""Linda" is a [popular](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music) [song](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song) written and published in 1946 by [Jack Lawrence](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JackLawrence(songwriter)). The song is notable for being named after then-one-year-old [Linda McCartney](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McCartney).

The song was written in 1942 when Lawrence was in the service during [World War II](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWar_II), taking its name from the then one-year-old daughter of his attorney, [Lee Eastman](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Eastman). (His daughter was Linda Eastman McCartney, future first wife of the [Beatle](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) [Paul McCartney](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney).)[[1]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda(1946song)#cite_note-1)[[2]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda(1946song)#cite_note-ScarsdaleInquirer1947-09-26-2)
The song did not get published until after Lawrence left the military, and was then recorded by a number of performers, but the biggest hit was by [Ray Noble's](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RayNoble(musician))orchestra (with a vocal by [Buddy Clark](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Clark)).[[3]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda(1946song)#cite_note-pc19-3) Other charted versions were by [Charlie Spivak](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Spivak) (vocal by Tommy Mercer); [Paul Weston](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weston) (vocal by [Matt Dennis](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dennis)); and by Larry Douglas.[[4]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda(1946_song)#cite_note-4)
Recordings

The recording by [Ray Noble](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RayNoble(musician)) and [Buddy Clark](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuddyClark) was recorded on November 15, 1946, and released by [Columbia Records](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records).[[5]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda(1946_song)#cite_note-5) It first reached the [Billboard](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)) Best Sellers chart on March 21, 1947, and lasted thirteen weeks on the chart, peaking at number two.
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Sarah Streeter (January 31, 1953 – June 13, 2015), better known by her stage name Big Time Sarah, was an American [blues](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues) [singer](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing).
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Biography

She was born in [Coldwater, Mississippi](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldwater,_Mississippi), and raised in [Chicago](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago), where she sang in [gospel](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music) choirs in [South Chicago](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Chicago) churches.[[1]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_Sarah#cite_note-amg-1) At age 14, she began singing blues at the Morgan's Lounge Club, and in the 1970s she played with musicians such as [Magic Slim](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Slim), [Buddy Guy](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy), [The Aces](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheAces(blues_band)), [Junior Wells](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Wells), Johnny Bernard, and [Erwin Helfer](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Helfer).[[1]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_Sarah#cite_note-amg-1)[[2]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_Sarah#cite_note-2)

Danish rock band The Sandmen from 1992.

Super high energy.