Paul McCartney Biography

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Birth Name(s) : James Paul McCartney

Date of Birth: N/A

Status: Single

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Profession: Singer-songwriter, musician, artist, activist

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In 1968 he and Gus Dudgeon co-produced the song "I'm The Urban Spaceman" by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and were collectively credited as "Apollo C. Vermouth" because of contractual restrictions. The band later paid tribute to them with their recording "Mister Apollo", a song about an impossibly perfect body builder.

In 1974, he recorded an instrumental, "Walking in the Park with Eloise", which had been written by his father. The song (with B-side, "Bridge Over The River Suite") was released on a 1974 single by the "Country Hams", which featured Wings, Floyd Cramer and Chet Atkins. Both tracks were later featured on the CD reissue of Wings at the Speed of Sound.

In 1994 he appeared as "The Fireman" (a collaboration with Youth) with the album Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, discussed above, an album based on sounds from his album "Off the Ground". In 1998, "The Fireman" appeared again with a second album, Rushes.

On 2 July 2005, he was involved with the fastest-released single in history. His performance of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" with U2 at Live 8 was released only 45 minutes after it was performed, before the end of the concert. The single reached number six on the Billboard charts, just hours after the single's release, and hit number one on numerous online download charts across the world.

1966
- "Eleanor Rigby" (help·info) Wiki-link (song) Eleanor Rigby
- "Got to Get You into My Life" (help·info) Wiki-link (song) Got to Get You into My Life

1967
- "Penny Lane" (help·info) Wiki-link (song) Penny Lane
- "When I'm Sixty-Four" (help·info) Wiki-link (song) When I'm Sixty-Four

1968
- "Blackbird" (help·info) Wiki-link (song) Blackbird
- "Mother Nature's Son" (help·info) Wiki-link (song) Mother Nature's Son
- "Helter Skelter" (help·info) Wiki-link (song) Helter Skelter

1969
- "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (help·info) Wiki-link (song) She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

The string and wind arrangements in "Eleanor Rigby", "Penny Lane", and "When I'm Sixty-Four" were arranged by George Martin.