Beyond music, he has taken part in projects to promote international charities related to such subjects as animal rights, seal hunting, land mines, vegetarianism, poverty, and music education. Without Wings, his UK or US number-one hits have included ' Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey' (with Linda), ' Coming Up', ' Pipes of Peace', ' Ebony and Ivory' (with Stevie Wonder), and ' Say Say Say' (with Michael Jackson). He resumed his solo career in 1980 and has toured as a solo artist since 1989. Led by McCartney, Wings was one of the most successful bands of the 1970s, and he wrote or co-wrote their US or UK number-one hits ' My Love', ' Band on the Run', ' Listen to What the Man Said', ' Silly Love Songs', and ' Mull of Kintyre'.

While primarily a bassist with the Beatles, in various songs he played a number of other instruments, including keyboards, guitars, and drums.Īfter the Beatles disbanded, he debuted as a solo artist with the 1970 album McCartney and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. Many of his Beatles songs, including ' And I Love Her', ' Yesterday', ' Eleanor Rigby', and ' Blackbird', rank among the most covered songs in history. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, he gradually became the band's de facto leader, providing the creative impetus for most of their music and film projects. Sometimes called 'the cute Beatle', McCartney later involved himself with the London avant-garde and spearheaded the incorporation of experimental aesthetics into the Beatles' studio productions. He began his career when he joined Lennon's skiffle group, the Quarrymen, in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. īorn 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. His songwriting partnership with Lennon remains the most successful in history. One of 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 musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre–rock and roll pop to classical, ballads, and electronica.

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. From the BBC programme Front Row, 26 December 2012

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