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While there, he showed an aptitude for art and drama as well as practical subjects including mechanics. Later, Starr attended Dingle Vale Secondary Modern School, leaving in 1955. Earlier, Starr attended St Silas, a Church of England primary school in High Park Street, close to his home in Admiral Grove singer Billy Fury attended the school at the same time.
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The periods of hospitalisation left him behind scholastically, and as a result he was ineligible to attend grammar school or even sit its Eleven plus qualifying examination. After this extended hospital visit he did not return to school. At thirteen, he developed chronic pleurisy and was admitted to a sanatorium for two years. When aged six, he had appendicitis, which developed complications, causing him to fall into a coma. He was afflicted by illness for much of his early years.
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Starr attended an Evangelical Anglican church during his childhood. Starr's family moved when he was three years old to a smaller home at 10 Admiral Grove. Starr's parents split up when he was three years old, and his mother subsequently married Harry Graves, who encouraged his interest in music. His paternal grandfather was born with the surname " Parkin", and later adopted his stepfather's surname, "Starkey". Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey at 9 Madryn Street, Dingle, Liverpool, England, the son of Elsie (née Gleave) and Richard Starkey, a confectioner. He currently tours with the All-Starr Band, making stops in such cities as New York and Boston.
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He has also been featured in a number of TV documentaries, hosted TV shows, and narrated the first two series of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. After The Beatles' break-up in 1970, Starr achieved solo musical success with several singles and albums, and recorded with each of his fellow ex-Beatles as they too developed their post-Beatle musical careers. Starr is the most documented and critically acclaimed actor-Beatle, playing a central role in several Beatles films, and appearing in numerous other movies, both during and after his career with The Beatles.
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Drummer Steve Smith said that Starr's popularity "brought forth a new paradigm" where "we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect" and that Starr "composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs". Starr described himself as "your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills", technically limited by being a left-handed person playing a right-handed kit. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, " With a Little Help from My Friends", " Yellow Submarine", and The Beatles version of " Act Naturally"), as co-writer with the song " What Goes On" and primary writer with " Don't Pass Me By" and " Octopus's Garden".Īs drummer for The Beatles, Starr was musically creative, and his contribution to the band's music has received high praise from notable drummers in more recent times. He became The Beatles' drummer in August 1962, taking over from Pete Best. When the band formed in 1960, Starr belonged to another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles.