In the 1970s, Pattie Boyd lived the unique experience of having two rock stars, George Harrison and Eric Clapton, fight over her. She married Harrison in 1966 and soon, Clapton began expressing interest in her. According to her, the two men were emotionally immature. They dealt with the complicated situation in the only way they knew: by having a guitar battle.
Pattie Boyd said George Harrison and Eric Clapton were immature
By the time The Beatles broke up, Boyd and Harrison’s relationship had reached a rough patch. He treated her coldly and was far more interested in his spiritual development than in their marriage.
“My diary is full of entries about my unhappiness and the disintegration of our relationship,” she wrote in her book Wonderful Tonight. “On July 24 it simply says, ‘Silence reigns and my cheeks get wet.’ I felt so helpless.”
Pattie Boyd and George Harrison | Afp via Getty Images
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Pattie Boyd said George Harrison and Eric Clapton were immature
By the time The Beatles broke up, Boyd and Harrison’s relationship had reached a rough patch. He treated her coldly and was far more interested in his spiritual development than in their marriage.
“My diary is full of entries about my unhappiness and the disintegration of our relationship,” she wrote in her book Wonderful Tonight. “On July 24 it simply says, ‘Silence reigns and my cheeks get wet.’ I felt so helpless.”
Pattie Boyd and George Harrison | Afp via Getty Images
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- 3/24/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When The Beatles traveled to India in 1968, Ringo Starr made sure to pack a lot of food. Starr has a multitude of food allergies that limit his diet. He worried about having his food choices out of his control while training with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. As a result, he packed an entire suitcase full of beans.
Ringo Starr brought a full suitcase full of this food when The Beatles went to India
The Beatles attended a seminar on transcendental meditation in 1967. They decided to further their education in 1968 with a trip to visit the Maharishi in India. George Harrison had the greatest interest in meditation, but his bandmates all joined him. Harrison took note of Starr’s packing choices.
“John came, and Paul came after him, and then Richard [Ringo] followed with fifteen Sherpas carrying Heinz baked beans,” Harrison said in The Beatles Anthology. “There was also the world...
Ringo Starr brought a full suitcase full of this food when The Beatles went to India
The Beatles attended a seminar on transcendental meditation in 1967. They decided to further their education in 1968 with a trip to visit the Maharishi in India. George Harrison had the greatest interest in meditation, but his bandmates all joined him. Harrison took note of Starr’s packing choices.
“John came, and Paul came after him, and then Richard [Ringo] followed with fifteen Sherpas carrying Heinz baked beans,” Harrison said in The Beatles Anthology. “There was also the world...
- 3/15/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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The U.S. Albums is one of the most celebrated releases for fans of The Beatles, with the box set containing remastered versions of all 13 American albums released by the Fab Four between 1964 and 1970. Now, a surprise Amazon deal has the limited-edition box set back in stock and on sale for 50% off. Listed at a price of $199.99, you can get The U.S. Albums on Amazon right now...
The U.S. Albums is one of the most celebrated releases for fans of The Beatles, with the box set containing remastered versions of all 13 American albums released by the Fab Four between 1964 and 1970. Now, a surprise Amazon deal has the limited-edition box set back in stock and on sale for 50% off. Listed at a price of $199.99, you can get The U.S. Albums on Amazon right now...
- 2/26/2024
- by Tim Chan
- Rollingstone.com
John Lennon’s first wife, Cynthia, was likely more familiar with the musician’s caustic side than most. The couple did not separate on good terms, and Cynthia dealt with his coldness and infidelity throughout their marriage. After their divorce, Cynthia learned that musician Terri Hooley punched Lennon. She told Hooley he should have hit him harder.
Cynthia Lennon joked that musician Terri Hooley should have punched John Lennon harder
In 1970, Hooley met Lennon in London. They were looking for radio equipment, but Lennon, incorrectly believing they were members of the Ira, offered to give them weapons.
“Me and a few friends had just set up a pirate radio station in the Craigantlet Hills and were in London to get equipment for it when I met Lennon,” Hooley told the Belfast Telegraph. “I can clearly remember that one of Lennon’s friends brought us to a garage and showed us...
