1991 reissue bonus tracks:
"It Don't Come Easy" (Starkey) – 3:02
"Early 1970" (Starkey) – 2:20
"Down and Out" (Starkey) – 3:04
Ringo Starr – lead vocals (all tracks), drums (all tracks), percussion (4)
George Harrison – electric guitar (1, 4, 10), acoustic guitar (3), backing vocals (3, 4)
Vini Poncia – acoustic guitar (3, 10), electric guitar (5), backing vocals (4, 6), percussion (8)
Jimmy Calvert – acoustic guitar (3, 7), electric guitar (5, 6, 9)
Robbie Robertson – electric guitar (4)
Steve Cropper – electric guitar (7)
Marc Bolan – guitar (2)
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar (all tracks)
Paul McCartney – "kazoo" vocal solo (5), piano (8), synthesizer (8), flute and string arrangements (8), backing vocals (8)
John Lennon – piano (1), backing vocals (1)
Billy Preston – organ (1, 6), piano (6)
James Booker – piano (2)
Nicky Hopkins – piano (3, 5, 10)
Tom Hensley – piano (9)
Garth Hudson – accordion (4)
Jim Keltner – drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
Milt Holland – percussion (2, 9), marimba (10)
Lon & Derrek Van Eaton – percussion (3)
Tom Scott – horns and arrangements (2, 6, 7, 9, 10)
Chuck Findley – horns (9)
Bobby Keys – saxophone (3)
Levon Helm – mandolin (4)
Rick Danko – fiddle (4)
David Bromberg – banjo (4), fiddle (4)
Harry Nilsson – backing vocals (5)
Martha Reeves – backing vocals (6)
Merry Clayton – backing vocals (6)
Linda McCartney – backing vocals (8)
Richard Perry – backing vocals (9)
Ringo is the third studio album by English musician Ringo Starr, released in 1973 on Apple Records. It peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the RPM national albums chart.
The album is noted for the participation of all four former Beatles, and for its numerous guest stars, something which would become a signature for Starr on many of his subsequent albums and tours.
Starr released the standards tribute Sentimental Journey and the country and western Beaucoups of Blues in 1970. He issued the singles “It Don’t Come Easy” and “Back Off Boogaloo” over 1971–72, both produced by and co-written with his former Beatles bandmate George Harrison. Both of these singles were big successes and would ordinarily have inspired albums to support them, but Starr declined to follow through, preferring to concentrate on acting during this period. In early 1973, Starr decided that the time was right to begin his first rock solo album. He had already used Richard Perry to arrange one of the tracks on Sentimental Journey, so he asked him to produce the sessions.
1 I’m The Greatest (John Lennon) 03:25
2 Have You Seen My Baby (Hold On) (Randy Newman) 03:46
3 Photograph (George Harrison; Ringo Starr) 03:59
4 Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) (George Harrison) 02:47
5 You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful And Your Mine) (Richard Sherman; Robert Sherman) 02:49
6 Oh My My (Ringo Starr; Vini Poncia) 04:19
7 Step Lightly (Ringo Starr) 03:18
8 Six O’Clock (Paul McCartney; Linda McCartney) 04:08
9 Devil Woman (Ringo Starr; Vini Poncia) 04:04
10 You And Me (Babe) (George Harrison; Mal Evans) 04:45Biography
Ringo Starr
1 I’m The Greatest
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Guitar - George Harrison
Organ - Billy Preston
Piano - John Lennon
Background Vocals - John Lennon
Vocals - Ringo Starr
2 Have You Seen My Baby (Hold On)
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Drums - Jim Keltner
Guitar - Marc Bolan
Piano - James Booker
Horns - Tom Scott
Percussion - Milt Holland
Vocals - Ringo Starr
3 Photograph
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Drums - Jim Keltner
Acoustic Guitar - Jimmy Calvert
Acoustic Guitar - Vini Poncia
12 String Guitar - George Harrison
Piano - Nicky Hopkins
Sax - Bobby Keys
Percussion - Derrek Van Eaton
Percussion - Lon Van Eaton
Background Vocals - George Harrison
Vocals - Ringo Starr
4 Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Guitar - George Harrison
Guitar - Robbie Robertson
Banjo - David Bromberg
Mandolin - Levon Helm
Accordion - Garth Hudson
Fiddle - Rick Danko
Fiddle - David Bromberg
Percussion - Ringo Starr
Background Vocals - George Harrison
Vocals - Ringo Starr
5 You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful And Your Mine)
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Drums - Jim Keltner
Guitar - Jimmy Calvert
Guitar - Vini Poncia
Piano - Nicky Hopkins
Background Vocals - Harry Nilsson
Mouth Sax Solo - Paul McCartney
Vocals - Ringo Starr
6 Oh My My
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Drums - Jim Keltner
Guitar - Jimmy Calvert
Organ - Billy Preston
Piano - Billy Preston
Sax - Tom Scott
Background Vocals - Martha Reeves
Background Vocals - Merry Clayton
Vocals - Ringo Starr
7 Step Lightly
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Guitar - Steve Cropper
Acoustic Guitar - Jimmy Calvert
Electric Piano - Nicky Hopkins
Vocals - Ringo Starr
8 Six O’Clock
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Acoustic Guitar - Vini Poncia
Piano - Paul McCartney
Synthesizer - Paul McCartney
Percussion - Vini Poncia
Background Vocals - Linda McCartney
Background Vocals - Paul McCartney
Vocals - Ringo Starr
9 Devil Woman
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Drums - Jim Keltner
Guitar - Jimmy Calvert
Piano - Tom Hensley
Horns - Chuck Findley
Horns - Tom Scott
Percussion - Milt Holland
Background Vocals - Klaus Voormann
Background Vocals - Richard Perry
Vocals - Ringo Starr
10 You And Me (Babe)
Bass - Klaus Voormann
Drums - Ringo Starr
Guitar - George Harrison
Acoustic Guitar - Vini Poncia
Electric Piano - Nicky Hopkins
Marimba - Milt Holland
Vocals - Ringo Starr
Producer – Richard Perry
Co-producer – George Harrison (Track 4)
Arranged By (Chorus, Orchestra) – Jack Nitzsche (Track 3)
Arranged By (Horns) – Tom Scott (Tracks 6, 9, 10)
Arranged By (Horns) – Jim Horn (Track 6)
Arranged By (Clarinets) – Tom Scott (Track 7)
Arranged By (Flutes, Strings) – Paul McCartney (Track 8)
Arranged By (Strings) – Jack Nitzsche (Track 10)
Coordinator – Alan Pariser
Mastered By – Doug Sax - Photography, Art Direction – Barry Feinstein
Designed At Camouflage Productions
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Recorded At Sunset Sound
Recorded At Apple Studios
Recorded At The Burbank Studios
Recorded At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Recorded At Producers Workshop
Recorded At EMI Studios
Remixed At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Remixed At Nova Sound Studios, London
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