Paul McCartney

PAUL McCARTNEY And WINGS Topped The US Album Charts With ‘WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND’ Today 50 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

26 April 2026

PAUL McCARTNEY and WINGS had a 10-year run, from 1971 until 1981.
Macca‘s then-wife, Linda Eastman (1941-1998) was the band’s keyboardist.
They released 7 LPs.

One of them was WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND. It topped the US album charts, today 50 years ago, on 26 April 1976. Actually their fourth consecutive LP to do so. In the UK, the record peaked at #2.

In response to critics who believed Wings was merely a vehicle for Paul McCartney, the album featured every member of the band taking lead vocals on at least one song, and two songs from the album are written or co-written by band members other than the McCartneys.


Back sleeve

Melody Maker (legendary British music weekly) said: “This is not an album that hits
you with the sustained power of Band on the Run or Venus and Mars. Much good music
then on an album that will engender fierce comparisons with the past two albums but will increase the growing worldwide appeal of Wings.

SINGLES

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Short Bio – All Albums

PAUL McCARTNEY Who Will Release His 18th Solo LP In May About Muses About Liverpool Back Then

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5 April 2026

At 83, former Beatle and, arguably, the best pop songwriter ever, announced this
past week that he’ll launch his 19th solo LP. It’s baptized The Boys Of Dungeon
Lane. A record of early memories from his hometown of Liverpool.

First album single.

PAUL McCARTNEY – First Post-THE BEATLES Solo Single ‘ANOTHER DAY’ Released 55 Years Ago

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Top singles from the past…

20 February 2026

PAUL McCARTNEY release one of his countless hits, named
ANOTHER DAY on 19 February 1971. That’s, yes 55 years ago.

It was his debut single as a solo artist following The Beatles‘ split
in 1970. McCartney credited his wife Linda as a co-writer.

#4 in the US, #2 in the UK.

The song’s story is about the daily routine of a lonely woman, using
an observational style similar to the narrative of his 1966 Beatles ballad
‘Eleanor Rigby’

Another Macca day.

Instagram – All Solo/Wings Albums

PAUL MCCARTNEY – New Docu ‘MAN ON THE RUN’ Coming Up

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16 January 2026

MAN ON THE RUN is a new documentary featuring rare unreleased music and footage from PAUL MCCARTNEY. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado last August.

Now it’ll get its premiere on streaming TV, on Prime Video, on February 27th.

Man on the Run takes viewers on an intimate journey through Paul McCartney‘s extraordinary life following the break-up of The Beatles and the formation of
Wings with his wife, Linda.

Through unprecedented access to previously unseen footage and rare archival
materials, the documentary captures Paul’s transformative post-Beatles era
through a uniquely vulnerable lens.

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PAUL McCARTNEY Filed Lawsuit To Break Up THE BEATLES Officialy This Day 55 Years Ago

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31 December 2025

This day 55 years ago, on 31 December 1970 PAUL McCARTNEY
filed a law suit against Ringo, George and John to end their partnership
officialy.

His reasons for doing so included the fact that the band was no longer performing together, as well as his bandmates’ choice to appoint business manager Allen Klein,
without Macca‘s consent.

THE BEATLES’ breakup had already been in motion, with John Lennon privately announcing his departure in 1969. The band made their final recordings together in August 1969, while the split was legally formalized in 1974.

Discography

Image Of The Day – IS THIS WHAT WE WANT?

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19 November 2025

Last February, more than 1,000 musicians came together to release a silent album protesting the UK government’s planned changes to copyright law, which would make it easier to train AI models on copyrighted work without a licence. The album, titled IS THIS WHAT WE WANT? featured recordings of empty studios and performance spaces, representing the impact on artists’ and music professionals’ livelihoods that is expected if the government does not change course.


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The digital release in February 2025 reached no. 38 in the UK album charts. Now, it is being released on vinyl, with a bonus track – a recording of an empty studio – from Paul McCartney, on December 8th.

More info HERE.