Post by yerblues1968 on Jun 28, 2008 22:49:44 GMT -5
SIR PAUL McCARTNEY PORTRAIT
Last Updated: 1:17PM BST 28/06/2008
Sir Paul McCartney
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is the most successful musician and composer in popular music history, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
He has 60 gold discs to his name and sales of 100 million singles. The Beatles’ hit song, Yesterday, is the most covered song in history, having been performed by 3,700 artists.
The Liverpudlian formed the Beatles with John Lennon and George Harrison at the age of 16. After playing some underground gigs and a low-key tour, they were spotted at Liverpool’s Cavern Club by their future manager, Brian Epstein, in 1961.
The band quickly rose to international stardom from their first single, Love Me Do, propelled by the song-writing collaboration of Lennon and McCartney. The quartet, joined by drummer Ringo Starr, became the most famous pop group in the world, and was adored by legions of female fans. The Beatles had 17 number one singles in the UK, made three films, and were outspoken about their drug-taking.
McCartney continued to record and produced hits with his second band, Wings, after The Beatles split in 1970.
He became a prominent vegetarian and animal rights activist with his wife of 30 years, Linda Eastman. The mother of his three children, Mary, Stella and James, died of breast cancer in 1998. The songwriter has recently been through a bitter public divorce with model and charity campaigner, Heather Mills, with whom he has a daughter, Beatrice.
Sir Paul was knighted in 1997, and is now one of Britain’s richest men, with an estimated fortune of £400 million.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/nationaltreasures/2193343/Sir-Paul-McCartney-portrait.html
Last Updated: 1:17PM BST 28/06/2008
Sir Paul McCartney
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is the most successful musician and composer in popular music history, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
He has 60 gold discs to his name and sales of 100 million singles. The Beatles’ hit song, Yesterday, is the most covered song in history, having been performed by 3,700 artists.
The Liverpudlian formed the Beatles with John Lennon and George Harrison at the age of 16. After playing some underground gigs and a low-key tour, they were spotted at Liverpool’s Cavern Club by their future manager, Brian Epstein, in 1961.
The band quickly rose to international stardom from their first single, Love Me Do, propelled by the song-writing collaboration of Lennon and McCartney. The quartet, joined by drummer Ringo Starr, became the most famous pop group in the world, and was adored by legions of female fans. The Beatles had 17 number one singles in the UK, made three films, and were outspoken about their drug-taking.
McCartney continued to record and produced hits with his second band, Wings, after The Beatles split in 1970.
He became a prominent vegetarian and animal rights activist with his wife of 30 years, Linda Eastman. The mother of his three children, Mary, Stella and James, died of breast cancer in 1998. The songwriter has recently been through a bitter public divorce with model and charity campaigner, Heather Mills, with whom he has a daughter, Beatrice.
Sir Paul was knighted in 1997, and is now one of Britain’s richest men, with an estimated fortune of £400 million.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/nationaltreasures/2193343/Sir-Paul-McCartney-portrait.html