Editing Linda McCartney (section)

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[[File:Paul and Linda McCartney.jpg|thumb|right|Paul and Linda McCartney at the Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion April 2, 1974]]
After the Beatles broke up in 1970, Paul taught Linda to play keyboards and recorded an album with her, ''[[Ram (album)|Ram]]'', as a duo. The couple formed the band [[Wings (band)|Wings]].<ref name="McCartneyWingsIt">{{cite web |first=Ray |last=Bonici |url=http://beatles.ncf.ca/mpl.html |title=Paul McCartney Wings it alone |work=Music Express |location=Canada |issue=56 (GG70470) |year=1982 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525013831/http://beatles.ncf.ca/mpl.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They garnered several [[Grammy Awards]], becoming one of the most successful British bands of the 1970s, but had to endure gibes about Linda's singing.<ref name="GermaineGreerPopBitch">{{cite news |first=Germaine |last=Greer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/germaine-greer-pop-bitch-479025.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/germaine-greer-pop-bitch-479025.html |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Germaine Greer: Pop bitch |newspaper=The Independent |date=May 21, 2006|access-date=June 9, 2011 | location=London}}</ref>

In 1977 the reggae-inspired single "[[Seaside Woman]]" was released by an obscure band called Suzy and the Red Stripes on [[Epic Records]] in the United States. Suzy and the Red Stripes were Wings, with Linda (who wrote the song) on lead vocals.<ref name="SuzyRedStripes">{{cite web |first=Graham |last=Calkin |url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_ams7461.html |title=Seaside Woman b/w B-Side To Seaside |publisher=Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=November 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104101320/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_ams7461.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The song, recorded by Wings in 1972, was written in response to allegations from Paul's publisher that Linda's co-writing credits were inauthentic and that she was not a real songwriter. In 1971 [[Northern Songs]] and Maclen Music filed a lawsuit alleging that Paul McCartney had violated an exclusive rights agreement by collaborating with Linda on the song "Another Day", which had the effect of transferring a 50% share of the publishing royalties to his own [[MPL Communications|McCartney Music]] company.<ref>{{cite news | title = McCartney and Wife Sued on 'Another Day' Recording | newspaper = The New York Times | date = July 23, 1971 | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/07/23/79680369.pdf | access-date = June 15, 2018 | archive-date = May 22, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200522183658/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/07/23/79680369.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false | url-status = live }}</ref> The lawsuit was "amicably settled", according to an [[Associated Television|ATV]] spokesman, in June 1972.<ref name="southall">Brian Southall and Rupert Perry, ''Northern Songs: The True Story of The Beatles' Song Publishing Empire'' (2007).</ref>

The McCartneys shared an Oscar nomination for the song "[[Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die]]"; they were photographed together at the event in April 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/paul-mccartney-and-linda-mccartney-news-photo/81072169|title=Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney|website=Getty Images|date=May 13, 2008 |access-date=December 23, 2019|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223144213/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/paul-mccartney-and-linda-mccartney-news-photo/81072169|url-status=live}}</ref> Linda's album ''[[Wide Prairie]]'', which included "Seaside Woman", was released posthumously in 1998.<ref name="ReleaseOfAlbum">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/163837.stm |title=Linda's lone effort to be released |work=BBC News |date=September 3, 1998 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413212710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/163837.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with eight other British composers, Paul contributed to the choral album ''[[A Garland for Linda]]'', and he dedicated his classical album ''[[Ecce Cor Meum]]'' (1999) to Linda.<ref name="GarlandForLindaBBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/345875.stm|title=A Garland for Linda|work=BBC News|date=May 17, 1999|access-date=June 9, 2011|archive-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213631/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/345875.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>