Sir Paul McCarntey was born James Paul McCartney in Liverpool in 1942. Sir Pauls beloved mother died very suddenly and unexpectedly from breast cancer when he was just 14. He was devastated by this tragic loss and turned to music and writing songs in order to try and come to terms with his mother’s death. A short while later, he was performing music at a local church fete, when he happened to meet a fellow budding musician called John Lennon. At that time, Lennon had already formed his own band, called The Quarrymen, and he was so impressed by Sir Paul’s guitar skills and versatile singing ability that he invited him to come and join his band. Over the course of the next few years, Lennon added George Harrison and Pete Best to the line-up and the band changed its name to The Beatles.
As well as revolutionising the music of the day, The Beatles’ music and style had a massive impact on popular culture. As a band, they were massively popular, particularly with teenage girls, and tended to be greeted by hysterical crowds of screaming fans whenever they arrived in a city to play a gig. This phenomenon soon became known as ‘Beatlemania!’ Everything about them, their clothes, their hairstyles, was widely copied. It might well be said that they were the original ‘boy band’.
After the Beatles Sir Paul created a band called Wings. Wings were a rock band formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney with his wife Linda McCartney, session drummer Denny Seiwell, and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine.
He made himself an icon mostly through the Beatles by his bowl cut haircut and the way he always wore a suit along with the others members of the Beatles. This made him an icon because the Beatles where the first big boy band to emerge from pop music and a lot of boy bands today started because of the Beatles. However a massive factor that boosted his iconography is his relationship history. He was always in the media for being in and out of relationships very quickly over a short space of time. However one of his partners Linda McCartney influenced his iconography the most out of all his ex partners in my opinion. One of the reasons I believe she boosted his iconography is that she started a family with Sir Paul and gave him a legacy. However during his relationship with Linda his fans where not very keen on her and didn't think she was very good for him.
Another reason why Sir Paul McCarntey is an icon is because he was seen as the main artist of the Beatles. This did help his iconography however its not necessarily true… Sir Paul did write the music along with John Lennon however George Harrison and Pete Best didn't just play what they where told to play all the time. They also helped writing lyrics e.t.c. So in a way this isn't a very good reason why it has boosted his iconography because it is not necessarily true.
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