The Beatles' individual members - Paul McCartney



Full name: Sir James Paul McCartney MBE

Date of birth: 18th June, 1942

Parents: Jim (+1976) and Mary McCartney (+1956)

Siblings: Brother Michael (*1945) and stepsister Ruth (*1963)

Spouse: married to former model Heather Mills; previously married to photographer Linda Eastman (+1998) for 29 years

Children: Adopted daughter Heather, daughters Mary (*1969), Stella (*1972) and Beatrice (*2003); son James (*1977)

Grandchildren: Grandson Arthur (*1999)

Career:

1956: First composition I Lost My Little Girl
1957: Joining John Lennon's Quarrymen
1960: Changing name into Beatles
1962: First Single Love Me Do
1963: First LP Please Please Me
First US-Tour
Birth of stepsister Ruth
1965: Composition of the world hit Yesterday
Appointment of the order of the MBE
1966: Final tour of the Beatles
Composing movie soundtrack to The Family Way
1967: LP Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Writing and directing Beatles' TV movie project Magical Mistery Tour
1968: Composition of the classics Hey Jude and Lady Madonna
1969: Last concert of the Beatles on top of the roof of the Apple building
Getting married to Linda Eastman and adoption of her daughter Heather
Last recordings with The Beatles; composition of the classic hit Let It Be
Birth of daughter Mary
1970: Dissolution of The Beatles; First solo album McCartney
1972: Formation of Wings; birth of daughter Stella
Political activities by releasing the song Give Ireland Back To the Irish
1973: Unannounced acts at various english universities
1974: Hit album Band On The Run
1975/76: Big world tour with Wings
1977: Birth of son James
1980: Being busted in Japan for posession of Marijuana
Album McCartney II
1981: Dissolution of Wings
1982: World hit Ebony And Ivory with Stevie Wonder
1983: Collaboration with superstar Michael Jackson
1984: Writing script to the movie Give My Regards To Broad Street
1985: Contribution to the Live Aid charity concert for the benefit of the third world
1989/90: Big world tour
1991: Act on MTV's Unplugged
First presentation of the Liverpool Oratorio
1993/94: New World Tour
1995: Release of Free As A Bird together with the other two surviving Beatles
1997: Receiving knighthood by british queen
Album Flaming Pie
Classical work Standing Stone
1999: Album Run Devil Run
Contribution to the musical commemoration for his late wife A Garland For Linda
2001: Composition of the song Freedom and Organization of the Concert For New York City in memory of the terrorists' attack from New York City on 2001/09/11
Receiving World Men Award in presence of former noble award winner Michail Gorbachev
2002: US-tour followed by gigs in Australia, Japan and Mexico
2003: European tour
Getting married to Heather Mills
Birth of daughter Beatrice

LP's from the post Beatles era:

1970: McCartney
1971: Ram
1972: Wild Life
1973: Red Rose Speedway;
            Band On The Run
1975: Venus And Mars
1976: Wings Over America;
           At The Speed Of Sound
1978: London Town
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
1988: CHOBA B CCCP (Back In The USSR)
1989: Flowers In The Dirt
1990: Tripping the Live Fantastic
1991: Unplugged - The official bootleg
1993: Off The Ground;
Paul Is Live
1997: Flaming Pie
1999: Run Devil Run
2001: Wingspan
            Driving Rain
2003: Back In The World


Further LP's by Sir Paul:


1966: Soundtrack to The Family Way
1976: Percy "Thrills"Thrillington: Thrillington
1991: Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
1994: Fireman: Strawberries, Oceans, Ships And Forests
1995: The Leaf
1997: Standing Stone
1999: Working Classical
2000: A Garland For Linda
            Liverpool Sound Collage


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