Happy birthday Paul McCartney! Seven facts you might not know about the Beatles star
Today Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney celebrates his 73rd birthday. The rocker was born on June 18, 1942 at Walton Hospital, to parents Mary and James “Jim” McCartney. To celebrate Macca's birthday, we look back at his life in pictures and reveal seven things you might not know about the star:
1. He was on a plane in New York when 9/11 happened Paul was waiting to take off on the tarmac at the city’s JFK airport when he spotted smoke coming from the Twin Towers. When speaking about the day, Macca has said he initially thought it was an optical illusion and “some sort of little fire”, until a steward said something serious had happened and ushered him off the plane.
2. Despite becoming a multi-millionaire singer, he failed an audition to be a choir boy In the 1950s Paul auditioned for the choir at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, but was rejected.
3. He also messed up his first gig with John Lennon When Macca made his debut with The Quarrymen - who later evolved into the Beatles - in October 1957, he missed his cue, despite practising for days. 4. The name for his band Wings came to him while praying The image of ‘wings’ is said to have sprung into his mind as he was saying a prayer in hospital, when wife Linda was giving birth to daughter Stella.
By: Amy Browne
Source: Liverpool Echo
