Paul McCartney



Full name: Sir James Paul McCartney MBE

Born: 18th June, 1942

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

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

Spouse: Linda Eastman (1969-1998), Heather Mills (2002-2008), Nancy Shevell (2011-present)

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

Grandchildren: Grandsons Arthur Alistair (*1999), Elliot (*2002) and Miller Alasdhair James (*2005), Becket Robert Lee (*2008), Sam Aboud (*2008); granddaughters Bailey Linda Olwyn (*2006), Reiley (*2010)

Career:

1942: Paul is born at Woolton Hospital in Liverpool
1944: Paul's brother Mike is born
1956: Paul's mother Mary (47) dies of cancer;
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 which turns out to be a flop
1985: Contribution to the Live Aid charity concert for the benefit of the third world
1989/90: First big world tour in 13 years
1991: MTV's Unplugged show
First presentation of the Liverpool Oratorio
1993/94: New World Tour
1994: Start of a 2-years collaboration on the Anthology project with the other two Ex-Beatles
1995: Release of the first song with Harrison and Starr Free As A Bird as well as the first Anthology album
1996: Release of the second "Threetles" song Real Love as well as two more Anthology albums containing previously unreleased Beatles material
1997: Receiving knighthood by british queen
Album Flaming Pie
Classical work Standing Stone
1998: Linda Mccartney (56) dies of cancer
1999: Album Run Devil Run
Contribution to the musical commemoration for his late wife A Garland For Linda
Appointment to the Rock'n'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
2001: Composition of the song Freedom and Organisation 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;
George Harrion (58) dies of cancer in late November
2002: Act on a memorial concert for Harrison together with Gerry and the Pacemakers; Wedding to Heather Mills
US-tour followed by gigs in Australia, Japan and Mexico; Concert for George featuring Ringo Starr and others
2003: European tour
2004: 04 Summer Tour
2005: Album Chaos And Creation In the Backyard
2007: Album Memory Almost Full
2008: Settlement of a 2-years divorce battle
2009:Summer Live '09 Tour;
Good Evening Europe Tour
2011: Up And Coming Tour;
On The Run Tour;
Ballet album Ocean's Kingdom;
Wedding to Nancy Shevell
2013: Out There Tour
Album New;
2016/17: One on One Tour
2018: 2018 Secret Gigs;
Freshen Up Tour (until 2019)

Studio albums

1970: McCartney
1971: Ram
1972: Wild Life
1973: Red Rose Speedway;
          Band On The Run
1975: Venus and Mars
1976: Wings at the Speed Of Sound
1978: London Town
1979: Back to The Egg
1980: McCartney II
1982: Tug of War
1983: Pipes of Peace
1986: Press to Play
1987: All the Best!
1988: CHOBA B CCCP (Back In The USSR)
1989: Flowers in the Dirt
1993: Off The Ground;
1997: Flaming Pie
1999: Run Devil Run
2001:Driving Rain
2003: Back In The World
2008: Memory Almost Full
2012: Kisses On The Bottom
2013: New
2018: Egypt Station
2020: McCartney III

Live albums

1976: Wings over America
1990: Tripping the Live Fantastic
          Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!
1991: Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
1993: Paul Is Live
2002: Back in the U.S.
2003: Back in the World
2009: Good Evening New York City

Compilation albums

1978; Wings Greatest
1987: All the Best!
2001: Wingspan: Hits and History

Classical albums

1991: Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
1997: Standing Stone
1999: Working Classical
2000: A Garland for Linda
2006: Ecce Cor Meum

Soundtrack albums

1967: The Family Way
1984: Give My Regards to Broad Street

Other albums

1977: Thrillington (Percy "Thrills" Thrillington)
1993: Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (The Fireman)
1998: Rushes (The Fireman)
1999: Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition (Paul McCartney & Wings)
2000: Liverpool Sound Collage
2005: Twin Freaks (with The Freelance Hellraiser)
          Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (special edition)
2008: Electric Arguments (The Fireman)

Promotional albums and limited release albums

1980: The McCartney Interview
1990: Paul McCartney Rocks
1993: The New World Sampler
1997: Oobu Joobu - Ecology
2005: Never Stop Doing What You Love
          Paul: The US Tour Presented by Lexus
2007: iTunes Festival: London
2010: Paul McCartney Live in Los Angeles
2012: iTunes Live from Capitol Studios
          Kisses on the Bottom - Complete Kisses


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