Wings sang behind what singing legend, which Guinness calls the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music?
"Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He gained worldwide fame as the bass guitarist and singer for the rock band the Beatles, widely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of popular music. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon remains the most successful in history. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. McCartney is one of the most successful composers and performers of all time. More than 2,200 artists"
"have covered his Beatles song ""Yesterday"", making it one of the most covered songs in popular music history. Wings' 1977 release ""Mull of Kintyre"" is one of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK. A two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and as a solo artist in 1999), and an 18-time Grammy Award winner, McCartney has written, or co-written, 32 songs that have reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and he had 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the United States. McCartney, Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo"
"consecutive albums topping the US charts. Paul McCartney was unquestionably Wings' leader and dominant creative force, but Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, and Linda McCartney all contributed in songwriting, and Laine, McCulloch, Joe English, and Linda McCartney all performed lead vocals. The success of Wings was a vindication for McCartney. His first few post-Beatles albums were highly criticized and often dismissed by critics as ""lightweight"" next to the more serious nature of his former bandmates' solo output. But by the mid-1970s, the solo careers of the other three former Beatles were in varying degrees of decline, with John Lennon putting his"
"television presenter Paul Gambaccini has stated that the Bee Gees were ""second only to Lennon and McCartney as the most successful songwriting unit in British popular music"", and recognised Gibb as ""one of the major figures in the history of British music [and] one of the best white soul voices ever"". Gibb was a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA). Robin Gibb Robin Hugh Gibb (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, who gained worldwide fame as a member of the pop group the Bee Gees. Their"
"after they had moved to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. They returned to England where they achieved worldwide fame. Well known for his wide vocal range, Gibb's most notable vocal trait is a far-reaching high-pitched falsetto. Gibb shares the record with John Lennon and Paul McCartney for consecutive ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number ones as a writer with six. ""Guinness World Records"" lists Gibb as the second most successful songwriter in history behind Paul McCartney. Gibb's career has spanned over sixty years. In 1994, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with his brothers. In 1997, as a member of the"
"universality made it easier for songs to be added to or subtracted from a show, or revived in a different show. The following writers and songs are often included in the Great American Songbook: Since the 1930s, many singers have recorded or performed large parts of the Great American Songbook. Lee Wiley was among the first to record collections of one specific songwriter or songwriting team, beginning with George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin (1939), followed by Cole Porter (1940), Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (1940), Harold Arlen (1943), Irving Berlin (1951) and Vincent Youmans (1951). Ella Fitzgerald's popular and influential"
"number 6), and the other by Dickie Valentine (reaching number 12). Broken Wings (1953 song) ""Broken Wings"" is a popular song, written by John Jerome and Bernard Gunn. Probably the best-known version of the song was produced by Dick Rowe and recorded in the UK by The Stargazers in 1953. It was the first record by any British act to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart, and was the first of two number-one UK hits for the group, the other being ""I See the Moon"" a year later. Two other versions also entered the UK chart in February"
"33 million, making Crosby's recording the best-selling single of all time. However, an update in the 2009 edition of the book decided to further help settle the controversy amicably by naming both John's and Crosby's songs to be ""winners"" by stating that John's recording is the ""best-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s,"" while maintaining that ""the best-selling single of all time was released before the first pop charts,"" and that this distinction belongs to ""White Christmas,"" which it says ""was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published"
"Wings (1968 band) Wings was a folk rock band from the late sixties (not to be confused with the band later formed by Paul McCartney). The band members were veterans from an assortment of other sixties bands. Initially, the band was made up of Oz Bach of Spanky and Our Gang on bass, Pam Robins of Serendipity Singers sang, and on guitar Eddie Simon, younger brother of Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel. Before their first and only album was recorded, Eddie Simon was replaced with Jim Mason who co-wrote the Peter, Paul and Mary song ""I Dig Rock and"
"Carole King Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter. She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1952 and 2005. King's career began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits, many of"
"peak. U.S. Billboard Top 10 Albums U.S. Billboard Top 10 'Pop' Singles Albums and singles certifications Carole King Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter. She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1952 and 2005. King's career began in the 1960s when"
"Larry Henley Lawrence Joel ""Larry"" Henley (June 30, 1937 – December 18, 2014) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for co-writing (with Jeff Silbar) the 1989 hit record ""Wind Beneath My Wings."" Henley was born to Carl Henley and Helen Quinnin in Arp, Texas on June 30, 1937. He grew up in Odessa, Texas with three sisters and a brother. He had originally planned on an acting career before becoming a singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of pop group the Newbeats, formed in the 1964, singing in a distinctive falsetto. The group had two hits"
