Grammy Awards in 2009

 

February 8, 2009  

Paul and Ringo at the Grammy Awards in 2004 (sort of)

 February 8, 2004 

The Grammy Awards in Nashville

 

March 3, 1973 

The 2008 Grammy Awards

 

February 10, 2008

Grammy Night

 

Remembering Olivia Newton John

 

I am sure everyone joins me in the sadness of hearing that the talented and beautiful Olivia Newton-John.   I really admire the courage and outspokenness she had in regards to having cancer three times.   She really will remain a role model for everyone who is going through a terminal illness.  It is so sad that she is no longer here, but her movies and music will not be forgotten. 

I couldn't help but think of the 1975 Grammy Awards when she won Record of the Year for the song "Honestly I love you."   John Lennon and Paul Simon were the presenters for this award and hilariously the award was accepted by none other than Art Garfunkel because Olivia was not there in person.    It is a shame that she was not there, as I am sure that John Lennon would have liked to have met her.   Apparently, John was a fan and especially enjoyed her song, "Magic"(although that song wasn't released until 1980).

She covered a few Beatles songs and even some George Harrison songs over the years, but I could not find any photographs of her with one of the Beatles (although I would have thought she met Paul at one point in her life).   

Ringo with Paul & Linda

 

February 19, 1977 -  Ringo along with Paul Williams presented a Grammy Award to Linda Ronstadt at the ceremony in Los Angeles.  When Linda came to the stage to get her award, the only thing she said was a thank you to Peter Asher.  

Billie and Ringo

 

The Grammy awards 50 years ago

 

March 15, 1971 

The Beatles won a Grammy award 50 years ago for Let it Be and Paul and Linda McCartney made a surprise appearance to pick up the award.    

Ringo on the 2021 Grammy Awards

 

March 14, 2021 -- Ringo presents the Record of the Year Grammy award to Billie Eilish.

Grammy winners

 

Surprise Grammy appearance

 

Walking through the Grammies

March 1, 1975

Grammy 1975

In celebration of John's birthday today, I thought I'd share with all of you a newish photo that I recently got from ebay.   This was taken from the negative and I am not sure who took the photo or who owns the copyright, so please be careful if you share this elsewhere.   

John (and you can see a little bit of Yoko) leaving the Grammy awards in 1975. 

Interview without a microphone?

Sure this fellow isn't a John Lennon fan and is a legitimate journalist.... 

So happy together

So 70's

Emrick wins a Grammy

About 50 years ago (March 8, 1968)  Ringo presented Geoff Emerick with a Grammy Award for his engineering work on the Sgt. Pepper album.    Why did Ringo do this task you might wonder.   Well -- Ringo was the only Beatle in England.    The other three were still meditating in India and Ringo was craving more Heinz baked beans and headed home way before the others.    Therefore, Ringo had to be the one to do all the Beatle publicity stuff, such as this Grammy award thing.    Geoff Emerick thought it was strange because he rarely spoke to Ringo and they only exchanged a few brief words during the making of the Pepper album. 

All dressed up

Starry-eyed

Is it just a coincidence that here is a star in Ringo's glasses?