Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940 in a small two-story house in a Liverpool area called Dingle. This makes him the oldest Beatle before John, who is three months younger. Ringo’s father, also called Richard, was originally a Liverpool dockworker and later worked in a bakery. There he met Ringo’s mother, Elsie. His parents divorced in 1943 and Elsie married Harry Graves.
Ringo was always a happy boy during his childhood. And that despite the fact that at the age of 6 he had to spend a long time in the hospital due to appendicitis and was even in a coma for 2 months. In addition, when he was 13, Ringo had a cold that developed into pleurisy, forcing him to frequently miss school. As a result, at the age of 15 he could barely read and write.
Like the other Beatles, the young Richard was involved in Liverpool’s skiffle scene. After forming his own group called The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group with Eddie Miles in 1957, he joined the Raving Texans in 1959, a group of five with singer Rory Storm. During this time, he was nicknamed Ringo because of the rings he wore and because it sounded like a cowboy. Ringo is said to have received the last name in order to be able to announce his drum solos as “Starr Time”.
LPs after the Beatles era:
1970: Sentimental Journey;
Beaucoups Of Blues
1973: Ringo
1974: Goodnight Vienna
1976: Ringo’s Rotogravure
1977: Ringo The 4th;
Scouse The Mouse
1978: Bad Boy
1981: Stop And Smell The Roses
1983: Old Wave
1989: Starr Struck
1990: Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band
1992: Time Takes Time
1993: Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band Vol.2 – Live From Montreux
1997: Ringo Starr And His Third All Starr Band
1998: Vertical Man;
VH1 storytellers
1999: I Wanna Be Santa Claus
2001: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band: The Anthology … So Far
2002: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All Starr Band
2003: Ringorama
2005: Choose Love
2008: Liverpool 8
2010: Y Not
2012: Ringo 2012
2015: Postcards from Paradise
2017: Give more Love
2019: What’s my name
