Paul McCartney Biography

Paul McCartney - Biography
1940 - 49	Shortcuts: 1940 \| 1950 \| 1960 \| 1970 \| 1980 \| 1990 \| 2000
18 Jun 1942	Born James Paul McCartney at Walton Hospital, Liverpool to James McCartney and Mary Patricia McCartney (nee Mohan). Family lives at 92 Broadway, Wallasey, Wirral.
Jan 1943	Family move to bungalow in Roach Avenue, Knowsley Estate, Liverpool.
Aug 1946	Family move to a ground-floor flat in Sir Thomas White Gardens, Liverpool City Centre, and after short time again to new council house at 72 Western Avenue, Speke.
Sep 1947	Paul starts Stockton Wood Road Primary School, Speke.
1950 - 59	Shortcuts: 1940 \| 1950 \| 1960 \| 1970 \| 1980 \| 1990 \| 2000
1952	Family move again to 12 Ardwick Road, Speke.
Sep 1953	Enters Liverpool Institute.
1955	Family moves once more to Forthlin Road, Allerton, Liverpool 18.
31 Oct 1956	Paul's mother dies of breast cancer.
6 Jul 1957	Meets John Lennon after the Quarry Men's appearance at the summer fete of St Peter's Parish Church, Woolton. Paul is asked to join the group a couple of weeks later.
Sep 1957	Paul's first appearance on stage is with his brother Mike at Butlin's Holiday Camp, Filey, Yorkshire.
18 Oct 1957	Paul's first appearance with the Quarry Men at the Conservative Club, New Clubmoor Hall, Liverpool.

1960 - 69	Shortcuts: 1940 \| 1950 \| 1960 \| 1970 \| 1980 \| 1990 \| 2000
18 Apr 1963	Paul meets Jane Asher for the first time, with the other Beatles. They begin a 5 year relationship.
Dec 18 1966	Paul and Jane attend premiere of film The Family Way. Film's soundtrack is written by Paul and arranged by George Martin.
15 May 1967	Meets Linda Eastman for the first time at the Bag O'Nails nightclub, Soho.
17 Jun 1967	Life Magazine runs an article in which Paul reveals that he has taken acid.
25 Dec 1967	Paul and Jane announce their engagement.
20 Jul 1968	Jane Asher announce that their engagement is off after finding Paul in bed with another girl, Francie Schwartz.
31 Oct 1968	Linda Eastman and her daughter Heather move in with Paul in his London home.
12 Mar 1969	Paul and Linda marry at Marylebone Register Office with brother Michael and Mal Evans as witnesses.
28 Aug 1969	Paul and Linda's daughter Mary is born at Avenue Clinic, London.
1970 - 79	Shortcuts: 1940 \| 1950 \| 1960 \| 1970 \| 1980 \| 1990 \| 2000
Feb 1970	Recording sessions for his first album, McCartney, under a pseudonym at Morgan Studios. He has been making home recordings for the album since late 1969.
10 Apr 1970	Paul announces that he has left the Beatles in a press release to coincide with the release of his first solo album.
25-28 Jul 1971	First recordings with his new band at Abbey Road.
13 Sep 1971	During the birth of their second child together, Stella Nina McCartney, Paul thinks up the name Wings for his new band.
8 Nov 1971	A party is held at the Empire Ballroom in Leicester Square, London to launch Wings.
17-28 Jan 1972	Rehearsals at the Scotch of St. James club in London to finalise the line-up of Wings.
29 Jan 1972	During a dinner in New York John and Paul agree to stop "slagging each other off in the press".
1 Feb 1972	Wings record track Give Ireland Back To The Irish, Paul's reaction to the troubles in Northern Ireland.
9 - 23 Feb 1972	Wings perform a series of impromptu gigs at universities across the UK.
9 July - 24 Aug 1972	Wings Over Europe tour. No gigs in the UK.
19 Sep 1972	Police find cannabis plants growing in Paul's greenhouse at his farm in Kintyre, Argyll.
19 Feb - 1 Apr 1973	Wings work on television special James Paul McCartney at ATV Television Studios, Elstree.
16 Apr 1973	Paul guests on Ringo's track Six O'clock for his Ringo album.
11 May - 10 Jul 1973	Wings first British tour.
1-22 Sep 1973	Paul, Linda and Denny Laine record tracks for the next Wings album, Band On The Run, in Lagos, Nigeria.
9 Sep - 14 Nov 1975	The first leg of Wings World Tour - Britain and Australia.
20 - 26 Mar 1976	The second part of Wings World Tour takes in Europe.
Apr, 19 Jun 1976	Paul assists on sessions for new Ringo album, Ringo's Rotogravure.
7 Apr 1976	McCartney Productions Ltd. changes its' name to MPL Communications Ltd.
3 May - 23 Jun 1976	Wings World Tour part 3 - America.
19-27 Sep 1976	Wings World Tour part 4 - Mini European Tour.
19-21 Oct 1976	3 concerts at the Empire Pool in Wembley to celebrate the end of Wings' World Tour.
12 Sep 1977	James Louis McCartney is born at the Avenue Clinic in St. John's Wood, London.
14 Jan 1978	Mull Of Kintyre becomes biggest selling single of all-time in UK.
23 Nov - 17 Dec 1979	Wings UK Tour.
29 Dec 1979	Wings perform live on the last night of 4 benefit concerts, Concerts For Kampuchea, at the Hammersmith Odeon, London.

