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English musician Ringo Starr has released twenty studio albums and forty-six singles. Starr achieved international fame as a member of British rock band the Beatles. When the band broke up in 1970, Starr embarked on a solo career. Along with the other Beatles, he spent the first half of the 1970s on Apple Records, the label created by the band for themselves. Starr moved to Atlantic Records after his contract with EMI expired and his career diminished in commercial impact, even though he continued to record and eventually tour with his All-Starr Band in 1989. Albums Studio albums Notes * A ^ ''Beaucoups of Blues'' also peaked at No. 35 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart. * B ^ ''Ringo Rama'' and ''Choose Love'' also peaked at No. 6 and No. 29 respectively on the ''Billboard'' Top Independent Albums chart. * C ^ ''Liverpool 8'' also peaked at No. 94 on the ''Billboard'' Top Internet Albums chart. * D ^ ''Y Not'' and ''Ringo 2012'' also peaked at No. 16 and No. 21 r ...
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Ringo Starr
Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally 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 four others. Starr was afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during childhood, with periods of prolonged hospitalisation. He briefly held a position with British Rail before securing an apprenticeship as a machinist at a Liverpool school equipment manufacturer. Soon afterwards, Starr became interested in the UK skiffle craze and developed a fervent admiration for the genre. In 1957, he co-founded his first band, the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, which earned several prestigious local bookings before the fad s ...
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