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Almanac: Ringo Starr's birthday
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July 7, 2019
July 7th, 1940, 79 years ago today, the day Richard Starkey was born in a tough neighborhood of Liverpool England.
He grew up to become known as Ringo Starr, the drummer who in 1962 joined John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison in the Beatles, as McCartney explained to CBS News' Anthony Mason.
"When Ringo joined, then it was like a real rocket ship," McCartney said. "Then it was like 'whew,' wait a minute, this is it. The look was okay, this is it."
"We were a real band then," Starr said.
And what a band they turned out to be.
First in England and then in America, the Beatles became rock superstars like no other band before or since, with Ringo's own steady beat driving them on.
"What I do is play drums," Starr said. "That's god's gift to me. And you know. I like to use it as much as I can."
From live concerts to studio albums to movies, Ringo was a key part of everything the Beatles did, right up to their breakup in 1970. A painful episode he explains in personal, not musical, terms.
"I always feel that the energy wasn't going into it," Starr said. "The life energy. The music energy was always into it. If you listen to the tracks though, to the day we broke up, the tracks themselves are really good. Because once we had the counting one, two, three four, we all knew how to do it."
Since the breakup, Ringo has gone on to find success as a solo artist, and as front man for a revolving group of musicians known as Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band.
Already an inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Beatles, Ringo won induction as an individual artist in 2015.
Not bad for a lad from Liverpool.
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Paul McCartney says happy birthday to ‘world’s best drummer’ Ringo Starr
Starr was 79 on July 7.
Entertainment News
7th Jul 2019
Sir Paul McCartney has called fellow Beatle Ringo Starr “the best drummer in the world” as he wished him a happy birthday.
Starr turned 79 on Sunday July 7.
Marking the occasion, Sir Paul posted a picture on Twitter of the pair of them on stage together.
Happy Birthday to the best drummer in the world. Have a great one @ringostarrmusic. Love, Paul pic.twitter.com/fPr30f4M0M— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) 7 de julio de 2019
“Happy Birthday to the best drummer in the world,” he said.
“Have a great one @ringostarrmusic.
“Love, Paul.”
Starr used his big day to share his message of “peace and love”.
A message on his Instagram asked those who wanted to participate to “say, post #peaceandlove or even just think it at noon your local time and be part of the wave of peace and love Ringo hopes to spread across our planet”.
Starr later shared video of people who had gathered in Osaka and Sydney to take part.
“Peace and love Osaka Tokyo and Sydney Australia, thank you for starting the ball rolling on peace and love Sunday. Peace and love,” he said.
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Happy Birthday @ringostarrmusic!#peaceandlove✌️ 💖 pic.twitter.com/iwxHxKnv4x— John Lennon (@johnlennon) 7 de julio de 2019
Happy Birthday Ringo! • George and @ringostarrmusic would spend Ringo’s 29th birthday recording “Here Comes the Sun” in Studio Two at Abbey Road #peaceandlove pic.twitter.com/zfQaier1ob— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) 7 de julio de 2019
Happy Birthday Ringo!— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) 7 de julio de 2019
lots of peace and love from NYC,
yoko#PeaceAndLove #HappyBirthdayRingo2019https://t.co/YoYKSBLNHl pic.twitter.com/H1j4xAys3o
I love this man!— Steve Lukather (@stevelukather) 7 de julio de 2019
Happy Birthday to the Greatest and .. my friend.
xxxx https://t.co/NUgHb7JK2y
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