paul mccartney sang lead vocals on let it be.
who sang lead vocals on let it be?
paul mccartney
in 1971, laine joined paul mccartney to form wings, and stayed with the group for 10 years until it disbanded in 1981. laine provided lead and rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals, keyboards, bass guitar and woodwinds, as well as writing or co-writing some of the group's material. laine, mccartney, and mccartney's wife, linda mccartney formed the nucleus of the band to which it was also reduced twice. the most acclaimed wings album, "band on the run", and the majority of material released upon "london town" were written and recorded by wings as a trio. denny laine was also the most frequent contributor to the songwriting process and as lead vocalist. he wrote and sang several songs himself ("time to hide", "again and again and again"), co-wrote a number of compositions on "band on the run" and "london town" albums as well as non-album single "mull of kintyre", sang lead vocals on mccartney’s songs in full ("the note you never wrote") and partly ("i lie around", "picasso's last words", "spirits of ancient egypt"). during wings live shows denny laine often performed "go now", his hit with the moody blues.
denny laine
in addition to his drumming duties with the foo fighters, hawkins is also an accomplished rock singer, guitarist and pianist. his first lead vocal with the group was a cover of pink floyd's "have a cigar". two versions of the song were released, one as the b-side to "learn to fly" and another on the "" soundtrack album. he sang lead vocals on the original "cold day in the sun," from "in your honor," which was later released as a single, and the cover of cream's "i feel free," which appeared as the b-side of "doa" and on the ep "five songs and a cover". hawkins also sang lead vocals for the band's cover of joe walsh's "life of illusion." most recently, he sang lead vocals for "sunday rain," a track on the foo fighters' 2017 album concrete and gold. many foo fighters live shows feature hawkins singing lead vocals on at least one cover song.
taylor hawkins