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  Paul McCartney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McCartney performed during the pre-game ceremonies at the NFL's Super Bowl XXXVI on 3 February 2002, and was the halftime performer at Super Bowl XXXIX on 6 February 2005.
McCartney was to use his concert backing band in the studio but later, at the suggestion of Godrich, decided to play almost all the instruments himself, including drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, block flute, harmonium, and flugelhorn.
McCartney later noted that it was the first time he had performed at the Grammys and that 'I finally passed the audition', a clear reference to a statement made by John Lennon at the end of The Beatles' famous rooftop concert.
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 McCartney (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is notable for the fact that McCartney, a multi-instrumentalist, performed the entire album (all instruments and voices) by himself, except for keyboards and backing vocals from his first wife, Linda McCartney.
Accepting that the situation was irretrievable, McCartney decamped with wife Linda McCartney and their new family, including Linda's daughter from her first marriage, Heather, and their newborn, Mary, to their home in London in the autumn of 1969 so he could plot his next move.
As ever, McCartney had brought his instruments with him, as well as a portable Studer four-track tape recorder, and recorded the ad-libbed "The Lovely Linda" to test the equipment before the year was out.
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 McCartney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McCartney (a variant of Macartney) is a surname that originated in Ireland.
The McCartneys are a branch of the great family of McCarthy Mor of Munster, who were Kings of Cork and Princes of Desmond.
Paul McCartney, a singer/songwriter who was a member of The Beatles and leader of the band Wings.
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 Fidelity Investments signs Paul McCartney for advertising deal - The Boston Globe
McCartney makes his debut tonight in a 30-second television commercial on ABC during the NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Oakland Raiders.
McCartney was busy preparing for his upcoming tour in Miami, his publicist said, and could not be reached for further comment yesterday.
Marketers and mutual fund analysts say scoring McCartney as a pitchman is a huge feat for Fidelity, which has launched a major push to appeal to the tens of millions of baby boomers expected to retire over the next decade.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2005/09/08/brand_on_the_run   (800 words)

  
 Paul McCartney, wife blame media for split - Boston.com
Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his second wife, Heather Mills McCartney, said Wednesday that they are separating after nearly four years of marriage, blaming intrusion from the media and insisting their split is amicable.
McCartney told the magazine that he knew some people would think he was being suckered by a gold digger.
Mills McCartney has been accused of meddling in her husband's career -- such as the dismissal of his longtime publicist Geoff Baker -- and even of influencing him on issues as diverse as dying his hair and plastic surgery.
www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2006/05/17/paul_mccartney_and_wife_separate   (868 words)

  
 Great Performances . Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road | PBS
In this unique concert, the legendary Paul McCartney returns to Studio 2 at London's Abbey Road Studios (where most of the Beatles' recordings were made) for a fascinating journey through his songwriting career, from his very first Beatles song to the work for his new album, CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACKYARD.
McCartney reinterprets old songs and new songs, performs some terrific cover versions, and enlists the audience's help in a demonstration of "in the moment" songwriting and arranging.
McCartney was knighted by the Queen of England in 1997.
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 Buy Paul Mccartney Tickets - Cheap Paul Mccartney Concert Shows Tickets At Onlineseats Buy Online Tickets At ...
By 1965 McCartney was pressuring the engineers at EMI to get a better bass sound on The Beatles' recordings, frustrated by the relatively weak sound on their earlier records and keen to emulate the powerful, booming bass sounds that he was hearing on recent Motown and Atlantic soul recordings from America.
Although McCartney hoped it might revive them, the film made it obvious that that the band was spent as a creative force and that bickering, jealousy and the immense pressures of being The Beatles had driven the four musicians apart irrevocably.
McCartney famously insisted that his wife should be in the band so they did not have to be apart while he toured, in spite of her protests that she was not talented enough.
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 Paul McCartney: Carry That Weight/Brian W. Fairbanks-Writer
McCartney isn't the first major figure of Sixties youth culture to reach the age associated with grandmas.
John and Yoko could be equal partners, but the McCartneys were too "straight" in Lennon's lexicon, too similar to the Osmond family, to win respect from the counter-culture that controlled the influential rock press.
