About Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles. Starr was the last to join The Beatles, replacing Pete Best,[1] and was the second oldest member of the band, after the late Stuart Sutcliffe. Starr mainly served as a drummer for The Beatles, but also achieved success as a songwriter with the group for the songs \"Don\t Pass Me By\" and \"Octopus\s Garden\", served lead vocals on songs such as \"Yellow Submarine\", \"With a Little Help from My Friends\", \"What Goes On\", \"I Wanna Be Your Man\", \"Boys\", \"Act Naturally\", \"Honey Don\t\", and \"Good Night\", and achieved success in his solo career, with songs such as \"It Don\t Come Easy\", \"Photograph\" and \"You\re Sixteen\". Ringo was also famous for narrating Thomas and Friends between 1984 and 1986.