Maybe we're amazed that Paul McCartney is about to turn 80, but this age group of classic ...

When Paul McCartney sat down to record his music-hall ditty “When I’m Sixty-Four,” he was barely 25. It was a lark. Who could imagine the Beatles — the epitome of youth — as doddering old fogeys?

These days, when the (still!) cute Beatle sings the song, he’s looking in the rear-view mirror. Waaay back in the rear view: Later this month he’ll turn 80, just a week and a half or so after wrapping up his two shows Tuesday and Wednesday at Fenway Park.

McCartney is not alone among the growing group of aging rock stars entering their ninth decades and still sincerely not wasting away. Ringo Starr, who was peace-and-loving around the Boston area with shows featuring his All Starr Band last week, turns 82 in July.

Source: Yvonne Abraham/bostonglobe.com

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