Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney
Birth name	James Paul McCartney
Born	June 18, 1942 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Years Active	1957-present
Member of	The Quarrymen The Beatles Wings

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The Beatles	Himself (singing)	1965–1967	1	2	3

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
V.I.P. (uncredited)	Himself	2x13 - All You Need Is Val	February 5, 2000
Saturday Night Live	Musical Guest	5x19 - Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney	May 17, 1980
Saturday Night Live	Musical Guest	18x13 - Alec Baldwin/Paul McCartney	February 13, 1993
Saturday Night Live	Musical Guest	36x09 - Paul Rudd/Paul McCartney	December 11, 2010
Saturday Night Live	Musical Guest	38x10 - Martin Short/Paul McCartney	December 15, 2012

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Wings Over the World	Himself	March 16, 1979

Album History

With The Beatles

• Please Please Me
• Introducing The Beatles (U.S.; Vee-Jay release of Please Please Me)
• With The Beatles
• Meet The Beatles (U.S.; songs from Please Please Me and With The Beatles)
• The Beatles' Second Album (U.S.; songs from With The Beatles)
• A Hard Day's Night (Parlorphone version all songs; United Artists version in U.S. features instrumentals from film)
• Something New (U.S.; songs from A Hard Day's Night)
• The Beatles' Story (U.S.; documentary)
• Beatles For Sale
• The Early Beatles (U.S.; songs from Please Please Me)
• Beatles '65 (U.S.; songs from Beatles For Sale)
• Beatles VI (U.S.; songs from Beatles For Sale and Parlorphone edition of Help!)
• Help! (Parlorphone version all songs; Capitol version in U.S. features instrumentals from film)
• Rubber Soul (U.S. version includes songs from Parlorphone edition of Help!)
• Revolver
• Yesterday...And Today (U.S.; features songs from Parlorphone editions of Help! and Revolver)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Magical Mystery Tour
• The Beatles (more commonly referred to as "The White Album")
• Yellow Submarine
• Abbey Road
• Let It Be
• Hey Jude (U.S.; songs previously not featured on albums)
• The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1975 release of 1965 concert)
• Let It Be...Naked (Re-release of Let It Be without Phil Spector production values)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Edition
• The Beatles 50th Anniversary Edition (White Album)

Beatles singles (releases with no country designation indicate both UK and US releases)

My Bonnie / The Saints (with Tony Sheridan; UK) Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (UK) Please Please Me / Ask Me Why (UK) From Me To You / Thank You Girl She Loves You / I'll Get You I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy (UK) Roll Over Beethoven / Please Mr. Postman (Canada) I Want To Hold Your Hand / I Saw Her Standing There (US) Please Please Me / From Me To You (US; Vee-Jay, Capitol 6000 series) Sweet Georgia Brown / Nobody's Child (UK--Polydor) All My Loving / This Boy (Canada) Why / Cry For A Shadow (UK--Polydor) Twist And Shout / There's A Place (US--Tollie, Capitol 6000 series) Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That (US) Do You Want To Know A Secret? / Thank You Girl (US--Vee-Jay, Capitol 6000 series) Sie Liebt Dich / I'll Get You (US--Swan) Ain't She Sweet / Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby (UK--Polydor) Sweet Georgia Brown / Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby (US--Atco)

Ain't She Sweet / Nobody's Child (US--Atco) A Hard Day's Night / Things We Said Today (UK) A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (US) I'll Cry Instead / I'm Happy Just To Dance With You And I Love Her / If I Fell Matchbox / Slow Down I Feel Fine / She's A Woman Eight Days A Week / I Don't Want To Spoil The Party Ticket To Ride / Yes It Is Help! / I'm Down Yesterday / Act Naturally Roll Over Beethoven / Misery (US--Capitol 6000 series) Boys / Kansas City--Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey (US--Capitol 6000 series) We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper Nowhere Man / What Goes On Paperback Writer / Rain Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane All You Need Is Love / Baby You're A Rich Man

