"to a trio, the McCartneys and Laine cut what turned out to be Wings' most successful album, ""Band on the Run"", at EMI's primitive eight-track recording studio in Lagos, Nigeria. The album went to number 1 in both the US and UK and spawned three hit singles: the rockers ""Jet"" and ""Helen Wheels"" (originally included only on the US version of the album) and the title track – a suite of movements recalling side two of ""Abbey Road"". It also included ""Let Me Roll It"", which was seen as an affectionate impersonation of John Lennon's vocal style, and ""No Words"","
"was backed with a tune entitled ""Bridge on the River Suite"". Both songs can be found on the CD ""Wings at the Speed of Sound"" from The Paul McCartney Collection. Jim and Mary McCartney James McCartney (7 July 1902 – 18 March 1976) and Mary Patricia McCartney (born Mohan; 29 September 1909 – 31 October 1956) were the parents of musician, author and artist Paul McCartney of the Beatles and Wings, and of the photographer and musician Mike McCartney (better known professionally as Mike McGear), who worked with the comedy rock trio the Scaffold. Like many families in Liverpool, the"
"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"
"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 for frequent personnel changes as well as commercial success, going through three lead guitarists and four drummers. However, the core trio of the McCartneys and Laine remained intact throughout the group's existence. Created following the McCartneys' 1971 album ""Ram"", the band's first two albums, ""Wild Life"" and ""Red Rose Speedway"" (the latter featuring guitarist"
"three songs from Wings and three from the all-star line-up called Rockestra. The best of the concerts was released as a film, ""Concert for Kampuchea"". Rockestra was a Paul McCartney-led supergroup of at least thirty English rockers. The credited list appears at the bottom of the back cover of the LP. The name was first given to an assemblage of famous rock stars that were brought together by McCartney for the final Wings album, 1979's ""Back to the Egg"". The supergroup – which consisted of Wings, John Paul Jones and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, David Gilmour from Pink Floyd,"
"The Paul McCartney Collection The Paul McCartney Collection is a series of 16 remastered CDs by Paul McCartney of his solo and Wings albums, with most adding bonus tracks. The albums in the collection were released separately, with the first eight released on 7 June 1993, and the remainder on 9 August of the same year. The first half comprised albums from ""McCartney"" (1970) to ""London Town"" (1978), and the second half ""Wings Greatest"" (1978) to ""Flowers in the Dirt"" (1989). The re-issues did not include McCartney's most recent studio album, ""Off the Ground"", released in February 1993, and were"
"Wings 1973 UK Tour During the spring and early summer of 1973, Paul McCartney's band Wings performed on a concert tour of the United Kingdom. The tour was for the purpose of promoting the band's latest album, ""Red Rose Speedway"", as well as the single ""Live and Let Die"" from the James Bond film of the same name. Prior to the tour, Wings performed unannounced at the London Hard Rock Cafe on 18 March in support of the charity organisation Release. Wings' line-up for the tour was Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough, and Denny Seiwell. The support"
"extended form. Following the release of the album ""London Town"" (1978), Wings band leader Paul McCartney hired two session musicians, drummer Steve Holley and lead guitarist Laurence Juber, to replace former members Joe English and Jimmy McCulloch. With the new line-up – Wings' sixth since its formation in 1971 – McCartney intended to record a raw rock and roll album and return to touring, for the band's first concerts since their successful Wings Over the World tour of 1975–76. In addition, McCartney hoped to realise his longstanding plan of making a film adaptation of the Rupert the Bear cartoon series,"
"not released in the United States. A box set of all 16 discs was subsequently released in the Japanese Beatles Fan Club. The Paul McCartney Collection The Paul McCartney Collection is a series of 16 remastered CDs by Paul McCartney of his solo and Wings albums, with most adding bonus tracks. The albums in the collection were released separately, with the first eight released on 7 June 1993, and the remainder on 9 August of the same year. The first half comprised albums from ""McCartney"" (1970) to ""London Town"" (1978), and the second half ""Wings Greatest"" (1978) to ""Flowers in"
