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English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942) Redirect|McCartney|other uses|McCartney (disambiguation) Pp-semi-indef|small=yes Featured article Use British English November 2024 April 2024 Infobox person | honorific_prefix = Sir | name = Paul McCartney | honorific_suffix = post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CH|MBE | image = Paul McCartney 2021 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = McCartney in 2021 | other_names = hlist|Macca|Bernard WebbCite magazine Doyle Patrick 13 November 2020 Musicians on Musicians: Taylor Swift & Paul McCartney https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paul-mccartney-taylor-swift-musicians-on-musicians-1089058/ 13 November 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US 30 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201130060712/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paul-mccartney-taylor-swift-musicians-on-musicians-1089058/live|The Fireman (band)|The Fireman|I'm the Urban Spaceman|Apollo C. Vermouth|Thrillington|Percy "Thrills" Thrillington | birth_name = James Paul McCartney | birth_date = birth date and age|1942/6/18|es | birth_place = Liverpool, England | occupation = flatlist| * Singer * songwriter * musician * record and film producer * businessman | years_active = 1957–present | spouse = unbulleted list| | marriage|Linda McCartney|Linda Eastman|1969|1998 | end = died | marriage|Heather Mills|2002|2008|end=div | marriage|Personal relationships of Paul McCartney#Marriage to Nancy Shevell|Nancy Shevell|2011 | children = 5, including Heather McCartney|Heather, Mary McCartney|Mary, Stella McCartney|Stella, and James McCartney|James | relatives = Mike McCartney (brother) | awards = List of awards and nominations received by Paul McCartney|Full list | website = URL|PaulMcCartney.com | signature = Paul McCartney signature.svg | module = Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = flatlist| * Rock Music|Rock * pop * classical music|classical * Electronic music|electronic | instruments = flatlist| * Vocals * bass guitar * guitar * keyboards * drums | label = flatlist| * Apple Records|Apple * Capitol Records|Capitol * Columbia Records|Columbia * Decca Records|Decca * Hear Music * Parlophone * Polydor Records|Polydor * Swan Records (jazz label)|Swan * Vee-Jay Records|Vee-Jay | current_member_of = hlist|Paul McCartney Band|The Fireman (band)|The Fireman | past_member_of = hlist|The Quarrymen|The Beatles|Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings|Sound City Players | module2 = Listen |embed= yes |filename= Paul McCartney BBC Radio4 Front Row 26 Dec 2012 b01pg54v.flac Paul McCartney's voice |type= speech |description= from the BBC programme ''Front Row (radio programme)|Front Row'', 26 December 2012Cite episode Paul McCartney |series= Front Row |series-link= Front Row (radio programme) http://bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pg54v |station= BBC Radio 4 26 December 2012 18 January 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140220075732/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pg54v 20 February 2014 ''Sir James Paul McCartney'' (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 the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One of List of best-selling music artists|the most successful composers and performers of all time, McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile and wide tenor vocal range, and eclecticism in music|musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from traditional pop|pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads, and electronica. His Lennon–McCartney|songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in modern music history.cite magazine|last1=Newman|first1=Jason It Takes Two: 10 Songwriting Duos That Rocked Music History https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467781/it-takes-two-10-songwriting-duos-that-rocked-music-history|magazine=Billboard 5 October 2017 23 August 2011|quote=By any measure, no one comes close to matching the success of The Beatles' primary songwriters. https://web.archive.org/web/20180623105510/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467781/it-takes-two-10-songwriting-duos-that-rocked-music-history 23 June 2018live Born in Liverpool, McCartney taught himself piano, guitar, and songwriting as a teenager, having been influenced by his father, a jazz player, and rock and roll performers such as Little Richard and Buddy Holly. He began his career when he joined Lennon's skiffle group, the Quarrymen, in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called "the cute Beatle", McCartney later immersed himself in the London avant-garde scene and played a key role in incorporating experimental music|experimental aesthetics into the Beatles' recording practices of the Beatles|studio productions. Starting with the 1967 album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'', he gradually became the band's ''de facto'' leader, providing creative impetus for most of their music and film projects. Many of his Beatles songs, including "And I Love Her", "Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday", "Eleanor Rigby", and "Blackbird (Beatles song)|Blackbird", rank among the most covered songs in history.cite news|last1=Elmes |first1=John The 10 Most Covered Songs https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-10-most-covered-songs-1052165.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-10-most-covered-songs-1052165.html 25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription live |newspaper=The Independent 5 December 2008 8 January 2020cite web |last1=Conradt |first1=Stacy 10 of the Most Covered Songs in Music History https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/20811/most-covered-songs-in-music-history Mental Floss 30 November 2017 17 December 2020 31 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201231213927/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/20811/most-covered-songs-in-music-history live Although primarily a bassist with the Beatles, he played a number of other instruments, including keyboards, guitars, and drums, on various songs. After the Break-up of the Beatles|Beatles disbanded, he debuted as a solo artist with the 1970 album ''McCartney (album)|McCartney'' and went on to form the band Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings with his first wife, Linda McCartney|Linda, and Denny Laine. Under McCartney's leadership, Wings became one of the most successful bands of the 1970s. He wrote or co-wrote their US or UK number-one hits, such as "My Love (Paul McCartney and Wings song)|My Love", "Band on the Run (song)|Band on the Run", "Listen to What the Man Said", "Silly Love Songs", and "Mull of Kintyre (song)|Mull of Kintyre". He resumed his solo career in 1980 and has been touring as a solo artist since 1989. Apart from Wings, his UK or US number-one hits include "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (with Linda, "Coming Up (song)|Coming Up", "Pipes of Peace (song)|Pipes of Peace", "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder, and "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson). Beyond music, he has been involved in projects to promote international charities related to animal rights, seal hunting, land mines, vegetarianism, poverty, and music education. McCartney has written or co-written a record 32 songs that have topped the Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 and, as of|2009|lc=y, he had sales of 25.5 million RIAA certification|RIAA-certified units in the US. His honours include List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees#Performers|two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1999, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award, 18 Grammy Awards, an appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1965, and an appointment as Knight Bachelor in 1997 for services to music. As of 2024, he is one of the List of music artists by net worth|wealthiest musicians in the world, with an estimated fortune of £1 billion.Cite news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5n553p184o Sir Paul McCartney first UK billionaire musician Michael Race|work=BBC News 17 May 2024 17 May 2024