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Ringo Starr is apparently the latest famous face to speak out in support of troubled songstress Amy Winehouse. Ringo thinks that she can beat her problems if she tries to find help. "God bless Amy. She's a great talent and she's going through a situation right now. The good news is that there's more help around now than before." [more...]
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On the same day that Ringo Starr walked off the set of "Live! With Regis and Kelly" rather than cut short one of his songs, he taped an uncut appearance on "The Rachael Ray Show." The episode in which he performs the whole song "Liverpool 8" and then washes Ray's dishes - was taped on Jan 22 and is set to air this Friday, February 8.
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Starr did ... contribute a number of lyric ideas and song titles to Lennon and McCartney, although usually unintentionally. One of the most famous examples of this was the title for the band's first motion picture, A Hard Day's Night. Starr had emerged from the studio after a long day of work and commented to the others that it had been a "hard day's..." - before he finished his sentence, Starr noticed that it was now night time and added "night". Lennon and McCartney liked the twisted phrase enough that they decided to use it as the title for the still untitled movie the band had been filming. Another example is the title to "Tomorrow Never Knows".
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In 1997, Starr guested on drums on two songs on the Paul McCartney album Flaming Pie. McCartney had written a song about Starr's ex-wife Maureen Starkey ("Little Willow") and asked Starr if he'd play on another ("Beautiful Night"). On the day subsequent to the "Beautiful Night" session, the two recorded a jam session which developed into another song, "Really Love You", notable for being the first song ever credited to McCartney/Starkey and officially released on an album.
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Mike Finkelstein -- "If you have ever been in a band where you had to recreate Beatle songs, you would have realized that Ringo Starr was no slouch. Those drum parts were very tricky and subtle. He did have a special ability to create interesting rhythmic structures within the music. This gave the Beatles a unique sound without loosing that distinctive drive in rock and roll. Ringo moved smoothly from verse to chorus without loosing the groove by subtly changing a texture in the rhythm. Ringo is an important drummer to study well."
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The Zutons had a chance encounter with Ringo Starr in Los Angeles, and gave him a sneak preview of their new songs. The Zutons' sax player said, "I was sitting outside the studio when my jaw dropped 'cause Ringo had just pulled up in front of me. I was proper shocked and ran over to him and gave him a big hug." [more...]
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