Born James Paul McCartney in Liverpool, England. After the dissolution of the Beatles in 1970, McCartney formed another group, Wings. Their fourth album, "Band On The Run, " was undeniably a major achievement, and did much to restore McCartney's faltering reputation. Buoyed by adversity, the artist offered a passion and commitment missing from earlier albums and, in turn, reaped due commercial plaudits when the title song and "Jet" reached both US and UK Top10 positions. Their on-tour collection, "Wings Over America," failed to scale the artistic heights of "Band On The Run," but it re-established McCartney as a major figure and included best-selling singles such as "Listen To What The Man Said" (1975), "Silly Love Songs" and "Let 'Em In" (both 1976). The group enjoyed its most spectacular success with "Mull Of Kintyre" (1977), a saccharine paean to Paul and wife Linda's Scottish retreat which topped the UK charts for nine consecutive weeks and sold over 2.5 million copies in Britain alone. Embarking on a solo career, employing some of the best musicians of the time, his ambitious stage show and effects undertook a world tour in 1993, and was one of the highest grossing tours in the USA during the year. By drawing on material from the Beatles, Wings and solo recordings, McCartney demonstrated a prowess which has spanned a quarter of a century. Various rumours circulated in 1994 about a reunion with the surviving members of his most famous band. Both he and Yoko Ono appeared to have settled their long-standing differences, as had George Harrison and McCartney. The success in 1994-95 of the "Beatles At The BBC" indicated a ripe time for some kind of musical reunion. This was partly achieved with the overdubbing of "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love" for the magnificent "Anthology" series in 1996. The profile of the Beatles had rarely been higher and this was celebrated in the new year honours list by a knighthood for services to music to McCartney. Presumably this was in recognition for his outstanding work with Lennon. The 1997 album "Flaming Pie" was topped by the exquisite "Somedays", a heart-tugging love song to Linda, and one of his finest songs in many decades. His love for his wife shone through the whole record. (Sadly, Linda lost her battle with cancer the following year, but was honored with a memorial service on 9 June in London's Trafalgar Square.) In March 1999, McCartney was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist. And, in December 1999, McCartney took himself back to the famous Cavern club -- site of the Beatles early Liverpool gigs, with his studio band. In reality, it was a rebuilt Cavern, next door to the original cellar. Musically however McCartney seemed fired up, singing and playing with an energy not seen for many years. In other areas McCartney might be seen as an over-achiever, with his original paintings getting media coverage in 2000, and his book of poetry the following year. Lennon-McCartney songs are used in films just about every year; in 2001 alone, his songs were used in 3 films and he wrote the Oscar®-nominated song for VANILLA SKY.  Nominated for Music Best Song 1973: LIVE AND LET DIE "Live and Let Die" - Music & Lyric (w. Linda McCartney)  Nominated for Achievement in Music in connection with motion pictures (Best Song) 2001: VANILLA SKY "Vanilla Sky" - Music & Lyric 2 nominations