Paul je muzička ikona dvadesetog vijeka. Nalazi se u Guinnessovoj knjizi rekorda kao muzičar s najviše pjesma na vrhu muzičkih listi (u SAD-u 29 njegovih pjesama "stiglo" je do broja 1). Godine 1957. upoznaje Johna Lennona, s kojim 1960. osniva Beatlese. "Can't Buy Me Love", "Yesterday", "Hello Goodbye", "Hey Jude" i "Let It Be" samo su neke od najpoznatijih pjesama iz doba. Beatlemanie.
Nakon raspada grupe 1970. počeo je solo karijeru i formira band "Wings".
Najbogatiji je muzičar današnjice. Njegovo bogatstvo procjenjuje se na 1,5 milijardi američkih dolara.
Osim muzikom, bavi se i humanitarnim radom, te je aktivni borac za prava životinja.
"Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (tekstopisac) (1968)
"Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (tekstopisac) (1969)
"Games People Play" – Joe South (tekstopisac) (1970)
"Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (tekstopisac) (1971)
"You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (tekstopisac) (1972)
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (tekstopisac) (1973)
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel i Charles Fox (tekstopisci) (1974)
"The Way We Were" – Alan i Marilyn Bergman i Marvin Hamlisch (tekstopisci) (1975)
"Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (tekstopisac) (1976)
"I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (tekstopisac) (1977)
"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand i Paul Williams (tekstopisci) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (tekstopisac) (1978)
"Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (tekstopisac) (1979)
1980−1999.
"What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins i Michael McDonald (tekstopisci) (1980)
"Sailing" – Christopher Cross (tekstopisac) (1981)
"Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss i Jackie DeShannon (tekstopisci) (1982)
"Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James i Wayne Carson (tekstopisci) (1983)
"Every Breath You Take" – Sting (tekstopisac) (1984)
"What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle i Terry Britten (tekstopisci) (1985)
"We Are the World" – Michael Jackson i Lionel Richie (tekstopisci) (1986)
"That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach i Carole Bayer Sager (tekstopisci) (1987)
"Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann i Cynthia Weil (tekstopisci) (1988)
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (tekstopisac) (1989)
"Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley i Jeff Silbar (tekstopisci) (1990)
"From a Distance" – Julie Gold (tekstopisac) (1991)
"Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (tekstopisac) (1992)
"Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton i Will Jennings (tekstopisci) (1993)
"A Whole New World" – Alan Menken i Tim Rice (tekstopisci) (1994)
"Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley i Hillary Scott (tekstopisci) (2011)
"Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins i Paul Epworth (tekstopisci) (2012)
"We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost i Nate Ruess (tekstopisci) (2013)
"Royals" – Joel Little i Ella Yelich O'Connor (tekstopisci) (2014)
"Stay with Me" (Darkchildova verzija) – James Napier, William Phillips i Sam Smith (tekstopisci) (2015)
"Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran i Amy Wadge (tekstopisci) (2016)
"Hello" – Adele Adkins i Greg Kurstin (tekstopisci) (2017)
"That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus i Jonathan Yip (tekstopisci) (2018)
"This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson i Jeffery Lamar Williams (tekstopisci) (2019)
Flashdance – Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Doug Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello i Shandi Sinnamon (1984)
Purpurna kiša – Prince i The Revolution (1985)
Policajac s Beverly Hillsa – Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen i Allee Willis (1986)
2002: Count Basie / Rosemary Clooney / Perry Como / Al Green / Joni Mitchell
2003: Etta James / Johnny Mathis / Glenn Miller / Tito Puente / Simon & Garfunkel
2004: Van Cliburn / The Funk Brothers / Ella Jenkins / Sonny Rollins / Artie Shaw / Doc Watson
2005: Eddy Arnold / Art Blakey / The Carter Family / Morton Gould / Janis Joplin / Led Zeppelin / Jerry Lee Lewis / Jelly Roll Morton / Pinetop Perkins / The Staple Singers
2006: David Bowie / Cream / Merle Haggard / Robert Johnson / Jessye Norman / Richard Pryor / The Weavers