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Ringo (album)

January 01, 1970

This article is about the Ringo Starr album. For the Itzy album, see Ringo (Itzy album).

Ringo is the third studio album by English musician Ringo Starr, released in 1973 on Apple Records. It peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (kept from the top by Elton John's smash hit Goodbye Yellow Brick Road) and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the RPM national albums chart.

Ringo
Studio album by
Ringo Starr
Released2 November 1973 (1973-11-02)
Recorded5 March – 26 July 1973
Studio
GenreRock, pop[1]
Length37:07
LabelApple
ProducerRichard Perry
Ringo Starr chronology
Beaucoups of Blues
(1970) 		Ringo
(1973) 		Goodnight Vienna
(1974)
Singles from Ringo
  1. "Photograph"
    Released: 24 September 1973 (US); 19 October 1973 (UK)
  2. "You're Sixteen"
    Released: 3 December 1973 (US); 8 February 1974 (UK)
  3. "Oh My My"
    Released: 18 February 1974 (US only)

The album is noted for the participation of all four former Beatles, and for its numerous guest stars, something which would become a signature for Starr on many of his subsequent albums and tours.

Background edit

Starr released the standards tribute Sentimental Journey and the country and western Beaucoups of Blues in 1970. He issued the singles "It Don't Come Easy" and "Back Off Boogaloo"[2] over 1971–72, both produced by and co-written with his former Beatles bandmate George Harrison.[3] Both of these singles were big successes and would ordinarily have inspired albums to support them, but Starr declined to follow through, preferring to concentrate on acting during this period.[4] In early 1973, Starr decided that the time was right to begin his first rock solo album. He had already used Richard Perry to arrange one of the tracks on Sentimental Journey, so he asked him to produce the sessions.[5]

Recording edit

Recording started on 5 March 1973[6] upon Starr's arrival in Los Angeles[7] at Sunset Sound Recorders.[8][9] Sessions were produced by Richard Perry.[7] Starr sent word to his musician friends to help him in his new venture and they all responded positively. Taking part in the sessions were Marc Bolan, four members of The Band (except Richard Manuel),[5] Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann, Nicky Hopkins, Harry Nilsson, Jim Keltner and James Booker.[8] Additionally, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison all appeared on and composed material for Ringo.[6]

"Photograph" had been written on 15 May 1971 while on a sailing holiday with his wife Maureen, Harrison and Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd, and Cilla Black. Starr and Harrison wrote the song with input from the others.[8] The song was first recorded in late 1972 with Harrison as producer, during the sessions for Harrison's Living in the Material World album.[10] The song was remade five months later, produced by Perry for its appearance on Ringo.[10] Harrison and Mal Evans were sharing a living space in Los Angeles when they wrote "You and Me (Babe)" after Evans asked Harrison to add music to a song which he was working on.[10]

Just like that; no planning. The three ex-Beatles recorded one of John's songs. Everyone in the room was just gleaming… it's such a universal gleam with The Beatles.[8]

– Richard Perry, recalling the session for "I'm the Greatest"

Harrison dropped by on the sessions on 10 March to see what kind of material Starr had recorded up to that point,[8][9] saying that he was "knocked out by what you've done".[8] He returned on 12 March and laid down backing vocals.[8][9] Starr, John Lennon, and Harrison appear together on Lennon's "I'm the Greatest",[2] which was recorded on 13 March.[nb 1][8][12] Ten takes of the song were recorded in a session lasting approximately 18 minutes.[8] Both Lennon and Harrison were in Los Angeles for business matters with Capitol Records.[7] Lennon returned to New York on 14 March.[8]

British music magazine Melody Maker reported on 17 March that the session was a Beatles reunion. "Rumours flashed through Los Angeles this week that three of the Beatles have teamed up for recording purposes. John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are all in Los Angeles with Klaus Voormann, the bassist rumoured to replace Paul McCartney after his departure from the group."[9] Also recorded during this month was Randy Newman's "Have You Seen My Baby?";[nb 2] it features overdubbed guitar by Bolan which was added at A&M Studios.[13] This group of sessions lasted until 27 March.[8] The next day, Starr and Perry flew to England.[8] More work on the tracks was done at Burbank Studios, The Sound Lab, and Producers' Workshop.[8] On 16 April,[9] Starr went to Apple Studio in London to record "Six O'Clock" with Paul McCartney,[14] and his wife Linda,[8] as McCartney could not enter the US due to drug arrests.[12] McCartney played synthesizer and piano and sang backing vocals on the track.[5][15]

