Ringo Starr, born Richard Starkey, was the drummer for the Beatles. He grew up poor in Liverpool, England and had many health issues as a child that disrupted his education. He took up drumming as a teenager and joined several bands. The Beatles recruited him as their drummer in 1962, replacing Pete Best. As one of the Beatles, Ringo contributed to many hit songs and albums. After the band broke up in 1970, Ringo pursued a solo career in music and television. He has been married twice and has three children from his first marriage. Ringo continues to perform and record music today.

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2. Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey
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5. Imagine

6. Imagine
Standing on stage girls are screaming
at you,lights are shining on you that
was the life of Ringo starr,The Beatle.

7. Imagine

9. Ringo Starr was born in 7th of July
1940 in Liverpool,England.Born with the
name Richard Starkey named after his
father.His zodiac sign is
Cancer.Richard's family was quite
poor.His dad, Richard Starkey worked as
a was a former dockworker turned
baker.His mother,Elsie Starkey, was a
bakery worker.

12. Richard's dad left the family three years after
Richards birth.Richard suffered from many
afflictions that basically ruined his education
he had constant abdominal pains, was once
diagnosed with a ruptured appendix that led to
an inflamed peritoneum, which also led to one
of his first surgeries. Ringo was in a coma,

15. At age 13 he caught a cold that turned into
chronic pleurisy, causing him another stay
at a hospital in Liverpool. A few lung
complications followed, which resulted in a
treatment in yet another children's hospital,
this time until 1955. Richard's mother Elsie
had married Harry Graves, the man who her
son referred to as a stepfather.

18. When Richard was fifteen he could
hardly read or write.He liked woodwork
and mechanincs.At the age of 17 he
dropped out of school.Then he got a job
as a delivery boy for British Rail.Then
he injured his finger,then he decided to
be a drummer.His dream came
true,when his stepfather gave him a set
of drums.He also joined many other
bands after that.One of the band's lead
singer encoureged Richard to change
his name to Ringo Starr.

21. Before Ringo was a Beatle.The Beatles tried lots of
other drummers.At one time The Beatles were so
desperate that they even invited strangers from the
audience to fill in ghe position.Then Pete Best who
the other band members didn't consider him as the
greatest drummer.On June 6th 1962,at the Abbey
Road studios The Beatles were looking for a new
drummer,many people auditioned,but all of The
Beatles loed Ringo's drumming.So they fired Pete
Best and replaced him with Ringo.In September
1962. Ringo contributed their first hit when they
recorded 'Love Me Do',which topped the UK charts and
US charts.

24. He was married to his long time girlfriend ,
Maureen Cox, from 1965 - 1975, and they
had three children: Zak Starkey, Jason, and
Lee.The couple broke up in July 1975.

27. In 1970 The Beatles brokeup.Ringo was
quite popular and recored his first solo
album 'Ringo'.Then he featured in many
show like Ringo,Princess Daisy with his
new wife Barbara.In 1984,he did
narration for children's series Thomas the
Tankengine.During the 1980s,after long
period of aclohol problems.

30. In 2001.Ringo's old friend George Harrison passed
away on November 29th 2001,after a long battle of
lung cancer.The following year,on the anniversary
of George Harrison's death,Ringo Starr,Paul
McCartney and Eric Clapton appeared in a concert
for George Harrison.

33. Today Ringo Starr is still singing and
drumming as well as dividing his time
between his residences in England, in
Switzerland and his home in Los
Angeles, California.

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