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Ringo Starr Richard Starkey, MBE, known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. He was the oldest and shortest member of the band, and the last to join the now familiar 'Fab Four' line-up. Like the other Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, Ritchie (as he was known in those days)[1] also eventually became caught up in Liverpool's Skiffle craze. In 1957, he started his own group with Eddie Miles that they originally named the Eddie Miles Band but evolved into Eddie Clayton and the Clayton Squares; "Clayton" was local landmark and Eddie Miles' stage surname. Starr joined the Raving Texans in 1959, a quartet that backed singer Rory Storm. During this time, he got the nickname Ringo, because of the rings he wore, and because it sounded 'cowboyish' (probably a reference to John Wayne's character in Stagecoach, "The Ringo Kid"), and the last name Starr so that his drum solos could be billed as 'Starr Time'. Ringo Starr first met the Beatles in Hamburg, in October 1960, while he was performing with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He also sat in for Pete Best on several occasions. When the Beatles removed Best as their drummer on August 16, 1962, Starr was their choice to replace him. Although Storm was magnanimous about losing Starr, Pete Best fans were upset, holding vigils outside Best's house and fighting at the Cavern Club, shouting "Ringo never! Pete Best forever!"[ John Lennon said of Ringo: Ringo was a star in his own right in Liverpool before we even met. He was a professional drummer who sang and performed and had Ringo Starr-time and he was in one of the top groups in Britain but especially in Liverpool before we even had a drummer ... Ringo's a damn good drummer. Birth, 7 July 1940 - Birthplace, Liverpool, England |
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