Sir Paul McCartney Biography

- Is born under the astrological star sign of Gemini.

- Is 5ft 11 inches tall, and was the tallest member of The Beatles.

- His favourite singers were Little Richard and Elvis Presley.

- Is one of the richest men in Britain; he is estimated to be worth around £760 million.

- Wrote his first song at the age of 14; it was called “Little Girl”.

- Although all the Beatles songs are credited as “Lennon and McCartney”, he actually only wrote 27 songs in partnership with John Lennon.

- Is also a talented artist, and once had his own one-man art show.

- Received an MBE in 1965, and was knighted in 1997 for “services to music”.

- He wrote the song “When I’m 64” for his father Jim on his 64th birthday.

- Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, after having been inducted with the Beatles in 1988.

- His nickname is Macca.

- Occasionally uses the pseudonym Apollo C. Vermouth, just as a joke.

- Has had 29 Number One singles on the American charts, 20 of them with the Beatles.

- In 1973, he was fined $200 for growing marijuana on his farm.

- Performed at Live Aid in 1985, where he performed “Let It Be.”

- Is the only member of the Beatles to have been nominated for an Academy Award in his own right, for songs in the films Live And Let Die and Vanilla Sky.

- Played for the largest stadium audience in history in Rio de Janeiro on 21st April, 1990, when 184,000 people paid to see him play.

- He still plays the 1964 Epiphone acoustic guitar on which he composed the song Yesterday, which is his greatest ever hit.