After finishing "Six O'Clock", Starr asked his chauffeur to buy some tap dancing shoes which Starr would use on "Step Lightly".[8] He then recorded "You're Sixteen" and "Step Lightly" with Nilsson;[12] McCartney also appears imitating a kazoo on "You're Sixteen".[8] This second block of recording sessions lasted until 30 April, and overdubs were added at Sunset Sound Recorders throughout July.[8] The album was mixed at Sunset Sound on 24 July.[8][9]

Release edit

According to a report in Billboard magazine in late September 1973, Ringo's release was delayed while work was being completed on the album artwork.[23] On 24 September, "Photograph" was released as the album's lead single in the US, backed by "Down and Out".[9] Starr filmed a promo clip for the song at his Tittenhurst Park residence, although the film's only screening was on a single episode of BBC TV's Top of the Pops, which has since been lost.[8] The single was issued a month later in the UK, on 19 October.[24]

Apple Records released Ringo on 2 November in the US,[nb 3] and on 9 November in the UK.[nb 4] Helped by the international success of "Photograph",[27] and speculation regarding the former Beatles working together on the same project,[28] the album reached No. 1 in Canada,[29] No. 7 in the UK,[30] and No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart, denied the top position by Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.[31] Ringo peaked at No. 1 on America's other albums charts, however,[32] in Cashbox and Record World.[33] The album was certified gold in America on 8 November and in Britain a month after its release there.[24] Ringo was critically well-received also.[34] Loraine Alterman of The New York Times described it as an "instant knockout ... [a] sensational album".[35][36] In his review for Rolling Stone, Ben Gerson said that, on one hand, Starr's limited artistry and the abundance of star guests made the album "rambling and inconsistent", yet in terms of "atmosphere", "Ringo is the most successful record by an ex-Beatle. It is not polemical and abrasive like Lennon's, harsh and self-pitying like Harrison's, or precious and flimsy like McCartney's, but balanced, airy and amiable."[37]

"You're Sixteen" was released as the album's second single, backed with "Devil Woman", in the US on 3 December.[24] In late December, on the 28th, "Photograph" went gold in the US.[24] "You're Sixteen" acquired gold status in the US on 31 January 1974,[8] and was released in the UK on 8 February,[24] reaching No. 4.[8] In the US, the singles from Ringo "Photograph" and Starr's cover of "You're Sixteen" both went to No. 1.[38] On 18 February, "Oh My My" was released as a single only in the US, backed with "Step Lightly".[nb 5][24] After the singles became hits, Lennon sent Starr a telegram: "Congratulations. How dare you? And please write me a hit song."[5]

The original cassette tape and 8-track versions of the album, as well as a small number of early promotional copies of the vinyl album, contained a longer version of "Six O'Clock".[15] All of the stock copies of vinyl version of the LP, including both the original pressing and the 1981 LP re-release of the album, as well as reissues in various other formats over time, contained the shorter version of the song.[40][41] The record label on the original stock pressing of the vinyl album incorrectly lists the running time of "Six O'Clock" as 5:26, which may have led some to mistakenly assume that the original pressing contained the long version of the song. The label on the reissued vinyl album correctly lists the running time as 4:06.[40][42] At the time of release, various reviews and press articles of the day stated that the longer version was "snuck" onto the tape duplicating masters at the last moment; this may have been done for the benefit of 8-track versions of the album, to make program two of the tape (on which the song appeared) the same approximate length as the other tracks. Artwork for a quadrophonic version was produced, but was never released.[43] Additionally, the original artwork lists the second song, written by Randy Newman, as "Hold On" which was later corrected to "Have You Seen My Baby" in following pressings.

