Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Happy Birthday, Ringo Starr! The Beatle turns 70 today...

Ringo Starr is 70 today, an event that occasions one of those short, sharp pauses by which one measures one's own mortality. Ringo? 70? Can that really be true?

It is difficult now to comprehend the impact that the Beatles made in the 1960s, not simply as musicians but as avatars of the social changes that were sweeping Britain at the time – a potent cultural force that projected each of the four individuals on to the popular imagination as broad brush-stroke caricatures. Thus, Paul was "the cute one"; John "the clever one" and George "the shy one"; Ringo was the group's clown, with his sad eyes, gargantuan hooter and Christmas-cracker finger jewellery. More...

Don't miss:

  1. Ringo Starr dumps fan mail and autographs...
  2. The Beatles' Abbey Road and conspiracy theories...
  3. The Beatles in Liverpool: a photo story...
  4. Beatles on the rooftop, their last public performance!
  5. Beatles Paul and Ringo block "Let It Be" release...

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