He is also credited as a co-writer of " What Goes On" and " Flying", and as the sole author of " Don't Pass Me By" and " Octopus's Garden". He sang lead vocals for a song on most of the Beatles' studio albums, including " With a Little Help from My Friends", " Yellow Submarine" and their versions of " Act Naturally" and " Boys". Sir Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey 7 July 1940) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. On July 7, 2020, Joe Walsh performed the song as part of a virtual concert celebrating Ringo Starr's 80th birthday.Percussionist, also played keyboards and guitar On February 9, 2014, Ringo performed "Boys" as part of the finale on the CBS 50th-anniversary special of the Beatles' first Ed Sullivan Show appearance on February 9, 1964, and later performed it again, with the help of Green Day, for his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. The Beatles' version of the song is playable on The Beatles: Rock Band video game.
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Recorded on 23 August 1964, 'Boys' was the first track to be released on digital download and streaming platforms, one week prior to the full remastered album release on 9 September 2016. Best released his own version of the song in 1965.Ī live version of the song was included on the Beatles live album The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, first released in 1977, and re-released in 2016 as Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Coincidentally, Starr also sang the song for his solo spot with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and Cilla Black would sometimes join him on stage, sharing the microphone. "Boys" had always been the Beatles' "drummer" song during their Cavern days − Pete Best sang it at that time – and it was their main "drummer" song until 1964. We just sang it the way they'd sung it and never considered any implications." (Paul McCartney.
It was a Shirelles hit and they were girls singing it, but we never thought we should call it Girls, just because Ringo was a boy. It was a little embarrassing because it went, 'I'm talking about boys - yeah, yeah - boys'. McCartney also said: "Ringo always used to do a song in the show. I think that's one of the things about youth - you just don't give a shit. 'I talk about boys now!' Or it was a gay song. And it was great - though if you think about it, here's us doing a song and it was really a girls' song. Ringo would do 'Boys', which was a fan favourite with the crowd. In an October 2005 Rolling Stone interview, Paul McCartney stated: "Any one of us could hold the audience. The Beatles did not concern themselves about possible homosexual undertones that go with singing a song about boys, although they altered the gender pronouns employed on the Shirelles' version (e.g. The band also included another song by the Shirelles, " Baby It's You" on the album. February 11 was a marathon day for the Beatles, because they recorded 10 of the 14 tracks they needed for Please Please Me. This version bears many similarities to Ray Charles's hit " What'd I Say", particularly during the chorus verses. It is Ringo Starr's first recorded lead vocal with the Beatles and, as the fifth track on the Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, represents the first time many fans heard Starr singing a lead vocal. The Beatles' version was recorded at Abbey Road Studios on February 11, 1963, in a single take.