Cynthia Lennon joked that musician Terri Hooley should have punched John Lennon harder
In 1970, Hooley met Lennon in London. They were looking for radio equipment, but Lennon, incorrectly believing they were members of the Ira, offered to give them weapons.
“Me and a few friends had just set up a pirate radio station in the Craigantlet Hills and were in London to get equipment for it when I met Lennon,” Hooley told the Belfast Telegraph. “I can clearly remember that one of Lennon’s friends brought us to a garage and showed us...
- 1/10/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Paul McCartney began a relationship with Linda McCartney, all three other Beatles were married. Once people learned about their relationship, Linda began dealing with Beatles fans just as the other Beatles’ wives had. Fans gathered outside of McCartney’s London home every day and shouted at Linda when she walked past. Once, McCartney felt fans had gone too far. When he scolded them, though, they were completely unapologetic.
Paul McCartney was not happy to hear of how fans treated Linda McCartney
When McCartney began dating Linda, his most dedicated fans turned their ire on her. Fans waited outside his home and shouted at her. They left hateful graffiti on the fence and, on one occasion, threw dessert at her.
Linda returned to the house, and when she walked past the fans, someone threw a frozen chocolate dessert at her. Shortly afterward, McCartney came out of the house.
Paul and...
Paul McCartney was not happy to hear of how fans treated Linda McCartney
When McCartney began dating Linda, his most dedicated fans turned their ire on her. Fans waited outside his home and shouted at her. They left hateful graffiti on the fence and, on one occasion, threw dessert at her.
Linda returned to the house, and when she walked past the fans, someone threw a frozen chocolate dessert at her. Shortly afterward, McCartney came out of the house.
Paul and...
- 11/20/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In the early 1960s, Paul McCartney began dating Iris Caldwell, a former girlfriend of George Harrison. Harrison had dated Caldwell briefly as a young teenager, so her relationship with McCartney was more mature and serious. Still, the couple fought often and broke up regularly. Every time they split, Caldwell could count on Harrison to come knocking on her door to ask her out.
George Harrison was interested in Paul McCartney’s girlfriend
In the two years McCartney and Caldwell dated, they got into many arguments. She found his desire to always be the center of attention exhausting, particularly because he often followed John Lennon’s lead.
“One night we’d gone to this coffee bar in Birkenhead called The Cubic Club because everything was cube-shaped — the tables, the seats,” Caldwell said, per the book Paul McCartney: The Life by Philip Norman. “Paul’s showing-off got on my nerves so much...
George Harrison was interested in Paul McCartney’s girlfriend
In the two years McCartney and Caldwell dated, they got into many arguments. She found his desire to always be the center of attention exhausting, particularly because he often followed John Lennon’s lead.
“One night we’d gone to this coffee bar in Birkenhead called The Cubic Club because everything was cube-shaped — the tables, the seats,” Caldwell said, per the book Paul McCartney: The Life by Philip Norman. “Paul’s showing-off got on my nerves so much...
- 11/10/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In the 1960s, Mick Jagger moved in several doors down from The Beatles’ Ringo Starr. Jagger and Starr were members of two of the biggest bands of the era. Naturally, both of their presences drew fans. This became a problem for Jagger. When he and his girlfriend were leaving the house, a fan of Starr’s rushed forward and attacked.
Ringo Starr’s fans caused problems for Mick Jagger and his girlfriend
In the mid-1960s, Rolling Stones fans discovered that Jagger and Keith Richards were living together in Hampstead, an area in London. The constant presence of fans and the long-term relationships of both Jagger and Richards led them to decide it was time to move.
After bouncing around for a while, Jagger moved into the home of composer Lionel Bart. He moved in with his girlfriend, Chrissie Shrimpton.
Though Jagger had moved to avoid the hoards of fans gathered outside his Hampstead home,...
Ringo Starr’s fans caused problems for Mick Jagger and his girlfriend
In the mid-1960s, Rolling Stones fans discovered that Jagger and Keith Richards were living together in Hampstead, an area in London. The constant presence of fans and the long-term relationships of both Jagger and Richards led them to decide it was time to move.
