe I'm Amazed", "Live and Let Die", "Band on
the Run", "Silly Love Songs", "Pipes of Peace" and
a duet with Stevie Wonder, "Ebony and Ivory". 

In the British press especially, McCartney
sometimes faces the perception that he is
outdated. Still, he has maintained significant
popular appeal and chart presence during the last
thirty-five years and has also been inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.

Aside from his musical work, McCartney is a
painting|painter, although until recently he kept
his artwork private, and a strong advocate for
animal rights and vegetarianism.

==Biography==
===Early years===

McCartney was born at Walton Hospital, located in
northern Liverpool near his teenage home, where
his mother had worked as a nurse, and where his
brother, Michael McCartney, was born a year later.
He (and presumably his brother) were baptized
Roman Catholic, but otherwise raised
non-denominationally; his parents were a
mixed-religion couple. His father, Jim McCartney,
was a professional trumpet player and gave the
young Paul a vital early grounding in music.

The early death of his mother Mary Mohin McCartney
from breast cancer when he was 14 was a formative
influence on his life and created an additional
bond between him and John Lennon, whose mother
died when John was 17.

Paul McCartney claims Irish heritage on both sides
of his family. Paul's great-grandfather, James
McCartney, and possibly also his grandfather,
James McCartney II, were born in Ireland. His
mother's father, Owen Mohin, was born in 1880 in
Tullynamalrow, County Monaghan in Ulster.

===Role in the Beatles===

McCartney first rose to fame as a bass
guitar|bassist, piano|pianist, guitar|guitarist,
singer and songwriter for the Beatles. He was
initially invited to join John Lennon's band The
Quarrymen as a guitarist in 1957, but he
eventually took over bass guitar duties in the
early 1960s, replacing original bassist Stuart
Sutcliffe. 

McCartney formed a close working relationship with
Lennon and they collaborated on many songs,
although they rarely wrote a complete song
together. In fact out of all the Beatles songs
written, only 27 were done by both of them.
Typically, one of them would write most or part of
a song and the other would finish it, incorporate
it into another song or suggest useful changes.
Due to an early agreement between the two, all
Beatles songs written by either of them are
credited to both - this came about because John
Lennon liked the idea of "Lennon & McCartney"
echoing the songwriting credit of "Leiber &
Stoller", the songwriters whose names appeared on
many of the records they owned from the 1950's. 

One of McCartney's greatest songs, covered by a
record number of artists, is  "Yesterday
(song)|Yesterday".  McCartney claims he conceived
the melody in a dream, and was not sure for some
time that the melody was original. In a 2001
interview with the New York Times, Paul revealed
that the original lyrics were "Scrambled eggs / Oh
my baby how I love your legs".

During the early years of the Beatles' recording
career, McCartney developed rapidly as a musician,
singer and songwriter. He was heavily influenced
by Buddy Holly and Little Richard and  Little
Richard's trademark high-pitched 'wooo', which he
used prominently as a musical punctuation on early
songs like "From Me To You".

The left-handed McCartney also became probably the
most creative and influential rock bassist of his
time, elevating the bass guitar|electric bass from
back-row obscurity to prominence, inspiring
countless players to take up the instrument. By
1965 McCartney was pressuring the engineers at EMI
to get a better bass sound on Beatles recordings,
frustrated by the relatively weak sound on their
earlier records.  His bass playing and writing
during the Beatles' most creative phase in 1965-67
was heavily influenced by the work of American
producer-composer Brian Wilson, leader of The
Beach Boys, whose classic album Pet Sounds set new
standards for recording and featured bass parts
that were unprecedented in pop music. As a result
of hearing Wilson's work, McCartney began to pay
increasing attention to both the sound and
arrangement of his bass lines, often taking
advantage of Abbey Road's new multi-track tape
decks to re-record more complex parts after the
basic tracks had been laid down.

During the years of the Beatles' greatest
popularity, Paul was generally regarded as the
best-looking and aroused most interest in female
audiences.  Ironically, he was the last to
marriage|marry and the only one never to divorce. 
Towards the end of his relationship with actress
Jane Asher, McCartney met Linda Eastman
McCartney|Linda Eastman, an American photographer.
They first met at the June 1, 1967 launch party
for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the
relationship blossomed over the next two years. He
and Linda married at a small civil ceremony at
Marylebone Registry Office in 1969, while he was
still a member of the Beatles.  He adopted Linda's
daughter, Heather (from her first marriage), and
they went on to have three other children (Mary,
Stella, and James) together. They remained happily
married and utterly devoted to each other until
Linda's death from breast cancer in 1998. The
couple reportedly spent less than a week apart
during their entire marriage.

