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\"McCartney\" redirects here. For other uses, see McCartney (disambiguation).

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Sir Paul McCartney CH MBE
McCartney in 2021
Born	James Paul McCartney (1942-06-18) 18 June 1942 (age 82) Liverpool, England
Other names	Macca Bernard Webb^[1] The Fireman^[1] Apollo C. Vermouth Percy \"Thrills\" Thrillington
Occupations	\n Singer \n songwriter \n musician \n record and film producer \n businessman \n
Years active	1957\u2013present
Spouses	\n Linda Eastman \n (m. 1969; died 1998) \n Heather Mills \n (m. 2002; div. 2008) \n Nancy Shevell (m. 2011)
Children	5, including Heather, Mary, Stella, and James
Relatives	Mike McCartney (brother)
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Genres	\n Rock \n pop \n classical \n electronic \n
Instruments	\n Vocals \n bass guitar \n guitar \n keyboards \n drums \n
Labels	\n Apple \n Capitol \n Columbia \n Decca \n Hear Music \n Parlophone \n Polydor \n Swan \n Vee-Jay \n
Member of	Paul McCartney Band The Fireman
Formerly of	The Quarrymen The Beatles Wings Sound City Players
\n Musical artist
\n \n \n Paul McCartney's voice \n \n from the BBC programme Front Row, 26 December 2012^[2] \n
Website	paulmccartney.com
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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 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. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in modern music history.^[3]\n

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 aesthetics into 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\", \"Eleanor Rigby\", and \"Blackbird\", rank among the most covered songs in history.^[4]^[5] Although primarily a bassist with the Beatles, he played a number of other instruments, including keyboards, guitars, and drums, on various songs.\n

After the Beatles disbanded, he debuted as a solo artist with the 1970 album McCartney and went on to form the band Wings with his first wife, 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\", \"Band on the Run\", \"Listen to What the Man Said\", \"Silly Love Songs\", and \"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\", \"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.\n

McCartney has written or co-written a record 32 songs that have topped the Billboard Hot 100 and, as of 2009^[update], he had sales of 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the US. 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), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, 19 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 wealthiest musicians in the world, with an estimated fortune of \u00a31 billion.^[6]\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1964\n	A Hard Day's Night\n	Himself\n	\n
1965\n	Help!\n	Himself\n	\n
1967\n	Magical Mystery Tour\n	Himself / Major McCartney / Red-Nosed Magician (uncredited)\n	Director (writer and producer uncredited)\n
1968\n	Yellow Submarine\n	Himself (uncredited)\n	Animated, based upon a song by Beatles\n
1970\n	Let It Be\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1977\n	The Day the Music Died\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1980\n	Concert for Kampuchea\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
Rockshow\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1982\n	The Cooler^[491]\n	Cowboy\n	Short, executive producer\n
The Compleat Beatles\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1984\n	Give My Regards to Broad Street\n	Himself\n	Screenplay, producer, actor\n
1985\n	Rupert and the Frog Song\n	Rupert / Edward / Bill / Boy Frog (voice)\n	Animated short, writer, executive producer\n
1987\n	Eat the Rich\n	Banquet Rich\n	Cameo\n
The Real Buddy Holly Story\n	Himself\n	Documentary, producer\n
1990\n	The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1991\n	Get Back\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1992\n	Daumier's Law\n	\n	Animated short, music, writer, executive producer\n
1997\n	Tropic Island Hum\n	Wirral / Froggo / Bison / Various (voice)\n	Animated short, writer, executive producer\n
2000\n	Shadow Cycle\n	\n	Animated short, writer\n
2001\n	Tuesday^[492]\n	Himself (voice)\n	Animated short, executive producer\n
2003\n	Mayor of the Sunset Strip\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
Concert for George\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2008\n	Tribute This!\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
All Together Now\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2009\n	Br\u00fcno\n	Himself\n	Cameo\n
Al's Brain in 3-D\n	Man on the Street\n	Short\n
2010\n	David Wants to Fly\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
The Last Play at Shea\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2011\n	The Love We Make\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
George Harrison: Living in the Material World\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2013\n	Sound City\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
12-12-12\n	Himself\n	Documentary, producer\n
2014\n	Finding Fela\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2016\n	The Beatles: Eight Days a Week\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
2017\n	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales\n	Uncle Jack\n	Cameo\n
2018\n	Quincy\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
The Bruce McMouse Show\n	Himself\n	Unreleased Wings concert film with animation produced from 1972 to 1977, theatrical release 2019^[493]\n
2022\n	If These Walls Could Sing\n	Himself\n	Documentary directed by Mary McCartney^[494]\n
2024\n	Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1963\u201364\n	Ready Steady Go!\n	Himself\n	Music programme, 3 episodes\n
1964\n	Around the Beatles\n	Himself\n	Concert special\n
What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1964\u201365\n	The Ed Sullivan Show\n	Himself\n	Variety show, 4 episodes\n
1965\n	The Music of Lennon & McCartney\n	Himself\n	Variety tribute special\n
1966\n	The Beatles at Shea Stadium\n	Himself\n	Concert special\n
The Beatles in Japan\n	Himself\n	Concert special\n
1973\n	James Paul McCartney\n	Himself\n	TV special\n
1975\n	A Salute to the Beatles: Once upon a Time\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1977\n	All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music\n	Himself\n	Documentary mini-series\n
1985\n	Live Aid\n	Himself\n	Benefit concert special\n
1987\n	It Was Twenty Years Ago Today\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
1988\n	The Power of Music\n	Himself, narrator\n	Documentary\n
1995\n	The Simpsons\n	Himself (voice)\n	Episode: \"Lisa the Vegetarian\"\n
The Beatles Anthology\n	Himself\n	Documentary mini-series\n
1997\n	Music for Montserrat\n	Himself\n	Benefit concert special\n
2001\n	Wingspan\n	Himself\n	Documentary\n
The Concert for New York City\n	Himself\n	Benefit concert special\n
2005\n	Live 8\n	Himself\n	Benefit concert special\n
Saturday Night Live\n	Paul Simon\n	Episode: \"Alec Baldwin/Christina Aguilera\"\n
2012\n	30 Rock\n	Himself\n	Episode: \"Live from Studio 6H\" (East Coast airing only)\n
2015\n	BoJack Horseman\n	Himself (voice)\n	Episode: \"After the Party\"\n
2021\n	McCartney 3,2,1\n	Himself\n	Documentary mini-series\n
The Beatles: Get Back\n	Himself\n	Documentary mini-series\n

