Ringo Starr he enjoyed much musical success with The Beatles. The Fab Four changed popular music forever with their iconic albums and chart-topping singles. Ringo had an intimate relationship. with a drummer who wanted to take his place in The Beatles, but his solo career wasn’t as comfortable with the charts. Still, Ringo’s songs were very successful during his solo career.
Ringo Starr wrote two songs that appeared on Beatles albums.
Ringo was supremely talented on the drums but less musically inclined than his bandmates. Still, the other Beatles usually let Ringo sing at least one of his songs on every album.
The drummer wasn’t a great songwriter, but Ringo wrote two Beatles songs on your own. “Don’t Pass Me By” was featured on the white album. “Garden of the Octopus”, the song Ringo wants played at his funerallanded on Abbey Road. Neither made it to the charts.
She also sang on several notable Fab Four songs (“Act Naturally,” “What Goes On,” and “With a Little Help From My Friends”).
Although he admitted that he lacked songwriting skills, several Ringo songs charted during his solo career.
Ringo’s songs with best interpretation in the United States
Ringo’s solo songs didn’t come close to the success of The Beatles. That’s not surprising considering the Fab Four had 20 No. 1 singles and 34 top-10 hits. However, it placed 12 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States, including seven top 10 songs and a pair of No. 1 hits.
“Photograph” and “You’re Sixteen”, both from his self-titled third solo album from 1973, both went to No. 1. The former spent 16 weeks on the charts, reaching the top in November 1973. The latter lasted 15 weeks. and was ranked number one in January 1974.
Ringo’s other top-10 Billboard singles were:
- “No-No Song/Snookeroo” (No. 3 in 1975)
- “It Don’t Come Easy” (No. 4 in 1971, later appearing on Ringo)
- “Oh My My” (No. 5 in 1974)
- “Only You” (No. 6 in 1974)
- “Back Off Boogaloo” (which reached number 9 in 1972 when George Harrison made Ringo sound like a genius; later appeared in the Good evening Vienna album)
Ringo’s songs “Beaucoups Of Blues,” “It’s All Down to Goodnight Vienna/Oo-Wee,” “A Dose of Rock ‘N’ Roll,” and “Hey Baby” all landed on the Billboard charts in the 1970s. “Wrack My Brain” peaked at number 38 in 1981.
The drummer found less frequent but more recent success in the UK charts.
The drummer charted in the UK in 2008
Ringo never made it to the top of the charts in the UK like he did in the US, according to the official chart company. However, four Ringo songs made the top 10 there. Unlike in the US, he landed on the charts with subsequent solo efforts in the 1990s and 2000s.
“Back Off Boogaloo” peaked at No. 2 in 1972. “It Don’t Come Easy” and “You’re Sixteen” peaked at No. 4, and “Photograph” peaked at No. 8 in 1974. “Weight of the World” charted in England (at No. 28) in 1974.
Two little-known Ringo songs hit the charts later in his solo career, albeit briefly.
“Weight of the World”, the lead single from the comeback album time takes timepeaked at number 74 in 1992. The album flopped, but the suave Ringo joked about it.. His autobiographical “Liverpool 8” peaked at number 99 in 2008. That was the last time a Ringo Starr song charted.
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