In the latter part of the Beatles' reign over
pop-culture, Lennon's interest in the band waned
whilst McCartney's pop ear was never more finely
tuned, writing such pop classics as  "Hey Jude",
"Let It Be", and "The Long and Winding Road". 

It is now generally accepted that McCartney was
the main motivator for much of The Beatles' later
work. After they retired from touring in mid-1966,
Lennon and Harrison retreated to secure country
estates in the so-called 'stockbroker belt', well
outside London. But McCartney continued to live in
the city, first in a house in the centre of town,
then at a larger property in St John's Wood, a
short distance from Abbey Road Studios. He was
often seen at major cultural events such as the
International Times launch party at The Roundhouse
(which he attended in disguise). He also avidly
delved into the visual arts, becoming a close
friend of leading art dealer and gallery owner;
also explored experimental film  and regularly
attended movie, theatrical and classical music
performances. 

Although he was not the first in the group to take
LSD, McCartney was the first British pop star to
openly admit to using it, and his frank revelation
during a newspaper interview in early summer 1967
made headlines around the world. In a famous BBC
TV interview broadcast nationally on June 19,
1967, McCartney was again asked about his LSD use
and his answer was impressive for its clarity: 

"I was asked a question by a newspaper, and the
decision was whether to tell a lie or tell him the
truth. I decided to tell him the truth ... but I
really didn't want to say anything, you know,
because if I had my way I wouldn't have told
anyone. I'm not trying to spread the word about
this. But the man from the newspaper is the man
from the mass medium. I'll keep it a personal
thing if he does too you know ... if he keeps it
quiet. But he wanted to spread it so it's his
responsibility, you know, for spreading it, not
mine." 

In spite of his statements then, and later
admission that he also used cocaine regularly at
that time, McCartney was fortunate to be one of
the few leading British pop stars who did not fall
foul of the Drug Squad, as did Lennon, Harrison
and many other friends including The Rolling
Stones and Donovan.

On the musical side, McCartney was the first
Beatle to record an outside project, composing
(with George Martin) a fine score for the 1966
feature film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060395/
The Family Way, for which he won the Ivor Novello
Award for Best Instrumental Theme.  He also wrote
and produced several successful recordings for
other artists and on some of these outside
productions he worked under a pseudonym,
reflecting his enduring fascination with disguises
and aliases. 

McCartney devised many of the Beatles' most
important late 1960s projects including the Sgt
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band concept, the
Magical Mystery Tour film and record, and the
suite of songs that closes the Abbey Road
(album)|Abbey Road album. 

In 1969, despite obvious signs that the band was
falling apart, he  attempted to convince The
Beatles to return to the stage, suggesting the Get
Back project, which evolved  into their
valedictory film and album Let It Be.  Although
McCartney hoped it might revive them, the film
made it obvious that the band was done as a
creative force and that bickering, jealousy and
the pressures of being The Beatles had driven the
four musicians apart irrevocably.  Regardless of
the internal strife, the band retained their
popularity, and the public's interest in them was
only intensified in late 1969 when an urban legend
was started that McCartney died and was secretly
replaced in 1966.

Although Starr had briefly quit in 1968, and
Harrison had done likewise in 1969, it was Lennon
who was the first to leave and not return in
August/September 1969. However, it was McCartney
who publicly announced the break-up on April 10,
1970, a week before releasing his first solo
album. The band was legally dissolved after he
filed a lawsuit on December 31, 1970. 

By this time Lennon and McCartney's friendship had
been eroded by years of friction and rivalry; but
they were reconciled to some extent before
Lennon's death on December 8, 1980.

===Early solo career===

As the Beatles broke up in 1970, Paul launched a
solo career with his album McCartney
(album)|McCartney, which featured him playing all
the instruments and singing all vocals except for
some backing vocals from his wife Linda
McCartney|Linda.  While many found this record
underwhelming (including Lennon in an interview),
it did contain the superlative "Maybe I'm Amazed",
which has remained a centrepiece of McCartney's
concerts ever since.  Another successful track was
"Every Night", which was later a hit for singer
Phoebe Laub|Phoebe Snow.