Hello Goodbye / I Am The Walrus Lady Madonna / The Inner Light Hey Jude / Revolution (first release on Apple label) Get Back / Don't Let Me Down The Ballad Of John And Yoko / Old Brown Shoe Something / Come Together Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue Yesterday / I Should Have Known Better (UK--1976 re-release) Got To Get You Into My Life / Helter Skelter (US) Back In The U.S.S.R. / Twist And Shout (UK) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da / Julia (US) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day In The Life Beatles Movie Medley / I'm Happy Just To Dance With You Free As A Bird / Christmastime (Is Here Again) Real Love / Baby's In Black Now And Then / Love Me Do

Beatles Compilations

The Beatles: 1962-1966 The Beatles: 1967-1970 Rock And Roll Music The Beatles' Love Songs The Beatles Rarities (U.S. and U.K. editions each featured different tracks and packaging) The Beatles' Reel Music Live At The Tavern Club

Live At The BBC Past Masters Anthology (Various outtakes and demos) Yellow Submarine Songtrack 1 Love (remixes and dubs for Cirque du Soleil show) Live At The BBC, Vol. 2

Solo Albums

The Family Way (soundtrack to movie) McCartney Ram McCartney II Tug Of War Pipes Of Peace The Honorary Consul (soundtrack to movie) Give My Regards To Broad Street Press To Play Back In The U.S.S.R. (Released in Russia only)

Flowers In The Dirt Tripping The Live Fantastic Tripping The Live Fantastic: Highlights Unplugged: The Official Bootleg Paul Is Live Off The Ground Flaming Pie Run Devil Run Back In The U.S. Back In The World

All The Best (compilation) Liverpool Sound Collage Driving Rain Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard Memory Almost Full Electric Arguments (with The Firemen) Good Evening, New York City Kisses On The Bottom New Egypt Station McCartney III

Classical renditions

• Liverpool Oratorio
• Standing Stone
• Working Classical
• A Garland For Linda
• Ecce Cor Meum
• Ocean's Kingdom

With Wings

Wild Life Red Rose Speedway Band On The Run Venus And Mars Wings At The Speed Of Sound Wings Over America

London Town Back To The Egg All The Best (compilation) Wingspan: Hits And History Band On The Run 25th Anniversary Edition One Hand Clapping

