The Who’s game-changing rock opera ‘Tommy’ turns 50

Fifty years ago today, “that deaf, dumb and blind kid” who scored immortality in “Pinball Wizard” was born when “Tommy” — The Who’s game-changing rock opera — was released on May 23, 1969. And the story of the boy who played “a mean pinball” still resonates a half-century later. In fact, The Who’s frontman, Roger...

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Fifty years ago today, “that deaf, dumb and blind kid” who scored immortality in “Pinball Wizard” was born when “Tommy” — The Who’s game-changing rock opera — was released on May 23, 1969. And the story of the boy who played “a mean pinball” still resonates a half-century later. In fact, The Who’s frontman, Roger... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J