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Ringo Starr

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Ringo Starr

b. 1940

English musician and actor (born 1940)

Interwar & WWII

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Sir Richard Starkey, known as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help from My Friends". He also wrote and sang the Beatles songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of three others.

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1940
Birth

English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Beatles, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, and Plastic Ono Band)

July 7 →
1962
Event

Pete Best replaced by Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) as drummer for The Beatles.

August 16 →
1988
Event

en Reino Unido, el exbeatle Ringo Starr entra en un centro de rehabilitación para el alcohol.

November 6 →
2001
Event

en Nueva York se reúnen por última vez los tres ex-Beatles sobrevivientes, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr y George Harrison, a petición expresa de este último, quien fallecería 17 días después, el 29 de noviembre.

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