McCartney followed this in 1971 with the
stand-alone single "Another Day/Oh Woman, Oh Why",
the former of which to some recalled the
observational style of his mid-period Beatles
work.  The album Ram (album)|Ram, later in 1971,
was credited to both Paul and Linda, and featured
back-up from, for the most part, studio musicians.
 While both single and album were commercially
popular, many detractors viewed them as largely
insubstantial.  The album's artwork included a
picture of two beetles copulating - a possible
hint at McCartney's feelings toward his previous
group. The album also contained some apparent
references towards Lennon, notably in the song
"Too Many People" ("Too many people preaching
practices, don't let 'em tell you what you wanna
be"); later that year, Lennon responded with the
famously scathing "How Do You Sleep?"; then
followed the McCartneys' song "Dear Friend", on
Wild Life (album)|Wild Life, the first album
released by Wings_(band)|Wings.

McCartney famously insisted that his wife should
be involved with his music — and later tour
in his bands so they did not have to be apart
while he travelled — in spite of her
protests that she was not talented enough.  After
hearing Linda sing, many seconded her opinion, but
Paul's move was clearly a deliberate act, intended
to help dispel some of the lingering Beatles
mystique and prove his assertion that "anyone can
do it".  Despite persistent attacks on her ability
(including one notorious 1990s bootleg concert
tape in which her out-of-tune vocals were
deliberately mixed to the fore), Linda became a
valuable member of McCartney's bands and an
inspiring musician throughout the remainder of her
life.  (This in many ways this paralleled the role
that Yoko Ono played in Lennon's post-Beatles
musical life, just as there would be
organisational similarities between Wings and
Lennon's Plastic Ono Band).

===Wings===

Main article:  Wings (band)|Wings

Briefly, after an uneven start and despite many
personnel changes, Wings (band)|Wings became one
of the most successful 1970s rock bands, hitting
its artistic apex in late 1973 with the Band on
the Run album and its commercial apex in 1976 with
a wildly popular world tour.

===Later solo career===

In 1980, as Wings came to an end, McCartney made
international headlines when he was arrested for
possession of marijuana in Japan and he spent nine
days in prison there before being deported. Since
that time he has reportedly stopped using all
drugs, although it is generally believed that he
used marijuana consistently throughout the late
1960s and 1970s.

Despite the devastating blow of the murder of
Lennon later that year, McCartney enjoyed
continued success in the early 1980s. His 1982
album Tug of War was a major success and in the
same year he scored two huge hits with duet
singles: "Ebony and Ivory", recorded with soul
legend Stevie Wonder; and "The Girl Is Mine",
recorded with emerging pop megastar Michael
Jackson. Another successful McCartney-Jackson
duet, "Say Say Say" was released in 1983. He also
wrote and starred in the 1984 film Give My Regards
To Broad Street. The film and soundtrack featured
the US and UK top ten hit "No More Lonely Nights".


McCartney's friendship with Jackson was
shortlived, however. Not long afterwards, Jackson
paid a huge sum to acquire the Northern Songs
catalogue, which included the publishing rights to
most of the Beatles' songs. Although McCartney
subsequently approached Jackson hoping to
negotiate an increase in his royalty rate, he was
turned down.  

In the mid-1980s, while making a home movie
reminiscing about his days as a schoolboy,
McCartney discovered the 1825 building which had
once been his old school was derelict. He
purchased it, and pursued a dream he had always
had of helping his home town of Liverpool in some
way. January 1996 saw the dedication of the
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, of which
Paul is the lead patron. On June 7 1996 Her
Majesty the Queen officially opened the building.

In the late 1980s McCartney began a songwriting
partnership with Elvis Costello, with the
resulting songs appearing on several albums by
both artists.  The best known of these are the
1989 hit "Veronica", from Costello's album Spike,
and "My Brave Face", a modest hit from McCartney's
album Flowers in the Dirt. 

During 1989-1990 McCartney staged a major,
year-long world tour, in which for the first time
he included a substantial number of Beatles songs
in the set list.  The tour was a big success,
filling arenas and stadiums at each stop. A
similarly-scaled tour took place in 1993.

