"I'm not the best drummer in the world" I'm just the drummer for the beatles... this is one of the most famous phrases said by Richard starkey better known in the world and in history as Ringo starr who was born on a day like today in dingle Liverpool England in the year 1940 from an early age he knew the shortcomings and the suffering since he suffered from many diseases such as pneumonia, peritonitis and was almost dead in a coma in a children's hospital for 10 weeks, abandoned by his father... it was his mother who He was in charge of giving him all the upbringing, that's why he is surnamed with his mother's surname Starkey.

At the age of adolescence, he had to look for a job very young to be able to support himself and help his family, he became a mechanic's assistant. assistant in the railway company and others but his dream was to be able to learn to play the drums from which he learned with a childhood friend while he was in the hospital, his first group was "Rory storm and the hurricanes"

At the age of 17 he began his career brilliantly playing the drums in some nightclubs and parties in Liverpool where he met George Harrison. By that time, Richard had earned a name in the local music scene and was nicknamed Ringo. exaggeratedly wearing rings on all fingers and the starr thing is a combination between shrinking his last name starkey and feeling like the star at the time of his drum solos or the star moment of the night.                     

and it was precisely from the hand of George Harrison from whom fame and fortune would come, the opportunity of his life that today makes him the richest drummer in the world because in 1962 he becomes the replacement for pete best the drummer of the beatles who They were already in the process of releasing their first single as a band prior to their first album PLEASE PLEASEME in 1963 and in which a song is sung by Ringo himself while the song "boys" plays the drums.

The perfect musician, quiet, funny and witty from time to time, although he was the shortest of the group and his facial features were not very graceful, he had the reputation of being a great conqueror of girls. The time with the beatles was a world of experiments and experiences without a doubt since 1962 and in the final years he left the band on 2 occasions due to fights with john lennon and mc cartney they were days of great tension and the environment was no longer the most ideal to work and live together.

His solo discography dates back to 1970 after the breakup of the beatles.."SENTIMENTAL JOURNEYS" is the first...in 1970. it is followed by "beacoups of blues" and "ringo"1973 other greats are "bad boy" and "old wave"...in his personal life he has married twice currently his wife is still Barbara Bach since 1981 who was an actress and before mind in the beatle era married his girlfriend since adolescence Maureen Cox

starr as the man as the human frequently gets involved with charitable causes as well as expresses his political, social and human position since he was very young he has received tributes and decorations in his country from British royalty, he has been invited to royal weddings and supported decisions Policies for the benefit of England in his opinion. Today he is still active collaborating with other great musicians, for example his former partner and surviving Beatle Paul McCartney, Ringo is a great-grandfather and is considered the richest drummer in the world.