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Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of the Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), he has been described by Guinness World Records as "The Most Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All Time", with 60 gold discs and sales of over 100 million albums and 100 million singles. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and with Lennon formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. After leaving the Beatles, he began a solo career and later formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine.
According to the BBC, his Beatles song "Yesterday" has been covered by over 2,200 artists—more than any other song. Wings' 1977 release, "Mull of Kintyre", became one of the best-selling singles ever in the UK, and he is "the most successful songwriter" in UK chart history, according to Guinness. As a songwriter or co-writer, he is included on thirty-one number one titles on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2012 he has sold over 15.5 million RIAA certified units in the United States.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
Boy threw his guitar down and started beating his brow,
no matter how hard he tried he couldn’t justify.
All a waste of time spent inventing words and rhyme,
as the stars and the planets and the clock did laps.
You see making up songs is for losers.
I should build something she uses,
like a box or a bed or cupboards or shelves.
'Cause songs are made of air, they can’t be any use to her.
Better off try’na catch falling aeroplanes.
Then girl said:
“Boy don’t be so stupid, boy don’t be so daft,
You’re not even right by half.
And although you say your songs are fundamentally air,
there’s also thousands of vibrations that stimulate the ear.
In such a way that whenever I hear them
they always make me smile.
They’re just as tactile as a box or a bed or cupboards or shelves.
So boy now stop your moping, cursing and no hoping,
and get back in the saddle.”
While she was still speaking,
Towards his feet reaching, where lay his guitar.
His head was swimming in an alphabet,
soup letters swirled and words formed in his heart.
He said:
“I’m gonna build a song for us,
With four verses and a chorus.
On real estate your words inspired.
And there we’ll live rent-free,
sleep on beds of melody,
and leave the key-change with the seasons.”
And so that song he built was hers,
with a chorus and four verse.
And she woke to find him finally asleep.