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Stella McCartney, the second child of Linda and Paul McCartney, was born on this day. From Wikipedia:
McCartney was born on 13 September 1971 at King’s College Hospital in London, the second child of American photographer Linda McCartney and former Beatle Paul McCartney. She is named after her maternal great-grandmothers (both of Linda McCartney’s grandmothers were named Stella). As a little girl, McCartney travelled the globe with her parents and their group Wings, along with her siblings: older half-sister Heather (who was legally adopted by Paul McCartney), older sister Mary, and younger brother James. According to her father, the name of Wings was inspired by Stella’s difficult delivery. As his daughter was being born by emergency caesarean section, Paul sat outside the operating room and prayed that she be born “on the wings of an angel”. […]
In early August 1971, Paul McCartney’s new band had been announced in the press, without any name given. Stella’s delivery inspired Paul to name it “Wings”.
When Linda gave birth to Stella there was a complication: something called placenta previa. She had to have a Caesarian and stay in hospital to recover. To be supportive, I stayed there with her, sleeping in a little camp-bed. It had been such a touch-and-go thing, such a drama, that I was imagining angels’ wings. And I thought, ‘That’s a nice image – WINGS. I wonder if there’s been a band called Wings?’ That’s how the name came about, in King’s College Hospital, in London, as we recovered from the birth of Stella. So Wings became the name.
Paul McCartney – From “Wingspan: Paul McCartney’s Band on the Run“, 2002
I was thinking angelic thoughts, because of the emergency we’d just been through. And the vision of an angel with big wings came into my mind. I thought, ‘Wow, Wings, that’d be good’ [with no ‘the’] Yeah, maybe to avoid The Beatles.
Paul McCartney – From “Wild Life – Archive Collection“, 2018
“How about Wings of Angels?” Paul asked Linda. “Or Wings of Eagles?” “How about just Wings?” Linda suggested. “It’s got a nice sound to it.” She felt that the single-word groups were easier to remember and could have many meanings, as with the Beatles. Thus, Wings was born.
From “Band on the Run: A History of Paul McCartney and Wings” by Garry McGee, 2003
Baby Beatle for Paul and Linda
EX-BEATLE Paul McCartney announced yesterday that his wife Linda, 27, had given birth to their second child. The three-week premature birth last Monday was kept secret to avoid fans waiting outside the hospital. Paul, 27, said last night: “Our new baby Stella looks like her mum – she’s blonde and beautiful.”
From Sunday Mirror – Sunday 19 September 1971
Last updated on December 8, 2023
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The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001
"An updated edition of the best-seller. The story of what happened to the band members, their families and friends after the 1970 break-up is brought right up to date. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship."
We owe a lot to Keith Badman for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles after the break-up and how their stories intertwined together!
The Beatles - The Dream is Over: Off The Record 2
This edition of the book compiles more outrageous opinions and unrehearsed interviews from the former Beatles and the people who surrounded them. Keith Badman unearths a treasury of Beatles sound bites and points-of-view, taken from the post break up years. Includes insights from Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney, Barbara Bach and many more.
Maccazine - Volume 40, Issue 3 - RAM Part 1 - Timeline
This very special RAM special is the first in a series. This is a Timeline for 1970 – 1971 when McCartney started writing and planning RAM in the summer of 1970 and ending with the release of the first Wings album WILD LIFE in December 1971. [...] One thing I noted when exploring the material inside the deluxe RAM remaster is that the book contains many mistakes. A couple of dates are completely inaccurate and the story is far from complete. For this reason, I started to compile a Timeline for the 1970/1971 period filling the gaps and correcting the mistakes. The result is this Maccazine special. As the Timeline was way too long for one special, we decided to do a double issue (issue 3, 2012 and issue 1, 2013).
Maccazine - Volume 47, Issue 1 - The birth of Wings
"Maccazine is a hard copy magazine (a bound paperback) about Paul McCartney. It is published twice a year. Due to the fact that the Internet has taken over the world and the fact that the latest Paul McCartney news is to be found on hundreds of websites, we have decided to focus on creating an informative paper magazine about Paul McCartney."
"In this issue we take you back to the early days of Paul McCartney’s solo career when he decided to form a new group. With Wings he proved there was life after The Beatles. This Maccazine features a detailed timeline of ‘the birth’ of the band with interesting entries including many new facts and unpublished photos. Follow-up timelines will be published in the upcoming years."
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I noticed a mistake here. The photo with a caption "Paul McCartney with Stella McCartney at King’s College Hospital, | Lot #4206 | Heritage Auctions (ha.com)" was actually taken after Mary's birth in August 1969.