Biography
Each participant of The Beatles group is a legend, each contributed to the success of the project. They say, good and wise Ringo Starr was the soul of the Liverpool Four, his "sentimental heart." The excreted drummer, the author and performer of the songs made a brilliant solo career and still not getting tired of delight fans with new creative ideas.Childhood and youth
The musician was born in the poor area of Liverpool in the family of Baker Richard Stark. Toddler called the workers in honor of the Father in those days. A talented drummer slightly adjusts the name already at the dawn of glory. Alias are a derivative from the words Ring (Ring) and Star (Star). The fact is that Ringo wore a lot of rings, and his own play on the drums was assessed high, "starly".
When the son turned three years old, his father left the family, later Mom was married again. Health Nature did not endorse the boy, over the years overtook serious illnesses. After graduating from elementary school, Richard went to the hospital with peritonitis, where the year was laying. A little later I had to skip two years of study because of the pleurit. As a result, the musician never received secondary education.
At 15, the teenager went to make a living, took for any business. I managed to try myself as a courier, assistant, bartender on the railway ferry. The young man was fond of American music and once decided to become a drummer. The first impact set presented with stepfather to whom the young man promised to become a good musician.
Music
At the beginning of the creative biography of Ringo Starre attracted the style of Skiffl. With a gifted drummer, various musical groups collaborated with pleasure. In the late 50s, the fate of a young man with a team of Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, whose creativity thundered at all Liverpool. The group has heard the BEATLES main competitor.
The "Bitla" team accepted the musician in mid-August 1962. With the arrival of the Ringo Starre, the team turned into a quartet where, in addition to him, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison. The name of the drummer rapidly acquired fame.
The drum games of almost all songs performed the ring. The artist tried the strength and as a singer - his voice sounds in the choir singing of the compositions. Also, the musician performed lid-vocals, to this direction in the work of the song "Yellow submarine", written by McCartney in 1966.
The composition immediately after the exit ranked first in the English hit parade, and later the animation clip was removed on it. Starr acted and the author of the singles, for example, his peru belongs to Don't Pass Me By and Octopus's Garden.
In an interview with Ringo, he recalled that work was especially remembered on two compositions, which became a classic. This "Hey Jude", nominated for the Grammy Award for the Best Song of 1968, and "Here Comes the Sun", which first embarrassed the drummer with odd rhymes, as in Indian music.
By 1968, there was a voltage in the team of The Beatles. One day there was a conflict between Ringo and Paul McCartney, who called the drummer primitive. The musician was offended and left the group for a while.
Starr engaged in a solo career, running a large-scale advertising. The first album Ringo came out in 1970. Collection of Pop Hitov Caverits called "Sentimental Journey" did not estimate critics, calling the work unsuccessful. But the following albums are "Beaucoup of Blues" (1971) and "Ringo" (1973) - fans took enthusiasm. From the last hives, the compositions "IT DON'T Come Easy", "Photograph", "You're Sixteen".
According to Melomanians, the creativity of the Starrogo Creativity in the 70s is not distinguished by genius, although almost every year the musician produced new records. Only a minor part of the songs became popular. These include singles "Only You" and "The No No Song".
He collaborated with other musicians: united with the group The Eagles, recorded the album with George Harrison, lit up at the concert for Bangladesh, where he met with the world stars Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Leon Russell.
The beginning of the 80s did not specify. Ringo was going to release the "Old Wave" record, but in his homeland it did not manage to do - American and English companies refused. At that time, angry rumors that stemerly had a problem with alcohol. The specles were true, from a detrimental dependence, the musician got rid of the end of the decade and took up work with new forces.
Ringo created the musical ensemble of All Starr Band, whose composition constantly changed. The team visited well-known performers and composers Nils Lofhren, Billy Preston, Joe Walche, Clarence Clemons and others.
Musicians under the banner Starr Band went to the tour in Japan and the United States, where their warmly met fans. In 1998, the ensemble acted as concerts and in Russia - Muscovites and Petersburgers first seen one of the Bitles in their homeland. After 13 years, Ringo will once again make Russians.
In 1992, after almost a decade, the ringo recorded the new album "Time Takes Time", the authors spoke with third-party songwrites, only put his hand to the top three compositions, including the co-author of the Single "Runaways".
