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Ringo Starr. What else remains to be said about him? He was in that band with his friends. He’s now in that other band with his friends. The extra r is for extra talent. Actually, here’s one new thing: The drummer turns 83 on July 7, even though when you remind him of the number he’ll disagree and say “it’s actually 27.” (He thanks broccoli and a “small gym” for his relentlessly youthful disposition.) To celebrate his Saturn’s return of a birthday, Starr encourages everyone to pass along peaceful and loving vibes into the universe, a tradition that dates back to his inaugural Peace & Love Celebration in 2008. So take take a deep breath, throw on some Revolver, and try to transmit them his way at noon. Starr promises he’ll feel them.

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Not known as a songwriter—instead, as one of the greatest drummers in music and for serenity and love—Ringo Starr was a major part of what’s considered likely the best band of all time: the Beatles.

He was the man behind the kit, more often than not providing an affable attitude amidst prideful turmoil with the other members. For evidence of this, check out the 2021 documentary: The Beatles: Get Back.

But while Starr (born Richard Starkey) wasn’t known as a songwriter on the level of his bandmates Paul McCartney or even guitarist George Harrison, he did write a couple of songs for the band and served as a co-writer on several others.

Surprised? These are six songs you didn’t know the now-82-year-old Ringo Starr wrote for the Beatles. (Spoiler alert: he didn’t write “Yellow Submarine,” that was John and Paul.)

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Ringo Starr got to know Yoko Ono well. She shared why she thinks his personality makes him a more influential Beatle than John Lennon.

Yoko Ono fell in love with John Lennon, but she once said that Ringo Starr was the most influential member of the Beatles. In the years since she met Lennon, Ono has gotten to know Starr well. She asserted her belief that his influence had little to do with the music he created in the Beatles or his solo career. Instead, she pointed to a quality Starr had that Lennon often preached about.
In 2015, Starr became the final member of The Beatles to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. Ono, who has known Starr since the 1960s, attended the ceremony. She expressed her delight that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was finally honoring Starr’s solo career, telling Rolling Stone it meant “so much to all of us in the Beatle family.”

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Ringo Starr is doubling down about the authenticity of the vocals on the highly anticipated new Beatles song recently teased by former bandmate Paul McCartney.

Starr spoke with Rolling Stone for an upcoming podcast, in which he ensured that they would “never” fake the late John Lennon’s vocals for the new track, which instead uses AI to clean up previously recorded snippets.

The song will also feature the voice of the late George Harrison, Starr confirmed.

Paul McCartney says a 'final' Beatles song is coming

“This was beautiful,” he said, noting, “it’s the final track you’ll ever hear with the four lads. And that’s a fact.”

McCartney attempted to clarify last month how artificial intelligence is being used on what he said will be the “final” Beatles song.

“We’ve seen some confusion and speculation about it,” he wrote in a note posted on his verified Instagram story at the time. “Seems to be a lot of guess work out there.”

“Can’t say too much at this stage but to be clear, nothing has been artificially or synthetically created. It’s all real and we all pla details

Ringo Starr is back touring and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee recently spoke to CNN about his current tour with his All Star Band.

“We all have a lot of fun. I mean, I love to play, you know, as a drummer it’s pretty awkward to go out just on your stage on your own. You need a few guitars and I call up friends … I had to stop calling people, otherwise we’d been like an orchestra.”

The band is considered a rock supergroup, with a rotating lineup of Starr’s musician buddies that has featured everyone from its current members like Colin Hay to former members Joe Walsh and Billy Preston.

Last year, Starr had to pause his North American tour after testing positive for Covid-19. The tour, which is primarily taking part on the West Coast with dates in states like California, Arizona and Nevada, will wrap up on June 17.

One of Starr’s longest standing friendships is with his fellow Beatles bandmate, Paul McCartney.

“Paul called me the other day … We’re close, close friends. We’re brothers and you know, for me it was great because I’m an only child and sudde details

Beatles producer George Martin didn't want the band to reunite. He didn't think the band could call themselves The Beatles if they got back together.

Shortly after The Beatles broke up, fans began clamoring for a reunion. The band had left the door open for the possibility, noting in interviews that they thought they might get back together. Of course, while the individual members collaborated over the years, all four Beatles never played together again. Martin believed that this was for the best.

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Sir Paul McCartney has reflected on The Beatles’ first-ever trip to the US, which took place months after the assassination of president John F Kennedy, and said the band’s presence seemed to have “lifted” people.

In a discussion with American actor Stanley Tucci about his new photo exhibition, Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes Of The Storm, McCartney said people were still feeling the after-effects of Kennedy’s death when the band arrived in the US in February 1964.

He said: “That was one of the big things for us … we felt it like the whole world had felt it.

“We had really felt it, but then, it was a few months after that we went to America. We, without meaning to, lifted people.”

Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963 while he rode in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas.

After conducting some 25,000 interviews, the FBI concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had shot the president and acted alone.

With his photographer daughter Mary McCartney in the crowd, at a talk given at the National Portrait Gallery, the singer also discussed what it was like to rediscover photos taken during the height of Beatlemania.

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In 1969, three years after The Beatles’ last tour, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr put on a historic show on the roof of Apple Records. The band hadn’t initially planned to put on the show on the roof. Up until the last minute, they weren’t even sure they wanted to go through with it. They decided it was worth it to perform but found it was so cold it was hard to play their instruments. Harrison even had to use a cigarette to keep his fingers warm.In Jan. 1969, The Beatles climbed up to the rooftop of Apple Records to perform an impromptu concert. Despite the chilly winter weather, they decided the show would be a good idea. When the band got onto the roof, the temperature was in the low 40s. It made playing their instrument more challenging, but Harrison found an innovative solution.

