Ringo Starr
Musician and Beatles drummer
Ringo Starr is an English musician and actor, best known as the drummer of the Beatles. He later built a solo career and was knighted in 2018.
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British Born 1940 in Dingle, United Kingdom
About Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr, born Richard Starkey in Liverpool on 7 July 1940, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He joined the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best, after playing with the Liverpool group Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Within the Beatles he sang lead on a few songs, including "Yellow Submarine", and wrote "Octopus's Garden". After the band broke up he had solo hits such as "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen", and his 1973 album Ringo reached the top ten in the UK and US. Since 1989 he has toured with several line-ups of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. He has also acted in films, hosted television shows and narrated the first two series of Thomas & Friends. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 2018 for services to music.