When Ringo was reissued for compact disc, the three bonus tracks included on it were all from singles: Starr's 1971 hit single "It Don't Come Easy" and its B-side "Early 1970", as well as the B-side to "Photograph", "Down and Out".[44] The CD was released in the UK on 4 March 1991,[nb 6] and in the US by Capitol on 6 May.[nb 7][44] On some CD reissues "Down And Out" is inserted into the album as the fourth track (between "Photograph" and "Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)"). On the US CD, "You and Me (Babe)" begins crossfaded over the end of "Devil Woman," even though the original album, and the UK CD, had these songs separated by silence. The longer version of "Six O'Clock" was oddly not added as a bonus track to the reissue of this album, but rather to the reissue of Goodnight Vienna.[15]

Track listing edit

Side one

  1. "I'm the Greatest" (John Lennon) – 3:21
  2. "Have You Seen My Baby"[nb 8] (Randy Newman) – 3:44
  3. "Photograph" (Richard Starkey, George Harrison) – 3:56
  4. "Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)" (Harrison) – 2:45
  5. "You're Sixteen" (Bob Sherman, Dick Sherman) – 2:48

Side two

  1. "Oh My My" (Starkey, Vini Poncia) – 4:16
  2. "Step Lightly" (Starkey) – 3:15
  3. "Six O'Clock" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney)[45] – 4:06
  4. "Devil Woman" (Starkey, Poncia) – 3:50
  5. "You and Me (Babe)" (Harrison, Mal Evans) – 4:59

1991 reissue bonus tracks

  2. "It Don't Come Easy" (Starkey) – 3:02
  3. "Early 1970" (Starkey) – 2:20
  4. "Down and Out" (Starkey) – 3:04

Personnel edit

Track numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album.

Charts edit

Cover version edit

An instrumental version of the album was produced by David Hentschel and titled Sta*rtling Music.[59] Sta*rtling Music was the first release on Starr's label, Ring O' Records; released on 18 April 1975 in the UK,[nb 9] and four years later on 17 February 1979 in the US.[nb 10][59] Just prior to the album was a single, "Oh My My", backed with "Devil Woman", released on 17 February 1975 in the US,[nb 11] and on 21 March in the UK.[nb 12][59] The album, was re-released in the US on Capitol in October 1980.[nb 13][60] A budget edition was released in the UK on 27 November by Music for Pleasure.[nb 14][60]

References edit

Footnotes

  1. ^ Lennon previously recorded a demo of the song on 28 December 1970, after watching a repeat of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night,[8] with the intent of recording the track himself.[11]
  2. ^ The track is sometimes titled as "Hold On".[13]
  3. ^ US Apple SWAL-3413[25]
  4. ^ UK Apple PCTC 252[26]
  5. ^ US Apple 1872[39]
  6. ^ UK Parlophone CDP 7 95884 2[26]
  7. ^ US Capitol CDP 795637[44]
  8. ^ Titled "Hold On" on the album cover and record label.
  9. ^ UK Ringo O' 2320-101[59]
  10. ^ US Ringo O' ST 11372[59]
  11. ^ US Ringo O' 4030[59]
  12. ^ UK Ringo O' 2017-101[59]
  13. ^ US Capitol SN-16114[60]
  14. ^ UK Music for Pleasure MFP 50508[60]

