QUESTION: Has a non-singing bass player been the lead songwriter in a major band? There are lead-singing bass-playing superstars throughout pop music: Sting, Paul McCartney, Lemmy Kilmister and ...

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Now Paul McCartney's Beatles-era snapshots are finally viewable (and buyable!) at Los Angeles' Gagosian Gallery. By Benjamin Svetkey It’s not exactly the National Portrait Gallery in London.