The Beatles Wiki  Ringo Starr  705pages on this wiki Ringo Starr
220px-Ringo Starr and a fan backstage in Hamburg, July 2011a
Ringo in 2011  Full Name     Years Active  Relation to Beatles
Richard Starkey  7 July, 1940 Liverpool, England  Musician,
Singer, Actor  Percussion, keyboards, guitar       Starr's
creative contribution to music has received praise from drummers
such as Phil Collins and Steve Smith, who commented: "Before
Ringo, drum stars were measured by their soloing ability and
virtuosity. Ringo's popularity brought forth a new paradigm ...
we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the
compositional aspect ... His parts are so signature to the songs
that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the
music and still identify the song."[1] In 2011, Rolling Stone
readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time.  The
rest of this article, except for the Trivia section, was taken
from Wikipedia as of 03:51 (UTC), October 13, 2013.  Early life:
1940–1956 Edit  Ri