"warning regarding the graphic nature of the animal footage. Afterwards, McCartney took a sizeable break from his solo career to begin the enormous Beatles Anthology project in early 1994 with George Harrison, Ringo Starr and George Martin. This took up much of his time for the next two years, before ""Flaming Pie"" in 1997. All songs composed by Paul McCartney, except where noted Paul Is Live Paul Is Live is a live album by Paul McCartney, released in 1993 during his New World Tour in support of the album ""Off the Ground"". The album cover is based on that of"
"Paul McCartney's Wings 1973 UK Tour. The same year, they also acted as Frankie Miller's band for his debut album ""Once in a Blue Moon"". Their fifth studio album ""Please Don't Ever Change"", issued in 1973, was less well received by the critics, and achieved poor sales. However during this time they made successful appearances on The Old Grey Whistle Test with Lowe on guitar and vocals, Gomm on bass and Schwarz on piano alongside Andrews on keyboard and recorded sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. In 1974 they arranged for Dave Edmunds to produce their sixth album"
"on the album cover of Wings' next (and last) studio album, ""Back to the Egg"", in the background, on the mantlepiece. Wings Greatest Wings Greatest is a 1978 compilation album by Wings and their eighth album as well as Paul McCartney's tenth since leaving the Beatles. It is notable as being the first official retrospective release from McCartney's post-Beatles career. The album was remastered and reissued in 1993, as part of ""The Paul McCartney Collection"", and again in 2018. It's also the band's last release through Capitol in the US. The album was compiled after McCartney's decision to leave EMI's"
"of McNeil, Gavin Pring, Sarraf, and Joe Bologna. In 2013, the Fab Four received an Emmy Award for their PBS special filmed in 2012. Formed by Ardy Sarraf, Wingsband is a Paul McCartney and Wings tribute act that covers many of McCartney's biggest, post-Beatles hits. The band features Ron McNeil as Denny Laine, Michael Amador as Henry McCullough and Rolo Sandoval as Joe English, plus a horns section led by Wendell Kelly (who has performed with many music acts, including The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie and Whitney Houston), and singer/songwriter Christine Rosander as Linda McCartney. Both Laurence Juber, Wings"
"certificate of authenticity. The Art of McCartney The Art of McCartney is a tribute album to musician Paul McCartney and was released on November 18, 2014. The 42-song set, which covers McCartney's solo work and work with The Beatles and Wings, features a wide range of artists such as Barry Gibb, Brian Wilson, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Alice Cooper, Smokey Robinson, and Kiss. According to producer Ralph Sall, the project has been in the works for over 11 years. Sall originally came up with the project in 2003 when he worked with McCartney on reviving the song ""A"
"in the television film ""Wings Over the World"" (1979) and a cinema release, ""Rockshow"" (1980). The setlist for much of the tour featured material from Wings' bestselling studios albums ""Band on the Run"" (1973), ""Venus and Mars"" (1975) and ""Wings at the Speed of Sound"" (1976), as well as some of McCartney's compositions from the Beatles era, including ""Yesterday"", ""Lady Madonna"" and ""The Long and Winding Road"". The inclusion of the latter songs proved especially popular and marked the first time that McCartney had performed material from the Beatles' catalogue in concert since their break-up. Aside from McCartney, the line-up"
"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"
"Jim and Mary McCartney James McCartney (7 July 1902 – 18 March 1976) and Mary Patricia McCartney (born Mohan; 29 September 1909 – 31 October 1956) were the parents of musician, author and artist Paul McCartney of the Beatles and Wings, and of the photographer and musician Mike McCartney (better known professionally as Mike McGear), who worked with the comedy rock trio the Scaffold. Like many families in Liverpool, the McCartney and Mohan families are of Irish descent. Jim worked for most of his life in the cotton trade, as well as playing in ragtime and jazz bands in Liverpool,"
