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 White Stripes by Captain Beefheart, an experimental blues rock musician. "De Stijl" eventually reached number 38 on "Billboard Magazine"'s Independent Albums chart in 2002, around the time The White Stripes' popularity began establishing itself. One "New York Times" critic at the time said that the Stripes typified "what many hip rock fans consider real music." The song "Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me" was used in "The Simpsons" episode "Judge Me Tender". The White Stripes' third album, "White Blood Cells", was released on July 3, 2001 on Sympathy for the Record Industry. The band enjoyed its first significant success the following