How long ringo starr

He has enjoyed a successful, dynamic solo career as a singer, songwriter, drummer, collaborator, and producer — releasing 18 solo studio albums to date. He is also an acclaimed actor appearing in over 15 films. Just three years after that, Ringo was asked to join The Beatles.

Worried that he might cost the Hurricanes a summer-long residency if he left, he delayed his departure until they could find a replacement. That same year, The Beatles disbanded.

Rex frontman Marc Bolan. Ringo released his eponymous smash hit album in In followed by Magical Mystery Tour in In he starred in Candy and in he co-starred opposite friend Peter Sellers in the critically acclaimed Magic Christian. Starr also tried his hand at acting, and during the shooting of the Stone Age comedy, Caveman , in met actress and ex-"Bond-Girl" Barbara Bach, who became his wife. He had earlier divorced Maureen Cox in , with whom he had three children.

Parallel to Starr's artistic decline in the s was a dependence on alcohol and other drugs. That's where I ended up. I couldn't play sober, but I also couldn't play as a drunk," he said in Starr has long been involved in charitable activities and benefit concerts, including in with his son Zak as part of the Artists United Against Apartheid.

For this and for his life's work he was knighted by Prince William in PST, and at 2 a. The Beatles were a foursome, but these five people have been labeled the "fifth Beatle" at some point. They were producers, friends of the band - and one even has a very tragic story.

She is arguably the most hated woman in music history. Yet Yoko Ono is not only John Lennon's widow, she also stands alone as an artist.

Her works spanning five decades are now on show in Leipzig. Ron Howard's Beatles documentary contains never-before-seen footage of the Fab Four on tour. Visit the new DW website Take a look at the beta version of dw.

Go to the new dw. More info OK. Wrong language? Change it here DW. COM has chosen English as your language setting. COM in 30 languages. Deutsche Welle. Audiotrainer Deutschtrainer Die Bienenretter. Music Beatles drummer Ringo Starr turns 80 The self-taught drummer anchored one of the greatest bands of all time with his solid beats, quirky fills and down-to-earth persona.

Rags to riches Born Richard Starkey on July 7, , in Liverpool's Dingle district, the Beatle wrote an autobiographical song about his poor, working class upbringing called "The other side of Liverpool. It was Ringo who hollered "I've got blisters on my fingers" at the end of the track "Helter Skelter" from the "White Album" According to Ringo, the session lasted about 3 hours and he was in agony by the end of it. He has 8 grandchildren as of He messed up takes only twelve times during The Beatles' entire recording career.

In recent years, Ringo Starr announced that he would refuse to autograph any more Beatles memorabilia. The reason Starr has given, is that the fans would be disappointed by the film. Nearly quit the Beatles in late during the recording of "The White Album.

During this time, Paul McCartney filled in for him. With the atmosphere being fraught with tension during the "Let It Be" sessions in , it was Ringo Starr who tried to keep the peace. Like all the rest of the other Beatles, with the exception of John Lennon , Starr is also a vegetarian. He became one, after watching a bullfight in Spain in , he isn't the only one from the iconic band to switch to a plant-based lifestyle.

I became a drummer because it was the only thing I could do. But whenever I hear another drummer I know I'm no good. I can only play on the off beat because John can't keep up on the rhythm guitar.

I'm no good on the technical things but I'm good with all the motions, swinging my head, like. That's because I love to dance but you can't do that on the drums. I figure we're good for another four years. I don't want to invest me money in stocks or anything. I just want to have it and draw 20 or 30 quid a week.

The main thing is, I don't ever want to go back to work. That's very sad to me, that he felt so threatened that he thought, like a lot of people, that we were bad for American youth. This is Mr. Hips, the man, and he felt we were a danger. I think that the danger was mainly to him and his career. I don't like talking. It's how I'm built. Some people gab all day and some play it smogo.

I don't mind talking or smiling, it's just I don't do it very much. I haven't got a smiling face or a talking mouth. And the genuine fans wrote in saying, you know, "If you are going with her, good luck and I hope you're happy. I remember the day [son Zak Starkey ] was born. It was the first time I'd felt totally useless.

There was [ Maureen Starkey ] having our baby. She kept on crying "Help! I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to.

I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play. I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever.

I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage. We were the first generation that didn't go into the army. I missed the call up by, like, 10 months, and so we were allowed, as these teenagers, not to be regimented and turn into these musicians. I'm probably the best rock 'n' roll drummer on earth.

I say that now because I used to be embarrassed to speak up for myself. There's nothing we can do about that. What's more interesting to me is that our records are still coming out.

And they're the same records and the new generation gets to hear them, and as far as that's concerned, that's the most important thing to me. The music we make, it's still going on. I bought these Ludwig drums, and in the shop in England, the guy wanted to take the sign out, but I love everything American, the music and the instruments. So I made him leave the sign on. That's just how it is. The number, yeah, it's high. But I just felt I've got to celebrate it. I'm on my feet and I'm doing what I love to do, and I'm in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on.

I'm not hiding from it, you know. Now I've realized to make the music I like there's no real reason to go to a studio. The other day, we were downloading an Echoplex machine and you just download the damn thing!

I've been through quite a lot of technology, you know, but I have two bits of wood in my hand and I hit those buggers and I love it! My stepdad was great, he taught me about Sarah Vaughan , Billy Eckstine , people like that. That was about all. And now it's divided into 30 categories. Now I don't know one from the other. The '70s wasn't bad. I thought the '80s was all synthesised, even the drums, and there were weird people playing the drums.

We've known Bob [ Bob Dylan ] since the early '60s and if he's playing L. It's just one of those things. He is a giant in my mind. I bought one record once because of the drums, and that was Cozy Cole doing "Topsy". But all the records I bought were for the whole record. It's not like I was searching out drummers and that.

Al Jackson was great, of course. It's always been the whole band and the singer that's really excited me. I had this dream at 13 to play drums, nothing else, play drums. And when I got to play the drums, when I finally got a set when I was nearly 18, I wanted to play with good people and I started playing with the best band at the time, and then the next best band and then the biggest band, the best band of all.

That's how it's always worked for me. I just wanna play, I wanna support the band. I love the band mentality. I love playing with other musicians. I'm not the one who can sit in the back room and practise, but if you can play piano and guitar I'll play with you all night. I don't like it as a solo gig, where you're just banging away. That's why I never did drum solos, there's really no need for them. I don't want to go back anywhere.