![]() To entertain the idea of leaving the band, but he had the most difficult ride after the demise of The Beatles. So when devastated fans condemn-ed Paul for breaking up the group, he told a newspaper: “Ringo left first, then George, then John. George Harrison was next to briefly quit the band the following January, and in the September John, too, told the others he wanted out. When he returned to Abbey Road, his bandmates, John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, had decorated the entire studio, including Ringo’s drum kit, with flowers.īut the peace and harmony were short-lived. He returned to the studio after receiving a telegram telling him: “You’re the best rock ’n’ roll drummer in the world. Ringo’s walkout was hushed up and lasted just a month. Ringo Starr on £200m Beatles reunion that was ruined by a 18ft Great White shark The pair starred together in black comedy, The Magic Christian, which was released in 1969. Ringo went to Sardinia, where he borrowed a yacht from his friend, actor Peter Sellers. “One night he couldn’t stand it any longer, got fed up and left.” Producer Ron Richards recalled: “He used to sit there for hours waiting for the others to turn up. Ringo had been the first to leave the band, walking out when they were recording The White Album in 1968. “It got progressively worse, and the blackouts got worse, and I didn’t know where I’d been, what I’d done.” “I played Washington with the Beach Boys, or so they tell me. He said: “I’ve got photographs of me playing all over the world, but I’ve absolutely no memory of it. His solo career never took off and he turned to booze and cocaine to beat boredom and depression.īy the mid-1980s he was downing a bottle of Mumm champagne for breakfast and getting through 16 bottles of wine a day. Ringo Starr's rise to fame battling illness and poverty as The Beatles drummer turns 80 ![]()
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