The story of Paul McCartney, no ear required

PAUL MCCARTNEY - it's pure music, the first singer and multi-instrumentalist with a sex appeal that breathed a melody. He lived in our speakers and on our screens and wrote the soundtrack of most of the twentieth century. When John Lennon saw him in his big white sports jacket, black drainpipes and tail of a duck, he thought he had discovered another Elvis, and felt that his recruitment of Mr. McCartney was one of his best achievements, the discovery of someone with who he could not only write, but also harmonize, while avoiding poverty and insignificance.

"As a child, the best Christmas present for me was a tangerine and a handful of nuts".

Encouraged by his father to try several musical instruments, Paul McCartney began his love life with music at an early age. Although he took on formal music lessons as a boy, the future star preferred to learn by ear, teaching herself Spanish guitar, trumpet and piano. By the age of 16, he had already written "When I'm sixty-four," hoping eventually to sell him to Frank Sinatra. In 1957, he met John Lennon at a church festival, where Lennon's band Quarrymen performed, and was soon invited to become a member. These two quickly became composers of the group, introducing them into many name changes and several personnel changes. At first they agreed that all their songs would be credited to Lennon-McCartney, regardless of who took the initiative or, as it sometimes happened, completely wrote the songs completely. Paul McCartney is pop music royalty. For his contributions to global rock 'n' roll culture, he has been knighted, named a fellow at the Royal College of Music, was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among multitudes of other honors. In 2010, President Barack Obama awarded him the Gershwin Prize, the highest award a musician can receive in America. McCartney was the first non-American to receive this honor. Two years later, he was named the Musicales Person of the Year in honor of his artistic achievement and dedication to philanthropy. McCartney's interests extend far beyond music; the former Beatle has explored filmmaking, writing, painting, meditation and activism. A longtime vegetarian, he teamed up with daughters Mary and Stella in 2009 to launch Meat Free Monday, a not-for-profit campaign that aims to raise awareness about the detrimental impact of meat consumption on individual health as well as the environment. In November 2017, the campaign released a new short video, One Day A Week, which included a previously unreleased song from the music legend, "Botswana."