Richard "Ringo" Starkey (Liverpool 1940) will always be known as the drummer for The Beatles. With his distinctive style and infectious sense of humor Starr was important for the group. In some well-known Beatles songs took the vocals (Yellow Submarine, With A Little Help From My Friends). After the group broke up in 1970, Starr began a solo career. He scored early seventies a number of hits (including
… It Do not Come Easy and Photograph) but his career remained in the shadow of the other three ex-Beatles. Ringo's unique drumming was determined by the fact that he is left-handed drummer playing a drum set that was meant for right-handed people.more