In the mid-1990s, The Beatles fans were joined - Starr, Harrison and McCartney conceived to create a joint album "Anthology". The plate included the FREE AS A BIRD composition, which he recorded another 20 years ago.
In the new millennium, the musician continued to pour fans with new songs and albums. "An impressive return" - so critics were expressed about the record "LiverPool-8". A little later, Solniki singer and musician "Y not" and "Ringo 2012" saw the light. And in the spring of 2015, Ringo, together with the Participants in the group All Starr Band, presented the Album "Postcards from Paradise", which opened a song based on the events of life to Bitlov.
Movie
A great actor came out of the ringo - a man managed to play in a number of films. Even before the departure from the "Bitles", a young man recognized the best guide in the Liverpool Four. Starre's debut in the movie happened in 1964. Together with colleagues from The Beatles, he performed a major role in the movie "Evening of a Difficult Day", and then in the comedy "for the rescue!".
The genre variety of paintings in which the Ringo starred is impressive. These are documentaries, and drama, and even horrors. Starr reincarnated in Merlin in the horror of the "son of Dracula", in the Pope of Roman in the fantastic ribbon "Lessia", in a prehistoric person in the comedy "Cave Man."
In addition, the musician tried forces as a producer, scriptwriter and operator. These works include the picture "Magic Mysterious Journey". But most of all in the film photography Starre documentary films about the creative path of the BEATLES team. Liverpool Four in 1971 received Oscar for the autobiographical tape "Let it be so."
Personal life
Ringo Starr twice is married. The first marriage, in which three children were born, lasted 10 years. The drummer chose Mary Cox to the satellites. The 15-year-old girl fell in love with a pretty, albeit not high (Ringo's growth of 173 cm, and the weight of 70 kg) of the musician at one of the concerts of Bitlov and even got an autograph. Only the chosen one did not pay attention to the fan. Mary continued to come regularly on speeches, until Starr noticed her.
The couple got married in 1965, but the Union could not stand the difficult stage in the life of Ringo after the collapse of the Liverpool Four, they broke up. Cox died in 48 years from leukemia, the musician dedicated to the former wife of the song "Little Willow".
After the divorce Starr, he could not find personal happiness for a long time, met with models, singers. While working in the film "The Cave Man" (1980), a man met a partner on the shooting area of Barbara Bach, known for the role of James Bond's girl in the painting "Spy, who loved me." Passion broke out, and a year later, young people went to the registry office.
In the 80s, the directors ceased to offer Ringo with Barbara's cooperation. The couple became a victim of stereotypical perception - the mark of the Bond Girl was forever, and the musician was seen as one of the "Bitles". Because of creative disappointments, Ringo and Barbara began to drink hard, then addicted to cocaine, it came to the narcological clinic.
Now Ringo Starr leads a healthy lifestyle, engaged in the gym, plays golf. One of the hobbies is drawing.
Ringo Starr now
Starr charts in the world of the world with their group All Starr Band, writes new songs and albums. In 2017, a new one, the 19th in the account, the "Give More Love" record. Joe Walch, Dave Stewart, Gary Nicholson and Paul McCartney, who played a bass and sang back-old songs, lit in it.For an outstanding contribution to Starr's music awarded awards. Back in 1965, the musician received from the hands of the Queen Elizabeth II Order of the British Empire. The drummer is also - the owner of the French Order of Arts and Literature, entered in the Hall of Glory Rock and Roll in America. And in March 2018, the title of knight was assigned the title of knight in the Bokingham Palace - the initiation ceremony was held by Prince William.
Discography
- 1970 - Sentimental Journey
- 1970 - Beaucoups of Blues
- 1973 - Ringo.
- 1974 - GOODNIGHT VIENNA
- 1976 - Ringo's Rotogravure
- 1977 - Ringo The 4th
- 1978 - Bad Boy
- 1981 - Stop and Smell The Roses
- 1983 - OLD WAVE
- 1992 - Time Takes Time
- 1998 - Vertical Man
- 1999 - I Wanna BE Santa Claus
- 2003 - Ringo Rama
- 2005 - Choose Love
- 2008 - Liverpool 8
- 2010 - y not
- 2012 - Ringo 2012
- 2015 - Postcards from Paradise
- 2017 - Give More Love