The following article will provide a short biography, facts, as well as the date and place of birth, creativity and personal life of Ringo Starr. Who is this? He is known to us as a talented musician, a great actor and drummer of The Beatles. Of course, the path to world fame was not easy, but it was worth it. After all, the name of the drummer is respected by everyone who is familiar with good music. Ringo Starr's biography is quite fascinating. After all, he tried out many creative professions.
Richard Starkey, and this is what his real name sounds like, was born in 1940, on July 7, in the city of Liverpool. The parents were very modest and simple people - a baker named Richard Starkey and a housewife Elsie Starkey. According to the good old tradition of the Stark family, the boy was named after his father. Your attention is a photo of the musician's family. It depicts his parents and himself. Also in the article you will be presented with a photo of Ringo Starr in different periods of his life.
Richard's training
Ringo Starr's biography is incredibly unusual - this is the story of an amazing person. Unfortunately, Richard grew up a very painful child. He spent a lot of time in hospitals due to illness. This was probably what caused him to graduate poorly from school, or rather, to not graduate at all. As soon as Starkey graduated from primary school, his main problem was the ailment that "settled" him in the hospital for almost a year - peritonitis.
Once he recovered and recovered from his illness, he continued his studies. But not even half the school year had passed, and health problems again forced him to forget about school and return to the hospital. This time, pleurisy, which did not give the future musician peace for almost two years, became the reason for being in the hospital.
Diseases prevented him from getting a good education or even leaving school. By the age of fifteen, when the diseases stopped progressing and disturbing the young man, he decided to find a job. A big obstacle for him was the lack of education. This was the main reason that his choice was limited to the profession of a steward. His place of work was a ferry that made courses between the city of Wales and the city of Liverpool.
Starks on the road to fame in the world of music
Just like all teenagers of those times, the future star was fond of the latest news in American music. It is likely that such a hobby pushed Richard onto the road of fame and fame, which he could not even dream of before.
The musical career of a young talent began when he was no more than twenty years old. Before joining The Beatles, he was a member of several other bands. Among them was a group that gave him his first experience and knowledge - Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. This is one of the main competitors of The Beatles in those days.
By the age of 22, Richard decided to formally replenish the Beatles, becoming a full member of the quartet. A similar moment in Ringo Starr's biography cannot be ignored. After all, it was from him that Richard Starkey began his stellar career.
The role of Ringo Starkey in the quartet
Ringo Starr and the Beatles, or rather the composition of this group, worked well together and built a joint career. Ringo played drums. Listening to the songs of the group, we are confident that it is Starkey who performs the melody on the drum, but this is not always the case. Although he stayed in the quartet for quite some time, there were other performers who had a hand in creating some works, for example, What Goes On, Octopus's Garden, Helter Skelter and some others.
I would like to add that the role of the drummer before the entry of Ringo was performed by one of the very skilled and well-known musicians now, whose name was Paul McCartney. It has long been clear that the main role of Richard in the group is the drummer, but she is far from the only one. Yes, Richard did not have a professional guitar playing and could not compose a hit that would win the hearts of listeners, but he had excellent hearing, a sense of rhythm and at least not perfect, but a voice that sometimes added color to the works.
The musician’s voice, although rare, still sounded in some songs of the group. You can hear Richard’s voice in the songs Helter Skelter, Don’t Pass Me By, and even his vocals could not do without such a famous song as Octopus's Garden, to which he had a hand in writing.
Reasons for his departure from the group
The musical career of the group members was at its peak, royalties were high, the quartet flourished, and its further development was expected. In this situation, the question arises: why did Ringo Starr leave the group? In fact, the answer is not particularly complicated or incomprehensible, as it seems to us.
During one of the debates of the band's musicians, Paul McCartney, a little furious, announced that he considers Richard an ordinary and unremarkable drummer. Apparently, these words became the reason for the departure of one of the members of the group. In the future, the life of the former artist acquired a new meaning - family.
Musician's family
Although we are talking about a short biography of Ringo Starr, most of it is devoted to his personal life, which was incredibly eventful. In 1965, Ringo married a beautiful woman who gave him home comfort and best children. Giving names to his three sons, being the only child in the family, he completely eradicated the tradition according to which for many centuries the boys of the Starki clan received names from their fathers.
The drummer of a well-known group raised three sons. The two were Zaki and Jason - the children had only two years of age difference. The youngest son of the star - Lee, was born three years after the birth of Jason. The boys were born after the official marriage of Richard and his beautiful wife Maureen Cox.
In the 60-70s, the turn came for the most memorable times in the life of Ringo, because he not only got married and had children, feeling like a good family man, it was during this period of career development that his activity in the group reached its peak. In the seventies, he tried something new for himself - cinema.
Was he happy in family life?
Filming in films and commercials introduced the “family man” to a new love that replaced the old one. Acting in the film, he met a brilliant actress, starring not only for various films, but also for the well-known magazine, PLAYBOY. In the seventies, oddly enough, Richard was considered the most exemplary family man of the whole group. What was the general surprise when the most exemplary family man filed for divorce in order to marry Nancy Andrews.
It was Nancy who was the actress starring in PLAYBOY. In 1975, a couple of Richard Starkey and his wife Maureen Cox broke up. Richard left the family, leaving three children and a wife, starting a new life with an actress and model. Starting a new life, he found a new hobby - the construction and design of furniture.
He was engaged in furniture for five years - from 1975 to 1980. In 1980, he still decided to continue to glorify his name in the cinema. Returning to the work of the actor, he starred in the film, which was called "Caveman. Ringo played one of the most important roles. He started all these new and not entirely hobbies in order to distract from the memories of his former marriage and children.
New marriage
We know that the musician divorced his first wife. But how did his relationship with Nancy Andrews develop? After all, it was because of her that he broke off relations with Maureen Cox? Richard for a long time hesitated to a new marriage, which is why he made a proposal for a new love only six years after the divorce. But the marriage was not concluded with Nancy, who separated him and Maurice, but with an actress named Barbara Bach.
Ringo Starr met Barbara on the set during the filming of The Caveman. Barbara had almost the same important role as her partner. The film about the caveman, unfortunately, did not greatly glorify the actors, and indeed did not become a very popular and famous film of those times. But although the film did not bring Starky fame, he got something more - a new half. And so, at the age of 41, he married a second time.
The years of life of Ringo Starr: the further life of the musician
In 1980, the musician made some attempts to release new musical projects. As for Richard's career in cinema, no applications were expected for his participation in the filming of films or commercials. Earlier, he made friends with journalists who offered him participation in various programs and interviews, but in the eightieth year, and more precisely in his midst, calls and offers abruptly stopped.
Even the most primitive companies refused our hero to publish records with his works. This situation led him to alcohol, and at the same time his wife. Thus, he and his wife in 1988 learned that they had long been alcoholics requiring treatment. But this is in the past, the relatives and friends of the sick couple found strength in themselves and paid for the treatment, returning them to a normal and sober life. I would like to add and recall that despite all the hardships, the life and biography of Ringo Starr remains interesting for many fans.