Birthdate: June 18th, 1942
Birthplace: Liverpool
Height: 5 foot, 11 inches
Weight: 11 stone, 4 pounds
Eye Colour: Hazel
Hair Colour: Black
Brother: Mike
Sisters: none
Instruments Played: Bass Guitar, Drums, Piano, Banjo
Educated: Liverpool Institute High School
Age Entered Show Business: 18
Former Occupation: Student
Hobbies: Girls, Songwriting, Sleeping
Favourite Singers: Ben E. King, Little Richard, Chuck Jackson, Larry Williams
Favourite Actors: Marlon Brando, Tony Perkins
Favourite Actresses: Brigitte Bardot, Juliette Greco
Favourite Foods: Chicken Maryland
Favourite Drinks: Milk
Favourite CLothes: Good Suits, Suede
Favourite Band: Billy Cotton
Favourite Instrumentalist: none special
Favourite Composers: Goffin-King
Likes: Music, T.V.
Dislikes: Shaving
Tastes in Music: R&B, Modern Jazz
Personal Ambitions: To have my Picture in the Dandy
Professional Abmition: To Popularize a Sound
Paul McCartney was born at Walton Road Hospital in Rice Lane, Liverpool, on June 18,
1942. Paul was the first son of Mary and James McCartney. His brother, Michael, was
born eighteen months later. Paul's mother was a midwife and died of breast cancer in
1955. Her death deeply hurt Paul. Paul's father was a cotton salesman and an amateur
jazz musician. Paul passed his 11-Plus examination in 1957 and entered the Liverpool
Institute, a popular high school, near the city center.
One day while traveling to school
on a bus he met a younger student, George Harrison. Another good friend of Paul's was
Ivan Vaughan who invited Paul to "The Woolton Parish Church Fete" at St. Peter's
Church. There Paul was introduced to John Lennon, who was playing in a "skiffle
group" called "The Quarry Men". Paul played guitar for John back stage and a day
later John asked Paul to join the group. After Paul had joined the group more and more
changes were taking place.
Paul pitched George as a potentially guitar player to John
and George joined the group. More rock 'n' roll songs were introduce into the act and
Paul encourage John to write and use some of their own material.
Paul and John
started writing songs together and their musical and writing talents work perfectly
together. Although John was the leader of the group, Paul was the one who seemed to
have the greater drive for success and he worked hard to achieve it. Paul switched from
guitar to bass guitar when Stuart Sutcliffe left the band in 1961. The songs from John
and Paul were mainly written in the early days of The Beatles. After they had become
established, John and Paul mainly wrote their own songs but agreed to credit all songs
as "Lennon/McCartney" numbers. While John's songs were more head on rock 'n'
roll or cutting edge songs, Paul preferred romantic numbers and songs which
indicated the influence of Hollywood musicals. Songs like "Yesterday", "Michelle",
"When I'm Sixty-Four", and "Lovely Rita" are typical McCartney songs. Paul seemed
to be more cultural then the other Beatles. When The Beatles moved to London Paul
stayed in the city while the others chose to live in houses out in the suburbs. Paul
attended the theater and collected paintings by artists such as Magritte. His long time
girlfriend Jane Asher helped him to develop his artistic tastes. After a five year
romance, Paul and Jane broke up much to the shock of the media.
After Brian Epstein
was found dead in August 1967, Paul was determined to prevent the group from losing
interest in their career and encouraged them to film "Magical Mystery Tour". This
caused some friction between Paul and John because John felt like Paul was trying to
become leader of the band. Paul directed The Beatles promotional film for "Hello
Goodbye" that year.
In 1968, Paul began seeing Linda Eastman and the couple were
married in March 1969. Paul adopted Linda's daughter Heather and the couple had
three children of their own, Mary, Stella, and James. During the filming and recording
of the "Let It Be" project, Paul and George got into several arguments one eventually
lead to George walking out. After some convincing George came back, but The Beatles
were not the team they use to be. Paul became angered even more when the other three
Beatles appointed Allen Klein as the head of Apple Corps. against Paul's wishes.
After
the release of Paul's first solo album "McCartney", Paul formally announced that he
was no longer a member of The Beatles due to "Musical differences". Paul had quickly
formed his own group called "Wings" which included his wife Linda on keyboards.
Paul made several albums through out the 70's and 80's and also made several
television appearances in the 80's and 90's.
