Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr’s life and career in photos
Drummer Ringo Starr of the rock and roll band “The Beatles” poses for a portrait with a pompadour hairstyle in circa 1959 in when he played drums for “Rory Storm and the Hurricanes” before joining the Beatles in circa 1959 in Liverpool, England.
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circa 1962: Ringo Starr, right, when he was drummer with the group Rory Storm and the Hurricanes at a Butlin’s holiday camp.
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Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, 1963.
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High kicking winners of the Melody Maker poll awards for 1963, from left; Billy J Kramer, who won the ‘Best Hope For 1963’ award, The Beatles, who won ‘Top Vocal Group’ and, between Beatles Paul and George, Susan Maughan, who won the award for ‘Top Female Singer’.
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Starr keeps the beat during the Beatles’ show at the Milwaukee Arena on Sept. 4, 1964.
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The Beatles came to Detroit to give two concerts at Olympia Stadium in 1964. Clockwise from right foreground: John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
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The Beatles (top to bottom) Paul McCartney, John Lennon , George Harrison and Ringo Starr backstage at the London Palladium in 1963.
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Drummer Ringo Starr performing with the Beatles on the BBC television show Top Of The Pops, 1966.
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The Beatles arrive at London Airport Feb. 6, 1964 after a trip to Paris.
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The Beatles holding their silver LP and EP discs presented to them by EMI records in London to mark sales of records including the LP ‘Please Please Me’ and ‘Twist And Shout’, the best-selling EP of all time in 1963. Clockwise from back left : Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
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Comedian Eric Morecambe tries his ‘Beatle’ wig on Ringo Starr during a rehearsal for a television show with Morecambe and Wise at Boreham Wood, watched by George Harrison, left, and John Lennon of The Beatles in 1963.
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American heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay poses in the ring in mock victory over British pop group The Beatles, meeting the press in New York during an American tour in 1964.
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American television host Ed Sullivan smiles as he stands, with the members of British rock group the Beatles, on the set of his television variety series, ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ at CBS’s Studio 50, New York, New York, February 9, 1964. Pictured are, from left, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Sullivan, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. The photo was taken during prior to the group’s debut performance on the show later that day.
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Three Beatles, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon driving a horse and carriage, during a rare break away from screaming fans, in New York’s Central Park in 1964. Their colleague George Harrison is recovering from a sore throat at their hotel.
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The Beatles soon after their arrival in Washington, USA, playing in the snow outside the Coliseum where they were scheduled to perform before a sell-out audience in 1964.
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Left to right: George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon of The Beatles at a press conference at London Airport on July 2,1964, following a tour of Australia.
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British pop band The Beatles at a BBC studio, holding drummer Ringo Starr upside down to give him ‘the bumps’ the day after his 24th birthday on July 8, 1964.
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Musician Ringo Starr of the British rock group The Beatles uses a fishing rod to fish from his hotel window as bandmates Paul McCartney and John Lennon watch, Seattle, Washington, August 21, 1964.
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Members of the British rock group The Beatles tread water in a swimming pool during the filming of their movie, ‘Help!,’ Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, February 26, 1965. L-R: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison.
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The Beatles, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney) pose for a photo call to promote their new album ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ in 1967.
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English pop group The Beatles receiving awards from the Variety Club of Great Britain, 1963. Back row George Harrison, Paul McCartney, front row, Ringo Starr and John Lennon.
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Pop group The Beatles relax on a beach in Miami, Florida. From left to right John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, circa February 1964.
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British actress Vivien Leigh poses with Beatles drummer Ringo Starr at London Airport on June 12, 1964. Starr is on his way to Australia to join the rest of the Beatles who are currently on the 1964 world tour.
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The Beatles pose with a slot machine in Las Vegas, Nevada during their 1964 North American tour, August 20, 1964. Members of the group are, from left, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
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Ringo Starr, left, and Paul McCartney of The Beatles look through a car window after their return to the UK, London Airport on July 4th 1965. The band had been on a tour of Spain.
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The Beatles rehearsing an excerpt from Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Rediffusion TV studios in Wembley, London, April 27, 1964. They will be performing the piece, with their own additional dialogue, as part of the ‘Round The Beatles’ TV show. Left to right: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney.
