"a Liverpool equipment manufacturer. While working at the facility Starkey befriended Roy Trafford, and the two bonded over their shared interest in music. Trafford introduced Starkey to skiffle, and he quickly became a fervent admirer. Starr is the only Beatle who did not have any Irish heritage. Soon after Trafford piqued Starkey's interest in skiffle, the two began rehearsing songs in the manufacturing plant's cellar during their lunch breaks. Trafford recalled: ""I played a guitar, and [Ritchie] just made a noise on a box ... Sometimes, he just slapped a biscuit tin with some keys, or banged on the backs"
"Ringo Starr discography This article presents the discography of Ringo Starr, former drummer and occasional singer and songwriter of British rock band the Beatles. When the band broke up in the spring of 1970, Ringo Starr embarked on a solo career. Along with the other Beatles, he spent the first half of the seventies on Apple Records, the label created by the band for themselves. Starr moved to Atlantic Records after his contract with EMI expired and his career diminished in commercial impact, even though he continued to record and eventually tour with his All-Starr Band in 1989 and continues"
"to do so today. Ringo Starr discography This article presents the discography of Ringo Starr, former drummer and occasional singer and songwriter of British rock band the Beatles. When the band broke up in the spring of 1970, Ringo Starr embarked on a solo career. Along with the other Beatles, he spent the first half of the seventies on Apple Records, the label created by the band for themselves. Starr moved to Atlantic Records after his contract with EMI expired and his career diminished in commercial impact, even though he continued to record and eventually tour with his All-Starr Band"
"Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, usually for one song on an album, including ""With a Little Help from My Friends"", ""Yellow Submarine"", ""Good Night"", and their cover of ""Act Naturally"". He also wrote the Beatles' songs ""Don't Pass Me By"" and ""Octopus's Garden"", and is credited as a co-writer of others, including ""What Goes On"" and ""Flying"". Starr was afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during childhood, and he fell"
"appeared in interview segments with fellow drummer Keith Moon. Since the breakup of the Beatles, Starr has released 19 solo studio albums: Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, usually for one song on an album, including ""With a Little Help from My Friends"", ""Yellow Submarine"", ""Good Night"", and their cover of ""Act Naturally"". He also wrote the Beatles' songs ""Don't Pass Me By"" and ""Octopus's Garden"", and is credited"
"and Ringo Starr. In 1971, Preston left Apple and signed with Herb Alpert's A&M Records. The previous year, he contributed to another hit single when Stephen Stills asked to use Preston's phrase ""if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with"", a song on Stills' self-titled debut solo album. Following the release of ""I Wrote a Simple Song"" on A&M, Preston's solo career peaked at this time, beginning with 1972's ""Outa-Space"", an instrumental track that further popularized the sound of the clavinet in funk music. The song reached number 2 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot"
"Harrison and Starr all released solo albums in 1970. Their solo records sometimes involved one or more of the others; Starr's ""Ringo"" (1973) was the only album to include compositions and performances by all four ex-Beatles, albeit on separate songs. With Starr's participation, Harrison staged the Concert for Bangladesh in New York City in August 1971. Other than an unreleased jam session in 1974, later bootlegged as ""A Toot and a Snore in '74"", Lennon and McCartney never recorded together again. Two double-LP sets of the Beatles' greatest hits, compiled by Klein, ""1962–1966"" and ""1967–1970"", were released in 1973, at"
"label. Of Harrison's three number-one singles in the US, it was both the only song not written or composed by Harrison himself and the only one without religious overtones. It also was not only the last US No. 1 hit by Harrison, but also from any of the ex-Beatles (as of 2018) in the US. When the song hit No. 1, it broke a three-way tie among Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr, all of whom had two No. 1 hit singles as solo artists (discounting Paul McCartney's work with Wings). It also happened to be the No. 1 single"