After bouncing around for a while, Jagger moved into the home of composer Lionel Bart. He moved in with his girlfriend, Chrissie Shrimpton.
Though Jagger had moved to avoid the hoards of fans gathered outside his Hampstead home,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Rolling Stones were another massively popular band to come out of England in the 1960s, so The Beatles’ John Lennon spent a good deal of time around them. While he liked the band members, he had some problems with their music. He believed they were, in some ways, knock-offs of The Beatles. He didn’t think their music was strong enough to survive the fan reaction to Mick Jagger’s wedding.
John Lennon thought The Rolling Stones’ success relied on Mick Jagger’s relationship status
Early in The Beatles’ career, Lennon married his girlfriend Cynthia. For a while, he kept the relationship quiet because of the concern that fans would turn on the band if they found out Lennon was taken. Ultimately, though, the news leaked out, and The Beatles didn’t suffer a hit to their popularity.
“I don’t think the two of us being married has...
John Lennon thought The Rolling Stones’ success relied on Mick Jagger’s relationship status
Early in The Beatles’ career, Lennon married his girlfriend Cynthia. For a while, he kept the relationship quiet because of the concern that fans would turn on the band if they found out Lennon was taken. Ultimately, though, the news leaked out, and The Beatles didn’t suffer a hit to their popularity.
“I don’t think the two of us being married has...
- 10/3/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon was the first Beatle to get married, but that didn’t stop him from pursuing other women, including, to a certain extent, Pattie Boyd. Boyd married Lennon’s bandmate, George Harrison, in 1966, but they began dating in 1964. As a result, Lennon knew her for years. In this time, he reportedly harbored a crush on Boyd. According to Lennon’s longtime friend, Pete Shotton, Lennon didn’t always do a good job of hiding this.
John Lennon had a crush on Pattie Boyd
Long before he met Boyd, Lennon developed a crush on Brigitte Bardot. She became his ideal type, and he encouraged his wife, Cynthia, to change her appearance to look more like Bardot.
“Of course, as a teenager, my sexual fantasies were full of Anita Ekberg and the usual giant Nordic goddesses,” Lennon said in The Beatles Anthology. “That is, until Brigitte Bardot became the love of...
John Lennon had a crush on Pattie Boyd
Long before he met Boyd, Lennon developed a crush on Brigitte Bardot. She became his ideal type, and he encouraged his wife, Cynthia, to change her appearance to look more like Bardot.
“Of course, as a teenager, my sexual fantasies were full of Anita Ekberg and the usual giant Nordic goddesses,” Lennon said in The Beatles Anthology. “That is, until Brigitte Bardot became the love of...
- 7/23/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Beatles merchandise was everywhere in the 1960s. Fans could buy pins, record racks, mop-top wigs, magnetic hair decorating games, and even locks of the Fab Four’s hair. The band’s first recording is one of the most valuable albums around, but one rare Beatles record (or at least one associated with the Fab Four) trumps it, and we might never see the one-of-a-kind item ever again.
Frank Sinatra’s song for Ringo Starr’s wife might be the rarest Beatles record ever
The Beatles climbed to the top in England before their popularity exploded in the United States in 1964. Older entertainers weren’t ready to get off the stage, though.
Multi-talented singer and actor Kenny Lynch called Paul McCartney and John Lennon idiots. What was the offense? They just couldn’t figure out how to finish a song. He must have realized they were the wave of the future...
Frank Sinatra’s song for Ringo Starr’s wife might be the rarest Beatles record ever
The Beatles climbed to the top in England before their popularity exploded in the United States in 1964. Older entertainers weren’t ready to get off the stage, though.
Multi-talented singer and actor Kenny Lynch called Paul McCartney and John Lennon idiots. What was the offense? They just couldn’t figure out how to finish a song. He must have realized they were the wave of the future...
- 6/19/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr and his eldest son, Zak Starkey, had a complicated relationship during Starkey’s upbringing. They fought often, and Starkey, who is also a drummer, resented being compared to his father. Their relationship has greatly improved over the years. It likely helped, at least in part, to see how similar they were, which Starkey proved with his marriage. Starr was so surprised to hear this that he nearly fainted.
