But realizing this, he made up for it in other areas - most notably, acting. Sure enough, of the four musicians, Ringo Starr was the least successful as a solo artist. Comedian/talk show host Stephen Colbert once proclaimed “Paul, the cute one John, the smart one George, the quiet one and Ringo, the luckiest man on earth.” But he was the funny one, the odd man out, the tone-deaf musician who seemed to depend on the other three. The other three Beatles had established themselves as talented songwriters at the time of their breakup, but Ringo was, well, Ringo. Starr had fled there because he had had enough of the strife within the band when recording the White Album.When the Beatles broke up in 1970, one would naturally fear for dearest Ringo Starr.
His song "Octopus's Garden" appeared on the 1969 Abbey Road album and was inspired by a trip to Sardinia in August 1968 on the yacht of his friend, the actor Peter Sellers. He composed the song "Don't Pass Me By" soon after joining the band, though it wasn't recorded until 1968 for the White Album. The fact that the drummer also contributed to the Beatles' work as a songwriter is often overlooked. He also occasionally sang lead vocals, most notably in Yellow Submarine and With a Little Help from My Friends while also acting as the down-to-earth counterweight to the growing tension between Lennon and McCartney that precipitated the band's demise. Starr's quirky style would remain central to the signature Beatles sound until the band broke up in 1970. In August 1962, Starr got the Beatles gig and the rest is history - even if some fans did not take kindly to the move, shouting out at a Cavern Club show, "Pete forever, Ringo never!" The Beatles in 1964 with their manager Brian Epstein "Only way out of there, drums, guitar and amp." "My mother was a barmaid, at the age of three my father was gone," he sang on the 2010 track from the Y Not album. Meanwhile, though inevitably overshadowed by the songwriting duo of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Starr is still playing live and putting out solo records (some 20 at last count) at the age of 80.īorn Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940, in Liverpool's Dingle district, the Beatle wrote an autobiographical song about his poor, working class upbringing called "The other side of Liverpool." Often voted among the top drummers of all time, Rolling Stone wrote that "Ringo didn't just ground the greatest band of all time, he helped give their music shape and focus." Known for his "silly fills," Starr's unorthodox style (due, he says, to being left-handed but playing a right-handed drum kit) is also often praised as a key source of the Beatles' unique sound - ironically, he was also the drummer on John Lennon's first solo record. "Ringo Starr isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles," is the legendary quote attributed to John Lennon that continues to define the legacy of the Liverpudlian musician who joined the Fab Four in 1962.
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