The rest of this article, except for the Trivia section, was taken from Wikipedia as of 03:51 (UTC), October 13, 2013. 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." In 2011, Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time. we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect . Ringo's popularity brought forth a new paradigm . Starr's creative contribution to music has received praise from drummers such as Phil Collins and Steve Smith, who commented: "Before Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and virtuosity. Since 1989, he has successfully toured with twelve variations of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.
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He has been featured in a number of documentaries, hosted television shows, narrated the first two seasons of the children's television series Thomas & Friends and portrayed " Mr Conductor" during the first season of the PBS children's television series Shining Time Station. Although he continued to record and remained a familiar celebrity presence, by 1975 his solo career had diminished in importance. He achieved commercial and critical success with his 1973 album Ringo, which was a top ten release in both the UK and the US. In 1972, he released his most successful UK single, " Back Off Boogaloo", which peaked at number two. After their break-up in 1970, he released several successful singles including the US number four hit " It Don't Come Easy", and the US number ones " Photograph" and " You're Sixteen". Starr played key roles in the Beatles' films and appeared in numerous others.
After achieving moderate success with them in the UK and Hamburg, he quit the Hurricanes and joined the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best. When the Beatles formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool group, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. In 1957, he confounded his first band, the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, and they earned several prestigious local bookings before the fad succumbed to American rock and roll by early 1958.
Soon afterwards, he became interested in the UK skiffle craze, developing a fervent admiration for the genre. In 1955, he entered the workforce and briefly held a position with British Rail before securing an apprenticeship at a Liverpool equipment manufacturer. Starr was twice afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during his childhood, and as a result of prolonged hospitalisations, fell behind scholastically. He is also credited as a co-writer of " What Goes On" and " Flying", and as the sole author of " Don't Pass Me By" and " Octopus's Garden". He sang lead vocals for a song on most of the Beatles' studio albums, including " With a Little Help from My Friends", " Yellow Submarine" and their versions of " Act Naturally" and " Boys". Sir Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey 7 July 1940) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Percussionist, also played keyboards and guitar
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