Paul Mccartney

Nineteen sixty two, the year rock and roll came to life. The Beatles, band on the run, English rock group, also know as Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The group brought rock and roll to life gave it a meaning. Music was the way to for people to listen and understand music was a way of communication and Paul McCartney, one of the four who started it. Does he still have what it takes to be a rock star up to today? Paul McCartney a British vocalist, song writer, composer, bass player, poet, and painter whose being and doing the things he did in the sixties helped life popular music from its roots in the entertainment world. McCartney helped transform music into a creative highly artistic from. McCartney is also one of the most popular solo performers of all time in all terms of recording and concerts. Paul McCartney is one of the most successful rock stars in all history of rock and roll. McCartney’s career span over four decades long which introduced him into the rock and roll hall of fame (“Paul McCartney”;Britannica Biographies). It all started back in 1942, where James Paul McCartney was born June 18, 1942 in Liverpool UK. to Jim a bandleader and Mary a nurse who helped deliver babies. The family was already musical as it was. McCartney was only 14 when his mom Mary died from breast cancer. Later that year McCartney attempted and succeeded to writing his first song. Not only did he write his first song McCartney also taught himself how to play the guitar (“Paul McCartney”). Later in the summer of 1957, McCartney was introduced to John Lennon who was already in a skiffle band called Quarry Men, which McCartney soon joined after meeting and becoming friends with the group. By this point in time, McCartney and Lennon Began writing songs together and shared all the song writing credits(“Paul McCartney”). Nineteen Sixty was the big year. That was the year Paul, George, John, and Ringo all said goodbye to the Quarry Men

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