![]() Presented with this is a treasure trove of material from McCartney's personal archive - drafts, letters, photographs - never seen before, which make this also a unique visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time. In this extraordinary book, with unparalleled candour, Paul recounts his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career - from his earliest boyhood compositions through the legendary decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present.Īrranged alphabetically to provide a kaleidoscopic rather than chronological account, it establishes definitive texts of the songs’ lyrics for the first time and describes the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now. The official announcement sheds light on the book's contents: What I do have are my songs, hundreds of them, which I’ve learned serve much the same purpose. I know that some people, when they get to a certain age, like to go to a diary to recall day-to-day events from the past, but I have no such notebooks. The one thing I’ve always managed to do, whether at home or on the road, is to write new songs. “Macca” wrote in the two-volume set's press release, “More often than I can count, I’ve been asked if I would write an autobiography, but the time has never been right. The collection, which was edited and introduced by Paul Muldoon, includes his Beatles songs written with John Lennon, features “a treasure trove of material from McCartney’s personal archive - drafts, letters, photographs - never seen before, which make this also a unique visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.” He has married three times and is the father of five children.Paul McCartney has unveiled all 154 song titles featured in his upcoming book coming on November 2nd, titled, The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present by Paul McCartney. He has taken part in projects to promote international charities related to such subjects as animal rights, seal hunting, land mines, vegetarianism, poverty, and music education. McCartney has released an extensive catalogue of songs as a solo artist and has composed classical and electronic music. McCartney is also one of the wealthiest musicians in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$1.2 billion. McCartney, Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all received appointment as Members of the Order of the British Empire in 1965 and, in 1997, McCartney was knighted for services to music. A two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and as a solo artist in 1999), and an 18-time Grammy Award winner, McCartney has written, or co-written, 32 songs that have reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2009 he had 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the United States. ![]() Wings' 1977 release "Mull of Kintyre" is one of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK. ![]() More than 2,200 artists have covered his Beatles song "Yesterday", making it one of the most covered songs in popular music history. McCartney is one of the most successful composers and performers of all time. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon was the most successful of the post-war era. He gained worldwide fame as the bass guitarist and singer for the rock band the Beatles, widely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of pop music. Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.
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