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Ringo Starr will celebrate Liverpool's crowning as Europe's Capital of Culture by previewing new material from the city's roof tops tonight. Starr, who releases his semi-autobiographical solo record 'Liverpool 8' on January 14, will perform live from the roof of St George's Hall in Liverpool. [more...]
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As previously announced, the Anthology will include unreleased material from the Fab Four recorded between 1958-1964, as well as John Lennon's Free As A Bird, a brand new recording done earlier this year with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. It will ... contain material compiled from the Beatles' EMI, Polydor, and Decca Records days, as well as a variety of live radio and television broadcasts.
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In the 70's and 80's, like many rock stars, Ringo had terrible time with substance abuse and alcohol, but has now been completely clean for more than 10 years. Ringo regularly works out in the gym and drinks a lot of bottled water. In addition to his work in films, Ringo ... pursued a musical career. Starr's first solo project, Sentimental Journey (1970), produced by George Martin, captured some of his favorite songs that he heard while growing up. Ringo's next project was a country & western album, Beacoups of Blues, (1971) recorded in Nashville in just two days. From Nashville Starr went straight to LA and began work on what would eventually become the smash release Ringo, (1973) which yielded 3 "Top 10" singles and a number one.
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Though the least prominent member of the fab four, Ringo distinguished himself as an occasional singer of good-natured material and as an actor. Upon the group's split, he went solo with; ‘Sentimental Journey’ and ‘Beaucoups of Blues’. In 1973 with the assistance from John, Paul and George he made the album ‘Ringo’, which featured two number one hits, ‘Photograph’ and ‘You're sixteen.’ He continued to release albums with limited success and it wasn’t until he formed his All-Starr band and began touring that his profile started to rise again. On the back of the Beatles Anthology he released the albums Vertical Man and Ringo-Rama. With appearances from Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Steven Tyler the albums sold reasonably well whilst never troubling the charts.
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After a pair of diversionary outings on which he explored old standards (Sentimental Journey) and country-western fare (Beaucoups of Blues), Starr re-emerged as a pop artist in 1973 with Ringo. His old pals John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison joined him on the endeavor, as did Nicky Hopkins, Billy Preston, and Klaus Voorman. Since then, everyone from Tom Petty to Alanis Morissette, from Harry Nilsson to Willie Nelson, and from Elton John to Scott Weiland has graced his studio work. Even his concerts were turned into all-star or, as he dubbed them, All-Starr extravaganzas. Not surprisingly, some of his forays were successful, while others fell flat. The difference came from whether the parties that he threw were coldly calculated or organically derived.
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The oldest of the Beatles, though last to join the group, Starr replaced Pete Best on drums in 1962 and rode the group's juggernaut to fame and fortune. Though overshadowed musically by the songwriting mastery of the John Lennon-Paul McCartney team and the accomplished fretwork of guitarist George Harrison, Ringo's sad-eyed appearance and self-effacing manner won him a large portion of the group's teenage fans. Ringo's appeal was instrumental in the success of the group's efforts on film: both A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965) used his underdog persona for comic effect. His onscreen appeal later resulted in numerous film roles without the Beatles, including Candy (1968), The Magic Christian (1969), and Caveman (1981). After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, Ringo launched a successful solo recording career, landing two No. 1 singles in the U.S. with “Photograph” (1973) and “You're Sixteen” (1974).
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