"the most popular works of Cole Porter and those of George and Ira Gershwin pre-date World War II, while the works of Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern date to World War I. Classic pop includes the song output of the Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, and Hollywood show tune writers from approximately World War I to the 1950s, such as Irving Berlin, Victor Herbert, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter and many others. The swing era made stars of many popular singers"
"long battle with cancer. Hugh McDowell died on 6 November 2018 following a long illness, at the age of 65. Wizzard Wizzard were an English glam rock band formed by Roy Wood, former member of the Move and co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra. ""The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits"" states, ""Wizzard was Roy Wood just as much as Wings were Paul McCartney."" They are most famous for their 1973 Christmas song ""I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"". Not long after the release of Electric Light Orchestra's first album, Wood found himself frequently at odds with co-leader"
"A-sided single, which set a new record for best selling single of all time. Paul Carrack Paul Melvyn Carrack (born 22 April 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has recorded as both a solo artist and as a member of several popular bands. The BBC dubbed Carrack ""The Man with the Golden Voice"", while ""Record Collector"" remarked: ""If vocal talent equalled financial success, Paul Carrack would be a bigger name than legends such as Phil Collins or Elton John."" Carrack rose to prominence in the mid-1970s as the frontman and principal songwriter of Ace, and gained"
"most successful singer-songwriter artists were Jackson Browne, Eric Carmen, Jim Croce, John Denver, Steve Goodman, Arlo Guthrie, Joel, Dave Mason, Don McLean, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Taylor and Neil Young. Some artists — including King, Kris Kristofferson and Gordon Lightfoot — had previously been primarily songwriters but began releasing albums and songs of their own. King's album ""Tapestry"" became one of the top-selling albums of the decade, and the song ""It's Too Late"" became one of the 1970s biggest songs. McLean's 1971 song ""American Pie,"" inspired by the death of Buddy Holly, became one of popular music's most-recognized songs of"
"was responsible for 25 ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number one singles as performer, writer or co-writer. ""Imagine"" topped the US singles chart compiled by ""Record World"" magazine, however, in 1971. Citations Sources John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. He and fellow member Paul McCartney formed a much-celebrated songwriting partnership. Along with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the group would ascend to worldwide fame during the 1960s. After the group disbanded in 1970, Lennon"
"list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Wings followed ""Band on the Run"" with the chart-topping albums ""Venus and Mars"" (1975) and ""Wings at the Speed of Sound"" (1976). In 1975, they began the fourteen-month Wings Over the World Tour, which included stops in the UK, Australia, Europe and the US. The tour marked the first time McCartney performed Beatles songs live with Wings, with five in the two-hour set list: ""I've Just Seen a Face"", ""Yesterday"", ""Blackbird"", ""Lady Madonna"" and ""The Long and Winding Road"". Following the second European leg of the tour and extensive rehearsals in"
"Bette Midler the Record of the Year award. The song was originally recorded by Roger Whittaker in 1982 and has since been covered by numerous artists. On December 18, 2014, Henley died of Lewy Body Dementia in Nashville, Tennessee at age 77. He had been suffering from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. His interment was held at Kelsey Cemetery in Gilmer, Texas. Larry Henley Lawrence Joel ""Larry"" Henley (June 30, 1937 – December 18, 2014) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for co-writing (with Jeff Silbar) the 1989 hit record ""Wind Beneath My Wings."" Henley was born to Carl"
"label. Of Harrison's three number-one singles in the US, it was both the only song not written or composed by Harrison himself and the only one without religious overtones. It also was not only the last US No. 1 hit by Harrison, but also from any of the ex-Beatles (as of 2018) in the US. When the song hit No. 1, it broke a three-way tie among Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr, all of whom had two No. 1 hit singles as solo artists (discounting Paul McCartney's work with Wings). It also happened to be the No. 1 single"
"contribution to music history to qualify as ""Legends"" (that is, those artists who have gone beyond the category of ""Behind the Music"" biographies). The artists profiled so far have included Aerosmith; the Bee Gees; David Bowie; Johnny Cash; Eric Clapton; The Clash; George Clinton; Sam Cooke; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; The Doors; John Fogerty; Aretha Franklin; Marvin Gaye; The Grateful Dead; Guns N' Roses; Jimi Hendrix; Michael Jackson; Eminem; Elton John; Janis Joplin; B. B. King; Led Zeppelin; John Lennon; Curtis Mayfield; Nirvana; Pink Floyd; The Pretenders; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Queen; Bruce Springsteen; Tina Turner; U2; Stevie Ray"
"gold record. The song's run on the charts coincided with the 13 October 1963 performance of the group on ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" and the emergence of full-blown Beatlemania in the United Kingdom. It was the best-selling single of 1963, and is the Beatles' all-time best-selling single in the UK. It was the best-selling single of any artist in the UK for 14 years until it was surpassed by ""Mull of Kintyre"" by Wings (written by McCartney and Denny Laine). As of November 2012, it is the eighth best-selling single of all time by any artist in the"
"Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, usually for one song on an album, including ""With a Little Help from My Friends"", ""Yellow Submarine"", ""Good Night"", and their cover of ""Act Naturally"". He also wrote the Beatles' songs ""Don't Pass Me By"" and ""Octopus's Garden"", and is credited as a co-writer of others, including ""What Goes On"" and ""Flying"". Starr was afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during childhood, and he fell"
