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Russ Ballard is 75 years old today.

Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Ballard was initially a guitarist, joining Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961 together with his older brother Roy and their friend the drummer Bob Henrit. After a stint with The Roulettes, backing Adam Faith, he then went on to join Unit 4 + 2 in 1967, before becoming the lead singer and guitarist of Argent (along with Henrit, who joined as drummer), writing their hit "God Gave Rock and Roll to You", which would later be covered by both Petra and KISS.

Ballard is most well known as the vocalist on Argent's smash "Hold Your Head Up".

Originally coming to prominence as the lead singer and guitarist for the band Argent, Ballard became known by the late 1970s as a songwriter and producer. His compositions "New York Groove", "You Can Do Magic", "Since You Been Gone", "I Surrender", "Liar", "Winning", "I Know There's Something Going On", "So You Win Again" and "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" were hits for other artists during the 1970s and 1980s. He also scored several minor hits under his own name in the early and mid-1980s. ... See MoreSee Less

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History can be changed or made in an instant.

On Oct. 31, 1963, American TV host Ed Sullivan was at London's Heathrow Airport, waiting for his flight home. He saw something that got his interest. The Beatles where returning from a tour of Sweden at the time he was at the airport. There were about 50,000 screaming fans waiting for them.

"Who are those guys?" he asked a bystander, who told him they were "England's foremost singing group." Having never heard them, Sullivan nevertheless immediately contacts manager Brian Epstein to book the band for three appearances on his CBS show early in 1964.

It makes us wonder if things would have worked out the same if Ed wasn't there that day.

57 years ago today, Ed Sullivan found out about The Beatles.

(We are not sure if the attached picture is from this date, but it give a good reference for the post. And yes, we know The Beatles had had some other US press coverage prior to this, but this was a game changer) ... See MoreSee Less

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