PAUL McCARTNEY

"Hey Jude..."

- Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born: June 18, 1942) or just Paul McCartney is an English singer and musician who is known for being one of the members in The Beatles. While in the Beatles, Paul contributed much like writing many songs for the band. Paul also plays the bass in the band.

1940s - 1960s
Paul was born in a traditional working-class family at the time in Liverpool, England. His mother was Mary McCartney who was a maternal nurse and his father was James McCartney who was a cotton salesman and jazz pianist for a band he was a part of. When Paul was fourteen-years-old, however, Mary passed away due to troubles after a mastectomy.

Due to his father being in a band, Paul fell in love with music at a young age, learning a lot of instruments by ear and wrote “When I’m Sixty-Four” when he was just sixteen. In 1957, Paul met John Lennon who at the time, was a member of the Quarrymen, a band that eventually became the Beatles. After meeting John, Paul was invited to be a member of the Quarrymen.

In 1960, the band finally settled on the name “The Beatles” for their official band name. The band performed at club named the Liverpool’s Cavern Club frequently which significantly increased the amount of people going to the club just to see the Beatles. Paul later took over the bass after Stuart Sutcliffe, the previous bass player, fell in love with a women named Astrid Kircherr and moved in with her.

1960s - Present
When the Beatles were in Germany producing their first tracks, a man by the named of Brian Epstein offered to be their manager after seeing the talent the band had. He was hired as the band’s manager and worked hard to help the Beatles in anyway he could. When the Beatles’ producer, George Martin, signed a deal with EMI, the Beatles replaced the drummer at the time, Pete Best, with Sir Richard Starkley or better known as Ringo Starr.

In the 60s, the Beatles’ massive popularity caused “Beatlemania” when touring. The band eventually had to stop touring and stick to performing in a studio due to the screams of the crowd and the immense amount of people wanting to watch the Beatles perform.

After the breakup of the Beatles in 1970, Paul McCartney went on to release solo albums and form a band called Wings. In the 80s, Paul collaborated with massive artists such as Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. He also continued touring in 1989 after stopping due to hearing the news of John Lennon’s death.

Since then, Paul McCartney continues to make music and was even knighted by Queen Elizabeth the Second of the United Kingdom and was even inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. Even now, Paul and the Beatles continue to be a big influence in music culture.