In the 1990s McCartney was involved in a feud with
John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Their dispute
centred around the writing credits for a number of
Beatles songs. He had wanted to change the credits
from the traditional 'Lennon-McCartney' to 'Paul
McCartney and John Lennon' for songs McCartney had
primarily composed. Yoko Ono was offended by this
move which she felt broke an agreement that the
two had made while Lennon was still alive to
credit songs as a team. However, McCartney himself
has stated that no such agreement ever existed.
The two other Beatles agreed that the credits
should remain as they always had been and
McCartney withdrew his request.

McCartney and his wife became outspoken
vegetarianism|vegetarians and animal-rights
activists.  McCartney tells the story of how their
vegetarian instincts were realised when they
happened to see lambs frolicking in a field as
they ate a meal of lamb. In 1991, Linda introduced
her own line of vegetarian meals to the general
market. After Linda's death in 1998, Paul pledged
to continue her line of food and keep it free from
genetically modified organisms. 

In 1991 McCartney made his first complete foray
into classical music, collaborating with Carl
Davis to compose the quasi-autobiographical
Liverpool Oratorio. This was received well in
general, although many commented that the music
lacked the complexity normally associated with the
genre. Liverpool Oratorio had its North American
premiere in Carnegie Hall in New York City|New
York on 18 November 1991 with Davis conducting and
both McCartneys in attendance.

In 1994, McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo
Starr reunited to release the first of the
Beatles' The Beatles Anthology|Anthology albums,
consisting of alternative takes and live
recordings of Beatles songs; volumes two and three
were released the next year. They also created two
new Beatles songs by layering new music around
unfinished tracks Lennon had made before his death
fourteen years earlier. 

On March 11, 1997, McCartney was knighted (Knight
Bachelor) by Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II.  

In 1998, McCartney's wife Linda died after a
prolonged bout with breast cancer, the same
illness that, only a few decades before, claimed
McCartney's mother. 

Run Devil Run, one of his most critically
acclaimed albums to date, was released in 1999. 
In the same year, he was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist (he was
inducted with the rest of the Beatles in 1988).

In 1997 he made his second venture into classical
music with Standing Stone, a work that received a
mixed response.  In 1999 he released Working
Classical, a collection of his pop songs redone
for string quartet or orchestra.

McCartney is also a very talented visual artist.
For more than seventeen years Paul McCartney has
been a committed painting|painter, finding in his
work on canvas both a respite from the world and
another outlet for his drive to create. His
painting, like much of his life, has been a very
private endeavour. In April 1999 he exhibited his
work for the first time in Siegen, Germany, where
it met with critical acclaim, which led to his
decision to share the work in galleries across the
UK.  He is also a big fan of animation, having
released Tropic Island Hum, a CD compilation of
various animation music that he has done over the
years.

McCartney then decided to give another genre a
try, and in 2001 he published Blackbird Singing, a
volume of poetry. Some of these were lyrics to
past songs, while some were strictly poems.  He
gave readings of these works in Liverpool and New
York City|New York; the selections were both
serious (Here Today, about John Lennon) and
humorous (Maxwell's Silver Hammer). That same year
he released an album titled "Good Rockin' Tonight:
The Legacy Of Sun Records" that included a version
of the Elvis Presley hit That's All Right|That's
All Right Mama recorded with Presley musicians
Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana. 


On 20 October 2001 McCartney took a lead role in
organising the Concert for New York City, a
celebration of the strength, resilience, and pride
of New York and America in response to the
September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11 terrorist
attacks.  The concert was held at Madison Square
Garden and featured performances by The Who, Mick
Jagger and Keith Richards, David Bowie, Billy
Joel, Destiny's Child, Eric Clapton, Adam Sandler,
Bon Jovi, Elton John, James Taylor and many more. 
McCartney was the final performer and debuted his
song "Freedom", which advocates taking forceful
measures against terrorism.

In June 2002 McCartney married Heather Mills
McCartney|Heather Mills, a former model and
anti-landmines campaigner, in a highly elaborate
ceremony at Castle Leslie in Glaslough, County
Monaghan, Ireland. Under her influence, he has
campaigned against landmines himself, and donated
substantial sums to the cause.  In early 2003, for
example, he held a personal concert for the wife
of banker Ralph Whitworth and donated one million
dollars to Adopt-a-Landmine.  Paul and Heather's
first child, Beatrice McCartney|Beatrice Milly,
was born on October 28, 2003.

