Like Lennon, Paul McCartney is debatably the most famous member of the Beatles. Whether your favorite Beatle is John or Paul, one thing is certain and that it he has had the most successful post Beatles career. He has developed his career the most and grossed the most amount of money.
Paul McCartney was born on June 18th, 1942 in Liverpool. His father was a jazz musician and contributed greatly to Paul’s song writing ability. In 1956, he bought his first guitar and began player. Shortly after that, he met Lennon and joined his band the Quarrymen. After a few line up changes, the group became the Silver Beetles and then just the Beatles.
McCartney contributed greatly to the success of the Beatles. Many of the most famous Beatles tunes were written and sung by McCartney. Even though he was well versed in both guitar and piano, he played the bass in the band. He was considered to be one of the greatest song writers of all time because of his success.
Not long after his marriage to Linda Eastman, the Beatles spilt up in 1970. Like John, George and Ringo, McCartney began releasing solo projects. His first solo project went double platinum internationally with the hit song “Maybe I’m Amazed”.
Like Lennon, McCartney worked with his wife on music. In 1971, the two formed the group Wings. The group would have musicians come and go through out the next several years. The group also had only one U.S. hit which was Red Rose Speedway.
After nearly a decade, Wings broke up and McCartney continued with his solo career. In 1981, he released a solo album Tug-a-War which featured Ringo Starr and Stevie Wonder in some of the hits. With the success of many solo songs, Wing tours and his latest project, McCartney proved that he was able to still write hits
One of the best finical decisions McCartney made was to purchase the copyrights of pop-songs. He owned the rights to Buddy Holly, Beatle Songs and many more songs. By investing in songs, commercials and televisions shows owed McCartney royalty every time they played the song. In the 1980s, McCartney found himself in a losing bid against Michael Jackson for a lot of the Beatles songs.
In 1997, McCartney was knighted by the Queen of England. He was the only Beatle to be knighted. The next year, McCartney lost his wife when she died of breast cancer. After her death, McCartney formed a new band with former members of Pink Floyd and 1999, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the second time for his solo work.
Since then, McCartney has made many public appearances such as the 2006 Super bowl half time show and writing the Vanilla Sky Soundtrack. McCartney has shown a very successful career after the Beatles. He considered one of the greatest song writers of all time.