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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 McCartney, Paul
'Mull of Kintyre'. 'Mull of Kintyre' was a huge hit in the UK, but was released as the flipside of 'Girls' School' in the US.
'Wild Life'. It was released in 1972, and had no hits taken off it.
Yes. He released it and it is said that it was mainly what broke the Beatles up.
Denny Jones. Paul, Linda and Denny Laine were the main members of the group for most of its existence.
Linda McCartney . They got married on March 12, 1969.
'Off the Ground'. 'Off the Ground' was released February 9, 1993.
'Band on the Run'. Not to be confused with 'Blackbird.'
'Pipes of Peace'. A number one duet with Michael Jackson in 1984. A year later Jackson bought ATV Music, owner of the Lennon and McCartney song catalog copyrights, for {$47.5} million.
'London Town'. Released as a single March 20, 1978.
'Ram'. Went to number one in September of 1971.
'Pipes of Peace'. Released as a single in the US and {UK;} an A side in the US and a B side in the UK.
'Venus and Mars'. The album and single both went to number one in July of 1975.
'McCartney'. The standout track on McCartney's 1970 debut and my all time favorite song.
'Driving Rain'. This song was written after the artwork for 'Driving Rain' had been completed, but due to the response at the Concert for New York City that McCartney organized, it was added to the album. A sticker was put on initial pressings to denote its inclusion.
'Flowers in the Dirt'. This song was co-written with Elvis Costello and was released as a single on May 10, 1989.
The Walrus. Billy Shears was introduced in 'With A Little Help From My Friends', people thought this was a way to introduce Paul's replacement, William, after he had supposedly been killed in a car crash. (Billy's here)
Paul. John and George were the first to try LSD when it was slipped into their coffee by George's dentist and it was believed that 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' was written about the drug but John Lennon stated it was about a picture that his son Julian had drawn at school.
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Fashion Designer. Stella also campaigned for animal rights like her mother Linda did.
'Yesterday' and 'Hey Jude'. Like many Beatles compositions, the credits appear as Lennon/McCartney. 'Hey Jude' was written for Julian Lennon and started out as 'Hey Jules'. The words "scrambled eggs" were used in place of 'Yesterday' when it was being written (working title).
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Mary, Stella and James. James is Paul's real first name and Mike is his brother's name. Mike has changed his surname to McGear.
Back in the world. Sir Paul and his wife Heather had their first child in October 2003, a girl named Beatrice.
Heather. This is also the name of Paul's wife, after Linda.
Mary. Paul's mother is mentioned in the song 'Let It Be': "When I find myself in times of trouble mother Mary comes to me". He wrote the song when he was having a hard time and his mother appeared in a dream and made him feel a lot better. She had died when he was just a teenager.
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The Quarrymen. Paul was made a member after impressing John with his musical talent at a village fete in Liverpool.
17. The albums were: "McCartney"(1970), "McCartney II"(1980), "Tug Of War"(1982), "Pipes of Peace"(1983), "Give My Regards To Broad Street"(1984), "Press To Play"(1986), "Flowers In The Dirt"(1989), "Tripping The Live Fantastic"(1990), "Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)"(1991), "Liverpool Oratorio"(1991), "CHOBA B CCCP (Back In The USSR)"(1991), "Off The Ground"(1993), "Paul Is Live" (1993), "Flaming Pie"(1997), "Standing Stone"(1997), "Run Devil Run"(1999), and "Working Classical"(1999).
"Ram" (1971) is credited to both Paul and Linda McCartney.
An old pet of Paul's. Martha was Paul's Old English Sheepdog.
Sixteen. Hard to believe this! He wrote this song while fiddling with his father's piano.
Scrambled Eggs. Originally the first line of the song was "Scrambled eggs, oh, my baby, how I love your legs."
The Odeon Cinema. Paul McCartney got to see him at The Odeon Cinema in Holmeside in February of 1958 for a cost of twenty-four shillings. The song "Rock Around The Clock", performed by Bill Haley, sent shivers up Paul's spine when he saw the movie "The Blackboard Jungle." It was used as the theme tune for the movie.
January 20, 1988. Paul did not attend the induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City with his former bandmates from the Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. He was inducted again in 1999, as a solo artist.
Waterfalls. The song "Waterfalls" was on his following album "McCartney II".
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