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Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

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Sir James Paul McCartney, (born June 18 1942 in Liverpool) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was known worldwide as the singer and bassist of the Beatles, for which he wrote together with John Lennon most tracks. The composers partnership Lennon / McCartney is one of the largest and most successful in the history of pop music. After the Beatles McCartney launched a successful solo career and founded with his wife Linda the band Wings. Since the 1980s, he worked exclusively as a solo artist and is also dedicated to new musical areas such as electronic and classical music.

McCartney is now considered the most successful songwriter in the history of pop music. His play Yesterday is regarded as the most played pop song of all time. Since the 1970s, McCartney, who is a vegetarian, is committed to the rights of animals.

McCartney's first solo album with the simple title McCartney, which he had recorded parallel to work with the Beatles, in which McCartney completely alone rehearsed earned bad reviews. But was still commercially successful.

 With the separation of the Beatles, it was now McCartney, who fell into a deep depression, he retired with his new family, for several months back to a farm in Scotland, where he was temporarily an alcoholic and increasingly neglected himself until his wife Linda McCartney encouraged him to to record new music together.

The following year  the first single, Another Day / Oh Woman Oh Why, and the album Ram came out. Also this came off badly in the criticism, but sold well. 

Awards 

In 1965 he received along with the other Beatles the Order Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

In 1980 he won the first recipient of Grammy Awards for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

In 1997 he received the award from Queen Elizabeth II and was elevated to Knight Bachelor in the nobility. Since then he has the right to lead the nobility Sir as a prefix to his name.

In 2001 he received from Mikhail Gorbachev's the World Award.

In 2003 he was awarded by the University of Sussex, an honorary doctorate degrees.

In 2008 he was awarded by the Yale University an honorary doctorate.

In 2008 he won in Liverpool as part of the MTV Europe Music Awards honor the price MTV Ultimate Legend Award.

In 2010 he was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the Library of Congress 

In 2010 he received the Kennedy Center Award for lifelong achievements in the performing arts.

In addition, he also received countless music awards, platinum and gold records from around the world. He also has the only rhodium record that has ever been awarded by the Guinness Book of Records.

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