"Ringo 2012 Ringo 2012 is the 17th studio album by Ringo Starr, released on 30 January 2012 in the UK and 31 January 2012 in the US. It was released on CD, LP and digitally by Hip-O Records and UM. Starr had considered calling the album ""Motel California"", then ""Another #9"", and finally ""Wings"", before settling on ""Ringo 2012"". The album was recorded in Los Angeles, and mixed in England, produced by Starr and Bruce Sugar. The title is a reference to Ringo's most successful solo album ""Ringo"", which was released in 1973. At 28 minutes, it is Starr's shortest"
"Beaucoups of Blues Beaucoups of Blues is the second studio album by the English rock musician and former Beatle Ringo Starr. It was released in September 1970, five months after his debut solo album, ""Sentimental Journey"". However, ""Beaucoups of Blues"" is very far removed in style from its pop-based predecessor, relying on country and western influences. Still, like its predecessor, the album proved a moderate commercial success, reaching Billboard's number 35 slot on the Country Albums chart and number 65 on the Billboard 200 chart. During Ringo Starr's tenure with the Beatles he had dabbled with country music: the band"
"Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band is a live rock supergroup with shifting personnel, led by former Beatles drummer and vocalist Ringo Starr. Since 1989, Starr has toured with fourteen variations of the band, where ""everybody on stage is a star in their own right."" Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band is a concept that was created by producer David Fishof. The band has consistently toured for nearly three decades, and rotates its line-up depending on availability of musicians and at Starr's discretion. All-Starr Band shows generally feature 10–12 songs sung by Starr, including"
"Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band is Ringo Starr's first official live album, and the first album recorded with his All-Starr Band, recorded in 1989 during his successful comeback tour and released in 1990. It was also Starr's first release of unheard material in seven years. After taking a hiatus from his solo career following 1983's ""Old Wave"", Starr spent the next few years making TV appearances and guesting on other artists' recordings and gigs, as well as recording an album that would remain unissued. In 1988, however, he and wife Barbara Bach accepted"
"Blast from Your Past Blast from Your Past is a compilation album by English rock musician Ringo Starr, released on Apple Records in 1975. It is both Starr's first compilation LP and his final release under his contract with EMI. It was also the last album to be released on the Beatles' Apple label until it was revived in the 1990s. The album provides an overview of Starr's most successful period as a solo artist. The songs include his RIAA gold-certified singles ""It Don't Come Easy"", ""Photograph"" and ""You're Sixteen"", and other international hits such as ""Back Off Boogaloo"" and"
"on ""Vertical Man"", much of the set is devoted to Starr's Beatles and early solo successes with Starr relating their stories in a relaxed, and sometimes humorous, fashion. This marked the last time a Ringo Starr album was released on a pre-recorded cassette in the United States, according to journalist Peter Palmiere. However, some countries in the Far East still issue cassettes of recent Ringo Starr material including ""Ringo Rama"", ""Choose Love"" and """". Released by Mercury in the US on 20 October 1998, ""VH1 Storytellers"" stands as a unique release in Starr's recorded catalogue. Although it failed to chart"
"in the UK, on 8 February 1974. In January 1974, the song, taken from the album ""Ringo"", hit number one. The latter performance reunited Ringo Starr with his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney. McCartney is credited on the liner notes of the album ""Ringo"" as having played the solo on a kazoo. But reviewer Michael Verity has quoted the song's producer, Richard Perry, as revealing it wasn't actually a kazoo. “In fact, the solo on ‘You’re Sixteen,’ which sounds like a kazoo or something, was Paul singing very spontaneously as we played that track back, so he’s singing the solo"
"In 1991, the Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita covered this song as ""Tokyo is a Lonely Town"". In 1968, with Frankie Meluso (aka Mell) and Peter Anders, Poncia founded MAP (Mell Anders Poncia) City Records in New York City. Their company included a small recording studio brought by their chief engineer, Peter H. Rosen, who recorded sixteen albums before the company dissolved in 1970. During the 1970s, Poncia became Ringo Starr's co-writer, and appeared on several of his solo albums: ""Ringo"" (1973), ""Goodnight Vienna"" (1974), ""Ringo's Rotogravure"" (1976), ""Ringo the 4th"" (1977), and ""Bad Boy"" (1978). He also produced albums for"
