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Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile tenor vocal range and musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre–rock and roll pop to classical,…
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2026· 70 entries
El Destape: Paul McCartney, músico, sobre el estado anímico: "La tristeza no es tristeza. Es felicidad con una chaqueta negra"
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dw.com: New Paul McCartney documentary tells the story of Wings
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theriffreport.co.uk: 🎸 The Day Paul McCartney Forgot His Passport… and Still Got Into France 😎🇫🇷
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Far Out Magazine: The rock singer Paul McCartney would always remember: “Our first encounter with bling!”
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Collider: The Emotional Paul McCartney Track That Was His Last Conversation With John Lennon
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SMH.com.au: Macca’s meals and Macbooks: How Australians are getting whacked by inflation
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Far Out Magazine: The profound gesture Paul McCartney performed at Elvis Presley’s grave: “Play in heaven”
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The New York Independent: Paul McCartney Releases New ‘Rockshow’ on DVD (watch!)
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Secret London: Paul McCartney could be your new neighbour - as a stunning 7-bedroom mansion on his sought-after street in St John's Wood has hit the property market
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Far Out Magazine: The "beautiful" 1950 song Paul McCartney needed to record
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elespectador.com: Paul McCartney y su esposa tienen la cuarta fortuna de la música británica
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Far Out Magazine: In 1976, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met each other for the final time
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parade.com: Pioneering Singer-Songwriter, Blessed With the Voice of Todd Rundgren and Paul McCartney, Had His Career Ruined by a Teenage Contract 57 Years Ago
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Far Out Magazine: A 1966 Paul McCartney song “came from the first line” and is ranked as one of his ‘best ever’
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facebook.com: #EstadoFallido | “Llegamos a Madison Square Garden el 20 de octubre de 2001. Paul McCartney había convocado y los más grandes artistas del mundo enseguida levantaron la mano para estar ahí. El Concert for New York City no era un evento cualquiera:
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Indie Hoy: Los 3 mejores discos de Paul McCartney según Indie Hoy
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TicketNews: Paul McCartney tribute NYC tickets on sale for Sony Hall
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parade.com: Woodstock Pioneer, Who Influenced Paul McCartney and Pink Floyd, Completely Vanished Into a Desert Wasteland 39 Years Ago
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Guitar World: “It was the early Jimi Hendrix days. I was persuading George to do something feedback-y and crazy. I was showing him what I wanted and he said, ‘Well, you do it’”: On the trail of Paul McCartney, the Beatles’ not-so-secret guitarist
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Diario de Centro América: Tributo para Paul McCartney
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cultfollowing.co.uk: 'Go play with the Rolling Wings': John Lennon's brutal putdown of Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger
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Far Out Magazine: The 2005 song that left Paul McCartney in crisis and made him leave the studio: “I had to go home”
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aMENzing: Paul McCartney, Tove Styrke y Kim Petras protagonizan las novedades musicales del 29 de mayo
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Published video “Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson - Say Say Say”.