v t e Paul McCartney singles discography
1970s	\n \"Another Day\" / \"Oh Woman, Oh Why\" (with Linda McCartney) \n \"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey\" / \"Too Many People\" (with Linda McCartney) \n \"The Back Seat of My Car\" / \"Heart of the Country\" (with Linda McCartney) \n \"Eat at Home\" / \"Smile Away\" (with Linda McCartney) \n \"Wonderful Christmastime\" \n
1980s	\n \"Coming Up\" \n \"Waterfalls\" \n \"Temporary Secretary\" \n \"Ebony and Ivory\" (with Stevie Wonder) \n \"Take It Away\" \n \"Tug of War\" \n \"The Girl Is Mine\" (with Michael Jackson) \n \"Say Say Say\" (with Michael Jackson) \n \"Pipes of Peace\"/\"So Bad\" \n \"No More Lonely Nights\" \n \"We All Stand Together\" \n \"Spies Like Us\" \n \"Press\" \n \"Pretty Little Head\" \n \"Stranglehold\" \n \"Only Love Remains\" \n \"Once Upon a Long Ago\" \n \"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" \n \"My Brave Face\" / \"Flying to My Home\" \n \"This One\" \n \"Figure of Eight\" \n
1990s	\n \"Put It There\" / \"Mama's Little Girl\" (with Wings) \n \"Birthday\" (live) / \"Good Day Sunshine\" (live) \n \"All My Trials\" (live) \n \"Hope of Deliverance\" \n \"C'Mon People\" \n \"Off the Ground\" \n \"Biker Like an Icon\" / \"Things We Said Today\" \n \"A Leaf\" (with Anya Alexeyev) \n \"Come Together\" (The Smokin' Mojo Filters) \n \"Young Boy\" \n \"The World Tonight\" \n \"Beautiful Night\" \n \"No Other Baby\" / \"Brown Eyed Handsome Man\" \n \"Run Devil Run\" (promo) \n
2000s	\n \"From a Lover to a Friend\" \n \"Freedom\" / \"From a Lover to a Friend\" \n \"Hello Goodbye\" (promo) \n \"Tropic Island Hum\" / \"We All Stand Together\" \n \"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\" (with U2) \n \"Fine Line\" \n \"Jenny Wren\" \n \"Really Love You\" (Twin Freaks) \n \"This Never Happened Before\" (promo) \n \"Dance Tonight\" / \"Nod Your Head\" \n \"Ever Present Past\" \n \"Heal the Pain\" (with George Michael) \n \"Walk with You\" (with Ringo Starr) \n
2010s	\n \"(I Want to) Come Home\" \n \"My Valentine\" \n \"Only Our Hearts\" \n Christmas Kisses: \"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)\" / \"Wonderful Christmastime\" \n \"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother\" (The Justice Collective) \n \"New\" \n \"Queenie Eye\" \n \"Only One\" (with Kanye West) \n \"FourFiveSeconds\" (with Rihanna & Kanye West) \n \"All Day\" (with Kanye West) \n \"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five\" (with Timo Maas & James Teej) \n \"I Don't Know\" / \"Come On to Me\" \n \"Fuh You\" \n \"Who Cares\" \n \"Back in Brazil\" \n \"Get Enough\" \n \"Home Tonight / In a Hurry\" \n
2020s	\n \"Find My Way\" \n \"The Kiss of Venus (Dominic Fike remix)\" \n
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v t e Wings
\n Paul McCartney \n Linda McCartney \n Denny Laine \n Denny Seiwell \n Henry McCullough \n Jimmy McCulloch \n Geoff Britton \n Joe English \n Laurence Juber \n Steve Holley \n
Studio albums	\n Wild Life (1971) \n Red Rose Speedway (1973) \n Band on the Run (1973) \n Venus and Mars (1975) \n Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976) \n London Town (1978) \n Back to the Egg (1979) \n
