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Ringo Starr: Music
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The success of the initial All-Starr tour led to Starr releasing his first album in nine years, 1992's Time Takes Time. It received substantial exposure and the track "Weight Of The World" got considerable airplay. Critics considered Time Takes Time Ringo's best recording since 1973's Ringo. The album was produced by four of the top producers in music: Phil Ramone, Don Was, Jeff Lynne and Peter Asher, and ... featured guest appearances by various stars including Brian Wilson and Harry Nilsson.
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Ringo and His All Starrs exude the love, joy and phenomenal playing that shine from the Starr at the center. The shows draw fans of all ages and sizes…parents and their kids come to enjoy a summer night out with fantastic music, performed by musicians who love to play. As Ringo recently said in an interview: "I just have a great time, and that's the rhythm of my heart and my soul."
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Starr's non-musical contributions to the band were ... significant, especially in their early years of fame. A natural actor, he was the central character in the plots of both of the band's live action films (A Hard Day's Night and Help!), and in the animated Yellow Submarine (although he and the other Beatles did not actually perform the voice acting in Yellow Submarine). Starr's affable nature and sad, expressive face provided a strong counterpoint and complement to the other group member personalities. This same quality was an essential element in the group's celebrated wit and collective comic persona. He was later a calming, cohesive force when group tensions and conflicts arose. Lennon stated after the Beatles' split that Starr was the under-appreciated "soul" of the group.
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Even as Argent and the other All-Starrs gear up, Starr's former band is in the news. Apple Corps., which represents the Beatles' business interests, has cut a deal with Cirque du Soleil and the MGM Mirage for a new $30 million show incorporating Beatles music. "Love" will debut in June at a new 2,000-seat theater at the Mirage in Las Vegas.
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The production on Liverpool 8 has the heft and definition of modern multitracking, resembling Ringo Starr's early-1970s hits rather than the Beatles themselves. In Gone Are the Days, Starr openly quotes his own 1971 hit, It Don't Come Easy. But the Beatles are never far from the music. [more...]
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Although he is best known for his work with The Beatles, one would be remiss to overlook the solo work of Ringo Starr. Concert tickets to his shows attract fans of the band and Ringo alike, and his act is renowned for its overall quality both in regards to the music performed and the interaction with the crowd. Starr is hitting the road once again, and his legion of millions of fans is anticipating the tour with baited breath.
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