"his eye; in the original television version it was a fresh meat pie. Sue and Ted then marry, but Ernie's ghost returns to haunt them on their wedding night. ""Ernie"" was originally written in 1955 as the introduction to an unfilmed screenplay about Hill's milkman experiences. In 1966, Frank Gallop had a US hit with ""The Ballad of Irving"", which had a similar metre. ""The Ballad of Irving"" was itself inspired by Lorne Green's song ""Ringo"" from 1964, which had the same style and structure. Hill performed the song on ""The Benny Hill Show"" in 1970. The original clip is"
"Ringo Beat Ringo Beat is a 1965 novelty single written and recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. It was inspired by the popularity of Ringo Starr, the drummer of The Beatles. Fitzgerald had described the rock drumming style of her 16-year-old son, Ray Brown, Jr. as the ""Ringo beat...cause that's where it all started"". The guitarist Barney Kessel also appears on the song. The ""Billboard"" magazine review from December 12, 1964 commented that ""Swinging' Fitzgerald takes off on that all too famous beat. Great opportunity for the WNEW's to recognize the Beatles"". Fitzgerald had complained in a November 1965 interview for ""Downbeat"""
"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"
"Ringo, I Love You ""Ringo, I Love You"" is a rock song performed by American singer-actress Cher released under the pseudonym Bonnie Jo Mason, the name she used at the start of her career when based in Los Angeles. The song was released in 1964 during the height of Beatlemania. It was a tribute to The Beatles. The original vinyl is now a valuable rarity. In 1999 the song was covered by German electronic duo Stereo Total and released on their studio album ""My Melody"". ""Ringo, I Love You"" is the first solo song recorded by Cher. The single was"
"Rhino! Rhino! is a 1964 American action film directed by Ivan Tors and written by Art Arthur and Arthur Weiss. The film stars Harry Guardino, Shirley Eaton, Robert Culp, Harry Makela and George Korelin. The film was released on May 20, 1964, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A humane zoologist, Dr. Jim Hanlon, who deplores the poaching of African rhinoceros, is unaware that the man he is guiding on safari, Alec Burnett, is a hunter intending to capture two rare white rhino to sell. Edith Arleigh is a nurse romantically involved with Burnett, whose hardened attitude toward jungle life softens when he is"
"Ringo (singer) Ringo (born Guy Bayle 11 May 1947), in Toulouse, Occitanie, France, also known as Ringo Willy Cat is a French pop–singer, who became famous in the seventies. According to Billboard magazine he ""enjoyed a huge amount of sales"" with various hits. Ringo was cited by Billboard as an example of a French artist having a big impact in exporting French songs to the international arena and creating international hits despite the existing language barrier which the French artists face abroad. He was married to Sheila, a female French singer. Ringo's career ended in the mid–'80s. Ringo, during his"
"Roger Miller Roger Dean Miller, Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country and pop hits ""King of the Road"", ""Dang Me"", and ""England Swings"", all from the mid-1960s Nashville sound era. After growing up in Oklahoma and serving in the United States Army, Miller began his musical career as a songwriter in the late 1950s, writing such hits as ""Billy Bayou"" and ""Home"" for Jim Reeves and ""Invitation to the Blues"" for Ray Price. He later began a recording career and"
"Giuliano Gemma Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's ""A Pistol for Ringo"" (1965), Captain Montgomery Brown/'Ringo' in Tessari's ""The Return of Ringo"" (1965), the title character in Michele Lupo's ""Arizona Colt"" (1966), Scott Mary in Tonino Valerii's ""Day of Anger"" (1967) and Michael ""California"" Random in Lupo's ""California"" (1977). Born in Rome, Gemma first worked as a stuntman, then was offered real acting parts by director Duccio Tessari, starting with the"
"Giuliano Gemma Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's ""A Pistol for Ringo"" (1965), Captain Montgomery Brown/'Ringo' in Tessari's ""The Return of Ringo"" (1965), the title character in Michele Lupo's ""Arizona Colt"" (1966), Scott Mary in Tonino Valerii's ""Day of Anger"" (1967) and Michael ""California"" Random in Lupo's ""California"" (1977). Born in Rome, Gemma first worked as a stuntman, then was offered real acting parts by director Duccio Tessari, starting with the"