"""You Can't Fight Lightning"" as a bonus track on his 2017 album Give More Love. Footnotes Citations Stop and Smell the Roses Stop and Smell the Roses is the eighth studio album by English rock musician Ringo Starr. Released in October 1981, it followed the twin commercial failures of ""Ringo the 4th"" (1977) and ""Bad Boy"" (1978). The album includes the hit single ""Wrack My Brain"", written and produced by George Harrison, but otherwise failed to find commercial success. It also includes contributions from Paul McCartney, Harry Nilsson, Ronnie Wood and Stephen Stills. The album began life in mid 1980"
"Michael Nesmith"". ""Mojo"" editor Paul Du Noyer admired the ""stellar cast of country players"" on the recordings and added that ""the groove is loose and fluent."" Beaucoups of Blues Beaucoups of Blues is the second studio album by the English rock musician and former Beatle Ringo Starr. It was released in September 1970, five months after his debut solo album, ""Sentimental Journey"". However, ""Beaucoups of Blues"" is very far removed in style from its pop-based predecessor, relying on country and western influences. Still, like its predecessor, the album proved a moderate commercial success, reaching Billboard's number 35 slot on the"
"just that, and the result was the track ""I Really Love Her"". On 20 May 2002, Starr signed a recording contract with Koch. Released by Koch on 25 March 2003, ""Ringo Rama"" managed a number 113 peak in the US on the ""Billboard"" 200, his first album in the 21st century to do so. The album also charted at number 6 on the Top Independent Albums chart in the US. The first 100,000 copies included a DVD of the recording sessions. To help promote the album and the ""Never Without You"" single, Starr appeared on ""The Tonight Show with Jay"
"and released on Ringo's ""Ringo 2012"" album and again as a lead single in 2012. Journalist Peter Palmiere states in his front cover story on Starr for ""DISCoveries"" magazine in January 2003 that ""The music critics and the record buying public took the album as a joke for Ringo's voice was not suitable for the disco flavored music on Ringo the 4th"". Palmiere went on to claim that ""Ringo the 4th"" destroyed Starr's career and that he never commercially recovered from it. Footnotes Citations Ringo the 4th Ringo the 4th is the sixth studio album by English musician Ringo Starr,"
"on that chart as a solo artist and Harrison's third there as a composer since the Beatles' break-up in 1970. ""Photograph"" was also number 1 in Canada and Australia, while in Britain it peaked at number 8. In Rodriguez's words, the single ""did a good job of setting the table"" for ""Ringo"", which also enjoyed considerable commercial success. On 28 December 1973, ""Photograph"" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, signifying US sales of 1 million – Starr's second such award, after ""It Don't Come Easy"". On release, Ben Gerson of ""Rolling Stone"" highlighted ""Photograph"" as one"
"with the David Lynch Foundation.<ref name=""instyle7/14""></ref> In September 2014, he won at the ""GQ"" Men of the Year Awards for his humanitarian work with the David Lynch Foundation. In January 2015, Starr tweeted the title of his new 11-track studio album, ""Postcards from Paradise"". The album came just weeks in advance of Starr's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and was released on 31 March 2015 to mixed to positive reviews. Later that month, Ringo and his band announced a forthcoming Summer 2016 Tour of the US. Full production began in June 2016 in Syracuse. On 7"
"Ringo's Rotogravure Ringo's Rotogravure is the fifth studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1976. It would turn out to be the last album featuring active involvement from all four former Beatles before John Lennon's death in 1980. Following the end of his contract with EMI, Starr signed on with Polydor Records worldwide (Atlantic Records handling US distribution). It was reported in December 1975 that ABC Records in the US was to sign former Beatle Ringo Starr for a 5-year recording contract, worth $5 million. However, on 26 January 1976, when Starr's recording contract with EMI ended, he signed with"
"in his solo career and also acted in several movies. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 10 April 1990 (). The minor planets 8749 Beatles, 4147 Lennon, 4148 McCartney and 4149 Harrison were named after the band and its three other members. 4150 Starr 4150 Starr, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Brian Skiff at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station on 31 August 1984. It was named after ex-Beatle Sir Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr)."