Live albums	\n Wings over America (1976) \n Wings over Europe (2018) \n One Hand Clapping (2024) \n
Compilations	\n Wings Greatest (1978) \n Cold Cuts (unreleased) \n Wingspan: Hits and History (2001) \n
Singles	\n \"Give Ireland Back to the Irish\" \n \"Mary Had a Little Lamb\" / \"Little Woman Love\" \n \"Hi, Hi, Hi\" / \"C Moon\" \n \"My Love\" \n \"Live and Let Die\" / \"I Lie Around\" \n \"Helen Wheels\" / \"Country Dreamer\" \n \"Mrs. Vandebilt\" / \"Bluebird\" \n \"Jet\" / \"Mamunia\" \n \"Let Me Roll It\" \n \"Band on the Run\" / \"Zoo Gang\" \n \"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five\" \n \"Junior's Farm\" / \"Sally G\" \n \"Listen to What the Man Said\" / \"Love in Song\" \n \"Letting Go\" / \"You Gave Me the Answer\" \n \"Venus and Mars\"/\"Rock Show\" / \"Magneto and Titanium Man\" \n \"Silly Love Songs\" / \"Cook of the House\" \n \"Let 'Em In\" / \"Beware My Love\" \n \"Maybe I'm Amazed\" / \"Soily\" \n \"Seaside Woman\" \n \"Mull of Kintyre\" / \"Girls' School\" \n \"With a Little Luck\" / \"Backwards Traveller\"/\"Cuff Link\" \n \"I've Had Enough\" / \"Deliver Your Children\" \n \"London Town\" / \"I'm Carrying\" \n \"Goodnight Tonight\" / \"Daytime Nighttime Suffering\" \n \"Old Siam, Sir\" \n \"Getting Closer\" \n \"Arrow Through Me\" / \"Old Siam, Sir\" \n \"Rockestra Theme\" \n \"Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)\" \n \"Mama's Little Girl\" \n
Other songs	\n \"Big Barn Bed\" \n \"Little Lamb Dragonfly\" \n \"No Words\" \n \"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)\" \n \"Call Me Back Again\" \n \"Spirits of Ancient Egypt\" \n \"She's My Baby\" \n \"Must Do Something About It\" \n \"Warm and Beautiful\" \n \"Girlfriend\" \n
Tours	\n Wings University Tour (1972) \n Wings Over Europe Tour (1972) \n Wings 1973 UK Tour (May 1973) \n Wings Over the World tour (1975\u20131976) \n Wings UK Tour 1979 (1979) \n
Filmography	\n Wings Over the World (1979) \n Concert for Kampuchea (1980) \n Rockshow (1980) \n Back to the Egg (1981) \n Wingspan \u2013 An Intimate Portrait (2001) \n
Related articles	\n 1972 Wings Tour Bus \n Discography \n Songs \n McGear \n Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (album) \n Japanese Tears \n Standard Time \n Suzy and the Red Stripes \n The Oriental Nightfish \n Wide Prairie \n

v t e Paul McCartney family
Siblings	\n Mike McCartney (born 1944) \n
Children	\n Heather McCartney (born 1962) \n Mary McCartney (born 1969) \n Stella McCartney (born 1971) \n James McCartney (born 1977) \n Beatrice Milly McCartney (born 2003) \n
Wives	\n Linda Eastman (1941\u20131998; married 1969\u20131998) \n Heather Mills (born 1968; married 2002\u20132008) \n Nancy Shevell (born 1959; married 2011\u2013present) \n
Relationships	\n Jane Asher (born 1946; 1963\u20131968) \n

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Early life

Career

1957\u20131960: The Quarrymen

1960\u20131970: The Beatles

1970\u20131981: Wings

1982\u20131990

1991\u20131999

2000\u20132009

2010\u20132019

2020\u2013present

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Dot Rhone

Jane Asher

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Linda Eastman

Heather Mills

Nancy Shevell

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