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“As the ice retreats, the oil giants are moving in. Instead of seeing the melting as a grave warning to humanity, they are eyeing the previously inaccessible oil beneath the seabed at the top of the world. They”
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“We had a lot of fun together ... just the nature of how we aren”
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Aire de Santa Fe: El integrante de Los Beatles que Paul McCartney no quería en la banda: "No creía que fuera un buen músico"
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plasticosydecibelios.com: EL CONSEJO QUE LE DIO PAUL MCCARTNEY A JOHNNY MARR A LA SEPARACIÓN DE THE SMITHS
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Mshale: Mizkif LEAKS On Emiru Are Insane... Paul Mccartney (xyDETMcM3c)
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MondoSonoro: PAUL McCARTNEY / ROCKS THE BOWERY : SURPRISE GIG IN NEW YORK 2025 2CD
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Showbiz411: Paul McCartney - Whose Pooch "Martha" Made a Great Beatles Song - Went to the Dogs Yesterday at Animal Rescue Event with the Fanning Sisters
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Enfoque Noticias: Paul McCartney engalanará el Festival Glastonbury
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Mshale: Angel City FC | Alyssa Thompson Goal | 04.12.25 Paul Mccartney (dPRA3SzWaF)
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Billboard: ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ de Paul McCartney debuta en No. 1 de 3 charts de Billboard
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Mshale: The Arranger Behind Rihanna, Paul McCartney, And The Super Bowl Anthem Act (Gszhs7P6xV)
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American Songwriter: The Story Behind Paul McCartney and Wings’ Most Unfiltered and Earnest Song Ever
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Yellow Scene Magazine: Band On The Run | The Music of Paul McCartney
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Indie Hoy: El músico que Paul McCartney nunca quiso en The Beatles: "No era bueno"
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That Eric Alper: Courtney Barnett Gives Paul McCartney And Wings’ “Let Me Roll It” A Gritty Rework
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rockandpop.cl: Johnny Marr le preguntó a Paul McCartney por la separación de The Smiths y recibió una inesperada respuesta
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Far Out Magazine: Johnny Marr recalls Paul McCartney's reaction to Smiths break-up
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NME: Johnny Marr shares "brilliant answer" he got from Paul McCartney about the break-up of The Smiths
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OkDiario: La frase de Paul McCartney (84 años) que invita a reflexionar sobre la vejez: «No importa lo joven o viejo ...
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parade.com: 1971 Chart-Topper, a Medley of Unfinished Songs, Became Paul McCartney's First No. 1 Solo Hit 55 Years Ago
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Mshale: Might Be Lonely Paul Mccartney (RxAhXUDH4i)
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parade.com: Paul McCartney’s No. 1 Duet Partner Swooped In on The Beatles’ Songs With $47.5 Million Deal 41 Years Ago Today
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Radio Mitre: La reflexión de Paul McCartney sobre la actitud: “La tristeza no es tristeza. Es felicidad con una campera negra”
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Rockum: Paul McCartney's Wings Book Returns in Paperback With The Beatles Connections and New Morgan Neville Conversation
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X1075 Las Vegas: Johnny Marr Opens Up About The Smiths’ Split and Paul McCartney’s Advice
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RockFM: Johnny Marr recuerda el consejo de Paul McCartney tras la ruptura de The Smiths: "Es una respuesta brillante viniendo de él"
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Did Trump post Paul McCartney is an anti-Trump joke on Truth Social?” Never Posted.
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Snopes rated the claim “A screenshot circulating in mid-2026 authentically showed a Truth Social post from U.S. President Donald Trump that disparaged The Beatles and called musician Paul McCartney an "ANTI-TRUMP JOKE."” Originated as Satire.
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Published video “On this day in 1972, Wings took flight on the 'Wings Over Europe' tour in Ollioules, France 👐”.
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Published video “AFewPeopleCan LAplayback vertical”.
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Public attention spiked: 30,729 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 9,469, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Vegetarianism and activism
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Published video “👐 Wings over Cleveland 👐”.
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Published video “Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane In conversation at the Roundhouse”.
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Published video “Guess what? Our album is Number One! Can't get much higher. And we are well chuffed 🐦⬛⭐️”.
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Published video “Pick up the exclusive red vinyl at your local Target 🎯🐦⬛”.
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Published video “The stories behind the story 🐦⬛ (The Boys of Dungeon Lane: Commentary Edition)”.
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Published video “Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane LA Listening Party (Days We Left Behind)”.
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Published video “My father was a salesman, my mother was a saint 🐦⬛”.
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Published video “Come inside The Boys of Dungeon Lane 🐦⬛”.
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Public attention spiked: 40,662 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 10,388, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#boston.com
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Released album “The Boys of Dungeon Lane”.
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Public attention spiked: 89,372 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.6× the usual 10,388, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: Fixed grammar
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Public attention spiked: 45,937 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 10,388, with 0 article edits.
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Released album “Man on the Run: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack”.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Karoline Leavitt, Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg, or Joy Behar say that Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, or a dozen other major artists "is just a musician"” Viet Spam.
