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's second wife Angie during her first marriage. Both of his parents were of Irish descent. His father, James ('Jim') McCartney, was absent from his son's birth, due to his work as a volunteer firefighter during World War II. James Paul 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. The home at 20 Forthlin Road in Allerton, into which the McCartney family moved in 1955 Beyond music, he has taken part in projects to promote international charities related to such subjects as animal rights, seal hunting, land mines, vegetarianism, poverty, and music education. 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, 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, had sales of 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the US. Among his best known songs with Wings include the US or UK number-one hits ' My Love', ' Band on the Run', ' Listen to What the Man Said', ' Silly Love Songs', and ' Mull of Kintyre' while his UK or US number-one solo hits have included ' 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 toured as a solo artist since 1989. Led by McCartney, Wings was one of the most successful bands of the 1970s, with more than a dozen international top 10 singles and albums. While primarily a bassist with the Beatles, in various songs he played a number of other instruments, including keyboards, guitars, and drums.Īfter the Beatles disbanded, he debuted as a solo artist with the 1970 album McCartney and formed 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 the creative impetus for most of their music and film projects. Sometimes called 'the cute Beatle', McCartney later involved himself with the London avant-garde and spearheaded the incorporation of experimental aesthetics into the Beatles' studio productions. He began his career when he joined Lennon's skiffle group, the Quarrymen, in 1957, which 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 'n' roll performers such as Little Richard and Buddy Holly. His songwriting partnership with Lennon remains the most successful in history. One of the most successful composers and performers of all time, he is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile and wide tenor vocal range, and musical eclecticism, exploring styles ranging from pre–rock 'n' roll pop to classical 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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