Since Lennon and McCartney were rivals as much as partners, McCartney's muse got even lazier, no longer feeling the pressure to compete.
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 McCartney, Mills announce separation - Celebrity News - MSNBC.com
Hollings said that Mills McCartney’s relatively young age — she is 38 — and the fact that they have a child, combined with McCartney’s “staggering” wealth and celebrity status, have the potential to push the settlement into the stratosphere.
McCartney and Mills McCartney met at a charity event in 1999, and their relationship immediately made tabloid headlines, not simply because of the difference in their ages but also because of the supposed disapproval of McCartney’s children.
Mills McCartney has also been accused of meddling in her husband’s career — such as the dismissal of his longtime publicist Geoff Baker — and even of influencing him on issues as diverse as dying his hair and plastic surgery.
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 Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney continued to sell records like crazy for a decade and a half after the Beatles broke up, but his 70s work has basically been written off by critics as pap.
All we know about the death of Linda McCartney is what you probably already know anyway: she passed away on 19 April, 1998, of breast cancer while she and her husband were on vacation in Santa Barbara (or perhaps at their ranch near Tucson; reports conflict).
McCartney had expanded his one-man act slightly by tapping a lead guitarist (Hugh McCracken) and a drummer (Denny Seiwell, who then joined the newly formed Wings), and he was much more serious about putting across real songs.
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 USATODAY.com - McCartney to donate to minefield charity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Stuart Bell, McCartney's spokesman, confirmed that McCartney would be making a donation, although he declined to comment on the exact sum.
McCartney, 64, and Mills McCartney, 38, announced their separation in May after four years of marriage.
By Laura Rauch, AP McCartney is looking at the possibility of making a donation to the Adopt-A-Minefield campaign in lieu of a planned charity gala.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-08-28-mccartney_x.htm?csp=34   (294 words)

  
 Rock On The Net: Paul McCartney
Reports originally stated that Linda McCartney had passed away while on vacation with her family in Santa Barbara, California - later reports confirmed she had died in Arizona and was cremated with a private ceremony.
McCartney talked with CNN about his wife's death, and knowing that she didn't have long to live, but not wanting to tell her: "I knew a week or so before she died...
McCartney performed as part of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace.
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 McCartney's quest to rid world of landmines - Today Entertainment - MSNBC.com
The answer: Paul McCartney and his wife Heather are fighting to clear the world's minefields, one landmine at a time, a cause Princess Diana also admirably championed.
McCartney used the guitar to compose one of the world's most popular songs, “Yesterday” – a song with enduring appeal.
Today, McCartney’s music continues to move the world and he says it has given him a voice for causes like the problem of landmines.
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 SPACE.com -- ISS Astronauts Awake to Paul McCartney Soundtrack
Sir Paul McCartney roused ISS Expedition 12 commander Bill McArthur and flight engineer Valery Tokarev early Nov. 13, 2005 EST during live concert broadcast to the International Space Station.
The sounds of cheering crowds and former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney greeted the two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) early Sunday morning during a live concert broadcast to the orbital laboratory.
McCartney also performed “Good Day Sunshine” for the ISS crew, a song that NASA used to rouse the seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery during the final day of their STS-114 return to flight mission.
www.space.com /missionlaunches/051113_exp12_mccartney.html   (560 words)

  
 Paul McCartney
In his early teens, shortly after the premature death of his mother from breast cancer, McCartney's interest in music became more prominent and he began making his first attempts at songwriting; it was during this time that he became friends with George Harrison, a schoolmate and fellow aspiring musician who shared the same bus route.
McCartney was the first of the four to be given somewhat of a 'solo' spotlight, the single Yesterday featuring a backing orchestra and none of the other members of the band; this song would eventually become one of the most covered compositions in popular music.
McCartney's diversification into new media continued in 2001 with the publication of Blackbird Singing, a collection of his lyrics and poems; the previous year, a book of his paintings had been published in association with exhibitions in Bristol and New York.
