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Paul McCartney is one of the GREatest stars of the twentieth-century.Paul comes(1) an ordinary family,but he is now the third(2) man in Europe(欧洲).His m usical career(生涯)has lasted for nearly forty years and today he is one of the world's most famous(3) .
He was born in Liverpool,England,on 18th June 1942.He started to(4) the guitar seriously when he was 14.When he was 15 he met and formed a band with(5) boy from Liverpool,John Lennon.This was perhaps the most important point in his life.
In 1961 Paul and John helped to form the Beatles, who became the most(6) band ever in the history of rock music.Their second song,Please please me,went(7) to the top of the British chart in 1963.During the 1960s the Beatles continued to(8) successful songs,including the hit Yesterday,the most recorded song in(9) .But the members of the band started to argue(争论)and in 1970,after they(10) together for ten years,the band broke up.
In 1972 Paul formed a new band,Wings, but it was(11) as successful as the Beatles and it(12) after seven years. Through the 1980s Paul worked(13) .
In recent years Paul has written classical(古典的)music and has worked(14) . He has also opened a stage school in Liverpool.
In 1969 Paul met and married Linda Eastman ,a rock photographer,who also became a(15) personality(人物).They had children and a happy life(16) for many years,but Linda died in April 1998.This was a very sad period for Paul,who had tried never to spend a night(17) his wife.
All(18) the Beatles remained famous after the band broke up,but only Paul has managed to use his musical talents in so many(19) .He is still writing both pop music and classical music.Paul McCartney is(20) one of the best song writers and musicians that Britain has known,but he is also a personality that no rock fan will ever forget.
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