"""Only You"". The album peaked at number 30 on the US ""Billboard"" pop LPs chart but failed to chart in the UK. ""Blast from Your Past"" provides an overview of Starr's musical achievements as a solo artist during the first half of the 1970s. The album compiles eight singles, one B-side, and one album track, all released between 1970 and 1975. All eight of the singles charted on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the US; ""Photograph"" and ""You're Sixteen"" each hit number 1, while all of them but ""Beaucoups of Blues"" made the top ten. Five of the songs charted"
"Ring O' Records Ring O' Records was a record label founded by former Beatle Ringo Starr in 1975. The label's formation coincided with the winding down of the Beatles' Apple Records and allowed Starr to continue supporting other artists' projects while maintaining his solo career. The label was shut down in 1978, having failed to achieve commercial success with a roster of artists that included David Hentschel, Bobby Keys, Graham Bonnet and Rab Noakes. Starr himself never recorded for Ring O' Records, although, following the expiration of his contract with Apple in January 1976, he signed with Polydor, which distributed"
"""A Number One hit could easily be in store for the maestro of rock drums. There's a touch of the Marc Bolans in this highly playable rhythmic excursion ... It's hypnotic and effective, ideal for jukeboxes and liable to send us all mad by the end of the week."" Alan Clayson writes of reviewers criticising ""Back Off Boogaloo"" for being repetitious, leading Starr to respond in a 1973 interview: ""Play me a pop song that isn't."" ""Record World"" listed the song first in its ""Hits of the Week"" predictions and said: ""It's taken Ringo a long time to follow up"
"Street"" in 1984. Starr also appeared as himself, and downtrodden alter-ego Ognir Rrats, in ""Ringo"" (1978), an American-made television comedy film based loosely on ""The Prince and the Pauper"". Ringo Starr filmography In addition to the Beatles' films ""A Hard Day's Night"" (1964), ""Help!"" (1965), ""Magical Mystery Tour"" (1967), ""Yellow Submarine"" (1968) and ""Let It Be"" (1970), Ringo Starr also acted in films such as ""Candy"" (1968), ""The Magic Christian"" (1969, alongside Peter Sellers), ""Blindman"" (1971), ""Son of Dracula"" (1974) and ""Caveman"" (1981). Starr directed and appeared in ""Born to Boogie"" (1972), a concert film featuring Marc Bolan and T."
"Unlike Harrison with Dark Horse, Starr had limited involvement with the label, which was run by Barry Anthony. The label signed saxophonist Bobby Keys on a long-term contract. His debut release for the label was the single ""Gimmie the Key"" in August 1975. Starr had hoped to sign his friend Harry Nilsson also, but Nilsson chose to renew his contract with RCA Records. The next two Ring O' Records releases were singles by Australian singer-songwriter Carl Groszman, ""I've Had It"", and ""Colonel"" Doug Bogie, with his reggae arrangement of ""Away in a Manger"". As with subsequent artists on the label"
"as Ringo Starr and Roger Daltrey. She moved permanently to the United States, but returned to France regularly to give concerts and promote her music. In 1974, she gave birth to her only child, Christopher, in Boulder, Colorado. Her marriage also marked a new direction to her career, which has led the French media to constantly associate her music with Anglophone influences (in her career she has recorded most of her albums in the US, and mostly with American musicians). She enrolled Manassas and decided to produce her next album herself. In contrast with her Beatles-inspired previous albums, the record"
"and Ringo Starr, was released as a new single from ""The Beatles Anthology 1"" project, 25 years after their break-up and 15 years after Lennon's death. In a humorous self-parody and tribute to Lennon, the surviving Beatles inserted a backmasked clip of Lennon saying ""Turned out nice again"" at the very end of the song. Pink Floyd dropped a backmasked message into ""Empty Spaces"": The first line may refer to former lead singer Syd Barrett, who is thought to have suffered a nervous breakdown years earlier. The first known instance of Pink Floyd having a backwards message is on the"
"and ""Better Now"", with ""Rockstar"" and ""Psycho"" peaking at number one on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""Beerbongs & Bentleys"" received mixed reviews from critics, but performed well commercially, debuting at number one on the US ""Billboard"" 200, with 461,000 album-equivalent units, 153,000 of which were pure sales. The album was also certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is nominated for Album of the Year at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, with ""Rockstar"" receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Performance. Additionally, ""Better Now"" is nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance."
"produced for Vera Lynn, ""Don't You Remember When"", and he inspired another De Paul song, ""If I Don't Get You the Next One Will"", which she described as being about revenge after he missed a dinner appointment with her because he was asleep in his office. Starr founded the record label Ring O' Records in 1975. The company signed eleven artists and released fifteen singles and five albums between 1975 and 1978, including works by David Hentschel, Graham Bonnet and Rab Noakes. The commercial impact of Starr's own career diminished over the same period, however, although he continued to record"