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 Amazon.ca: McCartney: Music: Paul McCartney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Maybe the most emotional CD I have ever listened to, McCartney seems sad and his music reflects the struggles he must have been facing after the break up of the Beatles.
This album was created at a time when, according to McCartney he could hardly force himself out of bed in the morning (due to the split up of the Beatles).
McCartneys voice is great, the album is inventive and the songs, as always, shine through.
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 Paul McCartney
McCartney formed a new Wings in '74 with guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (formerly of Thunderclap Newman and Stone The Crows) and drummer Geoff Britton.
In '86, McCartney collaborated with Eric Stewart (formerly of 10cc) as Press To Play was released.
McCartney's 1989 album Flowers In The Dirt featured collaborations with Elvis Costello (McCartney cowrote Veronica which was featured on Costello's Spike album as well as others tunes).
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 Paul McCartney Tickets - Concert Tickets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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 Paul McCartney, 1967-1980
White label promotional copies of this record show the artist as "Paul McCartney," apparently hoping that people simply hadn't caught on that Paul was with Wings.
Paul directly attacked their criticism that he wrote a bunch of "silly love songs." The song was so commercial that it hit #1 during the Wings tour, meaning that it was being played everywhere, a slap in the face to Paul's detractors.
Airplay was slow, due to the fact that disco stations didn't exactly favor McCartney, and rock stations were beginning to proclaim that "disco sucks." The sleeve for the 12" single showed Wings' new lineup, and a new top ten album was in the works.
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 Paul McCartney Limited Editions and Originals
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 Amazon.com: McCartney: Music: Paul McCartney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Whereas John Lennon's first post-Beatles album "Plastic Ono Band" 1970, was a cathartic release of pent-up angst, McCartney began his solo career on a whisper instead of a bang.
"McCartney" is sort of like a musical diary of what McCartney was doing at his home in the first few months of 1970.
On a Saturday or Sunday morning, as the dawn brings on a new day and all is still, I'll lie down and put on "McCartney." The slow pace and tranquility of the album is quite calming.
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 Linda McCartney Biography - 1997
In a quiet way, Linda McCartney has developed into one of the finest women photographers in the world – although there is much more to her than that.
In fact, Linda McCartney’s vegetarian food range has been so successful in the UK – that her meals are now on the menu at London’s famous Hard Rock Cafe.
And besides all this – and perhaps most important of all – Linda McCartney is a dedicated Mother to four children.
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 McCartney Genealogy Page
This Page is devoted to the Genealogy and History of the McCartney surname and its holders.
HUGH MCCARTNEY AND MARY O'NEILL AND ELIZABETH HIGGINS
I am the son of Thomas Robert McCartney who is the son of George McCartney who lives in Edmonton.
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 McCartney Real Estate - Property and Homes for Sale in Illinois
McCartney Real Estate Agency is owned and operated by David T. McCartney, Principal Broker, along with his father, William H. McCartney, both licensed in the state of Illinois.
MRE was founded in 1938 by David McCartney's grandfather McCartney.
McCartney Real Estate has listings for acreage with or without hunting cabins.
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 NPR : Paul McCartney Tries to Recapture a Fresh Sound
Paul McCartney performs at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London in 2005.
Morning Edition, October 20, 2005 · Sir Paul McCartney -- now 63 -- has spent the better part of his life playing music for crowds numbering in the thousands.
McCartney talked with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the recording process, just before a recent concert in Washington, D.C. He said that working on Chaos was almost like going back to school again because producer Godrich wasn't afraid to call into question some of McCartney's musical choices.
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 Paul McCartney Tickets - Concert Information and Tour Schedule
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 McCartney's Inc.
What has traditionally set McCartney's Inc. apart is an uncompromising dedication to excellence.
At McCartney's we define our success as the relationship between the customer's expectations and the customer's satisfaction.
Founded in 1887 by Thomas C. McCartney, McCartney's began as a wall paper and paint store.
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 Welcome to McCartney.com
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Mary McCartney, Madonna's wedding photographer, chosen to take first official portrait of PM Tony Blair's son Leo.
The Chemistry of Lennon and McCartney by Ruth McCartney
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