Ringo Starr’s Children Zak, Jason, and Lee.
Ringos children, Zak, Jason, and Lee. Zak is a musician and plays drums, with famous bands like Oasis and The Who. Lee is a fashion designer and makeup artist, while Jason works in the music industry.
February 18 1964 The Beatles meet up with boxer Cassius Clay
While in Miami, Florida, on their first visit to America, The Beatles meet up with boxer, Cassius Clay, who is training for an upcoming bout with Sonny Liston. It presents a perfect photo op for both parties, although John Lennon complains bitterly about being made a fool by having to pose with the boxer.
February 18 1933 Yoko Ono, is born in Tokyo, Japan.
Avant-garde artist, Yoko Ono, is born in Tokyo, Japan. Her third husband was musician, John Lennon and their son is musician, Sean Lennon. Her most famous performance art is “Cut Piece.” She also wrote a book entitled, Grapefruit, which Lennon helped to heavily promote in the early 1970s. She is best remembered from the two…
February 21 1990 Paul McCartney receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award
Paul McCartney receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award. Also nominated this year are: The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 and Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever, for Album of the Year (both featuring George Harrison); The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1, for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or a Group with Vocal; Act Naturally, by Buck Owens…
February 21 1999 George Harrison appears in a 10-second Public Service Announcement
George Harrison appears in a 10-second Public Service Announcement at the conclusion of the ABC-TV airing of the film “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” Holding an acoustic guitar, George says: “I’m George Harrison. Music can make a world of difference in the life of a child, as it did mine. To find out about the Mr. Holland’s…
Beatles – If I Fell
If I Fell is a song composed primarily by John Lennon, with a little help from Paul McCartney, and credited to Lennon and McCartney. It was recorded by the Beatles in 15 takes on February 27, 1964 and released as the third track on the album A Hard Day’s Night, on July 10, 1964. It…
A duet between Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, Ebony & Ivory
is a song about racial harmony, using piano keys as a metaphor. The black keys on a piano are ebony, and the white ones are ivory – the song asks why we all can’t lie together in perfect harmony like the keys. Paul McCartney wrote this song, saying that the message was “that people of…
Rarely Seen Photographs of John Lennon on a Dovedale Primary School Trip to the Isle of Man in the Summer of 1951
Peter Sissons, John Lennon and Jimmy Tarbuck all in the same Dovedale Junior School photo on a trip to Douglas on the Isle Of Man in
Cynthia wrote in her 2005 book about John Lennon
“John’s death hit me and Julian hard. I was grieving for the man I had loved as a husband and partner, Julian for the father he never really knew and needed so badly. For some months he appeared to be spiralling out of control and I worried about him. … Julian was at loose ends,…