"The Art of McCartney The Art of McCartney is a tribute album to musician Paul McCartney and was released on November 18, 2014. The 42-song set, which covers McCartney's solo work and work with The Beatles and Wings, features a wide range of artists such as Barry Gibb, Brian Wilson, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Alice Cooper, Smokey Robinson, and Kiss. According to producer Ralph Sall, the project has been in the works for over 11 years. Sall originally came up with the project in 2003 when he worked with McCartney on reviving the song ""A Love for You"""
"Wings UK Tour 1979 On 23 November 1979, Paul McCartney's band Wings began a 19-date concert tour of the United Kingdom to promote their recent album, ""Back to the Egg"". Wings' lineup for the tour was Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Laurence Juber and Steve Holley, together with a brass section from the previous tour led by Howie Casey. Following the main part of the tour, Wings teamed up with an all-star cast of musicians and took the name Rockestra to perform a series of Concerts for the People of Kampuchea at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. It was"
"and lead singer for Wings and he doubled on guitar, keyboards, drums and assorted instruments at various times. In August 1971, Seiwell and Laine joined Paul and Linda McCartney to record Paul's third post-Beatles album for Apple Records. The result was ""Wild Life"", released 7 December. It was the first project to credit Wings as the artist. The band name is said to have come to McCartney as he was praying in the hospital while Linda was giving birth to their second child together, Stella, on 13 September 1971. Paul McCartney recalled in the film ""Wingspan"" that the birth of"
"Wings University Tour Wings University Tour was a UK concert tour by Paul McCartney & Wings in 1972, shortly after the band's formation and initial album release, ""Wild Life"". Wings' lineup for the tour was Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough, and Denny Seiwell. McCartney had formed Wings for the purpose of having a band to go on the road with again, and he wasted no time in doing just that. During the waning years of The Beatles, notably during the Get Back sessions, he had suggested they return to live performances by showing up unannounced at pubs"
"group for the entire tour was pub rock band Brinsley Schwarz who Paul and Linda asked to be on the tour after seeing them perform at the London Hard Rock Cafe's opening night a few weeks previously. Wings 1973 UK Tour During the spring and early summer of 1973, Paul McCartney's band Wings performed on a concert tour of the United Kingdom. The tour was for the purpose of promoting the band's latest album, ""Red Rose Speedway"", as well as the single ""Live and Let Die"" from the James Bond film of the same name. Prior to the tour, Wings"
"LP vinyl. Side A Side B Side C Side D Wings Additional personnel Footnotes Citations Sources Red Rose Speedway Red Rose Speedway is the second studio album by Paul McCartney and Wings. The album was released in 1973 after the relatively weak commercial performance of Wings’ previous album, ""Wild Life."" ""Red Rose Speedway"" reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart in the United States and ""My Love"" was a No. 1 single in the US and the most popular track from the album. In early 1972, McCartney decided to expand Wings to a five-piece band, by adding another guitarist,"
"Wings over America Wings over America is a triple live album by Wings, released in December 1976. The album was recorded during the American leg of the band's acclaimed 1975–76 Wings Over the World tour. It peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and reached number 1 on the US ""Billboard"" Top LPs & Tape chart. In addition to including several of McCartney's hits with Wings, the album features performances of five Beatles songs: ""Yesterday"", ""Lady Madonna"", ""I've Just Seen a Face"", ""Blackbird"" and ""The Long and Winding Road"". The album cover was designed by Hipgnosis - who"
"remaster bonus tracks 2007 iTunes bonus track On 18 October 2018, it was officially announced that the album reissues of ""Wild Life"" and ""Red Rose Speedway"" would be released on 7 December 2018, as part of the ""Paul McCartney Archive Collection"" series. The ""Wild Life"" reissues were published in several editions: Disc 1 The original 10-track album. Disc 2 – Rough Mixes Disc 3 – Bonus Tracks Disc 4 – DVD Footnotes Citations Sources Wild Life (Wings album) Wild Life is the debut album by Wings and the third studio album by Paul McCartney following the breakup of the Beatles."
