After nearly a decade of strong work with The Beatles, could Ringo Starr pick one song with his favorite drumming? Ringo did, and he pointed to a track that never made it on a Beatles studio album.
“Rain” never made it onto a Beatles album. It was the B-side to the 1966 “Paperback Writer” single, which itself was another non-album track. Still, the fact that it didn’t make it onto an LP doesn’t ...
“I don’t wish I’d played differently on any of them,” Starr explained. He then pointed out a rare Beatles on which he purposely approached playing drums in a different way. “‘Rain’ I played ...
As a kid, my favorite Beatle was Ringo. I gravitated toward his drumming. “She Loves You” is one of the most exciting singles ever recorded. When he painted the open high hat with a wooden drumstick, ...
Men at Work singer Colin Hay calls Ringo Starr's guest drumming on his upcoming solo album, Now and the Evermore, the "icing on the cake." Hay's first collaboration with the former Beatle came in 2003 ...
Ringo Starr is nearly 83. “No, no, you’ve got that wrong — it’s 38!” said the legendary drummer, veteran solo star and former Beatle, adding one of his trademark “ha-ha-ha!” chortles for emphasis.
Mark was the science editor at Mashable. After working as a ranger with the National Park Service, he started a reporting career after seeing the extraordinary value in educating people about the ...
Ringo Starr could easily rest on his laurels. Seriously. What does he have left at this point to prove? The 82-year-old English drum god has more gold records to his name than you or I have actual, ...