Dueling ex-Beatles today: In 1978, one year after the play “Beatlemania” opened on Broadway, Ringo Starr released his “Bad Boy” album, while Paul McCartney and Wings released “I’ve Had Enough”:

The number six song one year later (with no known connection to Mr. Spock):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikXyFRGbke4

The number eight single today in 1990 …

… bears an interesting resemblance to an earlier song:

Put the two together, and you get …

Birthdays today start with Billy “Crash” Craddock, who asks you to …

Eddie Levert of the O’Jays:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sVUvpdT-NY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgXXnEC_37w

James Smith of the Stylistics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nmaGZPN54I

Gino Vannelli:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecWHwGp8Us0

Today is also the anniversary of the death of guitarist John Honeyman-Scott of the Pretenders:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hKbmnnYeq8