Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

  • Paul McCartney - HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 09:  Artist James McCartney attends the star ceremony as artist Paul McCartney is honored with a star on  The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on February 9, 2012 in Hollywood, California.
  • Paul McCartney - HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 09:  Artist Neil Young and artist Paul McCartney attend Paul McCartney's star ceremony on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on February 9, 2012 in Hollywood, California.
  • Paul McCartney - Music legend Paul McCartney gestures on arrival for a ceremony marking the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 9, 2012 in Hollywood, California. Receiving the 2,460th Star on the famed walkways of Hollywood, McCartney's star is lined up alongside his fellow Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
  • Paul McCartney - Singer Paul McCartney performs during his concert at the Olympiysky stadium, in Moscow December 14, 2011.
  • Paul McCartney - British singer Paul McCartney performs on stage on November 30, 2011 at the Bercy Palais-Omnisport (POPB) in Paris.
  • Paul McCartney - ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 12:  (L-R) Musician Paul McCartney talks with Jake Humphrey and Eddie Jordan of the BBC in the paddock following qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit on November 12, 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • Paul McCartney - ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 12:  Musician Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell walk in the paddock following qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit on November 12, 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • Paul McCartney - A Christie's employee poses with a handwritten letter by British musucuan Paul McCartney, dated 12 August 1960, inviting an unknown drummer to audition for The Beatles that is estimate to fetch around 7,000 British pounds (11,200 US dollars) during a press preview of rock and pop memorabilia at the auction house in London on November 11, 2011. The letter was discovered folded-up inside a book in 2011 by an anonymous collector at a car boot sale in Bootle, Liverpool.
  • Paul McCartney - Barbara Back and musician Ringo Starr arrive at Westminster Registry Office in Marylebone for the wedding of Sir Paul McCartney and his fiancee Nancy Shevell on October 9, 2011 in London.
  • Paul McCartney - A Beatles fan shows her tattoos to the media as she waits outside Marylebone registry office in central London on October 9, 2011. Rumours have circulated of the marriage of British musician Sir Paul McCartney to US fiance Nancy Shevell but no confirmed information has been made available as to where. With this marriage being Sir Paul's third, Marylebone registry office has been rumoured to be the location as this was where he married his first wife, Linda.
  • Paul McCartney - British singer Paul McCartney answers journalists' questions during Stella McCartney Spring/Summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection show, on October 3, 2011 in Paris.
  • Paul McCartney - British singer Paul McCartney (L) shakes hands with an unidentified man during Stella McCartney Spring/Summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection show, on October 3, 2011 in Paris.
  • Paul McCartney - British singer Paul McCartney (L) and partner Nancy Shevell (C) pose during Stella McCartney Spring/Summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection show, on October 3, 2011 in Paris.
  • Paul McCartney - NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22:  Singer/musician Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell attend the 2011 New York City Ballet Fall Gala at the David Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center on September 22, 2011 in New York City.
  • Paul McCartney - Musician Paul McCartney and his wife Linda arrive at the 33th Cannes Film Festival, on may 15, 1980.
  • Paul McCartney - Nancy Shevell and Musician Paul McCartney attend the 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2011.
  • Paul McCartney - Nancy Shevell and Musician Paul McCartney attend the 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2011.
  • Paul McCartney - NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02:  Nancy Shevell and Musician Paul McCartney attend the 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2011 in New York City.
  • Paul McCartney - A visitor looks at a guitar belonging to former Beatles frontman Paul McCartney at the Rock Museum in Barcelona on March 25, 2011. The museum, a new addition to the cultural delights of Barcelona opens to the public on April 1, 2011.
  • Paul McCartney - US President George W. Bush (R), First Lady Laura Bush (2nd-R) and (L-R), music conductor James Levine, actress Elizabeth Taylor, singer-songwriter Paul Simon, dancer and actress Chita Rivera and actor James Earl Jones stand for the National Anthem 08 December, 2002, before the 25th Kennedy Center Honors show at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Simon replaced former Beatle Paul McCartney as an honoree after McCartney could not attend the mandatory event.
Out of all the former Beatles, Paul McCartney by far had the most successful solo career, maintaining a constant presence in the British and American charts during the '70s and '80s. In America alone, he had nine number one singles and seven number one albums during the first 12 years of his solo career. Although he sold records, McCartney never attained much critical respect, especially when ...more


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