Paul McCartney

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JAMES PAUL McCARTNEY, THE BABY-FACED BEATLE, AN EXTREMELY HANDSOME FELLOW,
BORN THE 18TH OF JUNE, 1942. THE FIVE-FOOT ELEVEN INCH McCARTNEY HAS HAZEL EYES.
PAUL'S HOME IS IN A TYPICALLY SUBURBAN AREA OF LIVERPOOL, ALLERTON WHERE HIS
FATHER STILL WORKS AS A COTTON SALESMAN.. HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS ONLY
FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE. HE IS OFTEN HEARD TO SAY, "SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD TO
SEE OUR SUCCESS HAD SHE LIVED." HE DESCRIBES HIS EARLY YEARS AS AWKWARD, DOING
EVERYTHING IN REVERSE. HE WAS APPARENTLY VERY SELF-CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT
THAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN LEFT-HANDED.
McCARTNEY, ALONG WITH LENNON WRITES ALL OF THE SONGS FOR THE GROUP AND
TOGETHER THEY HAVE TURNED OUT OVER 100 SONGS. AND OF THESE MORE THAN 100
TUNES, MANY HAVE BECOME HITS AND ALL HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN HIT ALBUMS. WHEN
ASKED ABOUT THE ACCLAIM ACCORDED THE GROUP THROUGH THE NUMBER OF THEIR
RECORDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SOLD, PAUL SAID, "NO IDEA. GEORGE SAID THE OTHER
DAY,...GEORGE HARRISON THAT IS, SAID IT WAS,...EH...ABOUT 30 MILLION WHICH IS
FANTASTIC."
WITH THIS IN MIND, JOHN, THE OTHER MEMBER OF THE SONG WRITING TEAM, CANDIDLY
ADMITS, "WE MAKE MORE MONEY OUT OF WRITING SONGS THAN WE DO OUT OF
APPEARING AND RUNNING AROUND WAVING, YOU KNOW."
THE SUDDEN RISE TO FAME BY THE BEATLES IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PAUL HAS
THOUGHT A GREAT DEAL ABOUT.. "YOU KNOW," HE SAID, "WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
JUST THE OTHER DAY. WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT ELEVEN, YOU START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU. I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT. MY PLAN WAS TO GO ON
PLAYING THE CLUBS UNTIL I REACHED ABOUT 25, A RIPE OLD AGE AND THEN GO TO JOHN'S
ART COLLEGE AND HANG ON THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. I NEVER DREAMT ABOUT
BEING DISCOVERED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I ALWAYS THOUGHT DISCOVERY WAS
SOMETHING YOU READ ABOUT." AT PRESENT, McCARTNEY AND THE BEATLES ARE BEING
READ ABOUT AND STUDIED. PAUL REALISES THIS BUT HE CAN'T ANSWER WHY.

 

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