"Dingo (film) Dingo is a 1991 Australian film directed by Rolf de Heer and written by Marc Rosenberg. They had previously worked together on Incident at Raven's Gate. The story traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson (played by Colin Friels), an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross (played by legendary trumpeter Miles Davis). In the film's opening sequence, Davis and his band unexpectedly land on a remote airstrip in the Australian outback and proceed to perform for the"
"States. The album's introductions to each track were left off of the single release. ""Ringo"" debuted in Billboard in October 1964. At the same time a special promotional recording by Greene (possibly Canadian only) was sent to radio stations to promote the album, where he speaks about seven of the album's tracks. ""Ringo"" was the lead track. On it, he talks about the probable confusion between his song character and The Beatles and the ""wonderful drummer of theirs"", assuring the listener that it is not about him. About this time the album had been upgraded to include a notation on"
"bitten by a cobra and Hanlon has to save his life. Rhino! Rhino! is a 1964 American action film directed by Ivan Tors and written by Art Arthur and Arthur Weiss. The film stars Harry Guardino, Shirley Eaton, Robert Culp, Harry Makela and George Korelin. The film was released on May 20, 1964, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A humane zoologist, Dr. Jim Hanlon, who deplores the poaching of African rhinoceros, is unaware that the man he is guiding on safari, Alec Burnett, is a hunter intending to capture two rare white rhino to sell. Edith Arleigh is a nurse romantically involved with"
"Bing Crosby Harry Lillis ""Bing"" Crosby Jr. (; May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. The first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. His early career coincided with recording innovations such as the microphone. This allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin. ""Yank"" magazine said that he was the person who had done the most for American soldiers' morale during World War"
"starring Debbie Reynolds, whose brother was a friend. He became Debbie Reynolds' musical director, working with her on stage shows and the 1964 film ""The Unsinkable Molly Brown"", for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. He left the music business in 1972, and worked as an elementary school teacher in the North Hollywood area until he retired in 2001. He died in 2014, aged 88. Rudy Render Rudolph Valentino Render (July 1, 1926 – September 11, 2014) was an American singer, musician, arranger and songwriter, best known for his 1949 R&B chart hit, ""Sneakin' Around"" and his work"
"movies. Bob explains that they ""made a whole bunch of these"" in reference to the many sequels. A Pistol for Ringo A Pistol for Ringo () is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a sequel, ""The Return of Ringo"", later that year. The film stars Giuliano Gemma (billed as 'Montgomery Wood') alongside Fernando Sancho, Nieves Navarro, George Martin, Antonio Casas, José Manuel Martín and Hally Hammond. The film opens as the films protagonist, a gunfighter known as ""Angel Face"" or Ringo, kills four men"
"Don Durant Don Durant (born Donald Allison Durae; November 20, 1932 – March 15, 2005) was an American actor and singer, best known for his role as the gunslinger-turned-sheriff in the CBS Western series ""Johnny Ringo"", which ran on Thursdays from October 1, 1959 to June 30, 1960. Durant was born Donald Allison Durae in Long Beach, California. His father was killed in a truck accident near Bakersfield two months before Durant's birth; his mother remarried three times before she died of lung cancer at the age of only forty-six in 1959. Durant himself was seriously injured a few weeks"
"Ringo and His Golden Pistol Ringo and His Golden Pistol () is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Mark Damon. Renamed to cash in on the success of Duccio Tessari’s Ringo movies, ""Ringo and His Golden Pistol"" focuses on bounty hunter Johnny Oro/Ringo who sees killing as purely business, in fact he won’t draw his solid gold pistol unless he can profit from it and this will get him into trouble. He lets Juanito Perez live because there is nothing to gain from killing a man without a price on his head unlike his"
"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."
