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b. 1942 English composer and singer Most famous for his contribution to The Beatles, McCartney broke away from the group in 1970 with the album McCartney. He then formed his own group, Wings, with whom he created a number of successful albums, notably Band on the Run (1973). McCartney pays much attention to detail in his songwriting. ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

(Vocal/instrumental group, 1971–81) McCartney put together Wings in the summer of 1971, featuring wife Linda (keyboards), Denny Laine (guitar) and Denny Seiwell (drums) for the debut album Wildlife (1971). The line-up was bolstered by the inclusion of guitarist Henry McCullough. In 1973, Seiwell and McCullough abruptly quit, refusing to travel to Nigeria to record Band On The ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

legacy of her Columbia years, she tackled material by an eclectic range of writers from both within the circle of soul and beyond: Goffin and King, Lennon and McCartney, Bacharach and David, Curtis Mayfield and Elton John all received early attention and chart success in her hands. With her gospel roots Aretha was a gifted arranger of ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

Magic Christian Music, containing songs from the Peter Sellers film of that name along with new music, in 1970. ‘Come And Get It’, a single written by Paul McCartney, had all the hallmarks of a Fab Four classic. A track from 1970’s No Dice, ‘Without You’, was taken to the top of the UK/US charts by Harry ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

and The Crickets toured Britain, and two avid spectators at their Liverpool gig were teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Several years on their compositions rang with Holly’s influence. McCartney would later buy the publishing rights to Holly’s song catalogue. On their return things began to change. In the summer Holly recorded without The Crickets for the first time, ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

(Vocal group, 1961–69) If admired as a bandleader, Bennett was also one of few white UK singers able to take on black pop without losing the overriding passion. After six flop singles, covers of The Drifters’ ‘One Way Love’ and ‘I’ll Take You Home’ reached Nos. 9 and 42 respectively, but it was to be nearly two ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

of ‘Peter Gunn’ with avant-garde outfit Art Of Noise. The album Duane Eddy (1987) followed. It featured guest appearances by many of the musicians he had influenced, including Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Ry Cooder and John Fogerty. Eddy was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994. A further album, Road ...

Source: Rock Guitar Heroes, consultant editor Rusty Cutchin

was left with a permanent limp. ‘Three Steps to Heaven’ became a posthumous No. 1 in Britain. Cochran was a fundamental influence on the first generation of British rock’n’rollers. Paul McCartney showed John Lennon how to play ‘Twenty Flight Rock’ at their first meeting. Cochran’s distinctive rhythmic approach both puzzled and fascinated listeners. One of his innovations was aligning the bass ...

Source: Rock Guitar Heroes, consultant editor Rusty Cutchin

The most famous living guitarist in the world, Eric Clapton’s career has passed through an extraordinary series of highs and lows during his long reign as a guitar hero. He has also experimented with numerous stylistic changes, but has always returned to his first love, the blues. A love child born in 1945, Clapton was brought up ...

Source: Rock Guitar Heroes, consultant editor Rusty Cutchin

Pigeonholed as the ‘quiet one’, misunderstood as an adopter of Eastern religion and music, and overshadowed (sometimes maligned) by his prolific, trail-blazing bandmates Lennon and McCartney, George Harrison (1943–2001) might have become a footnote in musical history. But as a member of The Beatles, Harrison made the words ‘lead guitar’ a household term and steadily developed as ...

Source: Rock Guitar Heroes, consultant editor Rusty Cutchin

As Harrison grew restless and resentful of his junior status, and Lennon was more energized by the avant-garde ideas of his new partner Yoko Ono, it fell to McCartney to explore some way of reviving The Beatles’ focus. It was telling, however, that their only common ground was a return to the rock’n’roll values of Hamburg and ...

Source: The Beatles Revealed, by Hugh Fielder

And Danger Martyn made the transition from solo artist to band leader; he received the OBE shortly before his death. Styles & Forms | Seventies | Rock Personalities | Paul McCartney & Wings | Seventies | Rock ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

(Guitar, vocals, b. 1941) His Brooklyn busker’s bark and percussive fretboard style was a familiar sound in New York folk clubs in the mid-1960s, mingling a minority of self-compositions with idiosyncratic arrangements of Bob Dylan, Lennon-McCartney, Gordon Lightfoot and other contemporary songwriters. 1967’s Mixed Bag was the vehicle of an international breakthrough that rebounded on the ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

Wonder release only a handful of singles of mixed merit; they included the feisty ‘Do I Do’ which featured Dizzy Gillespie, but also a decidedly mundane collaboration with Paul McCartney ‘Ebony And Ivory’, and ‘I Just Called To Say I Love You’ his biggest-selling single ever but a bland source of despair for his traditional fans. After another five-year gap ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

Consisting of John Lennon (1940–80) on rhythm guitar, Paul McCartney (b. 18 June 1942) on bass, George Harrison (1943–2001) on lead guitar and Ringo Starr (b. Richard Starkey, 7 July 1940) on drums, The Beatles evolved from Lennon’s grammar school skiffle group The Quarry Men to become the most successful, acclaimed and influential act in the ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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