The songwriter who gave us 'Hey Jude' and 'Eleanor Rigby' kept writing for fifty more years.
For a quick sense of his range, listen to 'Hey Jude' and then something like 'Queenie Eye'. Both have that melodic signature, just decades apart.
McCartney's melodic bass lines and songwriting partnership with John Lennon defined The Beatles' sound. After the band's breakup, he kept releasing records that blended rock and pop, from 'Band on the Run' in 1973 to recent tracks like 'Queenie Eye'. He's one of those rare artists whose work spans generations without losing its tunefulness.
He started with The Quarrymen at fifteen, which became The Beatles by 1960. After the group ended in 1970, he launched a solo career with albums like 'Ram' and continued recording into the 2020s with 'McCartney III'.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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