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External links edit

  • Ringo at Discogs (list of releases)
  • JPGR's Ringo site

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This article is about the Ringo Starr album For the Itzy album see Ringo Itzy album Ringo is the third studio album by English musician Ringo Starr released in 1973 on Apple Records It peaked at No 7 on the UK Albums Chart and No 2 on the Billboard 200 kept from the top by Elton John s smash hit Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and has been certified platinum by the RIAA In Canada it reached No 1 on the RPM national albums chart RingoStudio album by Ringo StarrReleased2 November 1973 1973 11 02 Recorded5 March 26 July 1973StudioApple and EMI London Sunset SoundA amp MBurbankSound LabProducers Workshop Los Angeles GenreRock pop 1 Length37 07LabelAppleProducerRichard PerryRingo Starr chronologyBeaucoups of Blues 1970 Ringo 1973 Goodnight Vienna 1974 Singles from Ringo Photograph Released 24 September 1973 US 19 October 1973 UK You re Sixteen Released 3 December 1973 US 8 February 1974 UK Oh My My Released 18 February 1974 US only The album is noted for the participation of all four former Beatles and for its numerous guest stars something which would become a signature for Starr on many of his subsequent albums and tours Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 3 Release 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 6 3 Certifications 7 Cover version 8 References 9 External linksBackground editStarr released the standards tribute Sentimental Journey and the country and western Beaucoups of Blues in 1970 He issued the singles It Don t Come Easy and Back Off Boogaloo 2 over 1971 72 both produced by and co written with his former Beatles bandmate George Harrison 3 Both of these singles were big successes and would ordinarily have inspired albums to support them but Starr declined to follow through preferring to concentrate on acting during this period 4 In early 1973 Starr decided that the time was right to begin his first rock solo album He had already used Richard Perry to arrange one of the tracks on Sentimental Journey so he asked him to produce the sessions 5 Recording editRecording started on 5 March 1973 6 upon Starr s arrival in Los Angeles 7 at Sunset Sound Recorders 8 9 Sessions were produced by Richard Perry 7 Starr sent word to his musician friends to help him in his new venture and they all responded positively Taking part in the sessions were Marc Bolan four members of The Band except Richard Manuel 5 Billy Preston Klaus Voormann Nicky Hopkins Harry Nilsson Jim Keltner and James Booker 8 Additionally Lennon McCartney and Harrison all appeared on and composed material for Ringo 6 Photograph had been written on 15 May 1971 while on a sailing holiday with his wife Maureen Harrison and Harrison s wife Pattie Boyd and Cilla Black Starr and Harrison wrote the song with input from the others 8 The song was first recorded in late 1972 with Harrison as producer during the sessions for Harrison s Living in the Material World album 10 The song was remade five months later produced by Perry for its appearance on Ringo 10 Harrison and Mal Evans were sharing a living space in Los Angeles when they wrote You and Me Babe after Evans asked Harrison to add music to a song which he was working on 10 Just like that no planning The three ex Beatles recorded one of John s songs Everyone in the room was just gleaming it s such a universal gleam with The Beatles 8 Richard Perry recalling the session for I m the Greatest Harrison dropped by on the sessions on 10 March to see what kind of material Starr had recorded up to that point 8 9 saying that he was knocked out by what you ve done 8 He returned on 12 March and laid down backing vocals 8 9 Starr John Lennon and Harrison appear together on Lennon s I m the Greatest 2 which was recorded on 13 March nb 1 8 12 Ten takes of the song were recorded in a session lasting approximately 18 minutes 8 Both Lennon and Harrison were in Los Angeles for business matters with Capitol Records 7 Lennon returned to New York on 14 March 8 British music magazine Melody Maker reported on 17 March that the session was a Beatles reunion Rumours flashed through Los Angeles this week that three of the Beatles have teamed up for recording purposes John Lennon George Harrison and Ringo Starr are all in Los Angeles with Klaus Voormann the bassist rumoured to replace Paul McCartney after his departure from the group 9 Also recorded during this month was Randy Newman s Have You Seen My Baby nb 2 it features overdubbed guitar by Bolan which was added at A amp M Studios 13 This group of sessions lasted until 27 March 8 The next day Starr and Perry flew to England 8 More work on the