He achieved commercial and critical success with his 1973 album Ringo, which was a top-ten release in both the UK and the US. [301] He and the other Beatles were cumulatively nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer for their performances in the 1964 film A Hard Day's Night. The album came a few 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. [94] Starr commented: "We gave up touring at the right time. [258] He is also the lead vocalist on his compositions "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden". [101] During his downtime, Starr worked on his guitar playing, and said: "I jump into chords that no one seems to get into. [259] In addition, he sang lead on "I Wanna Be Your Man", "Boys", "Matchbox", "Honey Don't", "Act Naturally", "Good Night" and "What Goes On". [253], Tjinder Singh of the indie rock band Cornershop has highlighted Starr's as a pioneering drummer, adding: "There was a time when the common consensus was that Ringo could't play. Ringo explains how he joined The Beatles In November 1962, Ringo told music journalist Chris Hutchins of the New Musical Express how he became The Beatles drummer. [270] One of the pair's first collaborations was "Oh My My". Ringo Starr eventually replaced Best on 16 August 1962, when the group's manager, Brian Epstein , fired Best at the request of John Lennon , Paul McCartney and George Harrison following the band's first recording session. [229], On 7 July 2017 (his 77th birthday), Starr released "Give More Love" as a single, which was followed two months later by his nineteenth studio album, also titled Give More Love and issued by UMe. On 9 November 2008, Starr accepted a Diamond Award on behalf of the Beatles during the 2008 World Music Awards ceremony in Monaco. [302] In 1971, the Beatles received an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for the film Let It Be. (1965), Magical Mystery Tour (1967) and Let It Be (1970), Starr also acted in Candy (1968), The Magic Christian (1969), Blindman (1971), Son of Dracula (1974) and Caveman (1981). Starkey was born in a working-class area of Liverpool.His parents, both bakery workers, divorced when he was a small child. [147] The company designed the interiors of palaces in Abu Dhabi and Oman, and the apartments of Paul Raymond and Starr's friend Nilsson. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Starr sang lead vocals on the Lennon–McCartney composition "With a Little Help from My Friends". "[71] He was a source of inspiration for several songs written at the time, including Penny Valentine's "I Want To Kiss Ringo Goodbye" and Rolf Harris's "Ringo for President". [269] Starting with the Ringo album in 1973, Starr shared a songwriting partnership with Vini Poncia. [4] Drummer Steve Smith said: Before Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and virtuosity. THE QUARRYMEN JOHNNY & THE MOONDOGS TOMMY STEELE & THE CRICKETS RORY STORM & THE HURRICANES After achieving moderate success with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes in the UK and Hamburg, Ringo quit the Hurricanes and joined the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best. [226], In January 2015, Starr tweeted the title of his new studio album Postcards from Paradise. [46] Although initially reluctant to accept the residency and end his five-year machinist apprenticeship that he had begun four years earlier, Starr eventually agreed to the arrangement. [201], Starr was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2002, joining an elite group of drummers and percussionists that include Buddy Rich, William F. Ludwig Sr. and William F. Ludwig Jr.[202] On 29 November 2002 (the first anniversary of Harrison's death), he performed "Photograph" and a cover of Carl Perkins' "Honey Don't" at the Concert for George held in the Royal Albert Hall, London. Though the lessons were short-lived, they provided Starkey and Trafford with an introduction that allowed them to dance competently while enjoying nights out on the town. [59] After his appearance at the Cavern Club the following day, Best fans, upset by his firing, held vigils outside his house and at the club shouting "Pete forever! [188] Starr performed the title track at the opening ceremony for Liverpool's appointment, but thereafter attracted controversy over his seemingly unflattering comments about his city of birth. [128] The following year he released his most successful UK hit, "Back Off Boogaloo" (again produced and co-written by Harrison), which peaked at number two (US number nine). [308], Starr was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music. During the show, he performed greatest hits and new songs and told anecdotes relating to them. On this day matters came to a head, and Ringo Starr left the group. [196] Released in December 1995, "Free as a Bird" was the first new Beatles single since 1970. Before Ringo Starr joined the Beatles as their drummer, there was Pete Best, who played for the band for two years before he was booted in 1962. We started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect. [113] After one particularly difficult session during which McCartney harshly criticised his drumming, Starr quit the Beatles for two weeks, holidaying with his family in Sardinia on a boat loaned by actor Peter Sellers. They recorded two new Beatles songs built around solo vocal and piano tapes recorded by Lennon and gave lengthy interviews about the Beatles' career. This interview, complete with relevant times, dates and locations, took place just three months after Ringo had joined the group. [283] Starr has eight grandchildren: one from Zak, four from Jason, and three from Lee. In the video, posted on 10 October 2008, Starr told fans that he was too busy and would not be signing autographs after 20 October. [199], In 1998, he released two albums on the Mercury label. [113] Starr had grown weary of McCartney's increasingly overbearing approach and Lennon's passive-aggressive behaviour, exacerbated by Starr's resentment of the near-constant presence of Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono. "[58] Starr first performed as a member of the Beatles on 18 August 1962, at a horticultural society dance at Port Sunlight. [57] He stated that Martin had thought that he "was crazy and couldn't play ... because I was trying to play the percussion and the drums at the same time, we were just a four-piece band". [187][nb 11] Also in 1990, Starr recorded a version of the song "I Call Your Name" for a television special marking the 10th