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Paul McCartney and Wings, often billed simply as Wings, were an English-American rock band formed in 1971 in London by former Beatle Paul McCartney; his wife Linda McCartney on keyboards; session drummer Denny Seiwell; and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. They were noted for their commercial successes, musical eclecticism, and frequent ...
However, Capitol Records vice president of promotion Al Coury persuaded McCartney to include it on the American release. The song peaked at number 10 in the US chart on 12 January 1974 and at number 12 in the UK chart. [1] [2] In the book Paul McCartney In His Own Words published in 1976, McCartney said: "Helen Wheels is our Land Rover. It's a ...
"Coming Up" is a song written and performed by the English rock musician Paul McCartney, released as the opening track on his second solo studio album McCartney II (1980). Like other songs on the album, the song has a synthesised sound, featuring sped-up vocals created by using a vari-speed tape machine.
[2] [10] [11] It was a song for which Paul McCartney had high hopes, but early recordings did not live up to the song's potential. [10] [11] McCartney said in 1975 of his initial opinion of the song, "It was one of the songs we’d gone in with high hopes for. Whenever I would play it on the piano, people would say ‘Oh, I like that one.’
The discography of the British-American rock band Wings, also known as Paul McCartney and Wings, consisted of seven studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, 29 singles and 19 music videos.
The sound of Paul McCartney and Wings' “One Hand Clapping” used to only be heard on bootlegs, or in snippets available on archival releases over the years. As aging rockers empty their vaults ...
Wild Life is the debut studio album by the British-American rock band Wings and the third studio album by Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles.The album was mainly recorded in seven sessions between 24 July and 4 September 1971 (additional overdubs were added during sessions in October 1971 [1]), at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) by McCartney, his wife Linda, session drummer ...
Wings Greatest is a compilation album by the British–American rock band Wings, released in the UK on 1 December 1978. [6] It was the band's last release through Capitol in the US. The album is notable as being the first official retrospective release from Paul McCartney's post- Beatles career.