tracks was done at Burbank Studios The Sound Lab and Producers Workshop 8 On 16 April 9 Starr went to Apple Studio in London to record Six O Clock with Paul McCartney 14 and his wife Linda 8 as McCartney could not enter the US due to drug arrests 12 McCartney played synthesizer and piano and sang backing vocals on the track 5 15 After finishing Six O Clock Starr asked his chauffeur to buy some tap dancing shoes which Starr would use on Step Lightly 8 He then recorded You re Sixteen and Step Lightly with Nilsson 12 McCartney also appears imitating a kazoo on You re Sixteen 8 This second block of recording sessions lasted until 30 April and overdubs were added at Sunset Sound Recorders throughout July 8 The album was mixed at Sunset Sound on 24 July 8 9 Release editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Christgau s Record GuideB 16 Encyclopedia of Popular Music nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 17 The Essential Rock Discography7 10 18 MusicHound3 5 5 19 Music Story nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp citation needed Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 20 Record Collector nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 21 The Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 22 According to a report in Billboard magazine in late September 1973 Ringo s release was delayed while work was being completed on the album artwork 23 On 24 September Photograph was released as the album s lead single in the US backed by Down and Out 9 Starr filmed a promo clip for the song at his Tittenhurst Park residence although the film s only screening was on a single episode of BBC TV s Top of the Pops which has since been lost 8 The single was issued a month later in the UK on 19 October 24 Apple Records released Ringo on 2 November in the US nb 3 and on 9 November in the UK nb 4 Helped by the international success of Photograph 27 and speculation regarding the former Beatles working together on the same project 28 the album reached No 1 in Canada 29 No 7 in the UK 30 and No 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart denied the top position by Elton John s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 31 Ringo peaked at No 1 on America s other albums charts however 32 in Cashbox and Record World 33 The album was certified gold in America on 8 November and in Britain a month after its release there 24 Ringo was critically well received also 34 Loraine Alterman of The New York Times described it as an instant knockout a sensational album 35 36 In his review for Rolling Stone Ben Gerson said that on one hand Starr s limited artistry and the abundance of star guests made the album rambling and inconsistent yet in terms of atmosphere Ringo is the most successful record by an ex Beatle It is not polemical and abrasive like Lennon s harsh and self pitying like Harrison s or precious and flimsy like McCartney s but balanced airy and amiable 37 You re Sixteen was released as the album s second single backed with Devil Woman in the US on 3 December 24 In late December on the 28th Photograph went gold in the US 24 You re Sixteen acquired gold status in the US on 31 January 1974 8 and was released in the UK on 8 February 24 reaching No 4 8 In the US the singles from Ringo Photograph and Starr s cover of You re Sixteen both went to No 1 38 On 18 February Oh My My was released as a single only in the US backed with Step Lightly nb 5 24 After the singles became hits Lennon sent Starr a telegram Congratulations How dare you And please write me a hit song 5 The original cassette tape and 8 track versions of the album as well as a small number of early promotional copies of the vinyl album contained a longer version of Six O Clock 15 All of the stock copies of vinyl version of the LP including both the original pressing and the 1981 LP re release of the album as well as reissues in various other formats over time contained the shorter version of the song 40 41 The record label on the original stock pressing of the vinyl album incorrectly lists the running time of Six O Clock as 5 26 which may have led some to mistakenly assume that the original pressing contained the long version of the song The label on the reissued vinyl album correctly lists the running time as 4 06 40 42 At the time of release various reviews and press articles of the day stated that the longer version was snuck onto the tape duplicating masters at the last moment this may have been done for the benefit of 8 track versions of the album to make program two of the tape on which the song appeared the same approximate length as the other tracks Artwork for a quadrophonic version was produced but was never released 43 Additionally the original artwork lists the second song written by Randy