His has been called the "cute Beatle," James Paul McCartney in Liverpool, England June 18, 1942 known as the son born of his father James and his mother, Mary McCartney.
Mother of Paul, who was very close, was a midwife, a skill he learned while working as a nurse in the maternity ward at the hospital that his son Paul, born at Walton General Hospital in Liverpool. His father worked during the day such as cotton A. Hannay Co. salesman, and then as a jazz musician with JimMac-jazz band at night.
At school, Paul was an exceptional student. After the resolution of primary school and primary school with honors, has passed a test called the 11-plus examination, which was in him a kind of elite-known type of high school as the Liverpool Institute. Here he met his friend and bandmate George Harrison.
In 1955, when he was just 14 years, Paul's mother died tragically of breast cancer, after suffering an embolism, probably due to a postMastectomy operation to stop the spread of their cancer. This episode struck him deeply, and it was a great aspect of the bond that has formed and John Lennon, who also lost her mother at a young age. (His mother was killed in Menlove Avenue, a car driven by a drunk off duty cop).
Musically, Paul began to trumpet, probably due to the fact that his father often took him to the local musical band, to expose it to music. He quickly traded his trumpet for aHowever, acoustic guitar named after a popular skiffle music.
Skiffle music was a type of music that combines influences from both folk and blues style. It was an interesting music that combines traditional instruments like acoustic guitar and piano with a unique object such as laundry, a comb, a musical saw, etc. One of the most famous late skiffle star Lonnie Donegan was.
Paul has discovered that the game was his first acoustic guitar almost impossible, A left-hander, he played a poster of a famous musician of that time (Jimi Hendrix) saw left-handed with the strings strung in the opposite direction.
At 15, Paul met John Lennon, who currently plays in his band called the Quarrymen skiffle (named after Quarry Bank Grammar School, which he attended). The two were introduced by a mutual friend named Ivan Vaughan.
On July 6, 1957, the band Santa Peter's Church garden in the afternoon played fête.Inplayed on a makeshift stage in a field behind the church. After the series has brought Ivan Vaughan, occasional tea chest bass player with the band, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, while the band was set up in the parish hall for September 2 McCartney has revealed the band as a guitar and sang Eddie Cochran to vote "Twenty Flight Rock" and Gene Vincent "Be-Bop-A-Lula," and a medley of Little Richard meets his guitar accompaniment. The show evening started at 8 clock and it cost twoShilling for admission. Audience Member Bob Molyneux, part of the evening's show recorded on a Grundig portable reel to reel recorder. Two weeks later, while cycling through Woolton met McCartney, Pete Shotton, on behalf of John and the group asked McCartney to join them.
Nigel Whalley, former tea chest bass player managed, currently, the band, the Quarrymen, got a reservation at Lee Park Golf Club in Liverpool. Alan Sytner, owner of the Cavern Club, was a member ofGolf Club The band has since appeared several times in what was called "Skiffle Sessions" and accused in August 1957 his name was the first time in the Cave of advertising in the Liverpool Echo, in which time Pete Shotton leave the band. Rod Davis followed soon after as a school commitments prevented him from wearing as fully as he wanted.
Paul McCartney made his debut with the band for a club social conservative, the New Club Moor Hall on the back of BroadwayNorris Green, Liverpool, Friday, October 18, 1957, when he returned from summer vacation. The band was booked by local promoter Charlie McBain and wore dresses with matching long-sleeved cowboy shirt, black string tie and pants blacks. John and Paul wore white sport coats. Paul played lead guitar, a solo, but failed, embarrassing himself and the group. To save face with John, during a break, I played, "I lost my little girl" - has recently completed his first songJohn has also inspired to start writing. The other band members that night were Hanton on drums, Garry on tea-chest bass and Griffiths on guitar.
Not long after, the Quarrymen were practicing in the living room of Paul McCartney. This demonstrates the support that was Jim McCartney of his son, even if not now care for the fact that Paul had to do with the seemingly annoying Lennon.
The Quarrymen went through a series of names - Johnny and the Moondogs,Long John and The Beatles, The Silver Beetles (derived from the proposal by Larry Williams, "Long John and the Silver Beetles") - August 17, 1960, and finally decided to "The Beatles". There are many theories about the origin of the name and its spelling unusual, it is usually led by John Lennon, that the name is a pun combining credited to "cockroaches" insects (as a nod / compliment to Buddy Holly The band is called the Crickets) and the word "success". He said later that it was a jokeThat is a pun on "Beat-less".
It was an endless series of band member changes and name changes, finally brought the band George Harrison on guitar, Paul moved from guitar to bass (on Stuart Sutcliffe, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage replacement). Not long after, the boy was usually called "the fifth Beatle 'Pete Best known was asked to leave and Ringo Starr ... and the rest is history.
