Though the
least prominent member of the quartet, he distinguished
himself as an occasional singer of good-natured material
and as an actor.
Upon the group's
split, Starr went solo with two novelty projects: the
first, an album called Sentimental Journey, found
him covering pre-rock standards, and the second, Beacoups
of Blues, was a country music collection.
Starr then
scored Top Ten hits with two non-album singles, "It
Don't Come Easy" in 1971 and "Back off Boogaloo"
in 1972.
In 1973 he
paired with producer Richard Perry and, with assistance
from the three other ex-Beatles, made Ringo, which
featured two #1 hits, "Photograph" and "You're
Sixteen". "Oh My My", a Top Ten hit, was also
included. Almost as successful was the 1974 follow-up,
Goodnight Vienna, which featured the hits "Only
You" and "No No Song".
Starr continued
to release albums through 1981, though with diminishing
success. His 1983 album Old Wave did not find a
U.S. distributor.
Starr was also
suffering from the excesses of his lifestyle, but by the
late '80s he had cleaned up, and in 1989 he toured with
his "All-Starr Band." In 1992, he signed to Private Music
and released a new studio album, Time Takes Time.
Vertical
Man, his first album for Mercury, followed in 1998,
as did a disc culled from his performance on the VH1 Storytellers
series.
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