Ringo Does Schwab; McCartney Gets Classy
Yahoo! Music, Jan 27, 2000 5:00 pm PST(1/27/00, 5 p.m. ET) - Former
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr can be seen in a new commercial for the Charles Schwab brokerage company. Starr is the first non-sports personality to appear as part of the company's "Smart Investors" campaign. The 30-second spot will debut during the pre-kickoff segment of Sunday's (Jan. 30) Super Bowl broadcast on ABC. It will be the last commercial seen before the official start of the big game.
In other Beatle news, Paul McCartney joined British composer John Tavener today (Jan. 27) to perform songs from the album, A Garland For Linda, at St. Andrew's Church in Holborn, England. The album features compositions by McCartney, Tavener, and seven other contemporary composers, including John Rutter, Rodney Richard Bennett, Roxanna Panufnik, Michael Berkeley, Judith Bingham, David Matthews, and Giles Swayne. The charity album will raise funds for cancer research; Linda McCartney died of breast cancer in April 1998. A Garland For Linda is set for release in February.
-- Sue Falco, New York
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