I believe you are thinking of Charlie Watts.
Charlie Watts may have been able to do that as well, but what I understand is that Ringo had the ability to keep a steady beat and he had the ability to craft a beat that fit the song the Beatles were trying to sing.
I remember a story about when Ringo had enough and he quit the band, Paul and John spent months trying to woo him back before he decided to rejoin. To them, there was no Beatles without Ringo.