Happy Birthday to Ringo Starr who turns 68 today. I’ve always considered Ringo as “the happy Beatle,” because he was always smiling in their group pictures. His official website says all he wants for his birthday is more “Peace and Love.”

Source: www.ringostarr.com

One of my favorite artists is 66 years old as of today. Composer, singer, songwriter, musician, MBE, former Beatle and Wing Sir James Paul McCartney.

Born June 18th, 1942, he is listed in Guinness World Records as the most successful musician and composer in popular music history. No doubt with 60 gold records and sales of 100 million singles. Plus he’s got the most covered song in history “Yesterday,” which was his first “solo” record with The Beatles.

Official Website paulmccartney.com

MySpace myspace.com/paulmccartney

YouTube Channel youtube.com/user/PAULMCCARTNEY

FansOnTheRun redroselass.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday to Willie Nelson, who turns 75 on April 30th.Sony/Columbia/Legacy just released the very appropriately titled 4-CD box set called ‘One Hell Of a Ride.’ It features 100 songs that Willie made famous. Or made Willie famous. Whatever. It’s a great career spanning package, no matter what.

Willie Online www.willienelson.com