Ringo Starr admits he may have had the most unique stage name in The Beatles alongside John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
Ringo Starr charts his first solo No. 1 album in the U.K. this week, as Look Up debuts atop a pair of rankings, earning him his first leaders since The Beatles.
During a recent interview, Ringo Starr explained why his Beatles bandmates would laugh at him when he’d present original songs to the group.
Drummer Zak Starkey is taking a break after suffering a medical emergency On Tuesday, Jan. 21, the Grammy winner — son of Beatles legend Ringo Starr — was forced to cancel a London performance with his indie band Mantra of the Cosmos due to a blood clot in his right leg.
Sir Ringo Starr and T Bone Burnett's new album 'Look Up' happened because the two musicians met up unexpectedly at the launch party for Olivia Harrison's book 'Came the Lightening - Twenty Poems for George' - which she released to mark the 20th anniversary of her husband George Harrison's death - back in November 2022.
Ringo Starr and John Lennon remained on good terms after The Beatles split. Still, Starr once thought Lennon's comments went too far.
Ringo Starr left Elton John's Wembley Stadium show in 1975 with the singer's own mother for a relatable reason, the Beatle tells 'The Sunday Times.'
From there, Starr had already been playing with the band in parts as a session drummer and was gaining an increasing sense for their music, so Harrison approached him to join the ranks full time. It might seem like a no-brainer with our benefit of hindsight,
Produced by T Bone Burnett, Look Up features 11 songs with Ringo playing drums and singing on all of them. On some of the songs, he’s joined by other artists like Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, Alison Krauss, Larkin Poe, and Lucius.
These songs touch deep emotions, which is what I always loved about the great singers like Hank Williams,” Ringo Starr says of his new country album.
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman' will feature Jack White and Sheryl Crow and will celebrate the singer's legacy through the lens of country music. It will tape in Nashville this week.
Ringo Starr scores his first top 10 on Billboard's 33-year-old Top Album Sales chart with his latest release, "Look Up."