Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), McCartney is the most commercially successful songwriter in the history of popular music, according to Guinness World Records. McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of rock music. After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine. McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles in the UK. BBC News Online readers named McCartney the "greatest composer of the millennium", and BBC News cites his Beatles song "Yesterday" as the most covered song in the history of recorded music—by over 2,200 artists—and since its 1965 release, has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American television and radio according to the BBC. Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre" became the first single to sell more than two million copies in the UK, and remains the UK's top selling non-charity single. Based on the 93 weeks his compositions have spent at the top spot of the UK chart, and 24 number one singles to his credit, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history. As a performer or songwriter, McCartney was responsible for 32 number one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has sold 15.5 million RIAA certified albums in the US alone. McCartney has composed film scores, classical and electronic music, released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and has taken part in projects to help international charities. He is an advocate for animal rights, for vegetarianism, and for music education; he is active in campaigns against landmines, seal hunting, and Third World debt. He is a keen football fan, supporting both Everton and Liverpool football clubs. His company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than 3,000 songs, including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to such musicals as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Grease. McCartney is one of the UK's wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune of £475 million in 2010.

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A Hard Day's Night

Self (archive footage)

El Rey en Londres

Self (archive footage)

The Music of Lennon & McCartney

Self (archive footage)

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Self (archive footage)

Self - The Beatles (uncredited)

There's Only One Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney: In Red Square

John Lennon: Love Is All You Need

Self (archive footage)

Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!

Self (archive footage)

The Society of the Spectacle

Self (archive footage)

Under the Volcano

Self (archive footage)

Magical Mystery Tour

Self / Major McCartney / Brown Nosed Magician

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

Jimi Plays Monterey

Self (archive footage)

Imagine: John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Beatles Stories

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney At The BBC

Give My Regards to Broad Street

Concert for George

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Self (archive footage)

The Real Buddy Holly Story

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

Self (archive footage)

The Day the Music Died

Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us

Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace

Self - Performer

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Things They Said Today

Self (archive footage)

The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

Self (archive footage)

Beatles chronology (1962-1970)

Self (archive footage)

The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles

Self (archive footage)

Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium

Self - Musical Guest

The Trials of Heather Mills

Self (archive footage)

Live Aid Against All Odds

Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle

Self (archive footage)

Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

Self (archive footage)

Louder Than Rock

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years

Take Your Pills

Self (archive footage)

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Self (archive footage)

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

The Love We Make

The Beatles and India

Self (archive footage)

The Stones and Brian Jones

Self (voice) (archive material)

All You Need Is Klaus

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

Back to the Egg

The Beatles at Shea Stadium

Rare and Unseen: The Beatles

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Help!

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries

The Concert for New York City

The Beatles Unauthorized

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: A Magical History Tour

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Watching Rainbows

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum

The Queen: 70 Glorious Years

Help! War Child

Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Fun with the Fab Four

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House

The Beatles on Record

Paul McCartney: Live at the Cavern Club

Self - Vocals, Bass Guitar

Paul McCartney: The Liverpool Sound

The Mersey Sound

The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos

Self (archive footage)

God Bless Ozzy Osbourne

All Together Now

Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour

Paul McCartney: Independence Concert - Live in Kyiv

Self - Musician

Self (archive footage)

London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Self (archive footage)

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

Self - Performer

Paul McCartney: Put It There

George Michael: Freedom Uncut

Self (archive footage)

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney's Get Back

Self - Vocals, Bass

Paul McCartney: Live Kisses

Produced By George Martin

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney - Live in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle

Self (archive footage)

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Parkinson at 50

Self (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Self (archive footage)

It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down!

Self (archive footage)

Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

Self (uncredited)

Killing John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

Self - Musician

The Beatles Come to Town

The Beatles: Something

The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Revolution

...Sings the Beatles

Self (archive footage)

Mighty Good: The Beatles

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

The Beatles Explosion

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966

The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go!

Wings - First Flight 1969-1974

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney - Eine Beatles-Legende

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Parting Ways

The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over Australia

The Beatles and the BBC

Self (archive footage)

Desert Island Discs

The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)

The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966

The Beatles: A Celebration

Self (archive footage)

Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

The Beatles - 1967-1970

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney: Got Back

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

Paul McCartney On the Run Tour - Estadio Azteca

Paul McCartney: Out There Tokyo

Self - Vocals, Bass

The Brian Epstein Story

Understanding Lennon/McCartney

Self (archival footage)

The Sound of 007

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years

The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction

Paul McCartney - Live in Charlotte

Beatles på Sverigeturné

Self (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

Self (archive footage)

Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)

Reflections on Love

Self (archive footage)

Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda

Paul McCartney - BBC Radio 2 in Concert

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me

A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

Hard Rock Calling 2010

Brian Wilson: On Tour

If These Walls Could Sing

Tina Turner : Celebrate!

Self (archive footage)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Paul McCartney - Out There at Budokan

Paul McCartney: Man on the Run

Paul McCartney: Ghosts of the Past

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970

Self (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Chase

Self (archive footage)

The Motown Invasion

The Rise & Fall of WCW

Self (archive footage)

P!NK: Staying True

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles - Abbey Road

Self - Vocals, Bass

Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World

Paul McCartney Live at Zócalo

Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road

Self (archive footage)

Television: The First Fifty Years

Self – The Beatles (archive footage)

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles Mod Odyssey

The Beatles: Around the World

Self (archive footage)

Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Self (archive footage)

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

The Bannfoot Ferry

Self (archive footage)

Rockestra Documentary Special

Paul Mccartney Live at Desert Trip

Music for Montserrat

Paul McCartney: Something NEW

Becoming the Beatles

A Very Lovely Party: On Tour With Paul McCartney & Wings

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years

Self (archive footage)

