Linda McCartney of the Beatles in 1970, Paul taught Linda to play keyboards and recorded an album with her, "Ram", as a duo. The couple formed the band Wings. They garnered several Grammy Awards, becoming one of the most successful British bands of the 1970s, but had to endure jibes regarding Linda's singing. She later said that criticisms that she sang out of tune in the early days with Wings were true. In 1977, a reggae-inspired single titled "Seaside Woman" was released by an obscure band called Suzy and the Red Stripes on Epic Records in the United States. Suzy and the
The Stripes when she made a guest appearance at Howard Jones' 20th anniversary concert in London, she wore a top emblazoned with the name of the band and the bonus tracks of the "Made in Germany Live" album included live performances of two of The Stripes' songs recorded at a Berlin concert in November 2009. The Stripes The Stripes were a German pop music ensemble founded on 2 July 1979 in the town of Hagen by Rainer Kitzmann, who played guitar. The lead singer was Gabriele Susanne Kerner, before she became known as Nena Kerner, who would later form the band Nena.