"by: The Glenn Miller Orchestra on Bluebird Records (10768), Kay Kyser, Russ Morgan, Gene Autry (also in the 1941 film ""The Singing Hill"", Connee Boswell, and Jimmy Dorsey. The largest 1940 hit was by The Glenn Miller Orchestra, where it reached number one. Louis Armstrong's 1949 recording charted in the Billboard Top 40, reaching number 29. It was an international hit in 1956 for Fats Domino and has become a rock and roll standard. It reached number two for three weeks on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming his biggest pop hit, and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number one"
"an Academy Award, the song reached number two in the US and number nine in the UK. It also earned Martin a Grammy for his orchestral arrangement. Music professor and author Vincent Benitez described the track as ""symphonic rock at its best"". After the departure of McCullough and Seiwell in 1973, the McCartneys and Laine recorded ""Band on the Run"". The album was the first of seven platinum Wings LPs. It was a US and UK number one, the band's first to top the charts in both countries and the first ever to reach ""Billboard"" magazine's charts on three separate"
"Records in 1982. Hewitt's recording became the first version of the song to be issued as a single and to appear on a national chart, peaking at #52 on Australia's Kent Music Report chart. The first year ""Wind Beneath My Wings"" appeared on music industry trade publication charts in the United States was 1983. Singer Lou Rawls was the first to score a major hit with the song, as his version peaked at No. 10 on the ""Billboard"" Adult Contemporary chart, No. 60 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Black Singles chart, and No. 65 on the main ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles"
"the world and has sold 45 million records as part of Westlife, will perform the song Sunlight co-written by himself, renowned songwriter Wayne Hector and award-winning composer Ronan Hardiman, which was recorded before Byrne has joined 2FM. Voted one of the top 25 songwriters in the world, over the last two decades Wayne Hector has written hits for leading international artists such as One Direction, Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj and Jason Derulo. His songwriting credits also include seven of Westlife's number 1 singles including Flying Without Wings, Swear It Again and World Of Our Own. Sunlight co-writer Wayne Hector said,"
"concert tours during their ten-year existence: Music Week Award Yugoton Award Brit Award American Music Award Academy Award Million-Air Award The Guinness Book of Records Q Awards RIAA award NME Awards Capitol Radio music Awards Daily Mirror Readers Awards Ivor Novello Awards Juno Awards (Canadian Music awards) and Nominations Grammy Awards and Nominations Citations Paul McCartney and Wings Paul McCartney and Wings, also known simply as Wings, were a British-American rock band formed in 1971 by former Beatle Paul McCartney with his wife Linda on keyboards, session drummer Denny Seiwell, and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. Wings were noted"
"'Oops!...I Did It Again.' Spears is no technical singer, that's for sure. But backed by Martin and Dr. Luke's wall of pound, her vocals melt into a mix of babytalk coo and coital panting that is, in its own overprocessed way, just as iconic and propulsive as Michael Jackson's yips or Eminem's snarls."" 'Britney Spears' was Yahoo!'s most popular search term between 2005 and 2008, and has been in a total of seven different years. Spears was named as Most Searched Person in the ""Guinness World Records"" book edition 2007 and 2009. She was later named as the most searched"
"band recorded a UK version of the song which became the anthem for Liverpool Football Club, sung by the crowd before every home game. The sailor friend noted that Marsden ""puts very similar inflections into the song, trying to get it very similar to Roy Hamilton’s version."" Roy Hamilton Roy Hamilton (April 16, 1929 – July 20, 1969) was an American singer. By combining semi-classical technique with traditional black gospel feeling, he brought soul to Great American Songbook singing. Hamilton's greatest commercial success came from 1954 through 1961, when he was Epic Records' most prolific artist. His two most influential"
"Prairie"" was released that featured seven Wings songs written or co-written by her. Wings also backed Paul's brother Mike McGear on the ""McGear"" album, as well as McGear's band the Scaffold on the single ""Liverpool Lou"" and its B-side ""Ten Years After on Strawberry Jam"". Paul McCartney also used three unreleased Wings songs as B-sides of his solo singles several years after Wings' break-up. Wings' 1977 single ""Mull of Kintyre""/""Girls School"" is still the biggest-selling non-charity single in the UK (although Queen's ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" sold more, its sales include a reissue in aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust), and it"
"Gallery. He returned to country music in the 1990s, performing in concerts and as a record producer. Morris hosted and also produced the Nashville network's ""The North American Sportsman."" Gary Morris Gary Gwyn Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American singer and stage actor who charted a string of hits on the country music charts throughout the 1980s. Morris is known for the 1983 ballad ""The Wind Beneath My Wings"", although his credits include more than twenty-five other chart singles on the ""Billboard"" country charts, including five No. 1 hits. He has also released nine studio albums, mostly in"
"kill the invading Martians every time the record was played. Although once known as ""America's Favorite Folk Singer"", he was consistently more popular throughout Europe, and in particular the United Kingdom, than in his native America, especially with his covers of pop standards, film songs, love songs, folk tunes, and melodic gospel hymns. His 1955 hit single ""Rose Marie"" spent 11 weeks at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and held the Guinness World Record for the longest time at number one on the UK Singles Chart for 36 years until Bryan Adams broke the record in 1991 and was"