Zak Starkey and Ringo Starr | David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Ringo Starr had a complicated relationship with his son
Starr and Starkey frequently clashed over the years. Their relationship was rocky enough that Starkey flew into a rage when he heard The Beatles playing at a bar. Eventually, Starr kicked Starkey out of his house.
Maureen Starkey, Zak Starkey, and Ringo Starr | Keystone-france/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
“Oh, the usual, parent-child rows,” Starr said, per The Beatle: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies.
Zak Starkey and Ringo Starr | David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Ringo Starr had a complicated relationship with his son
Starr and Starkey frequently clashed over the years. Their relationship was rocky enough that Starkey flew into a rage when he heard The Beatles playing at a bar. Eventually, Starr kicked Starkey out of his house.
Maureen Starkey, Zak Starkey, and Ringo Starr | Keystone-france/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
“Oh, the usual, parent-child rows,” Starr said, per The Beatle: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies.
- 3/9/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles worked together to make some of the most enduring music of the twentieth century, but they didn’t do that without some fights along the way. The band met as young teenagers and spent most of their time together; arguments were bound to happen. There is, of course, the long-running feud between Paul McCartney and John Lennon and the court case after the band broke up. Some of their lesser-known fights were just as explosive, though. Somewhat surprisingly, George Harrison was at the center of many of them.
The Beatles | Bettmann/Contributor via Getty When Paul McCartney and Stuart Sutcliffe came to blows onstage
Before The Beatles were famous, they played in German nightclubs and had five members. Their one-time guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe was often the butt of the band’s jokes, and he frequently clashed with McCartney. During a concert, something McCartney said about Sutcliffe’s girlfriend led to a fistfight.
The Beatles | Bettmann/Contributor via Getty When Paul McCartney and Stuart Sutcliffe came to blows onstage
Before The Beatles were famous, they played in German nightclubs and had five members. Their one-time guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe was often the butt of the band’s jokes, and he frequently clashed with McCartney. During a concert, something McCartney said about Sutcliffe’s girlfriend led to a fistfight.
- 3/1/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Each of The Beatles was married at least twice, and their ex-wives remained a part of their lives over the years. After their divorces, though, each of these women went on to build a life outside of their famous ex-husbands. Here’s what Cynthia Lennon, Maureen Starkey, Pattie Boyd, and Heather Mills did after their divorces, and where they are now.
Maureen Starkey, Cynthia Lennon, and Pattie Boyd | Daily Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images Cynthia Lennon
John Lennon was the first of The Beatles to get married when he wed Cynthia Powell, his classmate at the Liverpool College of Art. She met Lennon in the late 1950s, when they were both enrolled in the school, and they began a relationship. They married in 1962, after Cynthia discovered she was pregnant.
In 1968, the couple divorced after Cynthia learned about Lennon’s affairs, including one with Yoko Ono. Their split was acrimonious; he...
Maureen Starkey, Cynthia Lennon, and Pattie Boyd | Daily Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images Cynthia Lennon
John Lennon was the first of The Beatles to get married when he wed Cynthia Powell, his classmate at the Liverpool College of Art. She met Lennon in the late 1950s, when they were both enrolled in the school, and they began a relationship. They married in 1962, after Cynthia discovered she was pregnant.
In 1968, the couple divorced after Cynthia learned about Lennon’s affairs, including one with Yoko Ono. Their split was acrimonious; he...
- 2/28/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr became known as the funny Beatle, but his first wife, Maureen Starkey, saw a much more vulnerable side to the drummer. The couple married in the midst of Beatlemania and remained together until 1975. In this time, Starkey said that her husband frequently asked for reassurance about their relationship. Still, she said Starr was mostly laid back and pleasant to be around.
Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey | Bettman/Contributor via Getty Ringo Starr met his 1st wife when she was a Beatles fan
Starkey lived many Beatles fans’ dreams when she went from a follower of the band to Starr’s wife. She first kissed Paul McCartney on a dare when he was leaving a concert, but she waited around to kiss Starr as well. He was her favorite Beatle.