Newman as Hold On which was later corrected to Have You Seen My Baby in following pressings When Ringo was reissued for compact disc the three bonus tracks included on it were all from singles Starr s 1971 hit single It Don t Come Easy and its B side Early 1970 as well as the B side to Photograph Down and Out 44 The CD was released in the UK on 4 March 1991 nb 6 and in the US by Capitol on 6 May nb 7 44 On some CD reissues Down And Out is inserted into the album as the fourth track between Photograph and Sunshine Life For Me Sail Away Raymond On the US CD You and Me Babe begins crossfaded over the end of Devil Woman even though the original album and the UK CD had these songs separated by silence The longer version of Six O Clock was oddly not added as a bonus track to the reissue of this album but rather to the reissue of Goodnight Vienna 15 Track listing editSide one I m the Greatest John Lennon 3 21 Have You Seen My Baby nb 8 Randy Newman 3 44 Photograph Richard Starkey George Harrison 3 56 Sunshine Life for Me Sail Away Raymond Harrison 2 45 You re Sixteen Bob Sherman Dick Sherman 2 48 Side two Oh My My Starkey Vini Poncia 4 16 Step Lightly Starkey 3 15 Six O Clock Paul McCartney Linda McCartney 45 4 06 Devil Woman Starkey Poncia 3 50 You and Me Babe Harrison Mal Evans 4 59 1991 reissue bonus tracks It Don t Come Easy Starkey 3 02 Early 1970 Starkey 2 20 Down and Out Starkey 3 04Personnel editTrack numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album Ringo Starr lead vocals all tracks drums all tracks percussion 4 George Harrison electric guitar 1 4 10 acoustic guitar 3 backing vocals 3 4 Vini Poncia acoustic guitar 3 10 electric guitar 5 backing vocals 4 6 percussion 8 Jimmy Calvert acoustic guitar 3 7 electric guitar 5 6 9 Robbie Robertson electric guitar 4 Steve Cropper electric guitar 7 Marc Bolan guitar 2 Klaus Voormann bass guitar all tracks Paul McCartney kazoo vocal solo 5 piano 8 synthesizer 8 flute and string arrangements 8 backing vocals 8 John Lennon piano 1 backing vocals 1 Billy Preston organ 1 6 piano 6 James Booker piano 2 Nicky Hopkins piano 3 5 10 Tom Hensley piano 9 Garth Hudson accordion 4 Jim Keltner drums 2 3 5 6 9 Milt Holland percussion 2 9 marimba 10 Lon amp Derrek Van Eaton percussion 3 Tom Scott horns and arrangements 2 6 7 9 10 Chuck Findley horns 9 Bobby Keys saxophone 3 Levon Helm mandolin 4 Rick Danko fiddle 4 David Bromberg banjo 4 fiddle 4 Harry Nilsson backing vocals 5 Martha Reeves backing vocals 6 Merry Clayton backing vocals 6 Linda McCartney backing vocals 8 Richard Perry backing vocals 9 Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1973 74 Position Australian Kent Music Report 46 2 Canadian RPM Albums Chart 29 1 Dutch Mega Albums Chart 47 7 Japanese Oricon LPs Chart 48 10 Norwegian Albums Chart 49 5 Spanish Albums Chart 50 1 Swedish Albums Chart 51 1 UK Albums Chart 30 7 US Billboard 200 52 2 West German Media Control Albums Chart 53 28 Year end charts edit Chart 1973 Position Dutch Albums Chart 54 39 Chart 1974 Position Australian Albums Chart 46 15 Canadian Albums Chart 55 77 US Billboard Year End 56 30 Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units sales United Kingdom BPI 57 Gold 100 000 United States RIAA 58 Platinum 1 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Cover version editAn instrumental version of the album was produced by David Hentschel and titled Sta rtling Music 59 Sta rtling Music was the first release on Starr s label Ring O Records released on 18 April 1975 in the UK nb 9 and four years later on 17 February 1979 in the US nb 10 59 Just prior to the album was a single Oh My My backed with Devil Woman released on 17 February 1975 in the US nb 11 and on 21 March in the UK nb 12 59 The album was re released in the US on Capitol in October 1980 nb 13 60 A budget edition was released in the UK on 27 November by Music for Pleasure nb 14 60 References editFootnotes Lennon previously recorded a demo of the song on 28 December 1970 after watching a repeat of the Beatles A Hard Day s Night 8 with the intent of recording the track himself 11 The track is sometimes titled as Hold On 13 US Apple SWAL 3413 25 UK Apple PCTC 252 26 US Apple 1872 39 UK Parlophone CDP 7 95884 2 26 US Capitol CDP 795637 44 Titled Hold On on the album cover and record label UK Ringo O 2320 101 59 US Ringo O ST 11372 59 US Ringo O 4030 59 UK Ringo O 2017 101 59 US Capitol SN 16114 60 UK Music for Pleasure MFP 50508 60 Citations a b Ruhlmann William Ringo Ringo Starr AllMusic Archived from the original on 1 May 2021 Retrieved 14 May 2021 a b Schaffner Nicholas 1980 The Boys from Liverpool John Paul George Ringo 1st ed New York Methuen p 164 ISBN 978 0 416 30661 3 Spizer Bruce 2005 The Beatles Solo 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