Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey! The one of the four famous Beatles members! Lohn Lennon at the vocals and rhythm guitar, George Harrison lead guitar and vocals, Paul McCartney at the vocals and bass guitar and Ringo at the drums! He was the eldest of the four musicians. Today only he and Paul McCartney are alive, John Lennon was murdered on the 8^th of December, 1980 by a fan. George Harrison died on the 29^th of November 2001, he had lung cancer. Ringo was born on the 7^th of July, 1940 in Liverpool, England; his parents have divorced when he was young and he had health problrmd for 3 year this way he couldn’t finish his studies as a kid. Like the other Beatles young Ritchie also eventually became caught up in Liverpool's Skiffle craze, which was a kind of music which was played with homemade instruments. He started his own group with Eddie Miles which was called The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group after they split he joined The Raving Texans in 1959, a quartet that played while Rory Storm sang, the famous singer. He played his rings very interestly so he go he nickname „Ringo”, the „Starr” came from the solo spots. When he was on a concert with his band he meet The Beatles when he was the drummer for the Liverpool band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, from 1959 to 1962. His musical talents were primarily confined to drumming, rather than singing or songwriting. Of all the Beatles, he did the least songwriting. Ringo's unique drumming style played a major role in the overall sound of The Beatles. Still today drummers all around the world says that Ringo had very unique beats and rings which today many drummer would say that he wish he could do that, the way Ringo played then. After The Beatles broke up in 1972 every went on there own road. Ringo also acted in many movies and made soundtracks for known movies. He married a first Bond Girl, who played the sexy women in the famous James Bond movies. Today Ringo tours with his band, "Ringo Star and His All Stars" and making duets other bands.


Some links:
Ringo Starr Official Website
Ringo Starr at Wikipedie