Ringo Starr was already a well-known drummer in Liverpool before The Beatles added him to the roster. But the fame he achieved in the Fab Four was a different beast. The notoriety led Ringo’s family to treat him differently, which he said was “quite a blow” to his ego. He ignored his family’s advice to pursue music as a full-time job. When Ringo achieved international superstardom because of it, he felt like an outsider among his relatives.
(l-r) Ringo Starr, Elsie Starkey, and Harry Graves | Max Scheler – K & K/Redferns Ringo Starr’s family gave ‘quite a blow’ to his ego when they treated him differently because of his fame
In the middle of 1962, Ringo was an ace timekeeper and a key member of Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, a well-known Liverpool band. By August of that year, he upgraded when The Beatles added him to the roster. By...
(l-r) Ringo Starr, Elsie Starkey, and Harry Graves | Max Scheler – K & K/Redferns Ringo Starr’s family gave ‘quite a blow’ to his ego when they treated him differently because of his fame
In the middle of 1962, Ringo was an ace timekeeper and a key member of Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, a well-known Liverpool band. By August of that year, he upgraded when The Beatles added him to the roster. By...
- 6/6/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When The Beatles rose to fame in the early 1960s, their parents’ lives changed forever. Not only were their sons suddenly able to provide for them but they were also thrust into the spotlight. Here’s how they handled the sudden and dramatic change in their lives.
The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Fred Lennon
John Lennon and his father, Fred Lennon, went nearly 20 years without any contact with one another after his parents separated. In 1964, Fred was working at a hotel when a coworker introduced him to The Beatles.
“One day the washing-up woman said to me, ‘If that’s not your son, Freddy, then I don’t know what.’ She said there was a boy in this group with the same name as me and the same sort of voice, though he didn’t sing as well as me,” Fred said, per the book The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies.
The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Fred Lennon
John Lennon and his father, Fred Lennon, went nearly 20 years without any contact with one another after his parents separated. In 1964, Fred was working at a hotel when a coworker introduced him to The Beatles.
“One day the washing-up woman said to me, ‘If that’s not your son, Freddy, then I don’t know what.’ She said there was a boy in this group with the same name as me and the same sort of voice, though he didn’t sing as well as me,” Fred said, per the book The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies.
- 3/16/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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