"The Return of Ringo The Return of Ringo () is a 1965 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Duccio Tessari and the sequel to the earlier film ""A Pistol for Ringo"". Like its predecessor, the film stars Giuliano Gemma and features a score composed by Ennio Morricone. The film's story is a loose retelling of Homer's ""Odyssey"". After fighting for the Union Army in the American Civil War, Ringo returns home to find that his property has been taken over by a family of Mexican bandits. His fiancée is about to marry the Mexican gangster behind all this. He decides"
"ARSC Journal, 43(1), 127–130. Bing Crosby Harry Lillis ""Bing"" Crosby Jr. (; May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. The first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. His early career coincided with recording innovations such as the microphone. This allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin. ""Yank"" magazine said that he was the person who had done the most for American soldiers'"
"A Pistol for Ringo A Pistol for Ringo () is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a sequel, ""The Return of Ringo"", later that year. The film stars Giuliano Gemma (billed as 'Montgomery Wood') alongside Fernando Sancho, Nieves Navarro, George Martin, Antonio Casas, José Manuel Martín and Hally Hammond. The film opens as the films protagonist, a gunfighter known as ""Angel Face"" or Ringo, kills four men in a gunfight. He is then arrested for manslaughter and locked up in the city jail where"
"Ringo (album) Ringo is the third studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1973 on Apple Records. It peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 2 on the ""Billboard"" 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the ""RPM"" national albums chart. The album is noted for the appearance of all four Beatles, and for its numerous guest stars, something which would become a signature for Starr on many of his subsequent albums and tours. After releasing the standards tribute ""Sentimental Journey"" and the country and western ""Beaucoups"
"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"
"Dead Ringer (1964 film) Dead Ringer (also known as Who Is Buried in My Grave?) is a 1964 American thriller film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by Paul Henreid from a screenplay by Oscar Millard and Albert Beich from the story ""La Otra"" by Rian James, previously filmed in a Mexican version starring Dolores del Río. The music score was by André Previn and the cinematography by Ernest Haller. The film stars Bette Davis, Karl Malden and Peter Lawford with Philip Carey, Jean Hagen, George Macready, Estelle Winwood, George Chandler and Cyril Delevanti. The film marks the second"
"Johnny Ringo (TV series) Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter and outlaw Johnny Ringo, also known as John Peters Ringo or John B. Ringgold, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Buckskin Franklin Leslie. This fictional account has Ringo putting aside his gunfighting ways to become the 27-year-old sheriff of fictitious Velardi in the Arizona Territory. Ringo has two deputies: William Charles, Jr., or Cully, played by Mark Goddard and Case"
"Ricky Nelson Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American rock and roll star, musician, and singer-songwriter. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series ""The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"". In 1957 he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist. As one of the top ""teen idols"" of the 1950s his fame led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks's western feature film ""Rio Bravo"" (1959). He placed 53 songs on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and"
"during their acoustic tour on February 11, 2012. Dang Me ""Dang Me"" is a song by American country music artist Roger Miller, and 1964's Grammy Award winner for Best Country & Western Song. It was Miller's first chart-topping country hit and first Top Ten pop music hit, and it was a novelty song whose ""jazzy instrumental section"" helped make it ""the quintessential example of Miller's lighthearted humor, which brought him many more hits"". Newly signed with the Mercury Records subsidiary Smash Records, Miller gathered on January 10-11, 1964, with music producer Jerry Kennedy, music arranger Bill Justis, and session musicians"
"Franco Nero Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), better known by his stage name Franco Nero, is an Italian actor. He is best known for his breakthrough role as the title character in Sergio Corbucci's Spaghetti Western film ""Django"" (1966), a role that he reprised in Nello Rossati's ""Django Strikes Again"" (1987). Since then, he has performed over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television programmes in both Italy and abroad, in genres ranging from ""poliziotteschi"", to action, to drama, to war, and musicals. These include """" (1966), ""Camelot"" (1967), ""The Day"
"first solo session in 1942 and again with him in 1947, with Nelson Riddle in 1956 for ""A Swingin' Affair!"", with Don Costa in 1961 for ""Sinatra and Strings"", and a disco version with Joe Beck in 1977. When Harry James heard Sinatra sing this song, he signed him. Sinatra's 1942 version reaching the No. 16 spot in the U.S. Bing Crosby recorded the song on February 11, 1944 and it appeared on the ""Billboard"" chart briefly in 1946 with a peak position of No. 21. J The song was recorded by Ringo Starr in 1970 for his first solo"
"Flying Down to Rio Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film noted for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore. The songs in the film were written by Vincent Youmans (music), Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu (lyrics), with musical direction and additional music by Max Steiner. This is the only film in which Rogers was billed above famed Broadway dancer Astaire. The black-and-white film (later computer-colorized) was"
"Roy Rogers Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye, November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular Western stars of his era. Known as the ""King of the Cowboys"", he appeared in over 100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of ""The Roy Rogers Show"". In many of his films and television episodes, he appeared with his wife, Dale Evans; his golden palomino, Trigger; and his German shepherd dog, Bullet. His show was broadcast on radio for nine years and then on television from 1951 through 1957. His"
"Brad Sullivan Bradford Edward Sullivan (November 18, 1931 – December 31, 2008) was an American character actor on film, stage and television. He was best known for playing the killer Cole in ""The Sting"", hockey goon Mo Wanchuk in ""Slap Shot"", mobster George in ""The Untouchables"" (1987) and the gruff Henry Wingo in ""The Prince of Tides"" (1991). Born in Chicago, Illinois, Sullivan served in the Korean War and then attended the University of Maine. After touring with a stage company, he moved to New York City and studied at the American Theatre Wing. He made his Off-Broadway debut in"
"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. Rex. For the 1979 documentary film on the Who, ""The Kids Are Alright"", Starr appeared in interview segments with fellow drummer Keith Moon. He starred as Larry the Dwarf"