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{{cquote|...to try to imagine the soul entering the womb of the woman living 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool 15: there were all the barrage balloons, and the Germans bombing Liverpool.|George Harrison, ''I Me Mine'', p.19-20|1980}} | {{cquote|...to try to imagine the soul entering the womb of the woman living 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool 15: there were all the barrage balloons, and the Germans bombing Liverpool.|George Harrison, ''I Me Mine'', p.19-20|1980}} | ||
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{{Cquote|I liked music since I can remember. I can remember ''One Meat Ball'', very early, ''Hong Kong Blues'', that's one of the first songs I can remember (I must have been about four) a real bluesy song. Those were happy times. I went out with my parents from when I was a baby and we went out a lot. I remember being at one place or another, dancing at the club or at old Mrs. Such and Such. I remember as a baby standing on a little leather stool, singing "One Meat Ball."|George Harrison, ''I Me Mine'', p.28|1980}} | {{Cquote|I liked music since I can remember. I can remember ''One Meat Ball'', very early, ''Hong Kong Blues'', that's one of the first songs I can remember (I must have been about four) a real bluesy song. Those were happy times. I went out with my parents from when I was a baby and we went out a lot. I remember being at one place or another, dancing at the club or at old Mrs. Such and Such. I remember as a baby standing on a little leather stool, singing "One Meat Ball."|George Harrison, ''I Me Mine'', p.28|1980}} | ||
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| Ringo Starr | |
 Ringo Starr, Ed Sullivan Show, 1964 |
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| Background information | |
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| Birth name | Richard Starkey |
| Also known as | Ringo Starr |
| Born | 7 July 1940 Liverpool, England, UK |
| Genres | Rock, pop, psychedelic rock, world |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter, actor |
| Instruments | Drums, vocals, percussion, keyboards, guitar |
| Years active | 1957–present |
| Labels | Parlophone, United Artists, Capitol, Apple, Swan, Vee-Jay, Tollie, Atlantic, RCA, Mercury, Koch, Private Music, Boardwalk, Rykodisc |
| Associated acts | The Beatles, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Plastic Ono Band |
| Website | RingoStarr.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Ludwig Super Classic Drumset Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl Drumset |
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| “ | ...to try to imagine the soul entering the womb of the woman living 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool 15: there were all the barrage balloons, and the Germans bombing Liverpool. | „ |
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—George Harrison, I Me Mine, p.19-20, 1980 |
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| “ | I liked music since I can remember. I can remember One Meat Ball, very early, Hong Kong Blues, that's one of the first songs I can remember (I must have been about four) a real bluesy song. Those were happy times. I went out with my parents from when I was a baby and we went out a lot. I remember being at one place or another, dancing at the club or at old Mrs. Such and Such. I remember as a baby standing on a little leather stool, singing "One Meat Ball." | „ |
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—George Harrison, I Me Mine, p.28, 1980 |
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| “ | It took from four o'clock to five to get home in the evening to the outskirts of the Speke estate and it was on that bus journey that I met Paul McCartney, because he, being in the same school, had the same uniform and was going the same way as I was so I started hanging out with him. His mother was a midwife and he had a trumpet. | „ |
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—George Harrison, I Me Mine, p.28, 1980 |
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