“Paul McCartney”

NAME: JORGE LUIS MANTILLA

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Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English
singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and record and film
producer who gained worldwide fame as co-lead vocalist and
bassist for the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with John
Lennon remains the most successful in history.  After the group
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disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the

band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.
A self-taught musician, McCartney is proficient on bass, guitar,
keyboards, and drums. He is known for his melodic approach to
bass-playing (mainly playing with a plectrum), his versatile and
wide tenor vocal range (spanning over four octaves), and his 
eclecticism (exploring styles ranging from pre-rock and roll pop to 
classical and electronica). McCartney began his career as a
member of the Quarrymen in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles
in 1960. Starting with the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
Club Band, he gradually became the Beatles' de facto leader,
providing the creative impetus for most of their music and film
projects. His Beatles songs "And I Love Her" (1964), "Yesterday"
(1965), "Eleanor Rigby" (1966) and "Blackbird" (1968) rank among “Paul McCartney”
the most covered songs in history.
In 1970, McCartney debuted as a solo artist with the album 
McCartney. Throughout the 1970s, he led Wings, one of the most
successful bands of the decade, with more than a dozen
international top 10 singles and albums. McCartney resumed his
solo career in 1980. Since 1989, he has toured consistently as a “Paul McCartney”
solo artist. In 1993, he formed the music duo the Fireman with Youth
 of Killing Joke. 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.
McCartney is one of the most successful composers
and performers of all time. He has written or co-written 32 songs
that have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2009,
had sales of 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the United States.
His honours include 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), 18 Grammy Awards, an appointment as a Member of the
Order of the British Empire in 1965, and a knighthood in 1997 for
services to music. As of 2020, he is also one of the wealthiest
musicians in the world, with an estimated fortune of £800 million.