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Today In Music History: Can You Believe Ringo is Almost 70?
Posted at 6:16 AM on July 7, 2009
by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History
1968, The Yardbirds played their last gig before splitting up when they appeared in Luton.
1969, George Harrison recorded his new song "Here Comes the Sun" with just two other Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Star at Abbey Road in London. John Lennon was absent recovering from a car crash in Scotland.
1980, Led Zeppelin played their last-ever concert when they appeared in West Berlin at the end of a European tour.
1984 - Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the US album chart with Born In The USA. The album went on to spend a total of 139 weeks on the US chart. Its also one of three albums (Michael Jackson's Thriller and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814) to produce seven Top-ten US singles.
1984 - Prince started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with "When Doves Cry", his first US No.1 which went on to sell over 2 million copies.
1989 - It was announced that for the first time compact discs were out selling vinyl albums.
2006 - Syd Barrett died from complications arising from diabetes aged 60.
Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey) is 69 today. Ringo sang lead vocals on one track on most Beatles albums. He also had his own US No.1 single, "You're Sixteen" plus 9 other US Top 40 hits. We played one of our favorite Ringo vocal tracks this morning: "Octopus's Garden," from Abbey Road.
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