Several weeks later, Starr asked her to dance, and their relationship began. She was cautious to keep their romance quiet,...
Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey | Bettman/Contributor via Getty Ringo Starr met his 1st wife when she was a Beatles fan
Starkey lived many Beatles fans’ dreams when she went from a follower of the band to Starr’s wife. She first kissed Paul McCartney on a dare when he was leaving a concert, but she waited around to kiss Starr as well. He was her favorite Beatle.
Several weeks later, Starr asked her to dance, and their relationship began. She was cautious to keep their romance quiet,...
- 2/25/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr’s son was banned from his local pub after they committed what was, in his eyes, an unforgivable sin. The offense? Playing a song by his father’s former band. Zak Starkey had a tenuous relationship with his father and detested comparisons drawn between the two of them. Surprisingly, all this proved was that Starkey was more like Starr than he might have thought.
Zak Starkey and Ringo Starr | David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Ringo Starr’s son didn’t like when people compared him to his father
Like his father, Starkey is a drummer. These days, he appreciates comparisons to Starr, who he described as the greatest living drummer. In his youth, though, he prickled against the constant comparisons and blamed Starr for them.
Zak Starkey | Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
“He would be mentioned in a newspaper as ‘Zak Starr, son of Ringo Starr’ and he would get furious,...
Zak Starkey and Ringo Starr | David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Ringo Starr’s son didn’t like when people compared him to his father
Like his father, Starkey is a drummer. These days, he appreciates comparisons to Starr, who he described as the greatest living drummer. In his youth, though, he prickled against the constant comparisons and blamed Starr for them.
Zak Starkey | Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
“He would be mentioned in a newspaper as ‘Zak Starr, son of Ringo Starr’ and he would get furious,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr’s son, Zak Starkey, followed in his footsteps and became a drummer. He’s played with several bands, including Oasis and The Who, and he now says he considers his father one of the greatest drummers of all time. He didn’t always feel this way, though. Starkey once said that while he appreciated Starr’s timekeeping skills, he didn’t think he was actually that talented of a musician.
Zak Starkey and Ringo Starr | David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Ringo Starr’s son is a drummer
Starkey became a drummer like his father, though he said one of his biggest influences was one of Starr’s friends.
“Keith Moon was my first big influence, definitely,” he told Modern Drummer in 2007. “I wanted to play the drums because of Keith. When I was very young there was music all around me in my parents’ house. You...
Zak Starkey and Ringo Starr | David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Ringo Starr’s son is a drummer
Starkey became a drummer like his father, though he said one of his biggest influences was one of Starr’s friends.
“Keith Moon was my first big influence, definitely,” he told Modern Drummer in 2007. “I wanted to play the drums because of Keith. When I was very young there was music all around me in my parents’ house. You...
- 2/18/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr’s son, Zak Starkey, followed in his footsteps, becoming a drummer and playing for bands like Oasis and The Who. While it seems that drumming runs in the family, Starkey said he didn’t learn much from his father. Starr offered to help him play the drums, but he gave his son one lesson. He said he wanted to play the instrument because of a different drummer.
Maureen Starkey, Zak Starkey, and Ringo Starr | Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images Ringo Starr’s son Zak said he didn’t like being related to a Beatle at first
Starkey said that when he was growing up, his father was often absent. Starkey resented him for this.
Zak Starkey | John Atashian/Getty Images
“To be perfectly honest, being Ringo’s son is the biggest drag in my life,” he said as a teenager, per the book Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr.
Maureen Starkey, Zak Starkey, and Ringo Starr | Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images Ringo Starr’s son Zak said he didn’t like being related to a Beatle at first
Starkey said that when he was growing up, his father was often absent. Starkey resented him for this.
Zak Starkey | John Atashian/Getty Images
“To be perfectly honest, being Ringo’s son is the biggest drag in my life,” he said as a teenager, per the book Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr.
- 2/16/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Even if all four members of the Beatles weren’t married by 1965, Ringo Starr didn’t think his first marriage would impact the rock band — or “bother” the other musicians. Here’s what we know about the drummer’s first wife, Mo Starkey.
