James paul mccartney biography

He is internationally known as a singer and bassist of the Beatles.

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With singer and guitarist John Lennon , he contributed music and lyrics to a lot of the band's songs. He was born James Paul McCartney , but goes by his middle name. His mother died of Breast Cancer in Paul auditioned for the band and joined instantly. A year later, Paul asked the band to have George Harrison audition, at first, they did not want George because he was 15 years old and was considered "too young".

However, Paul convinced them to have George in the band. In , the Quarrymen would change their name a lot, having names such as "Johnny and the Moondogs" and "The Silver Beetles". In , The Beatles signed to Parlophone Records.

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They were found and managed by Brian Epstein from , until Brian's death from an overdose of drugs in Their first song released was Love Me Do. One year later, their first album, Please Please Me was made. McCartney began writing songs before he was sixteen, and has written well over two hundred. His most famous song is "Yesterday", recorded by the Beatles in Since then around artists have recorded the song and currently holds the world record for the song that has been covered the most times.