Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr was born on July 7, 1940 in Liverpool. He grew up in a middle class neighborhood. He was known as the missing piece of the Beatles. He was also the most friendly and easy going of the band mates.

The first time Ringo ever played with the band was on October 15, 1960. He did not officially get added to the band though until almost a year later. He replaced Peter Best. The fans went crazy when they heard that Best was gone and started petitions and had rallies against the band. The only reason Ringo joined the band was because he was getting paid more than what he did in his other band.

Ringo enjoyed being a celebrity much more than any other member of the band. In the studio, Ringo did not have any say on what they did with certain songs. All Ringo did was sit there until they need him to play. The only song he ever sang in was the Yellow Submarine.

On February 11, 1965, Ringo married Maureen Cox. Then on September 13, 1965 they had their first son Zak. Then they had their second son Jason on August 19, 1967. Then they had a daughter Lee on November 11, 1970. On July 17, 1975, Ringo and Maureen got divorced. Then he married Barbara Bach on April 27, 1981. Ringo also became the first Beatle grandfather when son Zak and wife Sarah had a daughter Tatia.

On June 3, 1964, Ringo collapsed with tonsillitis and pharyngitis, right before their world tour. Luckily, he got better and joined the band on the tour in Australia on June 15.

After the Beatles ended, Ringo started on his solo career. He had many albums and singles like album “Ringo” which made it to number two on the charts. Then in the seventies, his albums became not as exciting and interesting so they didn’t sell as well. Also, he was in many movies or he worked on them like “Candy”, “The Magic Christian” and “200 Motels”, plus many more. Also he became very interested in photography. He bought a camera and became very skilled. Ringo is still very active in music and other things and hopefully it will be that way for a long time.