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Mike McCartney
Birth namePeter Michael McCartney
Born7 January 1944 (1944-01-07) (age 64)
Liverpool, England
Genre(s)Rock
Pop Rock
Occupation(s)Photographer, musician
Instrument(s)Piano, guitar
Years active1966–1976 (musician)
1966-present (photographer)
Label(s)Parlophone
Island
Warner Bros.
Associated actsThe Scaffold
Grimms
Paul McCartney
WebsiteMike McCartney Website

Mike McCartney (born Peter Michael McCartney, 7 January 1944, at Walton General Hospital, Liverpool), known professionally as Mike McGear, is a British performing artist and rock photographer and the younger brother of Paul McCartney. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Parlophone is a Record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. The Scaffold were a comedy poetry and music trio from Liverpool, England, consisting of Mike McGear (real name Peter Michael McCartney - brother of Grimms (1973&ndash74 was an English pub rock and poetry group originally formed as an extension of The Scaffold. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, He attended the Liverpool Institute two years behind his brother. The Liverpool Institute High School for Boys was an all-boys Grammar school in the English port city of Liverpool.

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Early years

Main article: Jim & Mary McCartney
20 Forthlin Road is now owned by The National Trust.
20 Forthlin Road is now owned by The National Trust. James "Jim" McCartney (7 July 1902 &ndash 18 March 1976 and Mary Patricia See also Jim and Mary McCartney 20 Forthlin Road is a National Trust property in south Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

Michael (b. 7 January 1944) and his brother Paul (b. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 18 June 1942) were both born in the Walton General Hospital in Liverpool, where their mother, Mary McCartney, had previously worked as a nursing sister in charge of the maternity ward. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James "Jim" McCartney (7 July 1902 &ndash 18 March 1976 and Mary Patricia [1][2]

Michael was not enrolled in a Catholic school as his father, Jim McCartney, believed that they leaned too much towards religion instead of education. James "Jim" McCartney (7 July 1902 &ndash 18 March 1976 and Mary Patricia [1] The McCartneys had a full set of George Newnes Encyclopedias which Jim encouraged Paul and Michael to use, and as Jim was avidly interested in solving crossword puzzles he told his sons to look up any word they did not understand. Sir George Newnes 1st Baronet ( 13 March 1851 – 9 June 1910) was a Publisher and editor in England. [3] Michael remembered that Jim had a temper when he was provoked, and that both Paul and he were "duly bashed" (hit) when they were young. This is contested by other members of the family, who say that Jim or Mary never smacked them, but took them to their rooms and gave them "a good talking-to". [4] Before moving to 20 Forthlin Road, Jim had been the secretary of the Speke Horticultural Society, and often sent Paul and Michael out to canvass for new members. See also Jim and Mary McCartney 20 Forthlin Road is a National Trust property in south Liverpool, Merseyside, England. [5] Mary died of an embolism on 31 October 1956, after a mastectomy to stop the spread of her breast cancer. In Medicine, an embolism occurs when an object (the embolus, plural emboli) migrates from one part of the Body (through circulation Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men Her last words to Dill Mohan were, "I would love to have seen the boys [Paul and Michael] growing up. " Mary was buried on 3 November 1956 at Yew Tree Cemetery, Finch Lane, Liverpool. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [6][7] After Mary's death Paul and Michael were sent to live with Jim's brother Joe McCartney and his wife Joan for a short time, so as to let their father grieve in private. [6] As Michael and Paul were interested in music, Jim connected the radio in the living room to extension cords connected to two pairs of Bakelite headphones so that they could listen to Radio Luxembourg at night when they were in bed. Bakelite (ˈbеɪkɨlaɪt is a material based on the thermosetting Phenol formaldehyde resin polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride developed in 1907–1909 by Headphones (also known as earphones, earbuds, stereophones, headsets) are a pair of small Loudspeakers or less commonly a single Radio Luxembourg is a commercial broadcaster in many languages from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. [8] Owing to problems with money in their early years, Paul and Michael were the first to buy cars in the McCartney family. [9][10] When he was seventeen-years-old, McCartney started his first job at 'Jackson's the Tailors' in Ranelagh Street, Liverpool. The year after he took an apprenticeship at 'Andrew Bernard', a hairdresser for ladies in the same street. [11]

Musical career

McGough, McGear (McCartney) and Gorman on the album cover.
McGough, McGear (McCartney) and Gorman on the album cover.

