Biography:McCartney grew up in Liverpool, meeting song-writing partner John Lennon aged 15 and joining his band Quarrymen.
Renamed the Beatles in 1960, they had their first hit 'Love Me Do' in 1963. The group went on to dominate 1960s pop music worldwide until McCartney announced his split from the group in 1970.
He went on to form the band Wings in the 1970s and composed orchestral music in the 1990s.
Born: June 18, 1942 Birthplace:Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom Age: 79 years old
1969-03-12 Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
2002-06-11 Musician Paul McCartney (59) weds former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills (34) at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, Ireland; divorce in 2008
2008-03-17 Musician Paul McCartney (65) divorces former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills (40) on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour
2011-10-09 Musician Paul McCartney (69) weds New Yorker Nancy Shevell (51) in a civil ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall, London
Historical Events
1957-07-06John Lennon (16) & Paul McCartney (15) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at St. Peter's, Woolton's Parish Church in Liverpool
1960-12-01 Paul McCartney and Pete Best arrested and then deported from Hamburg, Germany accused of attempted arson
1963-07-15 Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding
1963-08-25 Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds & given a 1 yr suspended license for speeding
1964-05-18 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC
1964-07-02 Cilla Black records Lennon/McCartney song "It's For You", Paul McCartney plays piano
1965-12-26 Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline
1967-05-15 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
1967-06-19 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
1967-12-25 Beatle Paul McCartney and British actress Jane Asher get engaged; engagement publicly broken six months later
1968-05-15 Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", to promote Apple Records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host
1971-08-03 Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings
1972-02-25 Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single
1972-05-12 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
1972-07-09 1st tour of Paul McCartney & Wings (France)
1973-04-30 Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" album, including the hit single "My Love"
1973-06-01 Paul McCartney & Wings release single "Live & Let Die"
1973-08-09 Northern Irish guitarist Henry McCullough quits rock band Wings, founded by Paul McCartney
1973-08-30 Drummer Danny Seiwell quits rock band Wings, which he co-founded by Paul McCartney
1973-12-05 Paul McCartney & Wings release album "Band on the Run" in the US
1973-12-07 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Band on the Run" in the UK
1974-04-20 Paul McCartney & Wings release single "Band on the Run" in the US
1975-03-24 New Orleans R&B piano player Professor Longhair with the Meters perform at record release party for Paul McCartney and Wings' "Venus and Mars", aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California
1975-05-27 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Venus & Mars" album
1975-09-09 Paul McCartney & Wings begin their "Wings Over The World" tour in Southampton, England; 65 concerts in Europe, Australia, Canada, and United States, runs through October of 1976
1979-03-16 CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney
1979-10-24 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc as all-time best selling singer-songwriter
1979-11-16 Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"
1980-01-16 Paul McCartney is arrested at Tokyo International Airport for possession of marijuana; he is sent to jail for nine days before being deported
1980-01-25 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
1980-04-11 Paul McCartney releases single "Coming Up"
1980-05-16 Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album
1987-11-16 Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago"
1989-05-08 Paul McCartney releases remake of "Ferry Cross the Mersey" in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool football fans
1989-06-05 Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt", his eighth solo studio album, featuring the Elvis Costello collaboration "My Brave Face"
1989-07-17 Paul McCartney releases single "This One", form hos album "Flowers In The Dirt"
1989-11-13 Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" & "Ou Est Le Soleil"
1999-03-15 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Billy Joel; Curtis Mayfield; Paul McCartney; Del Shannon; Dusty Springfield; Bruce Springsteen; The Staple Singers; Charles Brown; Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys; and George Martin
2002-11-29 "The Concert for George", a benefit memorial to George Harrison held at the Royal Albert Hall, London, features Eric Clapton; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr; Jeff Lynne; Tom Petty; Joe Brown; Anoushka Shankar; Billy Preston; and members of Monty Python
2003-05-24 Paul McCartney performs in his first-ever concert in Russia, in Moscow's Red Square, to a crowd of over 100,000 people
2004-06-25 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Oasis, Paul McCartney, and Muse headline; other performers include Wilco, The Black-Eyed Peas, James Brown, Damien Rice, Toots & The Maytals, and The Rutles
2005-07-02 Live 8 concert at Hyde Park, London, England; performers include Paul McCartney, U2, Coldplay, Elton John, Sting, Madonna, The Who, Pink Floyd, and R.E.M.
2007-06-05 Paul McCartney releases "Memory Almost Full", in US; his fourteenth solo studio album was the first release on Starbucks' Hear Music label
2018-07-26 Sir Paul McCartney performs a secret gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began
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