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George Harrison, left, and Ringo Starr, of The Beatles, rehearsing an excerpt from Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Rediffusion TV studios in Wembley, London on April 27, 1964. Harrison plays Moonshine and Starr plays Lion in the piece, which The Beatles will be performing with their own additional dialogue, as part of the ‘Round The Beatles’ TV show.
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Drummer Ringo Starr, of ‘The Beatles’, with his thumbs up, June 12th 1964.
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Drummer Ringo Starr gets a visit from fellow Beatle George Harrison whilst recuperating from an operation to remove his tonsils at the University College Hospital, London, 5th December 1964.
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Ringo Starr, drummer with the pop group The Beatles, with his 18-year-old wife Maureen during their honeymoon in Hove, East Sussex in 1965.
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Ringo Starr, drummer with the pop group The Beatles, with his 19-year-old wife Maureen and their new baby son Zak, at Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital, London in 1965.
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English musician Ringo Starr, drummer with The Beatles, operates a Siemens 16mm cine projector with his wife Maureen Starkey in London on June 12,1965.
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English drummer Ringo Starr of the Beatles with his wife Maureen Starkey at the BEA check-in desk of Heathrow Airport, London February 28, 1972.
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Beatles drummer Ringo Starr with his wife Maureen and their new baby boy Jason at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London on August 21, 1967.
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Starr and Harrison pose with a “Blue Meanie,” a character from their animated musical film “Yellow Submarine” July 8, 1968 in London.
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Ringo Starr, drummer with the Beatles, pictured kicking a football during filming of ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ in a field near Newquay in Cornwall on September 14, 1967.
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Beatles drummer Ringo Starr visits his wife Maureen at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, where she has just given birth to their second son in 1967.
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British musician Ringo Starr former member of The Beatles and his wife Maureen are pictured on May 13, 1971 in London.
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Beatles drummer Ringo Starr at a preview of his furniture line, ‘Steel,’ at Liberty’s which he designed and developed with Ribin Cruikshank in conjunction with the British Steel Corporation on Sept. 14, 1971.
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Drummer Ringo Starr, formerly of British rock group the Beatles, and his new bride, actress Barbara Bach after their wedding in London on April 27, 1981. With them are her daughter Francesca Gregorini (right) and his daughter Lee Starkey.
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Starr appears on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” at the NBC Studios on March 13, 2003 in Burbank, California.
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Starr performs during a rehearsal for the press in Mexico City on Oct. 31, 2011.
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Musicians Joe Walsh and Ringo Starr perform at “SiriusXM’s Town Hall With Ringo Starr” And Host Russell Brand And Moderator Don Was Live On SiriusXM’s The Spectrum Channel performs at Troubadour on Jan. 30, 2012, in West Hollywood, California.
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Singer Ben Harper and musicians Don Was and Joe Walsh with Starr and Bach attend the ceremony honoring Starr with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood on Feb. 8, 2010.
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Ringo Starr celebrated his 84th birthday at Beverly Hills Garden Park on July 7, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.
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(L-R) Gregg Bissonette, Ben Harper, Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh and Steve Dudas perform onstage during Ringo’s Peace & Love Birthday Celebration at Beverly Hills Garden Park on July 7, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.
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And at The Greek Theatre on June 15, 2023, in LA.
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Performing with his All Starr Band at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California, on May 19, 2023.
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Starr speaks onstage during the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on March 14, 2021.
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Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band perform in Los Angeles on Sept. 1, 2019.
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Starr at Buckingham Palace after receiving his Knighthood at an Investiture ceremony on March 20, 2018 in London.
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Starr performs at the Olympia venue in Paris on June 6, 2018.
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McCartney and Starr at a special screening of the film “The Beatles Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years” in London on Sept. 15, 2016.
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Starr poses in front of an exhibition of his own photographs to promote his book, “Photograph”, at the National Portrait Gallery in London on Sept. 9, 2015. The book gives an insight into Starr’s life through rare and previously unseen photographs taken by the musician that document his childhood, The Beatles and his travels.
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Starr performs during “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles” on Jan. 27, 2014 in Los Angeles.
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A photograph taken on March 9, 2022 shows an aerial view of a mural depicting former Beatles member Ringo Starr and painted by Liverpool artist John Culshaw, on the facade wall of The Empress Pub in Toxteth, Liverpool, north west England. The mural has been painted close to places connected with the former Beatles including his birthplace and childhood home.
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