Paul McCartney Biography

Paul McCartney was a key member of the Beatles and also pursued a very successful solo career.
According to the Guinness book of records he is the best selling artist of all time.

Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool, 1942, and became

interested in music from an early age. As a teenager he was a budding singer song write and
became good friends with John Lennon and later George Harrison. This was to prove the nucleus
for the Beatles. The Beatles began by playing gigs in clubs in Germany and Liverpool. It was at
the Cavern club where they were spotted by manager Brian Epstein. He secured them their first
major recording contract with Parlophone (after many other record companies like Decca had
turned them down)

It was playing at the Cavern club than Paul and John Lennon realised most groups were just
doing cover versions, this inspired them to write their own music and this was a feature of the
Beatles recordings for the next 10 years.

The Beatles soon shot to international fame and became one of the most recognised names in the
world. Paul McCartney enjoyed the lifestyle that his fame and wealth allowed him. However, the
group increasingly got disenchanted with performing live because of the hysterical screaming
and attention of fans. This encouraged them to do more private recording. It was also in the later
half of the 1960s, that the group’s musical repertoire expanded as they became interested in
Indian and Eastern influences.

After the break up of the Beatles, Paul McCartney successful pursued a new career path forming
a new band – The Wings and also recording many solos such as the most covered song of all
time – Yesterday. The Mull of Kintyre performed by the Wings was the first single to sell more
than 2 million.
Paul McCartney has produced over 60 gold discs and has sold over 100 million singles.

After marrying Linda McCartney Paul become interested in vegetarianism and human rights. He
has supported many animal rights charities. After Linda’s death he recommitted himself to
supporting Linda’s vegetarian food company and animal rights charities.

Paul remarried Heather Mills in 2002. But, by 2006, the British press reported their breakup
which led to an acrimonious and painful divorce.