However, the Beatles finally broke up in 1970. Later and draped his drumkit in flowers to welcome him back. He wasn't immune to fights though one time in 1968 Ringo got angry enough (some say at the general fighting, other versions of the story at Paul having recorded his own drum tracks to replace Ringo's) that he quit the band. He also served as a mediator of tensions in the band, being sent as an ambassador to whichever member had gotten angry and walked off in a fight. He got good enough reviews to continue working as an actor on occasion. In addition to playing and singing with the Beatles, Ringo appeared with the rest of the band in their movies A Hard Day's Night and Help!. Ringo had always wanted siblings, so he made sure Zak would have them: a brother, Jason, and a sister, Lee. Ringo married his long-time girlfriend, hairdresser Maureen Cox, onįebrushe was already pregnant with their first child, a son who would be named Zak. Ringo usually sang one song per album (see the Ringo phenomenon), and did not write songs that were recorded by the Beatles until very late in their career. (Ringo was apparently annoyed enough by this to record the song on one of his solo albums with his own drumming.) After the newness wore off, though, Ringo fit in very well with the band - when he had tonsillitis during a tour in 1964 and had to miss dates, the fans' clamor over his absence helped Ringo feel popular. Later, when fashion allowed, grew it back and has worn one almost all the time since.) The Beatles' producer originally didn't think Ringo was much better than Pete Best, and session drummer Andy White played on " Love Me Do," their first single. Ringo was given a few requirements for joining the Beatles: he had to shave the beard he'd always worn while with the Hurricanes. He did, however, insist on giving the Hurricanes time to find a substitute drummer so that they wouldn't lose their gig at Butlins Holiday Camp. By 1962, though, the Hurricanes didn't seem to be going anywhere, and when Ringo got two job offers - one from King Size Taylor and the Dominos and the other from the Beatles - he didn't hesitate to accept the latter. Butīoth groups left Hamburg with their own drummers.
The Hurricanes hung out with the Beatles when both had jobs in Hamburg, Germany, and John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison got along better with the cheerful Hurricanes drummer than they did with their own moody Pete Best.
#RINGO STARR 1968 PROFESSIONAL#
Ringo was a professional drummer who sang and performed and was in one of the top groups in Britain, butĮspecially Liverpool." - John Lennon. "Ringo was a star in his own right in Liverpool before we even met. More "cowboyish." He shortened his last name to "Starr" so that his drum solos could be announced as "Starr Time."
Ritchie Starkey was nicknamed "Rings" because he wore so many on his hands, and then that was changed to "Ringo" because it sounded Performer and this band was a lot more professional than most of those around Liverpool. Alan Caldwell ("Rory Storm") was a charismatic His second group, the Raving Texans, eventually changed their name to Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. His stepfather bought him his first set of drums. As soon as he could, he started looking for a job rather than staying in school.Īfter stints as a bartender and an apprentice joiner, he joined a skiffle group in 1957. Thirteen meant more hospital time and missed school, and supposedly at the age of fifteen he could only barely read and write. The missed school set him back quite a bit. Was really the only father "Ritchie" was familiar with.Īn attack of appendicitis and then a ruptured appendix, at age 6 sent the boy into a coma for two months, and then falling out of the hospital bed hurt him more and kept him in the hospital six months longer. Elsie Starkey supported her son by working as a barmaid while neighbors or her parents babysat. Richard Starkey was born 7 July 1940 in the section of Liverpool, England, called "the Dingle." This was a very poor section of town his father was a dock worker.
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