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Paul McCartney Songs
Paul McCartney is an English musician who has recorded hundreds of songs over his career of more than sixty years. As a member of the Beatles, he formed a songwriting partnership with his bandmate John Lennon that became one of the most celebrated in music history. Some of McCartney's famous Beatles compositions include "Hey Jude", "Penny Lane", "Let It Be" and " Yesterday", the last of which being one of the most covered songs of all time. After the band's break-up, he recorded his 1970 lo-fi album ''McCartney'', which he composed and performed alone, containing songs including "Maybe I'm Amazed". It was followed by his first solo single, " Another Day", and ''Ram'' (1971), which he recorded with wife Linda McCartney. For the remainder of the 1970s, McCartney released music with the rock band Wings, recording many of his well-known songs, including " Live and Let Die", " Jet", " Band on the Run", "Listen to What the Man Said", "Silly Love Songs", "Let 'Em In" and "Mull of Kint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram (album)
''Ram'' is the only album credited to the husband-and-wife music duo Paul and Linda McCartney, released on 17 May 1971 by Apple Records. It was recorded in New York with guitarists David Spinozza and Hugh McCracken, and future Wings drummer Denny Seiwell. Three singles were issued from the album: "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (Paul's first number 1 hit in America without the Beatles), " The Back Seat of My Car" and " Eat at Home". The recording sessions also yielded the non-album single " Another Day". The album's release coincided with a period of acrimony between McCartney and his former Beatles bandmates, and followed his legal action in the United Kingdom's High Court to dissolve the Beatles partnership. John Lennon perceived slights in the lyrics to songs such as "Too Many People". Although McCartney felt that he had addressed the criticisms he received with his 1970 solo debut, '' McCartney'', ''Ram'' elicited a similarly unfavourable reaction from music journalists. It n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCartney II
''McCartney II'' is the second solo album by English musician Paul McCartney, released on 16 May 1980. It was recorded by McCartney at his home studio in the summer of 1979, shortly before the dissolution of his band Wings in 1981. Like his first solo album, ''McCartney'' (1970), he performed all the instruments himself. It yielded three singles: " Coming Up", "Waterfalls", and "Temporary Secretary". The album was a significant departure for McCartney, as much of it relies heavily on synthesizers and studio experimentation, while its music style embraces new wave and elements of electronica. It was initially released to largely unfavourable reviews by critics, though retrospective reception has been more positive''McCartney: Songwriter'' p. 126 and the album has become a cult favourite. In 2011, an expanded edition of ''McCartney II'' was issued with over a dozen bonus tracks. In 2020, the album was succeeded by '' McCartney III''. In 2022, the trilogy was reissued in the ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderful Christmastime
"Wonderful Christmastime" is a Christmas song by English musician Paul McCartney. Recorded during the sessions for his solo album ''McCartney II'' (1980), it was released in November 1979 following Wings' final album ''Back to the Egg'' earlier that year. It was McCartney's first solo single in over eight years since "Eat at Home" in 1971. "Wonderful Christmastime" has charted within the top 10 in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom as well as the top 20 in Canada, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland. Despite being regarded as one of McCartney's weaker compositions by some music critics, it is a popular song during Christmas and has been covered throughout the years by numerous artists. "Wonderful Christmastime" was added as a bonus track on the 1993 CD reissue of ''Back to the Egg'' and on the 2011 "Special Edition" and "Deluxe Edition" reissue of ''McCartney II''; a longer, unedited version was also included on the Deluxe Edition. The trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject matter ranges from the nativity of Jesus Christ, to gift-giving and merrymaking, to cultural figures such as Santa Claus, among other topics. Many songs simply have a winter or seasonal theme, or have been adopted into the canon for other reasons. While most Christmas songs prior to 1930 were of a traditional religious character, the Great Depression era of the 1930s brought a stream of songs of American origin, most of which did not explicitly reference the Christian nature of the holiday, but rather the more secular traditional Western themes and customs associated with Christmas. These included songs aimed at children such as "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", as well as sentimental ballad-type songs p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny Laine
Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines, 29 October 1944) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, known as a founder of two major rock bands: the Moody Blues, with whom he played from 1964 to 1966, and Wings, with whom he played from 1971 to 1981. Laine has worked with a variety of artists and groups over a six-decade career, and continues to record and perform as a solo artist. In 2018, Laine was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues. Early years Laine was born in Tyseley, Birmingham, England, where he attended Yardley Grammar School, and took up the guitar as a boy, inspired by gypsy jazz musician Django Reinhardt. He gave his first solo performance as a musician at the age of 12, and began his career as a professional musician, fronting Denny Laine and the Diplomats, which also included Bev Bevan, future drummer with Move and Electric Light Orchestra. Laine changed his name because he felt 'Brian Frederick Hines and the Diplom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mull Of Kintyre (song)