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2025· 9 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Paul McCartney, Steven Tyler, J.K. Rowling, and Mick Jagger said "I see the world being corrupted by Gayness"” It's Viet Spam.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In September 2025, singer Paul McCartney stopped a concert in London to honor Charlie Kirk with a "Let It Be" tribute.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “In September 2025, singer Paul McCartney stopped a concert in London to honor Charlie Kirk with a "Let It Be" tribute.” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Paul McCartney paid tribute to Charlie Kirk during a September 11, 2025 concert in Madison Square Garden in New York” Didn't Happen.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In early August 2025, former member of The Beatles Paul McCartney visited musician Phil Collins in a hospital and performed "Hey Jude" for him.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Musician Paul McCartney once refused to celebrate Pride month, saying "woke doesn't deserve remembrance."” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Paul McCartney gave his private jet to a WW2 vet to help the 102-year-old American reunite with his wartime lover.” AI Slop.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr announced they are bringing The Beatles back to the U.S. with a reunion tour.” Click Bait.
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Released album “Got Back London 2024”.
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2024· 4 entries
Released ep “One Hand Clapping – The Backyard”.
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Released ep “One Hand Clapping – The Backyard (One Hand Clapping Sessions)”.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Viral social media posts shared in 2024 authentically describe Paul McCartney buying letters from John Lennon’s first marriage and returning them to Lennon’s former wife with a note telling her not to sell her memories.” Mixture.
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Snopes rated the claim “Viral social media posts shared in 2024 authentically describe Paul McCartney buying letters from John Lennon’s first marriage and returning them to Lennon’s former wife with a note telling her not to sell her memories.” Mixture.
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2023· 4 entries
Released album “Say Hello to Paul McCartney”.
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Snopes rated the claim “A photograph genuinely shows singers, Bono, Paul McCartney, and Freddy Mercury performing together at the Live Aid benefit concert in 1985.” True.
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Released album “The Demo Sessions”.
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McCartney published the book 1964: Eyes of the Storm, a collection of recently discovered photos he had taken at the height of Beatlemania
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2022· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Paul McCartney endorsed CBD gummies.” False.
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Released album “The 7″ Singles”.
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Released album “McCartney I II III”.
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Received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, as a producer for the documentary The Beatles: Get Back
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2021· 1 entry
Released album “McCartney III Imagined”.
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2020· 9 entries
Released ep “Love”.
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Released ep “Family”.
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Released ep “Holidays”.
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Released ep “Home”.
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Released album “McCartney III”.
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Released ep “The World Tonight”.
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Rolling Stone ranked him the ninth greatest bassist of all time
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Released ep “Young Boy”.
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Bass Player ranked him the third best bass player of all time
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2019· 1 entry
Released album “Amoeba Gig”.
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2018· 3 entries
Released album “Spotify Singles: Paul McCartney Box Set”.
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Released album “Egypt Station”.
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Awarded Wolf Prize in Arts (2018).
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2017· 3 entries
Released album “8LP Exclusive Color Vinyl Bundle”.
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Awarded Companion of Honour (2017).
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Released album “Give My Regards To Broad Street Sessions”.
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2016· 1 entry
Released album “Pure McCartney”.
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2014· 5 entries
Released ep “Hope for the Future”.
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Released album “Destiny (Original Soundtrack)”.
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Released ep “4”.
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McCartney wrote and performed "Hope for the Future", the ending song for the video game Destiny
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Released album “BBC Electric Proms 2007: Paul McCartney”.
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2013· 2 entries
Released album “Maida Vale Studios 2013”.
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Released album “New”.
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2012· 5 entries
Awarded MusiCares Person of the Year (2012).
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2012).
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Released album “iTunes Live from Capitol Studios”.
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Released album “Kisses on the Bottom”.
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Released album “In His Own Words”.
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2011· 4 entries
Released album “Ocean’s Kingdom”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Historical Album for Band on the Run (2011).
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Released album “The Love We Make”.
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McCartney married Nancy Shevell
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Gershwin Prize (2010).
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McCartney opened the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; it was his first concert in Pittsburgh since 1990 due to the old Civic Arena being deemed unsuitable for McCartney's logistical needs
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2009· 4 entries
Released album “Good Evening New York City”.
