Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr: Biography in Details

Who is Ringo Starr?

Ringo Starr is a famous English musician, songwriter, and singer. Ringo Starr is best known as the drummer of the famous band, ‘The Beatles’.

Likely, he occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including “With a Little Help from My Friends”, “Yellow Submarine”, “Good Night”, and their cover of “Act Naturally“.

Ringo Starr: Age, Parents, Education, Ethnicity

Ringo Starr was born in Dingle, Liverpool, England on July 7, 1940. His birth name is Sir Richard Starkey and he is currently 80 years old.

His father’s name is  Richard Starkey and his mother’s name is Elsie. However, his parents separated and divorced in a year.

Following his parents’ divorce, his mother took up a number of jobs to make ends meet. However, tragedy struck when young Starkey, aged 6, developed appendicitis and fell into a coma for three days. He recovered completely only after a year.

There is no information about his siblings. Ringo holds British citizenship and mixed (English- Scottish- Irish) ethnicity. His birth sign is Cancer.

Talking about Ringo Starr’s education history, there is no information about his educational achievements.

Ringo Starr: Professional Life, Career

Talking about his profession, Ringo Starr was briefly employed with the British Rail, but since he was unable to pass the physical examination, he was out of work and was given unemployment benefits.

He then did a number of odd jobs and sometime around 1956, he worked as an apprentice machinist with an equipment manufacturer. While he worked there, he became friends with Roy Trafford, who shared an equal passion for music like him.

Additionally, he began his musical career in a Skiffle band and took the nickname, ‘Ringo’, because of the number of rings he wore. He joined Al Caldwell’s, ‘Texans Skiffle group and then finally settled for the band, ‘Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.

In the year 1960, he met a Liverpool band, ‘The Beatles, and joined them two years later, replacing the-then drummer, Pete Best. He was also soon on the path to success with his new band members, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney.

In the year 1962, Starr had his first professional recording experience with the Beatles. They recorded their first single, ‘Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You, and followed this with ‘Please Please Me the next year. With their first album, ‘The Beatles’ had already created a frenzy, leading to ‘Beatlemania’.

The next year, the Beatles split after Paul McCartney’s announcement that he was leaving the group. He began his career as a solo artist in 1970 with his debut solo album, ‘Sentimental Journey. The next year, he decided to experiment with country music for the album, ‘Beaucoup of Blues.

Whereas, from 1971 to 1974, apart from recording albums, Starr was also involved in other creative pursuits. He appeared in films like ‘200 Motels’, ‘That’ll Be the Day and ‘Son of Dracula’. He also produced the documentary, ‘Born to Boogie.

In the year 1975, Ringo Starr founded his own record label company, ‘Ring O’ Records’. For the next three years after its formation, the company signed on a number of artists and albums, including the works of Rab Noakes, Graham Bonnet, and David Hentschel.

Whereas, from 1977 to 1978, his albums, ‘Ringo the 4th’ and ‘Bad Boy’ became commercial disasters in the world of music. In the year 1981, he starred in the comedy film, ‘Caveman’ along with his future wife, Barbara Bach. In the same year, he released ‘Stop and Smell the Roses, his eighth studio solo album.

Likewise, in 1984, he teamed up with Paul McCartney once again for the musical drama, ‘Give My Regards to Broad Street. He also hosted the children’s series, ‘Thomas & Friends for the next two years.

In the year 1989, ‘Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band gave their first performance to a jam-packed audience in Dallas, Texas. The band’s members were all successful artists in their own right and featured a whole lot of creative musicians.

In the year 1990, the group released their first official live album, ‘Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, which was a compilation of all their live performances. The next year, he made a brief cameo appearance as himself for an episode on ‘The Simpsons’.

In 2003, he formed ‘Pumpkinhead Records with his All-Starr band member, Mark Hudson.

Social Media

Being an English musician, Ringo has a huge fan following. He has been active on social sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Ringo Starr has 2.1M followers on his Facebook. Around 1.9M followers on his Twitter and he has around 492K followers on his Instagram.

Awards, Nomination

He was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for A Hard Day’s Night (1964) at BAFTA Film Award. Likewise, he was nominated for Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Series for Shining Time Station (1989) at Daytime Emmy Awards.

Similarly, he was nominated for Musical Performance, Male for Help! (1965) at Golden Laurel Awards. He was nominated for Musical Performance, Male for A Hard Day’s Night (1964).

He won Best Music, Original Song Score for Let It Be (1970) at Oscar Awards. Additionally, he won Best Music Video – Long Form for The Beatles Anthology (1995) at Grammy Awards. He won Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special for Let It Be (1970) at Grammy Awards.

How much is the net worth and salary of Ringo Starr?

Ringo Starr has an estimated net worth of around $350 million (as per 2022 data) and he has earned that sum of money from his professional career.

Ringo Starr: Rumors, Controversy

There was a rumor that Ringo Starr, in an interview in his luxurious Californian residence when admitted that the 45-year-old rumors about the death of Paul McCartney in 1966 were actually true

Currently, he is far from rumors and controversies.

What are the body measurements of Ringo Starr?

Ringo Starr has a height of 5 feet 6 inches. Additionally, he weighs 68Kg. His hair color is dark brown and his eye color is blue.

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