At the time the Beatles became successful, Mike McCartney was still working as an apprentice hairdresser. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 [12] However, he was also a member of the Liverpool comedy-poetry-music group The Scaffold, which included Roger McGough and John Gorman and had formed in 1962 (the year of The Beatles' first hit). The Scaffold were a comedy poetry and music trio from Liverpool, England, consisting of Mike McGear (real name Peter Michael McCartney - brother of Roger Joseph McGough CBE (born 9 November 1937) is a well-known English Performance poet. John Gorman (born 4 January 1936, in Birkenhead) is an English comic entertainer Vocalist and Musician. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 McCartney decided to use a stagename, so as not to capitalize on his family connections to the Fab Four. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as After first dubbing himself "Mike Blank",[13] he settled on "Mike McGear", using the Liverpudlian equivalent of "Fab". Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary [12] The band was subsequently signed to Parlophone, the same EMI label which recorded The Beatles. Parlophone is a Record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in

The Scaffold recorded a number of UK hit singles between 1966 and 1974, the most successful being the 1968 Christmas number one single, "Lily the Pink". The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Each year record companies compete for the Christmas number one single spot on the British charts. " Lily the Pink " is a popular single by Liverpudlian comedy group The Scaffold. McCartney composed the band's next biggest hit, 1967's "Thank U Very Much". In 1968, he and McGough released a "duo" album (McGough & McGear) that included the usual Scaffold mix of lyrics, poems, and comedy. Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and

The Scaffold ended up hosting a TV program, which limited the musical portion of their career, and they were dropped by Parlophone. McCartney then signed to Island Records and released a solo musical album entitled Woman in 1972,sample (help·info) which again included many tracks co-written with McGough, and The Scaffold subsequently released their own album on the label, Fresh Liver. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public

The Scaffold then added several other members and released two albums on Island in 1973 as Grimms (an acronym for Gorman-Roberts-Innes-McGear-McGough-Stanshall). Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Grimms (1973&ndash74 was an English pub rock and poetry group originally formed as an extension of The Scaffold. [12] However, McCartney quit Grimms after the second album due to tension between himself and one of the poets added to the group.

McCartney then signed to Warner Bros. Records and in 1974 released his only "serious" musical album, McGear, in which he collaborated with his brother Paul and Paul's band Wings. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. McGear is the second solo album by English singer Mike McGear, released in 1974 Wings were a rock supergroup formed in August 1971 after the breakup of the Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. Although four singles were released from these sessions, none of them became successful. However, also recorded during McCartney's sessions with Wings was a Scaffold "reunion" song, "Liverpool Lou", which became The Scaffold's last top-ten hit and led to their re-formation in 1974 and their last recording sessions of new material.

In the 1980s, after retiring from music, Mike McCartney decided to end his use of the "McGear" pseudonym and revert to use of his family name. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias)

Photographic career

Mike McCartney
Mike McCartney

McCartney was a photographer during his entire musical career, and has continued with photography since then. Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing Beatles' manager Brian Epstein nicknamed him "Flash Harry" back in the early 1960s because he was always taking pictures with a flash gun. NEMS Enterprises defaults here For the Latin American record label see NEMS Enterprises (label. [14]

He has published books of pictures that he took of The Beatles backstage and on tour, and he recently brought out a limited edition book of photos he took spontaneously backstage at Live8. A Book is a set or collection of written printed illustrated or blank sheets made of Paper, Parchment, or other material usually fastened together A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an Image created by Light falling on a light-sensitive surface usually Photographic film or an electronic Live 8 was a string of Benefit concerts that took place on 2 July, 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. [12] In 2005, McCartney premiered and exhibited a collection of photographs that he had taken in the 1960s, called "Mike McCartney's Liverpool Life", both in Liverpool[14] and other venues, such as The Provincial Museum of Alberta. [15] In addition, an exhibition book was published of the collection. [16]

He also took the cover photograph for Paul McCartney's 2005 solo album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. Chaos and Creation in the Backyard is an album by Paul McCartney released in 2005 [13]

Personal life

McCartney married (in 1968) and later divorced Angela Fishwick. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. He later married Rowena Horne. McCartney has six children between his marriages, three from each, including Josh McCartney, who was the drummer in the band The Famous Last Words (formerly known as Trilby). CHILD syndrome (or congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects) is a genetic disorder A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music.

Solo discography

Albums

Singles

Notes

  1. ^ a b Miles 1998 p4.
  2. ^ Spitz 2005 p75
  3. ^ Miles 1998 pp12-13.
  4. ^ Spitz 2005 p80.
  5. ^ Miles 1998 p8
  6. ^ a b Miles 1998 p20.
  7. ^ Yew Tree Cemetery, Finch Lane, Liverpool google. co. uk/maps - Retrieved 4 October 2007
  8. ^ Miles 1998 p24.
  9. ^ Miles 1998 p6.
  10. ^ Michael McCartney’s first car liverpoolmuseums. org. uk - Retrieved 7 October 2007
  11. ^ Mike McCartney biog on Beatles Ireland iol. ie/~beatlesireland- Retrieved 16 October 2007
  12. ^ a b c d Mike McCartney’s biog mikemccartney. co. uk - Retrieved: 6 October 2007
  13. ^ a b Barry O'Brien, "The Scaffold: Airbrushed from History?". Retrieved 17 October 2007.
  14. ^ a b Mike McCartney's Liverpool Life exhibition, Museum of Liverpool Life, 2003. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
  15. ^ ‘Liverpool Life’ Exhibition artvisionexhibitions. com - Retrieved 16 October 2007
  16. ^ Press release for exhibition book, dated March 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2004.

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