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Released album “In the 80's”.
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Performed three sold-out concerts at the newly built Citi Field, a venue constructed to replace Shea Stadium in Queens, New York
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After a four-year break, he returned to touring and has since performed over 80 shows
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2008· 4 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Yale University (2008).
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“Discussing The Beatles in the documentary, All Together Now (2008)”
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Performed at a concert in Liverpool to celebrate the city's year as European Capital of Culture
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Released his third Fireman album, Electric Arguments
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2007· 6 entries
Released ep “Amoeba’s Secret”.
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Released ep “iTunes Festival: London 2007”.
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Released album “Memory Almost Full”.
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Released album “The McCartney Years”.
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Released album “Chronicles of Wings”.
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“On the Beatles' early expectations of their success (2007 interview with Larry King)”
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2006· 5 entries
Released album “The Space Within US”.
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Released album “Ecce Cor Meum”.
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Released album “Best 16”.
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Released album “Best Selection”.
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McCartney released the classical work Ecce Cor Meum
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2005· 4 entries
Released album “Chaos and Creation in the Backyard”.
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Released album “In Red Square: A Concert Film”.
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“Sir Paul McCartney and PETA VP Dan Mathews Reflect on Two Decades of Activism (April 2005)”
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“Du schadest meinem Image." - zu John Lennon, zitiert in: DIE ZEIT, 27. November 2005, zeit.de”
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “The Alternate Red Rose Speedway”.
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Released album “Tug of War Demos”.
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2003· 3 entries
Released album “Back in the World”.
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Released album “Put It There”.
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The McCartneys had a child, Beatrice Milly
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Back in the U.S. Live 2002”.
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And headlining the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005
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2001· 5 entries
Released album “Driving Rain”.
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Released album “Wingspan Remixes”.
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Released album “Wingspan: Hits and History”.
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McCartney recorded a version of "That's All Right" with Elvis Presley's original guitarist Scotty Moore and original drummer D
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“a lovely guy and a very brave man who had a wonderful sense of humour”
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2000· 9 entries
Released album “Liverpool Sound Collage”.
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Released album “Live at The Cavern Club”.
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“Of arranging, The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 175”
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Released album “Return to Pepperland: The Unreleased 1987 Album”.
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Released the electronica album Liverpool Sound Collage with Super Furry Animals and Youth, using the sound collage and musique concrète techniques that had fascinated him in the mid-1960s
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“The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 96”
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“The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 212”
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“The Beatles Anthology (2000)”
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“The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 109”
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1999· 4 entries
Released album “Working Classical”.
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Released album “Run Devil Run”.
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Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999).
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McCartney released Run Devil Run
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1998· 5 entries
Released album “The Alternate Band On The Run”.
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Released Rushes, the second electronica album by the Fireman
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“I got a counsellor because I knew that I would need some help. He was great, particularly in helping me get rid of my guilt [about wishing I”
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“Last words to his wife, Linda, as recounted by McCartney in a statement released to the press three days after her death; as quoted in "Linda's Death 'Heartbreak' for McCartney" by Emma Ross, Tucson Citizen (April 21, 1998), p. B1”
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“Animal Times interview, Fall, 1998”
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1997· 6 entries
Released album “Standing Stone”.
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Awarded Knight Bachelor (1997).
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Released album “Flaming Pie”.
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Released album “The Soundcheck Songs Vol. 1”.
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Released album “The Soundcheck Songs Vol. 2”.
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McCartney released the rock album Flaming Pie
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “Litolff: Scherzo / Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave / Offenbach: Dances from "Gaite Parisienne" / Lennon-McCartney: Yesterday”.
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1995· 5 entries
Released album “The Family Way”.
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Released album “Oobu Joobu, Part 1 & 2”.
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For the American network Westwood One, which he described as "widescreen radio"
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Prince Charles presented him with an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Music—"kind of amazing for somebody who doesn't read a note of music", commented McCartney
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Released album “Gold Ballads”.
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1994· 3 entries
Released album “Beatles Classic Hits”.
