Paul McCartney

Along with John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney was one of the "Fab Four" known as The Beatles. As the bassist for the band and one half of the primary Lennon/McCarney songwriting duo, McCartney has been responsible for penning many of the most popular and influential songs of all time, including "Hey Jude," "Let It Be" and "Yesterday," the latter of which some claim is the most covered song ever written.

In March 2009, surviving Beatles members, McCartney and Ringo Starr, announced that they would reunite on-stage at New York City's Radio City Music Hall on April 4, 2009, in order to raise money to teach transcendental meditation to children internationally.CNN.com: Surviving Beatles reunite to promote kid’s meditation

When the Beatles broke up in 1970, McCartney embarked on a solo career first with the support of the band Wings and later just as "Paul McCartney." Although not quite as celebrated as the Lennon/McCartney catalog, McCartney's solo songbook spawned its fair share of hits, such as "Live and Let Die" (the theme from the James Bond film of the same name), "Jet" and "Maybe I'm Amazed."

McCartney continues to release albums and sell out arenas all over the world. In 2008, he and music producer Youth released Electric Arguments under the moniker of The Fireman; the album was the duo's third collaboration.

In 2002, four years after his wife Linda died of breast cancer, McCartney married model and activist Heather Mills. The union would end in a bitter two-year divorce battle that would attract massive tabloid attention.

In 2007, McCartney began dating Nancy Shevell. The couple are said to be planning a wedding. Shevell would be McCartney's third wife.DailyMail.co.uk: Macca plans to wed new girlfriend Nancy Shevell (January 25, 2009)

• BBC: Beatles stars to play charity gig (March 4, 2009)

• Q104.3: McCartney Hopes Beatles Rock Band Game Will Keep His Music Alive (February 18,2009)

• BBC: McCartney Books Colbert Report Appearance (January 27, 2009)

• The Insider: McCartney and Shevell Are in the Clear for Marriage (January 25, 2009)

• Telegraph.co.uk: ...McCartney is free to marry girlfriend Nancy Shevell (January 25, 2009)

• GIGWISE: Paul McCartney: I'd Love To Reunite With Ringo Starr (January 15, 2009)

• Mirror.co.uk: Paul McCartney to make record with son James (January 15, 2009)

• Examiner.com: Paul McCartney thrills the ladies on The View (January 14, 2009)

• Stereogum: New Paul McCartney Video "222" (January 8, 2009)

• Spinner.com: Jackson Leaving Beatles Songs to McCartney in Will (January 7, 2009)

• GIGWISE: Michael Jackson To Leave McCartney The Beatles' Catalogue In Will (January 5, 2009)

• Chicago Tribune: As Fireman, McCartney offers one of better albums (December 4, 2008)

• WIRED: The Fireman Cometh... (November 19, 2008)

• GIGWISE: Paul McCartney: 'I Still Think Of John Lennon When Recording' (November 19, 2008)

• Spinner: Paul McCartney Turns Up the Heat on His Fireman Side Project (November 19, 2008)

• BBC: Sir Paul gears up for The Fireman (November 19, 2008)

• WIRED:Video: Paul McCartney and Youth Talk 'The Fireman' (November 18, 2008)

• NME: Paul McCartney: 'I want to record with Bob Dylan' (November 18, 2008)

• SundayMail.co.uk: Sir Paul McCartney And Heather Seal 55M Pound Divorce Deal (February 17, 2008)

• WashingtonPost.com: "McCartney Divorce Battle Goes On" (February 15, 2008)

• BBC News: Banned Beatles get Israel invite (January 28, 2008)

• ABC News: Paul McCartney Undergoes Heart Surgery (January 2, 2008)

• Pitchfork Record Review: Memory Almost Full (June 4, 2007)

• CityNews: "Allegations of Abuse Latest Twist in McCartney-Mills Divorce" (October 19, 2006)

• BBC News: "McCartney and Mills to separate" (May 17, 2006)

• Playboy: "Paul McCartney 1984 Interview"

• NPR: Memory Almost Full Review

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