What is Ringo Starr’s first wife’s name — and when were they married? Ringo Starr of the Beatles with his wife Maureen Cox during their honeymoon | Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Aside from being in the Fab Four with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, the Beatles’ Ringo Starr began a relationship with hairdresser Mo Starkey. They met at one of the band’s early gigs, where she asked for an autograph.
After finding out that she was pregnant in late January 1965, 18-year-old Mo Starkey (then Maureen Tigrett), married Starr in London on Feb. 11, 1965.
Ringo Starr wasn’t the first Beatles member to get married.
What is Ringo Starr’s first wife’s name — and when were they married? Ringo Starr of the Beatles with his wife Maureen Cox during their honeymoon | Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Aside from being in the Fab Four with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, the Beatles’ Ringo Starr began a relationship with hairdresser Mo Starkey. They met at one of the band’s early gigs, where she asked for an autograph.
After finding out that she was pregnant in late January 1965, 18-year-old Mo Starkey (then Maureen Tigrett), married Starr in London on Feb. 11, 1965.
Ringo Starr wasn’t the first Beatles member to get married.
- 2/11/2023
- by Julia Dzurillay
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles altered the musical landscape with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and not just with the music. Its kaleidoscopic color-bomb collage cover stood in stark contrast to many albums of the era. It was the first album the Fab Four released after they stopped touring and put a nail into the coffin of Beatlemania that John Lennon wanted to hammer for years. Sgt. Pepper’s cover included dozens of famous faces in addition to John, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. Ringo worked with two of them on notable projects outside of The Beatles.
Ringo Starr | Watford/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images The Beatles plastered several famous faces on the cover of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
Aside from The Beatles themselves, the Sgt. Pepper cover doesn’t include many musicians.
After getting high with Bob Dylan in 1964, the Fab Four included the folk...
Ringo Starr | Watford/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images The Beatles plastered several famous faces on the cover of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
Aside from The Beatles themselves, the Sgt. Pepper cover doesn’t include many musicians.
After getting high with Bob Dylan in 1964, the Fab Four included the folk...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr’s eldest son, Zak Starkey, followed in his father’s footsteps and became a drummer. Starkey said he admires his father’s talent and is happy to be his son. He didn’t always feel this way, though. Starkey said that as a child and teenager, he resented the fact that Starr was his father. He explained that Starr was rarely around, and he didn’t seem all that interested in his music career.
Zak Starkey and Ringo Starr | David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images The Beatles’ drummer has three children
Starr has three children from his marriage with his first wife, Maureen Starkey. The couple married in 1965 after realizing Starkey was pregnant. Zak Starkey was the couple’s first child, followed by another son Jason, in 1967, and a daughter, Lee, in 1970. Starr said he never felt that the chaos of his life with The Beatles meant he couldn’t have children.
Zak Starkey and Ringo Starr | David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images The Beatles’ drummer has three children
Starr has three children from his marriage with his first wife, Maureen Starkey. The couple married in 1965 after realizing Starkey was pregnant. Zak Starkey was the couple’s first child, followed by another son Jason, in 1967, and a daughter, Lee, in 1970. Starr said he never felt that the chaos of his life with The Beatles meant he couldn’t have children.
- 2/5/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
Ringo Starr had three children with his first wife.Ringo Starr once said he didn’t necessarily think of himself as a good father.Ringo Starr was the first Beatle to become a grandfather. Maureen Starkey, Jason Starkey, and Ringo Starr | Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Ringo Starr first became a father in 1965. He had two more children with his first wife, Maureen Starkey, and two step-children from his second marriage. Starr and his children have solid relationships now, but he said that he was often absent during their childhood. He admitted that he didn’t necessarily think of himself as a good father to his children.
Ringo Starr is the father of three children
In 1965, Starr married Starkey. She was a fan of The Beatles, and the pair decided to wed after she discovered she was pregnant with their first child, Zak. In 1967 they had their second child,...
Ringo Starr had three children with his first wife.Ringo Starr once said he didn’t necessarily think of himself as a good father.Ringo Starr was the first Beatle to become a grandfather. Maureen Starkey, Jason Starkey, and Ringo Starr | Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Ringo Starr first became a father in 1965. He had two more children with his first wife, Maureen Starkey, and two step-children from his second marriage. Starr and his children have solid relationships now, but he said that he was often absent during their childhood. He admitted that he didn’t necessarily think of himself as a good father to his children.