Awards and Accolades Grammy Awards With The Beatles: Nominated: Record Of The Year (1964) I Want To Hold Your Hand Nominated: Best Contemporary Song (1964) A Hard Day's Night Won: Best New Artist (1964) Won: Best Performance By A Vocal Group (1964) A Hard Day's Night Nominated: Contemporary Rock & Roll Vocal Group Performance, Album Of The Year, Vocal Group Performance (1966) Help! Nominated: Album Of The Year (1967) Revolver Won: Best Album Cover/Package, Graphic Arts (1967) Revolver Won: Song of the Year (1967) Michelle Won: Best Contemporary Solo Vocal Performance (1967) Eleanor Rigby Nominated: Group Vocal Performance, Contemporary Vocal Group (1968) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Won: Album Of The Year, Best Contemporary Album, Best Album Cover/Packages and Graphic Arts, Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical, 1968) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Nominated: Best Instrumental Arrangement, Accompanying Vocalists (1968) A Day In The Life Nominated: Album Of The Year (1969) Magical Mystery Tour Nominated: Best Performance By Pop Duo or Vocal Group, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year (1969) Hey Jude Nominated: Album Of The Year, Contemporary Vocal Group (1970) Abbey Road Won: Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical, 1970) Abbey Road Nominated: Best Original Score Written For Motion Picture or TV Special (1970) Yellow Submarine Nominated: Record Of The Year, Contemporary Vocal Group (1971) Let It Be Won: Best Original Score Written For Motion Picture or TV Special (1971) Let It Be Won: Grammy Trustees Award (1972) Won: Hall Of Fame Award (1975) Nominated: Best Historical Album (1996) The Beatles: Live At The BBC Won: Best Music Video (Longform) (1997) The Beatles Anthology Won: Best Music Video (Shortform) (1997) Free As A Bird 'Won: Best Pop Performance By Duo or Vocal Group (1997) Free As A Bird Won: Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (2008) Love Won: Best Surround Sound Album (2007) The Beatles Love Won: Best Historical Album (2011) The Beatles: The Original Studio Recordings Nominated: Best Spoken Word Album (2012) Fab Four Memories--The Beatles Bond Won: Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) Won: Best Music Film (2017) Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years Won: Best Music Video (Shortform, 2024) I'm Only Sleeping Solo and with Wings: Won: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists (1972) Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey Nominated: Best Vocal Performance By Duo or Group, Best Original Score for Motion Picture or Television (1973) Live And Let Die Nominated: Album Of The Year (1975) Band On The Run Won: Best Performance by Pop Duo or Group With Vocals (1975) Band On The Run Nominated: Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists (1976) Let 'Em In Won: Best Rock Instrumental Performance (1980) Rockestra Theme Nominated: Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male (1980) Coming Up--Live At Glasgow Nominated: Best Spoken Word--Documentary or Drama Reading (1981) The McCartney Interview Nominated: Album Of The Year (1982) Tug Of War Nominated: Song Of The Year, Best Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal (1982) Ebony And Ivory (with Stevie Wonder) Nominated: Best Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal (1983) The Girl Is Mine (with Michael Jackson) Nominated: Best Music Video Shortform (1986) Rupert And The Frog Song Nominated: Album Of The Year (1997) Flaming Pie Nominated: Best Alternative Music Album (2001) Liverpool Sound Collage Nominated: Song Written For Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (2002) Vanilla Sky Nominated: Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (2004) Something (with Eric Clapton, from Concert For George) Nominated: Album Of The Year; Best Pop Vocal Album; Producer Of The Year (2007) Chaos And Creation In The Backyard Nominated: Best Pop Vocal Performance (2006) A Fine Line Nominated: Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance (2007) Only Mama Knows Nominated: Best Male Pop Solo Performance (2007) Dance Tonight Nominated: Best Pop Vocal Album (2007) Memory Almost Full Nominated: Best Solo Rock Performance (2008) I Saw Her Standing There (from Amoeba's Secret) Nominated: Best Pop Vocal Performance--Singles and Tracks Only (2008) That Was Me (from Amoeba's Secret) Won: Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance (2011) Helter Skelter (from Good Evening New York City) Won: Best Historical Album (2012) Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection, Deluxe Edition) Won: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (2013) Kisses On The Bottom Won: Best Music Film; Best Surround Sound Album (2014) Live Kisses Won: Best Special Boxed Set or Limited Edition Package (2014) Wings Over America Won: Best Rock Song (2014) Cut Me Some Slack with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear Nominated: Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package (2017) Tug Of War (Deluxe Edition) Emmy Awards Won: Outstanding Documentary, Sound Mixing (Non-fiction), Direction (Non-fiction), Sound Editing (Non-fiction), Picture Editing (Non-fiction) Get Back Trivia The "Paul is dead" controversy, which lingers to this day, was started by the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein. When Paul wrote Paperback Writer for a single release, Brian had doubts about it selling because it wasn't a standard Beatles love song. To drum up publicity, Brian hatched the idea to have one of the Beatles "die" then plant clues throughout indicating this supposed death. George and Ringo passed on the idea; John offered to be the "dead" guy but that was nixed as it was assumed everybody knew John was a practical joker anyway. So Paul was elected to "die" and a highly trained lookalike was planted in his stead. In 1970, Paul staged his "resurrection" and called the beliefs of his death "bloody stupid." Clues started bearing fruit after Epstein died (on Aug. 27, 1967); among them: On Strawberry Fields Forever, the mumbo jumbo at the end has John faintly saying what many think was "I buried Paul." (Anthology Vol. 2 presents that he is saying "I'm very bored.") On Sgt. Pepper, Paul is not wearing a hat as the others were, on the back cover his back is turned to the camera, and a shoulder patch shows the initials "O.P.D." (thought by conspiracy theorists to mean "officially pronounced dead"). On The White Album, the chant of "number nine" on Revolution No. 9 is supposed to say "Turn me on, dead man" when played backwards. On the cover of Abbey Road, Paul is barefoot and is holding his cigarette in his right hand. Paul is left-handed. Also on Come Together, one of the lyrics is "One and one and one is three / Got to be good lookin' 'cause he's so hard to see." On the cover of Abbey Road, there is Volkswagen parked over the curb with a license plate reading "WB 27", supposedly referring that Paul would have been 27 years old at the time. This prompted him to repeat that shot on his 1997 album "Paul Is Live" with the plate now reading "IS 55."