Full Name: Richard Starkey MBE

Date Of Birth: 07/07/1940

Birthplace:  Liverpool, England

Height:  5' 8''

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Main Instruments:  Drums, percussion

Beatles Career:  The Beatles have amassed 17 UK Number 1 singles and 17 UK Number 1 albums to date.  Ringo didn't feature heavily in The Beatles songwriting process.  He received only partial songwriting credits on some album tracks.  'Octopus's Garden' was his only solo song-writing credit.  He sang on a few songs also 'Yellow Submarine' and 'A Little Help From My Friends' being the most notable.  Ringo built a reputation of being a very consistent and talented percussionist.  He was a very important and vastly underrated member of The Beatles. 

Post Beatles Career:  Ringo reached number 2 of the UK Singles chart with 'Back Off Boogaloo' in 1972.  He had 4 UK top 10 hits.  Notably, Ringo reached Number 1 of the US Singles chart on two occasions with 'Photograph' (Oct 1973) and 'You're Sixteen' (Feb 1974).  Not bad for a drummer!  He later appeared as the narrator of children's television program 'Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'.

Personal Life:  Ringo married Maureen Cox on 11/02/1965.  They had three children together; Zak (born 13/09/1965), Jason (born 19/08/1967) and Lee Parkin (born 11/11/1970). Ringo and Maureen divorced in 1975 but remained friends up until she lost her battle with cancer on 30/12/1994.  In 1977 Ringo began dating actress Barbara Bach, who starred in the Bond movie 'The Spy Who Loved Me'. Barbara and Ringo married on 27/04/1981.  George and Paul were present at the wedding.  Ringo successfully battled alcoholism throughout the 1980's and 1990's.  Barbara and Ringo are still together to this present day.

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Quotes:

"I don't mind talking or smiling, it's just I don't do it very much.  I haven't got a smiling face or a talking mouth." - 1963

"Ringo kept sitting in with the band, and every time Ringo sat in with the band it just felt like this was it." - George Harrison, 1995

"I'd like to end up sort of unforgettable." - 1963

"Anytime you spell Beatle with and 'a' in it, we get some money." - 1964