Though The Beatles had gone their separate ways, Ringo Starr seemed to be having a good time in the early ’70s. For Beaucoup of Blues (1970), Ringo flew to Nashville and cut an album with session pros ...

Ringo Starr’s “Back Off Boogaloo” was inspired by a 1970s rock star who was close friends with Ringo. Contrary to rumor, the 1970s rock star in question did not co-write the song. The tune was Ringo’s ...

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“People knew him as a great musician, a songwriter, a guitarist. But he was also a poet, and he was very proud of that,” Starr said of bandleader Marc Bolan, who died in 1977 at the age of 29. “He was ...

Ringo Starr tells a story about how he almost ended up in Houston. He was known as Richard Starkey then, a teenager enchanted by a recording he heard by Lightnin' Hopkins. According to venerable ...

The complex and revolutionary music and lyrics of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, the glam rock powerhouse behind “Bang a Gong (Get it On)” and other iconic songs. Featuring archival performances and ...