Paul McCartney and His Remarkable Career

Paul McCartney is one of the most successful musicians and composers in the history of pop music. Most famous for his time in The Beatles, Paul has released sixty gold discs and has sold over 100 million singles. McCartney began writing songs in his early teens. He met John Lennon and the Quarrymen at the age of fifteen and soon joined the band, which was then re-named, The Beatles. Between 1960 and the band's breakup in 1970, McCartney performed on twelve studio albums and wrote or co-wrote some of the most popular songs in pop music history, including "Yesterday," which is the most-covered song in the world and has been played over seven million times on American television and radio. After 1970, McCartney pursued a solo career, as well as with the band Wings from 1971 to 1981; he has released twenty-two studio pop albums and five classical albums since the breakup of the Beatles.
McCartney is also known for his political and social activism.