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McCartney took a four-year break from his solo career to work on Apple's Beatles Anthology project with Harrison, Starr and Martin
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Released album “Good Times Comin'”.
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1993· 5 entries
Released album “Paul Is Live”.
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Released album “Off the Ground”.
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Released album “Karaoke Lennon & McCartney”.
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Released album “Hot Night In Charlotte”.
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Released album “Deliverance Live”.
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1991· 5 entries
Released album “Liverpool Oratorio”.
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Released album “London Town Roughs & Demos”.
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McCartney performed a selection of acoustic-only songs on MTV Unplugged and released a live album of the performance titled Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
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When the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society commissioned a musical piece by him to celebrate its sesquicentennial
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Released album “Unplugged: The Official Bootleg”.
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1990· 6 entries
Released album “Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!”.
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Released album “Tripping the Live Fantastic”.
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Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1990).
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Released album “Played to press”.
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Released album “Paul McCartney Rocks”.
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When asked who his favourite guitar players were he included Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour, stating, "but I still like Hendrix the best"
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1989· 3 entries
Released album “Flowers in the Dirt”.
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Joined forces with fellow Merseysiders Gerry Marsden and Holly Johnson to record an updated version of "Ferry Cross the Mersey", for the Hillsborough disaster appeal fund
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Released album “Hot Hits - Cold Cuts”.
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1988· 3 entries
Released album “Снова в СССР”.
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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
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McCartney released Снова в СССР, initially available only in the Soviet Union, which contained eighteen covers; recorded over the course of two days
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1987· 1 entry
Released album “All the Best!”.
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1986· 2 entries
Released album “Press to Play”.
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Released ep “Paul McCartney's Rupert and the Frog Song”.
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1985· 3 entries
Warner Brothers commissioned McCartney to write a song for the comedic feature film Spies Like Us
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“(The banter between them, joking but with serious undertones, continued during that evening. Paul said, 'You're bad for my image!' John retorted, 'You're soft. Shurrup and watch the telly like a good boy.' - Ray Coleman: Lennon. McGraw-Hill, 1985. p. 200)”
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“Songs am Piano schreibt man weg vom Körper, mit ausgestreckten Armen. Die Gitarre dagegen umarmt man wie eine Frau. So klingen dann auch die Songs, die ich auf jedem dieser Instrumente schreibe. Das wurde mir erst vor ein paar Jahren richtig klar." - Bravo Nr. 4/1985 vom 17. Januar 1985, S. 15”
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1984· 3 entries
Released album “Give My Regards to Broad Street”.
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McCartney starred in Give My Regards to Broad Street, a feature film he also wrote and produced and which included Starr in an acting role
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Released album “Paul McCartney and Wings”.
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1983· 2 entries
Released album “Pipes of Peace”.
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“I would not have been as typically human and standoffish as I was if I knew John was going to die. I would have made more of an effort to try and get behind his”
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1982· 19 entries
Released album “Tug of War”.
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“Miłość, którą odbierasz, jest równa miłości, którą dajesz.”
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“She's lovely, great. She was very friendly. She was just like a mum to us.”
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“Ebano e avorio convivono in perfetta armonia fianco a fianco sulla tastiera del mio pianoforte; oh Signore, perché noi no?”
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“[Parlando della scelta vegetariana intrapresa con la moglie Linda] Adesso non mangiamo più niente che debba essere ucciso per noi. Ne abbiamo passate tante, negli anni sessanta, con tutta la droga e gli amici che morivano come mosche, e adesso siamo arrivati al punto in cui diamo davvero un grande valore alla vita.”
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“We probably seem to be anti-religious… none of us believes in God. (ang.)”
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“With life and all I’ve been through, I do have a belief in goodness, a good spirit. I think what people have done with religion is personified good and evil, so good’s become God with 'o' out, and evil’s become Devil with a 'd' added. That’s my theory of religion. (ang.)”
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“Personally, I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that "Can’t Buy Me Love" is about a prostitute, I draw the line. That’s going too far. (ang.)”
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“We thought we’d be really big in Liverpool. (ang.)”
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“Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord why don't we?”
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“I thought the only lonely place was on the moon. (ang.)”
