They Say It’s Your Birthday – 80 Great Thingos By (and about) Ringo: Ringo Starr at 80

1. He was the first drummer to use a drum-riser on TV; sales of sticks and kits went up about 400% the next day after his appearance on Ed Sullivan.

2. The drum feels and fills and groove of Rain

3. Ringo’s malapropisms, wit and rejoinders. He gave us the lines that fed into Eight Days A Week, A Hard Day’s Night and many more besides.

4. The subtly, taste,…