"release of Paul McCartney and Wings' 1973 studio album, ""Red Rose Speedway,"" when that work became available on compact disc in 1987. It was also included as a bonus track on the remastered version of ""Red Rose Speedway"" that was re-released on CD in 1993 as a part of ""The Paul McCartney Collection"". I Lie Around ""I Lie Around"" is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings that was released as the B-side to the ""Live and Let Die"" single in 1973. The first two verses are sung by Wings guitarist Denny Laine, Paul McCartney sings the third verse. The"
"Wild Life (Wings album) Wild Life is the debut album by Wings and the third studio album by Paul McCartney following the breakup of the Beatles. The album was recorded during July–August 1971 at Abbey Road Studios by McCartney and his wife Linda along with session drummer Denny Seiwell, whom they had worked with on the previous album, ""Ram"", and Denny Laine, formerly of the Moody Blues. It was released by Apple Records on 7 December, in both the UK and US, to lukewarm critical and commercial reaction. In July 1971, with a fresh set of McCartney tunes, the newly"
"reissued on CD by Sony on July 1, 2003 in the U.S. with the album ""Conquistador"" paired with it as a double re-release and contains remastered sound as well as an extended essay within the 12-page liner booklet. Chameleon (Maynard Ferguson album) Chameleon is a 1974 big band jazz album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. It features cover versions of many songs that were popular in the years leading up to its production, including: ""Jet"" by Paul McCartney and Wings, ""The Way We Were"" – which was popularized by Barbra Streisand, and ""Livin' for the City"" by Stevie Wonder."
"of an October 1978 superstar session with members of Wings, the Who, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd, among others. Three singles, ""Old Siam, Sir"" (UK only), ""Getting Closer"", and ""Arrow Through Me"" (US only), were culled from the album, but performed poorly on the charts. During much of 1979, Wings were inactive as McCartney worked on a new solo album (""McCartney II"") without the band. In November and December 1979, Wings toured the UK, once again adding the horns and brass section consisting of Tony Dorsey, Howie Casey, Thaddeus Richard, and Steve Howard. This tour climaxed with a massive ""Rockestra"""
"highly successful Wings Over the World tour, with songs from the album performed on the tour after its release. Subsequently, performances of 'Let 'Em In', 'Time to Hide', 'Silly Love Songs' and 'Beware My Love' were included on the live album ""Wings over America"", released in December 1976. As a reaction to critics who believed Wings was merely a vehicle for Paul McCartney, the album featured every member of the band taking lead vocals on at least one song, and two songs from the album are written or co-written by band members other than the McCartneys. After a series of"
"Wingspan (film) Wingspan is a 2001 made-for-television documentary film about Paul McCartney's musical career, after The Beatles split up, with his second band, Wings. Produced by the McCartneys' MPL Communications, it was broadcast around the world to accompany the contemporary release of a 2-disc retrospective collection from McCartney's solo career, titled """". An accompanying book, also titled ""Wingspan"", based upon the documentary's script as edited by Beatles' historian Mark Lewisohn, was published in 2002. Formed around an interview between Paul McCartney and his daughter Mary McCartney (who co-produced it with her then-husband Alistair Donald, its director), it uses the McCartneys'"
"issued of his songs. Paul McCartney and Wings also recorded a version of the song for the planned 2-LP set ""Red Rose Speedway"". The idea for the 2-LP set was later abandoned and instead they released a single LP with the same title, but without ""Tragedy"". The Wings' version was officially released on the 2018 deluxe edition of Red Rose Speedway which included the original proposed double album. Brenda Lee recorded a version of the song on her 1961 album ""All the Way"". Tragedy (Thomas Wayne song) ""Tragedy"" is a song by Gerald H. Nelson and Fred B. Burch. A"
"Puthli, Peter Frampton, Harry Nilsson, Paul Simon, Scott Walker, Donovan, 10cc, George Harrison and many other artists throughout the 1970s. Newman also conducted George Martin's orchestral score for Paul McCartney and Wings' theme song for the 1973 James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"". Referring to Newman's sympathetic work on John's ""Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"" album, author James E. Perone likens the ""fully integrated"" aspect of their collaborations to that of Martin's musical arrangements for the Beatles. Among his projects as a record producer, Newman produced Scott Walker's 1973 album ""Stretch"", which included his composition ""Someone Who Cared"". and also"