English musician
Ringo Starr
Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, us ...
has released 21
studio album
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s and 54
single
Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
s. Starr achieved international fame as a member of British rock band
the Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle ...
.
After
the band's break-up in 1970, Starr released several successful singles including the US top-ten hit "
It Don't Come Easy
"It Don't Come Easy" is a song by the English rock musician Ringo Starr that was released as a non-album single in April 1971. It was produced by Starr's former Beatles bandmate George Harrison, who also helped write the song, although only Starr ...
", and number ones "
Photograph
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" and "
You're Sixteen
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". His most successful UK single was "
Back Off Boogaloo
"Back Off Boogaloo" is a song by the English rock musician Ringo Starr that was released as a non-album single in March 1972. Starr's former Beatles bandmate George Harrison produced the recording and helped Starr write the song, although he re ...
", which peaked at number two. He achieved commercial and critical success with his 1973 album ''
Ringo'', which was a top-ten release in both the UK and the US.
Along with the other Beatles, he spent the first half of the 1970s on
Apple Records
Apple Records is a British record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists inclu ...
, the label created by the band for themselves. Starr moved to
Atlantic Records
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after his contract with
EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ...
expired and his career diminished in commercial impact, even though he continued to record and eventually tour with his
All-Starr Band
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band is a live rock supergroup founded in 1989 with shifting personnel, led by former Beatles drummer and vocalist Ringo Starr.
History and description
Since 1989, Starr has toured with fourteen variations of the b ...
in 1989.
Albums
Studio albums
Notes
* A
^ ''Beaucoups of Blues'' also peaked at No. 35 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Top Country Albums
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chart.
* B
^ ''Ringo Rama'' and ''Choose Love'' also peaked at No. 6 and No. 29 respectively on the ''
Billboard
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''
Top Independent Albums
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chart.
* C
^ ''Liverpool 8'' also peaked at No. 94 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Top Internet Albums
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chart.
* D
^ ''Y Not'' and ''Ringo 2012'' also peaked at No. 16 and No. 21 respectively on the ''
Billboard
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''
Top Rock Albums
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chart.
Live albums
Solo
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Compilation albums
Solo
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Other albums
Singles
;Notes
* E
^ "Act Naturally" also peaked at No. 27 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data along with digital sales and streaming. ...
and at No. 50 on the
Canadian Country Songs chart.
Promo singles
Extended plays
Collaborations and other appearances
Studio
Live
As session musician and songwriter
Video
Video albums
Solo
* ''
VH1 Storytellers
''Storytellers'' is a television music series produced by the VH1 network.
In each episode, artists perform in front of a (mostly small and intimate) live audience, and tell stories about their music, writing experiences and memories, somewhat ...
'' - 1998
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
* ''
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band'' - 1990
* ''
Volume 2: Live from Montreux'' - 1993
* ''
Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band Volume 1
''Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band, Volume 1'' is a limited edition live album by Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band, recorded at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. It was released on 12 August 1997 by Blockbuster for $5.99. The All-St ...
'' - 1997
* ''Ringo Starr and His Fourth All-Starr Band'' - 1998
* ''The Best of Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band So Far...'' - 2001
* ''
Most Famous Hits'' - 2003
* ''
Tour 2003'' - 2003
* ''
Live 2006'' - 2008
* ''
Live at the Greek Theatre 2008'' - 2010
* ''Ringo at the Ryman'' - 2013
Ringo Starr and The Roundheads
* ''Sound Stage'' - 2009
Music videos
See also
*
The Beatles albums discography
Worldwide, the English rock band the Beatles released 12 studio albums (17 in the US), 5 live albums, 49 compilation albums, 36 extended plays (EPs), and 37 box sets. In their native United Kingdom, during their active existence as a band, the ...
*
The Beatles singles discography
Worldwide, the British rock band the Beatles released 63 singles. In their native United Kingdom, during their active existence as a band, they released 22 singles (including four double A-sided singles). The early singles released from 1962 t ...
*
List of songs recorded by Ringo Starr
References
; Footnotes
; Citations
External links
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Discography
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Rock music discographies
Discographies of British artists