It wouldn't take long to get to Ringo Starr if you were looking for true rock and roll icons. He has been thrilling crowds all over the world for decades. Ringo's many fans will be excited to hear that the living legend will be back on stage this summer for a tour that will take him all over North America. Ringo's songs and performances have touched the hearts and ears of millions of people from different generations, and a look at his life will show how he became one of the most famous musicians of all time.
It wouldn't take long to get to Ringo Starr if you were looking for true rock and roll icons. He has been thrilling crowds all over the world for decades. Ringo's many fans will be excited to hear that the living legend will be back on stage this summer for a tour that will take him all over North America. Ringo's songs and performances have touched the hearts and ears of millions of people from many different generations. His life will show you how he became as respected as any musician in history.
Early Life: A Story of Hardship
Starr was born Richard Starkey in Liverpool on July 7, 1940. Starr's life was hard from the start, when his parents split up when he was just a little boy. His mother remarried, and Ringo grew up in a working-class suburb of Liverpool with his mother and step-father.
Starr also had problems with her health when she was young, but she got through them. He had appendicitis when he was six years old. His appendix burst, which made things even worse. The resulting peritonitis put him in a coma for ten weeks. Doctors didn't think he had much of a chance of living, but he did, and he was almost back to normal when something else bad happened. After six months of recovery, Ringo fell out of his hospital bed and had to stay there for another six months.
Due to his health problems, Starr was very far behind in school. Most kids his age could already read and write, but he couldn't. Ringo's feelings about school were never good, and he was known to skip school a lot. Partly because of these problems in school, Ringo became interested in music.
Starr's health took another turn for the worse when he was 13. He was diagnosed with pleurisy and had to spend two years in the hospital because of it. When he got out, he was 15 years old and so far behind in school that he gave up on ever going back.
Starr got a string of dead-end jobs because he didn't do well in school. This meant that he couldn't go very far in his career. During this time, he found a way to express his creativity through music.
Career Beginnings
In the 1950s, Starr fell in love with the Skiffle music that was popular in Liverpool. In 1957, he formed his first band, The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group. In 1959, he joined a band called The Raving Texans. He got his nickname from the number of rings he wore every day and from the fact that he wanted to sound more "Texan" with his new band.
Starr met The Beatles in Hamburg in 1960, when he was there with The Raving Texans. At the time, The Beatles were not very well known. In 1962, the Beatles finally got rid of their drummer, Pete Best, and chose Ringo to replace him.
The Making of Legends
Obviously, this was a pretty good move for Ringo's career. Ringo worked with other artists on several albums that are still some of the best-selling albums of all time. The Beatles were not only a musical, but also a cultural phenomenon, and each member of the band had more fame and money than most people could imagine. Starr was not only the band's drummer, but he also helped write a lot of their songs and sang lead on a few of their biggest hits.
Solo Career
The Beatles broke up in 1970, and Ringo started his solo career right away. He put out two albums that same year, and since then, he has made 12 more. Ringo put out 11 singles that were big hits in the US and UK. Starr also toured with Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, which was a loosely organised group of famous musicians. Starr's solo career has been a huge success all around.
Accomplishments
All things considered, Starr has really been a star. 22 Grammy Awards were given to him for his work with the Beatles, Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, and on his own. He has sold millions of records all over the world and was put in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
If you like music, you probably like Ringo Starr's work. This summer, you have the chance to see him in person.
