Born:July 7,1940 Birthplace:Liverpool,England Given Name: Richard Starkey Band before the Beatles:Rory Storm and the Hurricanes Marriages: 2 Barbara and Mareen what he plays: drums thinks hes said: they were going to cut me finger off,end to it!,yeah a bloodly book Hits with the Beatles: Yellow Sub. and Octopus' Garden and many others!! Even though his childhood was happy, he missed a lot of school because of being in the hospital. He love music and started to play the drums. His first band was Raving Texan and later became Rory Strom and the Hurricanes This is when people started to call him Ringo cause of his several rings he wore. Later on, Ringo would join a new group, The Beatles. People say Ringo mad the Beatles cause they became big just after he joined. Ringo is the youngest nad oldest Beatle. Oldest in age and last to join the band. "I started to be an engineer but I banged me thumb on the first day. I became a drummer because it was the only thing I could do. But whenever I hear another drummer I know I'm no good. John learned me the song I sing." "I can only play on the off beat because John can't keep up on the rhythm guitar. I'm no good on the technical things but I'm good with all the motions, swinging my head, like. That's because I love to dance but you can't do that on the drums." Press: Are you a mod or a rocker? Ringo: I'm a mocker. Press: Beethoven figures in one of your songs. What do you think of Beethoven? Ringo: I love him. Especially his poems.