anniversary of John Lennon's death and the 50th anniversary of Lennon's birth. Ringo has also had a career in acting. [135] Author Peter Doggett describes Ringo as a template for Starr's solo career, saying that, as a musician first rather than a songwriter, "he would rely on his friends and his charm, and if both were on tap, then the results were usually appealing". [313] He co-starred in That'll Be the Day (1973) as a Teddy Boy and appeared in The Last Waltz, the Martin Scorsese documentary film about the 1976 farewell concert of the Band. [5] In 1999, he was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. [8] In 2020, he was cited as the wealthiest drummer in the world, with a net worth of $350 million. The year was 1958, and the band was still operating under the rather terrible name, The Quarrymen.Harrison auditioned for the spot of the group's third guitarist (Yep, they had a bit of a … Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best as The Beatles' drummer on 16 August 1962. [273] The couple had three children: Zak (born 13 September 1965), Jason (born 19 August 1967) and Lee (born 11 November 1970). [227][228] Later that month, Starr and his band announced a forthcoming Summer 2016 Tour of the US. [137] Featuring contributions from Lennon, Elton John and Harry Nilsson, the album included a cover of the Platters' "Only You (And You Alone)", which peaked at number six in the US and number 28 in the UK, and Hoyt Axton's "No No Song", which was a US number three and Starr's seventh consecutive top-ten hit. Aside from his roles in the Beatles' movies, such as A Hard Day's Night (1964) or Help!, Ringo acted in movies like Candy (1968), The Magic Christian (1969) and Caveman (1981). Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and The White Album, he felt doubtful of his talents. [52][nb 2] During Starr's first stay in Hamburg he also met Tony Sheridan, who valued his drumming abilities to the point of asking Starr to leave the Hurricanes and join his band. Harrison was even attacked in the hallway between the band room and the stage, which gave him a black eye. [239] By the early 1960s he had become an ardent fan of Lee Dorsey. [291], In December 2015, Starr and Bach auctioned some of their personal and professional items via Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles. [216] Starr also appeared on-stage during Microsoft's June 2009 E3 press conference with Yoko Ono, McCartney and Olivia Harrison to promote The Beatles: Rock Band video game. [165][nb 9], Following Stop and Smell the Roses, Starr's recording projects were beset with problems. You could take a great drummer from today and say, 'I want it like that', and they really wouldn't know what to do. He has featured in numerous documentaries, hosted television shows, narrated the first two series of the children's television programme Thomas & Friends and portrayed "Mr. [234], During his youth, Starr had been a devoted fan of skiffle and blues music, but by the time he joined the Texans in 1958, he had developed a preference for rock and roll. His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music and still identify the song. [143] The commercial impact of Starr's own career diminished over the same period, however, although he continued to record and remained a familiar celebrity presence. [14] Elsie found it difficult to survive on her ex-husband's support payments of thirty shillings a week, so she took on several menial jobs cleaning houses before securing a position as a barmaid, an occupation that she held for twelve years. William F. Ludwig Sr. and William F. Ludwig Jr. Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief, United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, List of awards and nominations received by the Beatles, Members of the Order of the British Empire, "Prince William Just Knighted Ringo Starr and He Has the Perfect Plan for His New Medal", "Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014", "Arise, Sir Ringo! He almost died and during an operation on 28 April, several feet of intestine had to be removed. [19] After several years of twice-weekly tutoring from his surrogate sister and neighbour, Marie Maguire Crawford, Starkey had nearly caught up to his peers academically, but in 1953, he contracted tuberculosis and was admitted to a sanatorium, where he remained for two years. George did lose money when his manager at the time was shown to have swindled him out of millions. They more or less direct me in the style I can play. [13] Starkey later stated that he has "no real memories" of his father, who made little effort to bond with him, visiting as few as three times thereafter. [92] It included the song "Yellow Submarine", their only British number-one single with Starr as the lead singer. [4] In his opinion, his finest recorded performance was on the Beatles' "Rain". Before the start of the tour,[81] Starr was stricken with a high-grade fever, pharyngitis and tonsillitis, and briefly stayed in a local hospital, followed by several days of recuperation at home. [69] By the end of the year, the phenomenon known as Beatlemania had spread throughout the country, and by February 1964 the Beatles had become an international success when they performed in New York City on The Ed Sullivan Show to a record 73 million viewers. [243] Journalist Robyn Flans wrote for the Percussive Arts Society: "I cannot count the number of drummers who have told me that Ringo inspired their passion for drums". Ringo Starr on Wednesday celebrated the anniversary of the fateful day he joined the Beatles — replacing their original drummer and giving the world the Fab Four. Conductor in the American Thomas & Friends spin-off, Shining Time Station. [134] The album reached number seven in the UK and number two in the US. [138] The Elton John-written "Snookeroo" failed to chart in the UK, however. [299] His catchphrase and motto for life is "peace and love". I Love You" with Starr on maracas for the B-side. [284] In 2016, he was the first Beatle to become a great-grandfather. [55][nb 3] On 14 August, Starr accepted Lennon's invitation to join the Beatles. [133] A commercial and critical success, the LP also included "Oh My My", a US number five. He's totally unique, a one-off, and hip hop has a lot to thank him for. [125] Starr subsequently combined his musical activities with developing a career as a film actor. Ringo Starr quits The Beatles. [108] Starr left after 10 days, but completed his first recorded Beatles song, "Don't Pass Me By".