Ringo Starr is the father of three children
In 1965, Starr married Starkey. She was a fan of The Beatles, and the pair decided to wed after she discovered she was pregnant with their first child, Zak. In 1967 they had their second child,...
- 2/4/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr’s son grew up to be a drummer like him. According to him, though, the inspiration for his career path didn’t necessarily come from his famous father. Zak Starkey, Starr’s eldest son, said he spent more time with Keith Moon than his father. This led to a level of resentment that he held toward his father.
Maureen Starkey, Ringo Starr, and Zak Starkey | Keystone-france/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images The Beatles drummer was good friends with Keith Moon
One of Starr’s closest friends was another astronomically named drummer. Moon was a member of The Who, and though he once asked to join The Beatles, the two musicians became incredibly close.
“[Moon’s] interaction with Ringo was incredibly intimate,” Starr’s longtime girlfriend, Nancy Andrews, said, per the book Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr. “I’ve noticed over the years that drummers have a shorthand language,...
Maureen Starkey, Ringo Starr, and Zak Starkey | Keystone-france/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images The Beatles drummer was good friends with Keith Moon
One of Starr’s closest friends was another astronomically named drummer. Moon was a member of The Who, and though he once asked to join The Beatles, the two musicians became incredibly close.
“[Moon’s] interaction with Ringo was incredibly intimate,” Starr’s longtime girlfriend, Nancy Andrews, said, per the book Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr. “I’ve noticed over the years that drummers have a shorthand language,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Though all of The Beatles were married by 1970, their manager, Brian Epstein, didn’t initially want them to have wives. He believed that their fan base would be disappointed or even lose interest in them if they did. Others had different opinions about why marriage would spell doom for the band. A writer posited the misogynistic view that The Beatles would break up because their wives wouldn’t be able to get along.
Maureen Starkey, Cynthia Lennon, and Pattie Boyd | Daily Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images The Beatles kept their relationships with their wives a secret
John Lennon was the first Beatle to get married. He wed his first wife, Cynthia, in 1962 after she discovered she was pregnant. They had a child together, but they weren’t supposed to publicly speak about their relationship.
“Most of the time I had to keep it secret,” Cynthia wrote in her book, John.
Maureen Starkey, Cynthia Lennon, and Pattie Boyd | Daily Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images The Beatles kept their relationships with their wives a secret
John Lennon was the first Beatle to get married. He wed his first wife, Cynthia, in 1962 after she discovered she was pregnant. They had a child together, but they weren’t supposed to publicly speak about their relationship.
“Most of the time I had to keep it secret,” Cynthia wrote in her book, John.
- 1/31/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The audition is finally here. The Beatles’ famous farewell rooftop concert is finally getting its digital audio release.
Get Back: The Rooftop Performance will have the complete 40-minute gig, with new mixes in stereo & Dolby Atmos by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. It’s available for streaming at midnight Et on Friday, January 28 from Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. This marks the first-ever release for the January 1969 roof show, in the wake of the Peter Jackson docuseries Get Back and the expanded Special Edition box of Let It Be.
“We...
Get Back: The Rooftop Performance will have the complete 40-minute gig, with new mixes in stereo & Dolby Atmos by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. It’s available for streaming at midnight Et on Friday, January 28 from Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. This marks the first-ever release for the January 1969 roof show, in the wake of the Peter Jackson docuseries Get Back and the expanded Special Edition box of Let It Be.
“We...
- 1/27/2022
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
“It was another day at the office,” Ken Mansfield says, recalling the Beatles’ impromptu rooftop concert in January 1969. There’s not even a hint of sarcasm in his voice. The group staged the gig atop Apple Records’ London office at 3 Savile Row, 50 years ago today, with the intention of shooting the ending for what would become their Let It Be film. It was an item on a checklist. Mansfield, who was born in Idaho, was the label’s U.S. manager at the time. “Some of the people in the...
