Thursday, July 16, 2026

Music Birthdays: Rocker Paul McCartney, Producer Richard Perry Each Turns 73

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What a weird musical coincidence: rocker and Beatle Paul McCartney, and famed record producer Richard Perry, each turn 73 today. Some music giants have the same birthday– Elton John and Aretha Franklin, for example– but they aren’t the exact same age. Anyway Happy Birthday to both of them. Did you know that Paul and Linda McCartney sang backup for Carly Simon on her song “Night Owl,” produced by Perry in 1972? It’s one of the many anecdotes from the memoir he’s writing about being one of the most successful producers in rock history.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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