Mike Gracia

Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) is 75 today.

Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon.

Severinsen is best known for leading the NBC Orchestra on The
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson beginning in 1962. The
group became the most visible big band in America. He made
his broadcasting debut playing live popular music on KODL
radio in The Dalles, Oregon.

Severinsen, Ed McMahon, and Johnny Carson, about 1974.