From the kind of Starkey – BBC

7 July marks 75 years since the birth of Ringo Starr – the world-renowned musician and drummer The Beatles.

Become Hurricane

Childhood and adolescence Ringo Starr, as well as other members of The Beatles, carefully and painstakingly studied numerous biographers group. He was born, of course, working in Liverpool in a dysfunctional family under the name Richard Starkey; His parents divorced when he was five years old. Richard was sick a lot, often missed school, which has not ended; he became interested in music under the influence of his stepfather, who gave him his first drum kit.

With 17 years Richard (already invented a sonorous pseudonym Ringo Starr) played in skiffle group, and then he was called to Rory Storm And The Hurricanes – one of the many Liverpool teams that played Mersey Beat and do Liverpool the capital of rock music. Nothing special “Hurricane” is no different: Rory Storm and his band played at local festivals have played in the club Cavern and traveled to Hamburg. The same is done and The Beatles, and it is not surprising that the two groups met, they met the musicians with each other. And then played together.

A Fistful of Dollars

The first joint recording future Beatles made October 18, 1960. Lou Walters (guitarist The Hurricanes) asked John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison to help him with a record album in a rented studio. Pete Best at hand was not – he was walking in the day in the city – and the drums sat Starr. Then they were on stage: Ringo replaced diseased Best concert in Caverne.

Until the middle of 1962 with a few interruptions Starr played with Rory Storm and then firmly decided to leave and began to look for a suitable group.

The proposals were, for example, he had almost agreed to the proposal Kingsize Taylor And The Dominoes, which met in Hamburg. But there he was offered just £ 20 a week, while Lennon and McCartney – as much as £ 25: The Beatles really needed a drummer to replace Best.

It is true that the first session in the studio as the fourth Beatle was a difficult test for the nerve ring. Producer George Martin did not like his game «Love Me Do», and after a few days was recorded another version of this song with a session drummer. But in the end she came out as a single version of exactly where he was sitting at the installation.

How to become a star

A few months have Ringo Starr took to grinding with a group of fans who were sure Pete Best the best rookie. Beatles all had to go through a campaign whose goal was to restore the status quo. And everything was serious: Harrison black eye, and manager Brian Epstein, even for a while hired bodyguards.

calm the closer by the end of 1962.

The Beatles went on their way to fame as the “Fab Four”, and even fans We began offering Ringo sing something. Beatles fans demands heard. Almost every Beatles album has a special “song for Ringo”, for example «With A Little Help From My Friends» with «Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band », in which he performs as a vocalist. But such compositions bit, and only those where Starr is the author, generally only two – «Do not Pass Me By» with «White Album» and «Octopus’s Garden» with «Abbey Road»; another one («What Goes On» with «Rubber Soul») it is recorded as a co-author of Lennon and McCartney.

But in two feature films shot in the midst of Beatlemania, Starr appeared almost the main character.

And if ” Hard Day’s Night “is not so noticeable, the” Help “is completely devoted to the ring mysteriously found himself on the finger of Ringo (who is the name chosen for the love of duodenal).

Period after the collapse

On completion of The Beatles era, it was announced in the spring of 1970 with the release of the last album «Let It Be». A couple of months before Ringo Starr was the third Beatle, released a solo album – «Sentimental Journey», – which covered the hits of the previous generation. The plate is not taken too kindly in the UK charts, it has risen to seventh place only – in any other case, a career musician then could end.

But not in the case of Ringo, keep warm relations with all musicians of The Beatles.

He played drums on the album Lennon and Harrison, Harrison was involved in an organized “Concert for Bangladesh”; solo albums for Ringo wrote all the songs the Beatles, though not together and reunion (at least formally) failed. His records are different, often, however, succeed; He acted in films (such as in the movie “Caveman” in 1981), and in the late 1980s supergroup assembled Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band, which is still successfully travels around the world. In 1998, he was the first of The Beatles visited Russia.

All the room

Ironically, Ringo Starr was the last party to The Beatles, introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Formally, he was there from the opening, but Beatle, but as a solo musician got there this year alone – a ceremony in which his friend was represented by Paul McCartney, was held in April.

Shortly before this momentous event came 18th studio album Ringo «Postcards From Paradise».

a great achievement in the charts he did not achieved (in the United States reached only 99th position in the ranking of Billboard), but was warmly received by critics, and most importantly – full of memories turned 75-year-old musician about the good old days. The first track of the plate called «Rory And The Hurricanes» and is dedicated to the most “Hurricanes”, which became the main step of the Liverpool lad from the working quarters for the glory of the world famous musician.