PAUL McCARTNEY - Interesting Facts
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- Sir James Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942 in Liverpool, England.
- Paul McCartney has won thirteen Grammy Awards.
- At 5' 11" (180 cm), Paul McCartney was the tallest member of The Beatles.
- In 1997, McCartney joined Luciano Pavorotti and Michael Jackson on a CD tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales.
- McCartney is left handed.
- Paul McCartney had a successful post-Beatles group - Wings (1971-1981).
- McCartney is an advocate for vegetarianism, for animal rights and for music education.
- According to Guinness World Records, Paul McCartney is the most commercially successful songwriter in the history of popular music.
- McCartney has never been able to read musical notation.
- McCartney met George Harrison on a bus to school, and asked him to be in John Lennon's first band, The Quarrymen.
- His song, "When I'm 64" was written for his father Jim on his 64th birthday.
- Paul was made an honorary detective by NY Police for the benefit concert he gave for 9/11 victims, April 2002.
- McCartney was arrested and jailed briefly in Japan in 1980 for carrying marijuana.
- McCartney owns the double bass that once belonged to Elvis Presley's bassist Bill Black.
- Paul McCartney was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Beatles January 20, 1988.
- In September 6, 2006 Paul was named "Man of the Year" at the GQ awards ceremony.
- Paul is one of the UK's wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune of £475 million in 2010.
- The minor planet 4148, discovered in 1983, was named "McCartney" in his honour.
