BIOGRAPHY
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Following his departure from The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his wife, Linda McCartney. McCartney has also worked on film scores, classical music and ambient/electronic music. He has released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and has also taken part in projects to assist international charities.
McCartney is listed in The Guinness Book Of Records as the most successful musician and composer in popular music history, with sales of 100 million singles and 60 gold discs. McCartney's song "Yesterday" is listed as the most covered song in history and has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American TV and radio. Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre" became the first single to sell more than two million copies in the UK, and remained the UK's top seller until surpassed in 1984 by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
McCartney's company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than three thousand songs, including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to musicals, such as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Grease. Aside from his musical work, McCartney is a painter, an advocate for animal rights, vegetarianism, and music education, and is active in campaigns against landmines, seal culls and Third World debt.
McCartney was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1965 and was knighted in 1997.
SOLO DISCOGRAPHY
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| 1967 | The Family Way |
| 1970 | McCartney |
| 1971 | Ram |
| 1971 | Wings Wild Life |
| 1973 | Red Rose Speedway |
| 1973 | Band On The Run |
| 1975 | Venus And Mars |
| 1976 | Wings At The Speed Of Sound |
| 1977 | Thrillington (As Percy Thrillington) |
| 1978 | London Town |
| 1978 | Wings Greatest |
| 1979 | Back To The Egg |
| 1980 | McCartney II |
| 1982 | Tug Of War |
| 1983 | Pipes Of Peace |
| 1984 | Give My Regards To Broad Street |
| 1986 | Press To Play |
| 1987 | All The Best |
| 1989 | Flowers In The Dirt |
| 1990 | Tripping The Live Fantastic (& Highlights) |
| 1991 | Paul McCartney Unplugged |
| 1991 | Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio |
| 1991 | Choba B CCCP |
| 1993 | Off The Ground |
| 1993 | Paul Is Live |
| 1994 | Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (As Fireman) |
| 1997 | Flaming Pie |
| 1997 | Paul McCartney's Standing Stone |
| 1998 | Rushes (As Fireman) |
| 1999 | Run Devil Run |
| 1999 | Working Classical |
| 2000 | Liverpool Sound Collage |
| 2001 | Wingspan |
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