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Starr Family Home State Historic Site

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Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Starr Family Home State Historic Site
Phone:
+1 903-935-3044

Hours:
Sunday12pm - 4pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday10am - 4pm


Sir Richard Starkey , known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, usually for one song on an album, including With a Little Help from My Friends, Yellow Submarine, Good Night, and their cover of Act Naturally. He also wrote the Beatles' songs Don't Pass Me By and Octopus's Garden, and is credited as a co-writer of others, including What Goes On and Flying. Starr was afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during childhood, and he fell behind in school as a result of prolonged hospitalisations. He briefly held a position with British Rail before securing an apprenticeship at a Liverpool equipment manufacturer. Soon afterwards, he became interested in the UK skiffle craze and developed a fervent admiration for the genre. In 1957, he co-founded his first band, the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, which earned several prestigious local bookings before the fad succumbed to American rock and roll by early 1958. When the Beatles formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool group, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. After achieving moderate success in the UK and Hamburg, he quit the Hurricanes and joined the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best. Starr played key roles in the Beatles' films and appeared in numerous others. After the band's break-up in 1970, he released several successful singles including the US number-four hit It Don't Come Easy, and number ones Photograph and You're Sixteen. In 1972, he released his most successful UK single, Back Off Boogaloo, which peaked at number two. He achieved commercial and critical success with his 1973 album Ringo, which was a top-ten release in both the UK and the US. He has featured in a number of documentaries and hosted television shows. He also narrated the first two series of the children's television programme Thomas & Friends and portrayed Mr Conductor during the first season of the PBS children's television series Shining Time Station. Since 1989, he has toured with thirteen variations of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Starr's musicianship has received praise from other drummers, including Phil Collins and Journey's Steve Smith. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time. Starr, who was previously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988, was inducted for his solo career in 2015, making him one of 21 performers inducted more than once. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music.
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