24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney: Up and Coming Brasil

Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance

Band On The Run - 25th Anniversary

Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties

British Rock: The First Wave

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2

Self - Vocals, Bass

Rupert and the Frog Song

Various Characters

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

Bang! The Bert Berns Story

Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum

Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool

Paul McCartney: Movin' On

Paul McCartney & Friends: The PeTA Concert for Party Animals

Paul McCartney: Unplugged

The Paul McCartney Special

Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour

The Beatles Sing for Shell

The Beatles in Australia

Paul McCartney: Live at the Olympia Paris 2007

Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal

Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special

Mal Evans on Vacation

The Abbey Road Story

The Compleat Beatles

Self (archive footage)

I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

Self (archive footage)

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

How the Beatles Changed the World

Self (archive footage)

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea

The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent

Self (archive footage)

Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park

Beatles: The Journey

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney and Wings - Lightspeed

Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution

Self (archive footage)

Self - The Beatles (archive footage)

Annie Nightingale: Bird on the Wireless

Self (archive footage)

Tropic Island Hum

Wirral / Froggo / Bison / Various

Paul McCartney: Live at Austin City Limits Music Festival, 2018

Paul McCartney: Under the Staircase

Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection

Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight

All You Need Is Love

Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show

Self / Soily McMouse (voice)

The Beatles: Destination Hamburg

Self (archive footage)

Prisoner / Country Musician / Cowboy On Horseback (uncredited)

Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool

The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over

Elvis | Viva Las Vegas

Beatles: Big Beat Box

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands

Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall

James Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

Self (archive footage)

Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2

Self (archive footage)

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles

Doctor Who: Origins

Self (archive footage)

The Beach Boys: It's OK

David Wants to Fly

The Beatles Story

Self (archive footage)

Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1

Self (archive footage)

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Self (uncredited)

Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

George Harrison - All Things Pass

Self (archive footage)

Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany

Self - The Beatles

Paul McCartney - Live on Hollywood Boulevard

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special

Yellow Submarine

Paul (uncredited)

One World: Together at Home

Paul McCartney - Take It Away

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

Around the Beatles

Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show

Self - Performer

The Beatles: Live in Paris

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Whole Lotta Shakin'

Meeting the Beatles in India

Beatles Biggest Secrets

Self (archive footage)

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

Self (archive footage)

Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Love

Man on the Street

Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert

Self (archive footage)

What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

Self - The Beatles Member

Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping

The Winged Beetle

Paul McCartney Live at the Cavern Club

Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney: Live at BBC Electric Proms

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...

Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special

Ballad of the Skeletons

Muhammad Ali, the Greatest

The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On

Biggest Band Break Ups and Make Ups

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live

The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)

Self - Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar

Beatles Electroniques

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Understanding McCartney

Paul McCartney: The Backyard

The Beatles: The Complete Story

Self (Archive Footage)

Paul McCartney: Got Back

Paul McCartney: Got Back - Live at River Plate Stadium

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

Self (archive footage)

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965

Self (Archive Footage)

No Hamburg, No Beatles

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Ringo Starr: One of Them

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Elvis: King of Entertainment

Self (archive footage)

How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?

60 Songs: BBC Two at 60

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland

Fêtons nos 400 ans avec Paul McCartney

Self - Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitars, Ukelele, Grand Piano

The BRITs at 40

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney à Manchester

Paul McCartney : Live at Atlanta

Paul McCartney: Got Back – Live in Bogotá at Estadio El Campín

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade

Self (archive footage)

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

Rock Legends (The Best Of 50's 60's 70's From The Ed Sullivan's Show) VOL. 2

Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol3

Self (archive footage)

Ringo & Friends at the Ryman

The Beatles - Trilogy

Yoko Ono: Then and Now

High in the Clouds

McKenzie (voice)

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Their Golden Age

Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres

Self (archival footage)

TWST / Things We Said Today

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972

Self (Archive Footage)

Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980

Self (Archive Footage)

Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road

James Bond: The First 21 Years

A Carlton New Year

Paul McCartney: Live from NYC

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

Self (archive footage)

The Beatle and the Bass

Meet the Beatles

Self (Archival footage)

As Aventuras de Will e Mike no jardim do Éden

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1

Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back

Self (archive footage)

Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

Self (archive footage)

Naked and Free - The History of Free Body Culture

Self (archive footage)

A Love Letter to the Beatles

Himself (Archival)

The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn

Crew

Paul McCartney: In Red Square

Executive Producer

Yellow Submarine

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

Executive Producer

Give My Regards to Broad Street

Screenplay, Songs, Original Music Composer, Music, Producer, Vocals

Magical Mystery Tour

Producer, Songs, Writer, Idea, Director

Producer, Music

To the Arctic 3D

Original Music Composer

Rupert and the Frog Song

Writer, Original Music Composer, Executive Producer

Paul McCartney: Live Kisses

Songs, Executive Producer

High in the Clouds

Producer, Book, Music

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

Producer, Songs

The Killing Fields

A Hard Day's Night

Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum

Across the Universe

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

All This and World War II

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

The Beatles: Revolution

The Beatles LOVE

Producer, Music

Tropic Island Hum

Writer, Executive Producer, Songs, Vocals

Executive Producer, Music

Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life

Live and Let Die

Theme Song Performance

Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection

Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City

Executive Producer

Paul McCartney Live at the Cavern Club

Executive Producer

Ballad of the Skeletons

Lennon or McCartney

Us Down by the Riverside

Director, Producer

Writer, Director

Paul McCartney à Manchester

Island of the Evil Spirits

The Love We Make

Executive Producer

Paul McCartney: Man on the Run

Executive Producer

Meet the Beatles

The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn