Birth date: July 7, 1940 Birth place: Liverpool, England Birth name: Richard Starkey, Jr. Father: Richard Starkey, Sr., bakery worker Mother: Elsie (Gleave) Starkey, bakery worker 1- Ringo is a vegetarian, but more due to health reasons than ethical ones. 2-Although growing up Ringo never excelled at academics, he developed an aptitude for mechanics…
1- Lennon was a big believer in things that went bump in the night. He believed in the paranormal so much that he kept a psychic on staff. He and Yoko Ono would regularly consult the psychic regarding important business deals. John Lennon was himself interested in psychic things and on many occasions attended seances. It…
Starr joined The Beatles in 1962, replacing the band’s original drummer, Pete Best. His solid and steady drumming provided the rhythmic foundation for many of the band’s biggest hits. While not as involved in songwriting as Lennon and McCartney, Starr did contribute vocals to several Beatles songs, including “Yellow Submarine,” “With a Little Help from…
1- In 1997, it was named the third greatest album of all time in a Music of the Millennium poll conducted in the United Kingdom by HMV Group, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. 2-In 2000, Q magazine placed it at number 1 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. 3-In…
“twice as good and four times as startling as Rubber Soul, with sound effects, Oriental drones, jazz bands, transcendentalist lyrics, all kinds of rhythmic and harmonic surprises, and a filter that made John Lennon sound like God singing through a foghorn.” ~Robert Christgau The Beatles had initiated a second pop revolution – one which while…
The Beatles Facts The 16-year-old Lennon sung lead on the four tracks they recorded, which included Buddy Holly’s “That’ll Be the Day” and the McCartney-Harrison composition “In Spite of All the Danger”. John Lennon’s pre-Beatles skiffle group, The Quarry Men, made a record in the summer of 1958 that features Paul McCartney and George Harrison…
1- The last time he saw Paul was April 24, 1976. Paul was visiting him at John’s New York apartment. They were watching “Saturday Night Live” together when producer Lorne Michaels, as a gag, offered the Beatles $3,000 to come on the show. John and Paul almost took a cab to the show, but finally…
1-Linda got the last laugh as co-writer of every No. 1 Wings hit from the ’70s Critics can mock her all they want, but Linda is credited as co-writer on a whopping five chart-topping Wings hits, including ‘Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey,’ ‘My Love,’ ‘Band on the Run,’ ‘Listen to What the Man Said’…
Ringo Starr Facts Ringo changed the way drummers hold their sticks by making popular the “matched” grip of holding drumsticks. Nearly all drummers in the Western World prior to Ringo held their sticks in what is termed the “traditional” grip, with the left hand stick held like a chopstick. This grip was originally developed by…
25 Facts About John Lennon You Must Know 1- He Discovered Later That He Was Suffering From Dyslexia A widely misunderstood condition, dyslexia does not simply mean that you cannot read, or that words appear to be upside down or backwards. It also has NOTHING to do with lack of intelligence. It is not even…