1980 - 89	Shortcuts: 1940 \| 1950 \| 1960 \| 1970 \| 1980 \| 1990 \| 2000
16 Jan 1980	On his arrival in Tokyo for Wings tour, Paul is arrested for possession of marijuana.
25 Jan 1980	After 10 days in a cell, Paul is released and deported.
16 May 1980	Paul releases solo album McCartney II, playing all instruments.
2 - 25 Oct 1980	Wings final sessions together as a five-piece recording demo tracks for their proposed next album at Finston Manor, Kent.
10 - 26 Nov 1980	More demo tracks recorded for the proposed next Wings album by just Paul, Linda and Denny Laine.
27 Apr 1981	After an interview with Denny Laine it is announced that Wings have split up.
5 Nov 1982 - 8 May 1983	Filming and recording self-written movie Give My Regards To Broad Street at Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire.
25 Oct 1984	The world premiere of Give My Regards To Broad Street movie at Gotham Theatre, New York, supported by Rupert And The Frog Song.
13 Jul 1985	Performs Let It Be at the close of the British section of Live Aid at Wembley Stadium.
20 Jun 1986	Performs 3 songs at Prince's Trust 10th Birthday Party Concert at Wembley Arena, London.
24 Nov 1986	Appears for the first time since 1963 on the Royal Variety Command Performance at the Theatre Royal in London.
Feb - Apr 1989	Paul is filmed with new band rehearsing and recording for TV documentary, Put It There.
26 & 27 Jul 1989	Two concerts before invited audiences with his new band at the Playhouse Theatre, London.
28 Sep - 11 Nov 1989	World Tour first leg - Europe.
23 Nov - 15 Dec 1989	World Tour second leg - America.
1990 - 99	Shortcuts: 1940 \| 1950 \| 1960 \| 1970 \| 1980 \| 1990 \| 2000
2 - 26 Jan 1990	World Tour third leg - UK.
1 - 19 Feb 1990	World Tour fourth leg - America.
3 - 13 Mar 1990	World Tour fifth leg - Japan.
29 Mar - 15 Apr 1990	World Tour sixth leg - America.
20 & 21 Apr 1990	World Tour seventh leg - Brazil. The second concert at the Maracana Stadium is seen by a record 184,000 people.
23 - 30 Jun 1990	World Tour eighth leg - UK.
4 - 29 Jul 1990	World Tour ninth leg - America.
25 Jan 1991	Performance with band in front of invited audience for MTV series Unplugged at Limehouse Studios, Middlesex.
8 May - 24 Jul 1991	6 concerts in the UK and Europe, each split into 2 sections - one unplugged the other electric.
28 Jun 1991	The Paul McCartney Liverpool Oratorio, composed by Paul with Carl Davis, world premiere at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
18 Sep 1991	World premiere of Paul's live concert film Get Back at the Passage Kino cinema in Hamburg.
Oct 1992	Work with producer Youth on album Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, credited to The Fireman.
18 - 23 Feb 1993	New World Tour - First leg - Europe.
5 - 27 Mar 1993	New World Tour - Second leg - Australasia.
14 Apr - 15 Jun 1993	New World Tour - Third leg - North America.
3 Sep - 27 Oct 1993	New World Tour - Fourth leg - Europe.
12 Nov - 16 Dec 1993	New World Tour - Fifth leg - Tokyo, Mexico & Brazil.
28 Sep 1994	Paul's brainchild, the Liverpool Institute For The Performing Arts - LIPA - announces that they are open for business. They are officially opened on June 7 1996 by the Queen.
29 May 1995	The first part of Paul's Westwood One radio series Oobu Joobu is broadcast in America. The 13 programme series features musical rarities and conversations with other musicians.
7 Dec 1995	Linda McCartney is diagnosed as suffering from breast cancer and undergoes an operation.
11 Mar 1997	Paul is invested with his knighthood for services to popular music at Buckingham Palace.
15 Sep 1997	Appears at George Martin's charity concert for the victims of volcanic eruptions on the island of Monsterrat at the Royal Albert Hall.
29 Sep 1997	Paul records parts for Ringo's Vertical Man album with Ringo at Paul's Mill Studio.
2 Oct 1997	Authorised biography, Many Years From Now, by Barry Miles is published by Secker & Warburg.
17 Apr 1998	Linda dies of cancer in Paul's arms at their ranch near Tucson, Arizona.
21 Sep 1998	Release of album Rushes, made with Youth and credited to The Fireman.
10 Apr 1999	Paul takes part in a tribute concert for Linda, arranged by Chrissie Hynde, at the Royal Albert Hall, Here, There and Everywhere - A Concert For Linda.
31 May 1999	Paul's first art exhibition opens at the Kunstforum Lyz art gallery in Hamburg.
16 Oct 1999	World premiere of Working Classical performed by the London Symphony Orchestra in Liverpool.
14 Dec 1999	Plays gig at the rebuilt Cavern Club.
2000 -	Shortcuts: 1940 \| 1950 \| 1960 \| 1970 \| 1980 \| 1990 \| 2000
30 May 2001	Appears at Hay Festival, Hay-On-Wye reading from his book Blackbird Singing and telling anecdotes.
23 Jul 2001	Paul and Heather Mills get engaged to be married.
20 Oct 2001	Headlines The Concert For New York benefit concert for the victims of September terrorist attacks.
12 Nov 2001	Paul and Ringo pay a final emotional visit to ailing George at Staten Island University Hospital.