McCartney continues to release pop albums (Run
Devil Run, Wingspan: Hits and History, Flaming
Pie, Driving Rain), as well as campaign for the
groups Greenpeace and PETA|People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals, among others.  Paul and
Linda had three children: Mary McCartney|Mary
(named after Paul's late mother), Stella
McCartney|Stella, and James McCartney|James (after
Paul's late father, who died in 1976).  He also
adopted Heather McCartney|Heather, Linda's
daughter from her previous marriage.  James (born
1977) can be heard playing guitar in McCartney's
latest albums.  Mary is the baby inside
McCartney's jacket in the back cover photograph of
his first solo album.  Heather is a designer, and
can be seen as a young girl in the Let It Be#The
film|Let It Be film.  Stella is an award-winning
fashion designer and animal rights activist.

In 2002 McCartney launched another major American
tour, garnering strong notices for an energetic
and tight supporting band and an evocative and
varied show that appealed to fans of all
generations.  This leg became the top-grossing
U.S. tour of the year, taking in over $126
million.  The tour has subsequently continued
around the rest of the world in 2003 and 2004.

McCartney performed during the pre-game ceremonies
at the NFL's Super Bowl XXXVI on 3 February 2002
and was the halftime performer at Super Bowl XXXIX
on 6 February 2005. Unlike in many previous years,
he was the only performer in the entire halftime
show. His set consisted of "Drive My Car", "Get
Back", "Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die"
and "Hey Jude", and featured interesting stage
design, fireworks, and fan-held placards.

McCartney, as of 2005|currently 63, says he hopes
to keep playing even after he is 64, a reference
to the Beatles song, "When I'm Sixty-Four".

McCartney performed at the Live 8 concert,
London|main Live 8 concert on 2 July 2005, playing
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" with U2
(band)|U2 to open the Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park
event (the song choice perfectly reflecting the 20
years after Live Aid), then returning almost ten
hours later to close the show with "Get Back",
"Drive My Car" (sharing the vocals with George
Michael), "Helter Skelter", "The Long and Winding
Road", and an ensemble rendition of the refrain
from "Hey Jude".

McCartney's new album, titled Chaos and Creation
in the Back Yard, is due to be released on
September 13 2005, coinciding with his U.S. tour. 
Long time Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich,
suggested to McCartney by producer George Martin,
is producing the album, recorded in London and Los
Angeles in the past two years. McCartney was to
use a backing band in the studio but later decided
to play almost all the instruments himself,
including drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, block
flute, harmonium and flugelhorn. According to
McCartney's official website, the 13-track album
is "a mix of up-tempo piano driven McCartney
instant classics such as "Fine Line" and "Promise
To You Girl" and more introspective darker tracks
such as "At The Mercy", "Too Much Rain" and
"Riding To Vanity Fair"." There's also "Jenny
Wren", which Paul describes as "daughter of
Blackbird", as well as "Follow Me", which
McCartney debuted at The Glastonbury Festival,
while on his '04 Summer European Tour. "Fine Line"
is to be released as the first single on August 29
2005.

He will release a children's book in October 2005.
The book is called High in the Clouds: An Urban
Furry Tail and tells the story of a frog and a
squirrel who save the lives of other animals.
McCartney teamed up with veteran children's book
author Philip Ardagh and animator Geoff Dunbar.
The picture book is to be released with a first
print of 500,000 copies.

==Pseudonyms==

Over the years McCartney has released work under a
number of alter egos. This has generally been more
experimental and less commercial than the material
released under his own name.  In 1967 he produced
the song "I'm the Urban Spaceman" by the Bonzo Dog
Doo-Dah Band, but McCartney was credited as
"Apollo C. Vermouth".  

In 1977 he released an orchestral version of the
Ram (album)|Ram album under the name Percy
'Thrills' Thrillington.  In the 1990s he
collaborated with Martin Glover | Youth of Killing
Joke under the name The Fireman and released two
ambient albums, Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
in 1994 and Rushes in 1998.  In 2000 he released
an album, Liverpool Sound Collage, with Super
Furry Animals and Youth utilising the collage and
musique concrete techniques which fascinated him
in the mid 1960s. Most recently in 2005 he has
worked on a project with bootleg Record
producer|producer and remixer Freelance Hellraiser
under the name Twin Freaks. 