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“The love you take is equal to the love you make. (ang.)”
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“britischer Musiker, Bassgitarrist und Komponist”
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“En la vida real, el que no se rinde es todo un valiente.”
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“(en) And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make”
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“Myślałem, że jedyne samotne miejsce to księżyc.”
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“[Sui Beatles] Non arriveremo mai al punto di pubblicare delle schifezze, perché sappiamo che la gente le comprerebbe.”
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“Some fella said to me, "Have you had LSD, Paul?" And I said "Yes." And it was only 'cuz I was going to just be honest with him. There's no other reason. I didn't want to spread it or anything, you know. I'm not trying to do anything except answer his question. But he happened to be a reporter, and I happened to be a Beatle.”
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McCartney collaborated with Stevie Wonder on the Martin-produced number-one hit "Ebony and Ivory", included on McCartney's Tug of War LP, and with Michael Jackson on "The Girl Is Mine" from Thriller
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1980· 4 entries
Released album “The McCartney Interview”.
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Released album “McCartney II”.
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And has been touring as a solo artist since 1989
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McCartney released his second solo LP, the self-produced McCartney II, which peaked at number one in the UK and number three in the US
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1979· 2 entries
With twenty shows in the UK that included the live debut of the Beatles songs "Got to Get You into My Life", "The Fool on the Hill" and "Let It Be"
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By Wings, became the group's last number-one hit
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1975· 2 entries
Began the fourteen-month Wings Over the World Tour, which included stops in the UK, Australia, Europe and the US
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Paul McCartney and Wings won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance for the song "Band on the Run", and Geoff Emerick won the Grammy for Best Engineered Recording for the album
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1974· 2 entries
Wings achieved a second US number-one single with the title track
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McCartney hired guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton to replace McCullough and Seiwell
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1973· 2 entries
The McCartneys and Laine recorded Band on the Run
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“s album Ringo. McCartney played a kazoo solo on”
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1972· 1 entry
With a debut performance in front of an audience of seven hundred at the University of Nottingham
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1971· 4 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Original Score for Let It Be (1971).
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Released album “RAM”.
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McCartney bought the publishing rights to Holly's catalogue, and in 1976, on the fortieth anniversary of Holly's birth, McCartney inaugurated the annual "Buddy Holly Week" in England
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Collaborated with Linda and drummer Denny Seiwell on a second album, Ram
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1970· 3 entries
Released album “McCartney”.
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“Hit Parader (January 1970)”
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McCartney continued his musical career with his first solo release, McCartney, a US number-one album
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1969· 1 entry
“The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics (1969), p 107”
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1968· 1 entry
“Pop Chronicles: Show 39 - The Rubberization of Soul: The great pop music renaissance. Part 5, interview recorded 5.14.1968”
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1967· 3 entries
Released album “The Family Way: Original Soundtrack Recording”.
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“Lovely Rita" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)”
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“When I'm Sixty-Four" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)”
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1966· 3 entries
“Here, There and Everywhere" from Revolver (1966) - Full lyrics at Songfacts.com”
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“Opis: o spotkaniu z Elvisem Presleyem 27 sierpnia 1966.”
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“Here, There and Everywhere" (1966)”
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1965· 3 entries
Awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (1965).
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“About Queen Elizabeth II, in an interview after the Beatles received their MBEs from her (26 October 1965)”
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“Yesterday", from Help! (1965)”
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1964· 2 entries
On the knowledge that the guitar's hollow body would produce more feedback
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“if I had to pick one electric guitar it would be this.”
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1961· 1 entry
Sutcliffe left the Beatles, and McCartney became their bass player
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1958· 1 entry
As lead guitarist, followed by Lennon's art school friend Stuart Sutcliffe on bass, in 1960
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1954· 1 entry
Met schoolmate George Harrison on the bus from his suburban home in Speke
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1953· 1 entry
Was one of only three students out of 90 to pass the 11-Plus exam, meaning he could attend the Liverpool Institute, a grammar school rather than a secondary modern school
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1944· 1 entry
And then in a council housing development in Speke in 1946
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-06-18.
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