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In 1968, The Beatles released Yellow Submarine, their fourth film. While they enjoyed the process of making their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night, working on Help! hadn’t been as enjoyable, and Magical Mystery Tour had been a disaster. They did not want to work on a new film, but their contract with United Artists required it. They saw the film as an annoyance, but they hardly had any involvement with it.The Beatles had a three-film contract with United Artists, meaning they had to produce a third film even if they didn’t feel like it. As a result, they put out an animated movie, fulfilling their deal without having to act on screen. They didn’t even voice their characters. The band appeared, unanimated, in one scene to fulfill their contractual obligation. Otherwise, actors voiced them.

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George Harrison's "All Those Years Ago" is a John Lennon tribute song with some confusing references to God. The tune was a big hit.

George Harrison’s “All Those Years Ago” says that John Lennon was controversial. The lyrics of “All Those Years Ago” are layered and confusing. The tune was a much bigger hit in the United States than it was in the United Kingdom.

George Harrison‘s “All Those Years Ago” is one of the most famous John Lennon tribute songs. Some of the references to John’s music in “All Those Years Ago” are pretty straightforward. On the other hand, some of the callbacks to John’s life are a little more ambiguous.“All Those Years Ago” quotes the title of one of the most famous songs John Lennon ever wrote: “All You Need Is Love.” In addition, George praises John’s imagination. This is a clear throwback to John’s “Imagine.”

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John Lennon was famously shortsighted and in the early days of The Beatles didn’t wear his glasses in public out of vanity.

Sir Paul McCartney took photos of his collaborator in private, some of which are on display at his new photography exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, which opened today in London.

During a conversation about one of these snaps with Conan O’Brien at a live recording of the comedian’s podcast, the 81-year-old shared a hilarious story of one time Lennon refused to wear his specs.

The tale took place back in Liverpool when Lennon and McCartney would meet up at each other’s houses to write songs together.

Macca recalled: “John was really shortsighted and he used to come down from his house which was a mile or two away from where I lived and we would write songs and have a little session.”

McCartney shared: “On this occasion it was Christmas. So John, after we’d finished, he would walk back in the dark to his place.

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The Beatles' early singles really catapulted the band into superstardom in the early 1960s.

And, during their journey, no song was bigger for them than the 1963 single She Loves You.

However, when they were in the recording studio, they had a lot of work to do to get it on the airwaves.

While writing and recording the track with their producer, George Martin, the boss wasn't happy about a final alteration George Harrison made to the song.

Harrison included a sixth interval chord at the end of the track, changing the feel of the final moments of the song. And Martin hated how it sounded.

Paul McCartney came to his pal's defence, however, noting that She Loves You would not be a finished song without it.

"It was corny," he said. "[Martin] thought we were joking. But it didn’t work without it, so we kept it in and eventually he was convinced.

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John Lennon once accidentally took LSD. When they realized he was on a roof alone, Paul McCartney and George Harrison raced to help him.John Lennon frequently used LSD, but one trip was so dangerous that Paul McCartney and George Harrison rushed to help him. Lennon accidentally took the drug during a recording session. He stepped onto the roof for fresh air and remained up there alone. When McCartney and Harrison realized this, they were terrified, knowing Lennon could have easily stepped off the roof.In a recording session for the song “Getting Better,” Lennon took what he thought was an amphetamine to keep him energized. Soon, though, he realized he’d actually taken LSD. He told Martin he felt sick, and the producer, completely unaware that Lennon had taken anything, took him to the roof for fresh air.

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George Harrison had a more critical views of some of The Beatles' albums than John Lennon did, at least in retrospect.

George Harrison liked The Beatles’ albums Rubber Soul and Revolver. He was not a fan of other albums like Yellow Submarine, Yesterday and Today, and Please Please Me. John Lennon had his own take on the band’s discography.

George Harrison said each of The Beatles’ albums had highlights. Despite this, he had some harsh words for a few of the Fab Four’s records. On the other hand, John Lennon said he liked some of the band’s albums more over time.

The book George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters includes an interview from 1977. In it, George was asked which of The Beatles’ albums he revisited. “I liked when we got into Rubber Soul, Revolver — each album had something good about it and progressed,” he said.

George wasn’t a fan of every Beatles album. “There were albums which weren’t any good as far as I was concerned, like Yellow Submarine,” he said. “We put all the songs together into an album form — I’m talking about the English albums now, because the States we fo details

Set for auction on June 30th is a copy of the 1974 document freeing the Beatles from their legal partnership to each other, which was signed by all four members. The “break-up” agreement is expected to sell for up to $500,000 at via Gotta Have Rock And Roll auctions.

According to the auction house: “By 1974, after years of litigation, the band had reached an accord, and the documents were supposed to be signed on December 19th at a meeting at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan (where the Beatles had stayed during their first trip to the United States). (Paul) McCartney and (George) Harrison were there in person, while (Ringo) Starr, having already signed the document, was on the telephone. Although (John) Lennon lived a short distance from the Plaza, he left his former bandmates waiting, purportedly giving the excuse: 'the stars aren’t right' (in reality his absence was due to lingering concerns over taxation). Ten days later, the stars aligned in Disney World of all places.”

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