Ringo Starr is a British musician, actor, director, writer, and artist best known as the drummer of The Beatles who also coined the title 'A Hard day's Night' for The Beatles' first movie. He was born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940, in a small two-storey house in the working class area of Liverpool...See full bio »
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Episode #1.179
(2010)
(writer: "The Other Side of Liverpool", "Walk With You" / performer: "The Other Side of Liverpool", "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Walk With You")
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James Coco
(1978)
(writer: "Octopus's Garden" - uncredited)
1978The Last Waltz
(documentary)
(performer: "I Shall Be Released")
1978Ringo
(TV movie)
(performer: "I Am The Greatest" - uncredited, "Act Naturally" - uncredited, "Yellow Submarine" - uncredited, "You're Sixteen" - uncredited, "Heart On My Sleeve" - uncredited, "Hard Times" - uncredited, "A Man Like Me" - uncredited)
1978All You Need Is Cash
(TV movie)
(writer: "Living In Hope" / as Richard Starkey)
1976The Bette Midler Show
(TV movie)
(writer: "Oh My My" - uncredited / as Richard Starkey)
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Episode #19.1
(1965)
(performer: "I Feel Fine" - uncredited, "I'm Down", "Act Naturally", "Ticket to Ride", "Yesterday", "Help!")
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Episode #17.21
(1964)
(performer: "Twist and Shout" - uncredited, "Please Please Me" - uncredited, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - uncredited)
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Episode #17.20
(1964)
(performer: "She Loves You" - uncredited, "This Boy" - uncredited, "All My Loving" - uncredited, "I Saw Her Standing There" - uncredited, "From Me to You" - uncredited, "I Want to Hold Your Hand")
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Episode #17.19
(1964)
(performer: "All My Loving" - uncredited, "Till There Was You" - uncredited, "She Loves You" - uncredited, "I Saw Her Standing There" - uncredited, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - uncredited)
The music industry is still musicians playing music. If it has changed in any way, it is that nobody who really cares about music is running the industry. In the '80s, accountants ended up running it, and they still are. The record industry has fallen apart. But we are on to the new age, a digital one.
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Trivia:
He and the other Beatles were awarded MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1965 Queen's Birthday Honours List for their services to music. John Lennon returned his MBE in protest in 1969 for the Vietnam War. Paul McCartney was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1997 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to music.
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