The growing family was rehoused at a flat in Knowsley in 1944 and then in a council housing development in Speke in 1946. Hannay and Co., having been promoted from his job as a sample boy in their warehouse when the war broke out, Hannay's was shuttered, and Jim was employed as a lathe turner at Napier's defence engineering works, volunteering for the fire brigade at night. Before the war, Jim had worked as a salesman for the cotton merchants A. Īccording to his biographer Peter Ames Carlin, McCartney's parents came from the "lowest rungs of the working class" but had experienced some upward social mobility during their lifetimes. Religion was not emphasised in the household. Paul and Michael were baptised in their mother's Catholic faith, even though their father was a former Protestant who had turned agnostic. McCartney has a younger brother, Peter Michael, and a younger stepsister, Ruth, born to his father Jim's second wife, Angie, during her first marriage. Both of his parents were of Irish descent. McCartney was born on 18 June 1942 at Walton Hospital in the Walton area of Liverpool, where his mother, Mary Patricia (née Mohin), had qualified to practise as a nurse. Early life The home at 20 Forthlin Road in Allerton, into which the McCartney family moved in 1955 As of 2020, he is one of the wealthiest musicians in the world, with an estimated fortune of £800 million. 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, 18 Grammy Awards, an appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1965, and a knighthood in 1997 for services to music. McCartney has written or co-written a record 32 songs that have topped the Billboard Hot 100 and, as of 2009, he had sales of 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the US. 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. 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). He resumed his solo career in 1980 and has been touring as a solo artist since 1989. 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". Under McCartney's leadership, Wings became one of the most successful bands of the 1970s. Although primarily a bassist with the Beatles, he played a number of other instruments, including keyboards, guitars, and drums, on various songs.Īfter 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. Many of his Beatles songs, including " And I Love Her", " Yesterday", " Eleanor Rigby", and " Blackbird", rank among the most covered songs in history. 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. 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. He began his career when he joined Lennon's skiffle group, the Quarrymen, in 1957, which eventually evolved into the Beatles in 1960. īorn 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. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in modern music history. 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. Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE (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 shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. From the BBC programme Front Row, 26 December 2012
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