Linda McCartney

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Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney (née Eastman) was an American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, and entrepreneur. Her father practiced entertainment law in New York and counted among his famous clients Harold Arlen, Tommy Dorsey, Willem de Kooning, Jack Lawrence, and Mark Rothko. At her father's request, Lawrence wrote the song "Linda" when she was four years old. It was recorded by Buddy Clark in 1947 and went to No. 1 on the charts, and was recorded again in 1963 by duo Jan and Dean. She was also best known as the first wife of English musician Paul McCartney and for her photographs of celebrities and contemporary musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and The Rolling Stones. She photographed British musician Eric Clapton for Rolling Stone magazine and became the first woman to have a photograph on the cover (May 11, 1968). After she married McCartney, her photo of the two of them appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone on January 31, 1974, making her the only person to appear on the magazine's cover who was also the photographer. Her photographs were later exhibited in more than 50 galleries internationally, and at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. After the 1970 breakup of The Beatles, Paul and Linda recorded the album Ram and formed the band Wings in 1971. They garnered several Grammy Awards, becoming one of the most successful British bands of the 1970s. The McCartneys also shared an Oscar nomination for the song "Live and Let Die" for t

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Wide Prairie

Ram

Ram (Paul McCartney Archive Collection)

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Wingspan: Hits and History Disc 2

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Wingspan: Hits and History Disc 1

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Wingspan

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Ram (Special Edition)

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Arizona State University Marching Band 25 Years of Pride Vol. II

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Seaside Woman (Version 1)

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Classic Rock

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Seaside Woman (Version 2)

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Best Of James Bond

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