Ringo Starr
Sir Richard Starkey (or simply Richard Starkey) (born 7 July 1940), known as Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor. He is known as a former member of the Beatles, where he mainly played drums.
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| Born | Richard Starkey 7 July 1940 (aged 85) | ||||||||
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| Years active | 1957–present | ||||||||
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| Children | 3, including Zak Starkey | ||||||||
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The Beatles
He joined the group in 1962 as a replacement for their first drummer Pete Best. He quickly became well-liked and very popular. He sang lead on some of the band's songs including "Yellow Submarine", "Act Naturally", "Don't Pass Me By", and "Octopus's Garden".
Solo career
After the group broke up in 1970 he became a solo artist; his songs included "It Don't Come Easy", "Photograph" (written with George Harrison), "You're Sixteen" (featuring Paul McCartney and Harry Nilsson), and "Only You (And You Alone)" (with John Lennon and again with Nilsson). Ringo sang "I Want To Be A Powerpuff Girl" for the children's television show "The Powerpuff Girls".
Acting
Starr acted in several movies aside from the ones he did with the Beatles, including The Magic Christian (1969), That'll Be The Day (1973), Caveman (1980), and the role of Mr. Conductor on the children's television series Shining Time Station, during its first season (1989), the comedian George Carlin later took over the role.
He also narrated the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for the first two seasons (1984―1986).
He also made a movie with the Beatles called A Hard Day's Night in 1964.
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Since the 1990s, Ringo has toured with "Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band". The band consists of Ringo and members that regularly change, usually, the members are either famous musicians, or musicians that have been associated with Ringo, The Beatles and/or the members of the band.
Discography
- Studio albums
- Sentimental Journey (1970)
- Beaucoups of Blues (1970)
- Ringo (1973)
- Goodnight Vienna (1974)
- Ringo's Rotogravure (1976)
- Ringo the 4th (1977)
- Bad Boy (1978)
- Stop the Smell the Roses (1981)
- Old Wave (1983)
- Time Takes Time (1992)
- Vertical Man (1998)
- Ringo Rama (2003)
- Choose Love (2005)
- Liverpool 8 (2008)
- Y Not (2010)
- Ringo 2012 (2012)
- Postcards from Paradise (2015)
- Give More Love (2017)
- What's My Name (2019)
- Look Up (2025)
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Starr's birthplace in Madryn Street, Dingle, Liverpool, in May 2013
Starr's childhood residence at 10 Admiral Grove, Dingle, Liverpool, in 2010
Starr performing with the Beatles in 1964
Starr at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport on 7 February 1964
Photo of Ringo Starr. This appears to have been taken when he was one of the Beatles. Taken by a New York photographer at an unnamed location, the photo also appears to include Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, or his assistant, Peter Brown, who had a resemblance to Epstein, to the left of Starr. The identities of the other people shown in the photo are not known. The
Starr and film director Ken Russell in 1975
Starr (rear centre) drumming with Bob Dylan and the Band in November 1976, from the concert film The Last Waltz
Starr during an interview in 1992
Starr (left) on stage in New York City in 2005
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References
- ↑ "Ringo Starr". Front Row.