"Mull of Kintyre" is a song by the British-American rock band Wings written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine. The song was written in tribute to the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland and its headland, the Mull of Kintyre, where McCartney has owned High Park Farm since 1966. The single was Wings' biggest hit in Britain and is one of the best selling singles of all time in the United Kingdom, where it became the 1977 Christmas number one and was the first single to sell over two million copies nationwide. History The song dates as far back as at least 1974, appearing on the extended home demo recording known amongst bootleggers as "The Piano Tape". Written on piano originally, at that early stage the lyric only had the completed chorus and a few bits of the lyrics that eventually made the finished version. The lyrics of the first verse, also used as the repeating chorus, are an ode to the area's natural beauty and sense of home: McCartney explained how the song came into being: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let 'Em In
"Let 'Em In" is a song by Wings from their 1976 album ''Wings at the Speed of Sound''. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney and reached the top 3 in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. It was a No. 2 hit in the UK; in the U.S. it was a No. 3 pop hit and No. 1 easy listening hit. In Canada, the song was No. 3 for three weeks on the pop chart and No. 1 for three weeks on the MOR chart of ''RPM'' magazine. The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies. It can also be found on McCartney's 1987 compilation album, ''All the Best!'' A demo of the song, featuring Denny Laine on lead vocal, was included as a bonus track on the Archive Collection reissue of ''Wings at the Speed of Sound''. Content The song starts with the sound of a vibraphone mimicking the Friedland Westminster Chime Doorbell before the rhythm begins. The lyric namechecks several famous people, between fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silly Love Songs
"Silly Love Songs" is a song by the British–American rock band Wings that was written by Paul and Linda McCartney. The song first appeared in March 1976 on the album ''Wings at the Speed of Sound,'' then it was released as a single backed with "Cook of the House" on 1 April in the US, and 30 April in the UK. The song, which features disco overtones, was written in response to music critics accusing McCartney of predominantly writing "silly love songs" and "sentimental slush". The song was McCartney's 27th number one as a songwriter; the all-time record for the most number one hits achieved by a songwriter. With this song, McCartney became the first person to have a year-end No. 1 song as a member of two distinct acts. McCartney previously hit No. 1 in the year-end '' ''Billboard'''' chart as a member of the Beatles with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1964 and "Hey Jude" in 1968. "Silly Love Songs" has since appeared on multiple McCartney greatest hits compilations, including ''W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listen To What The Man Said
"Listen to What the Man Said" is a hit single from Wings' 1975 album '' Venus and Mars''. The song featured new member Joe English on drums, with guest musicians Dave Mason on guitar and Tom Scott on soprano saxophone. It was a number 1 single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the US and reached number 1 in Canada on the ''RPM'' National Top Singles Chart. It also reached number 6 in the UK, and reached the top ten in Norway and New Zealand and the top twenty in the Netherlands. The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies. Recording "Listen to What the Man Said" was recorded in early 1975 by Wings during their New Orleans sessions for ''Venus and Mars''. It was a song for which Paul McCartney had high hopes, but early recordings did not live up to the song's potential. McCartney said in 1975 of his initial opinion of the song, "It was one of the songs we’d gone in with high hopes for. Whenever I would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band On The Run (song)
"Band on the Run" is a song by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released as the title track to their 1973 album ''Band on the Run''. The song was released as a single in April 1974 in the US and in June 1974 in the UK, following the success of " Jet", and became an international chart success. The song topped the charts in the United States, also reaching number 3 in the United Kingdom. The single sold over one million copies in 1974 in America. It has since become one of the band's most famous songs. A medley of three distinct musical passages that vary in style from folk rock to funk, "Band on the Run" is one of McCartney's longest singles at 5:09. The song was partly inspired by a comment that George Harrison had made during a meeting of the Beatles' Apple record label. The song-wide theme is one of freedom and escape, and its creation coincided with Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr having parted with manager Allen Klein in March 1973, leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet (song)
"Jet" is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from their third studio album ''Band on the Run'' (1973). It was the first British and American single to be released from the album. The song's title was inspired by the name of a pony Paul came across while writing the song on a farm in Scotland. The song peaked at number 7 on both the British and American charts on 30 March 1974, also charting in multiple countries in Europe. It has since been released on numerous compilation albums, and has since become one of the band's best-known tracks. Background Reviewers have reported that the song's title was inspired by the McCartneys' Labrador Retriever dog named "Jet". McCartney has substantiated this claim: Also confirmed by an interview with Paul Gambaccini, broadcast on BBC Radio in December 1978, However, in a 2010 interview on the UK television channel ITV1 for the programme ''Wings: Band on the Run'' (to promote the November 2010 CD/DVD re-release of the album) McCartney said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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