Prior to the success of the Beatles, McCartney
would sometimes use the stage name Paul Ramon(e),
a name which inspired The Ramones to name their
band.

==Discography==

For a detailed discography, see: Paul McCartney
discography

==Achievements and world records==
* Appears in the Guinness Book of Records several
times.
**"Yesterday" listed as the most covered song in
history with over 3000 existing versions
**The most successful popular-music composer and
recording artist ever with sales of 100 million
singles and 60 gold discs
***Honoured by Guinness in 1979 with a unique
rhodium disc, recognising this achievement 
**The largest stadium audience in history when
184,000 paid to see him perform at
Maracanã|Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in
April 1990
**The fastest ticket sales in history, which took
place in 1993 when 20,000 tickets for 2 shows in
Sydney, Australia sold out in eight minutes
**Was involved with the fastest-released single in
history; on July 2, 2005 his performance of "Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)|Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" with U2
(band)|U2 at Live 8 was released 45 minutes after
the performance took place. (The single reached #6
on the Billboard charts just hours after the
single release, and hit #1 on numerous online
download charts across the world.)
* The only artist to have UK number one singles as
a soloist ("Pipes of Peace"), and part of a duo
("Ebony and Ivory" with Stevie Wonder), trio
("Mull of Kintyre" with Wings), quartet ("She
Loves You", among many others, with The Beatles),
quintet ("Get Back" The Beatles with Billy
Preston) and sextet ("Let It Be" Ferry Aid).  He
was also a member of charity ensemble Band Aid
(band)|Band Aid which had a UK number one with Do
They Know It's Christmas?
* "Yesterday" was confirmed as world's most
popular song with over 6,000,000 airplays in the
United States|USA alone.
* Received an honorary Doctorate of Music from the
University of Sussex.
* The first rock musician ever to receive Chile's
Order of Merit for "services to music, peace, and
human understanding".
* First recipient of the Swedish Polar Music Prize
("Nobel prize for music").
* 1998 Winner of Lifetime Achievement Award.  From PETA,
according to another website.
*Between his work with the Beatles and as a solo
artist and leader of Wings, McCartney has written
or co-written more than 50 Top Ten singles.  When
combined with the Beatles' 49 Top 40 U.S. singles,
Paul McCartney is the most successful pop-music
composer ever and the second greatest hitmaker,
behind Elvis Presley.
*Is the richest rockstar in the world, with a
personal fortune of £762 million in 2004.
*Was the only Beatle to achieve any qualifications
at secondary school, doing particularly well in
art.
*Made an honorary detective by NY Police.
*The only Beatle to ever have been nominated for
an Academy Award in his own right.
*In 1997 he was was knighted (Knight Bachelor) for
his services to music. He dedicated his knighthood
to fellow Beatles John Lennon, George Harrison and
Ringo Starr and the people of Liverpool. Aides
commented that he won't be calling himself "Sir
Paul"; "He's always been a modest chap and he
won't be getting us all bowing and scraping," one
aide said.
*Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1999 (as a solo artist).

==See also==
*Paul Is Dead
*Best selling music artists

==External links==

* http://www.paulmccartney.com/ Official site
* http://www.PaulMcCartney.Name/ Paul McCartney
News
* imdb name|id=0005200|name=Paul McCartney
*http://www.beatlesabbeyroadmemento.com/The Gift
The Beatles gave Rowan Ayers who launched Abbey
Road
* http://www.getartist.com/Paul-Mccartney/ Paul
McCartney Albums
* http://www.lipa.ac.uk The Liverpool Institute
for Performing Arts — Paul's Old School
*
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibiti
ons/mccartney/home.asp The Art of Paul McCartney -
Exhibition 2002
*
http://www.mplcommunications.com/mccartney/paul_di
scography.htm Official UK/US Discography
* http://paulmccartney.lyrics.info/ Paul McCartney
lyrics — A collection of lyrics organised by
album from http://lyrics.info/ lyrics.info
* http://www.thebeatles.com.hk/paul/ The Beatles
Studio: Paul McCartney A Hong Kong based fansite
with lyrics, discography and many Paul McCartney
information.

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