Monday, April 4, 2011

McCartney's Silly Love Songs (video)



"Silly Love Songs" is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. The song was released as a single and included on the album Wings at the Speed of Sound in 1976. The US single was released on 1 April 1976 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The UK single was released on 30 April 1976 and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies.

McCartney 1968

From May 1960, The Beatles were booked by Allan Williams,[39] to perform at a club in Hamburg. For the next two years, The Beatles remained in Hamburg for much of the time, performing as a resident group in a number of Hamburg clubs. During their two-year Hamburg residency they returned to Liverpool from time to time, performing at the Cavern club. Prior to the end of the residency, Sutcliffe left the band, so McCartney, reluctantly, became The Beatles' bass player. The Beatles recorded their first published musical material in Hamburg, performing as the backing group for Tony Sheridan on the single "My Bonnie". This recording later brought the Beatles to the attention of a key figure in their subsequent development and commercial success, Brian Epstein, who became their next manager.

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Paul with bass guitar


At the age of 15, McCartney met John Lennon and The Quarrymen at the St. Peter's Church Hall fĂȘte in Woolton on 6 July 1957. He formed a close working relationship with Lennon and they collaborated writing many songs. Harrison joined the group in early 1958 as lead guitarist, followed in early 1960 by Lennon's art school friend, Stuart Sutcliffe on bass. By May 1960, they had tried several new names, including "Johnny and the Moondogs" and "The Silver Beetles", playing a tour of Scotland under that name with Johnny Gentle. They finally changed the name of the group to "The Beatles" in mid-August 1960 and recruited Pete Best at short-notice to become their drummer for an imminent engagement in Hamburg.


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Paul mocking

Paul was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Beatles January 20, 1988.

Paul Let It Be session

The August 1998 issue of the British rock magazine "Q," named McCartney as the Richest Rock Star in The World with an estimated fortune of over 500 miilion pound sterling.

Paul McCartney's NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS (video)



Stephen Thomas Erlewine of allmusic said this song was "an absolutely lovely mid-tempo tune graced by a terrific David Gilmour guitar solo."[2] In a radio interview prior to 1990's Knebworth concerts, Gilmour told Jim Ladd that "No More Lonely Nights" was the last thing McCartney recorded for the film, and that he told McCartney to give his session fee to a charity of his choice.
McCartney was born in Walton Hospital in Liverpool, England, where his mother, Mary (born Mohan), had worked as a nurse in the maternity ward. He has one brother, Michael, born 7 January 1944. McCartney was baptised Roman Catholic but was raised non-denominationally: his mother was Roman Catholic and his father James, or "Jim" McCartney, was a Protestant turned agnostic.