Posted on 04/19/2015 1:00:22 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Forever a Beatle, Starr will enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist on Saturday, inducted along with an eclectic class of musicians.
Starr, who was previously enshrined with the Beatles in 1988, will be honored along with pop punks Green Day, soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers, underground-rock icon Lou Reed, bluesy guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The "5" Royales.
When the Beatles split at the height of their fame, Starr decided to take a shot at being a frontman and surprisingly flourished with a string of radio hits, including "It Don't Come Easy," "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen," singles that earned him new-found respect and popularity.
He wasn't the artistic one, but Starr was the first of the "Fab Four" to have commercial success upon going solo.
Starr will be inducted by McCartney, who pushed for the drummer's enshrinement after learning Starr was the lone Beatle not to be honored for his individual music.
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“What’s wrong with Green Day?”
Ahem.......they suck? Unless you’re a junior high school girl.
Suck compared to who?
I'll always like Ringo's music, and Ringo.
It‘s just a place for rock and rollers to donate their old trousers.
I thought that Velvet Underground was in.
Checked it, VU was inducted in 1996.
Stevie Ray Vaughan left us way too soon.
What's your point?
Many/most top-of-the-line singers have songs written for them and do not write all their songs.
Ringo always seemed to be the most down to earth of the Beatles - good for him for overcoming personal demons and getting on with a successful life.
I guess you missed the point. Sorry.
George wrote It Don’t Come Easy but I think the songwriting credit says Ringo did. Youtube has a vid of George’s original demo of the song.
Great drummer, funny personality and not bad as a singer etc. He still flashes the peace sign around even these days. I do remember though when a young Lorne Michaels appeared on Sat. Night Live and offered the Beatles $3,000 or something to reunite (a spoof of a million dollar offer someone else made) and added “if you want to give less to Ringo, that’s up to you”. (Supposedly Paul was at the Dakota with John and saw it and they jokingly considered going down to 30 Rock...)
When a station was about to change to the miserable Air America progressive talk format they stunted with American Idiot and other songs
partial lyrics:
I’m not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along to the age of paranoia.
I did miss it.
It dawned on me later.
My response still applies.
When asked by an VH1 Storytellers’ audience member if anyone who voted for George W. Bush was an “American Idiot,” Billie Joe Armstrong replied: “No, just a misinformed idiot.”
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