Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey) is 82 years old today. 

Musician, songwriter and actor Ringo Starr achieved international
fame as the drummer for The Beatles along with members John
Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. They are regarded
as the most influential band of all time.

SANDY KOZEL

Elvis Presley sang "That’s Alright Mama" during a recording session at Sun Studio on July 5, 1954. He was on acoustic rhythm guitar, Scotty Moore was on electric lead guitar, and
Bill Black was on string bass¹. The song was originally
written by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup.  

From left, Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore and Sam Phillips at Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Avenue,
in 1954. On the night of July 5 that year, Phillips would
record the threesome doing “That’s All Right.”

The transistor radio was a technological marvel that put music
literally into consumers’ hands in the mid-1950s. It was cheap,
it was reliable and it was portable, but it could never even
approximate the sound quality of a record being played on
a home stereo. It was, however, the only technology available
to on-the-go music lovers until the Sony Corporation sparked
a revolution in personal electronics with the introduction of
the first personal stereo cassette player. A device as astonishing
on first encounter as the cellular phone or digital camera would
later be, the Sony Walkman went on sale for the very first time
on July 1, 1979.

Dick Novak (1924 – 2002)

Dick Novak was a popular radio personality for over 29
years working at KXL, KGON and KGW. 

On April 11, 1955 Dick moved to KPOJ AM/FM in Portland,
Oregon where he began "Dick Novak’s Rhythm Room”- 9:30
to 2:00am, Monday through Friday from KPOJ’s transmitter
studio located on Mount Scott at S.E. Eastview Drive
(pictured below).        
       

       

 
Interior view of the KPOJ AM & FM Transmitter at Mt. Scott     
in 1956.

Dick also broadcast live from Scotty’s Hamburgers at 12th and
N.E. Sandy Blvd and Amato’s Supper Club on Broadway in
downtown Portland.           
           
 On July 12, 2002 Dick Novak passed away from cancer at age
78 in Portland.
       
           
 
        
  
    
  
     
      
 

Released on June 21, 1965, the Byrds’ debut album, Mr.
Tambourine Man, marked the beginning of the folk-rock
revolution. In just a few months, the Byrds had become
a household name, with a #1 single and a smash-hit
album that married the ringing guitars and backbeat of
the British Invasion with the harmonies and lyrical depth
of folk to create an entirely new sound.