- 1/30/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Tony Sokol Dec 13, 2018
Beatles insider Ken Mansfield always had the best seats in the house, even when the show was up on the roof.
Michael Lindsay-Hogg's 1970 documentary film Let It Be was recorded in January 1969, while the band rehearsed songs for their twelfth and final studio album Let It Be. Originally planned as a television documentary to go along with a concert broadcast, the documentary saw The Beatles get back to their roots. Augmented by a keyboard player they'd known since their beginnings in Hamburg, the band performed as they had in the beginning, as a five-piece with loud guitars, steady thunderous drumming and unadorned voices through microphones covered in nylon stockings. Until that day, January 30, 1969, on the roof, the Beatles hadn't performed live since August 29th, 1966, when they performed at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. Ken Mansfield, the former manager of The Beatles' Apple Records in America...
Beatles insider Ken Mansfield always had the best seats in the house, even when the show was up on the roof.
Michael Lindsay-Hogg's 1970 documentary film Let It Be was recorded in January 1969, while the band rehearsed songs for their twelfth and final studio album Let It Be. Originally planned as a television documentary to go along with a concert broadcast, the documentary saw The Beatles get back to their roots. Augmented by a keyboard player they'd known since their beginnings in Hamburg, the band performed as they had in the beginning, as a five-piece with loud guitars, steady thunderous drumming and unadorned voices through microphones covered in nylon stockings. Until that day, January 30, 1969, on the roof, the Beatles hadn't performed live since August 29th, 1966, when they performed at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. Ken Mansfield, the former manager of The Beatles' Apple Records in America...
- 12/13/2018
- Den of Geek
Tony Sokol Nov 11, 2018
The former manager of The Beatles' Apple Records in America, Ken Mansfield, saw the band at both final concerts.
On a chilly January 30, 1969, afternoon, the Beatles, who played their first concerts at The Cavern's lunchtime shows and last concert on August 29th, 1966, at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, stepped onto the roof of their London headquarters at 3 Savile Row to shoot the ending for their last film. Bassist Paul McCartney, long a proponent for keeping music live, was the first to hit the roof and kept warm by jumping on the planks to be sure they'd hold the equipment. Drummer Ringo Starr noted his set was "nailed down in the wrong place," and slipped into his wife Maureen Starkey's red raincoat. Rhythm guitarist John Lennon fretted his "hands were too cold to play the chords,”and wrapped himself in Yoko Ono's fur coat.
The former manager of The Beatles' Apple Records in America, Ken Mansfield, saw the band at both final concerts.
On a chilly January 30, 1969, afternoon, the Beatles, who played their first concerts at The Cavern's lunchtime shows and last concert on August 29th, 1966, at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, stepped onto the roof of their London headquarters at 3 Savile Row to shoot the ending for their last film. Bassist Paul McCartney, long a proponent for keeping music live, was the first to hit the roof and kept warm by jumping on the planks to be sure they'd hold the equipment. Drummer Ringo Starr noted his set was "nailed down in the wrong place," and slipped into his wife Maureen Starkey's red raincoat. Rhythm guitarist John Lennon fretted his "hands were too cold to play the chords,”and wrapped himself in Yoko Ono's fur coat.
- 11/11/2018
- Den of Geek
Tony Sokol Jan 30, 2019
It was 50 years ago today, The Beatles’ last show went through the roof.
The Beatles blasted the London financial district for their last lunchtime concert. The Beatles ended their concert history the way it began. Before the four Beatles were fab, there were five of them and they played to swinging teens during their midday breaks at the famous Cavern Club and the Casbah, an obscure performance space painted in day-glo colors by art students Stuart Sutcliff and John Lennon, in Liverpool. This was before and after the band pulled eight hour live shifts in Hamburg, Germany.
For their last concert, on Jan. 30, 1969, The Beatles took to the roof of Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row and sang for their last supper, well, lunch. Starting at midday, Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Star and a keyboardist friend they’d known since their early touring days, Billy Preston,...
It was 50 years ago today, The Beatles’ last show went through the roof.
The Beatles blasted the London financial district for their last lunchtime concert. The Beatles ended their concert history the way it began. Before the four Beatles were fab, there were five of them and they played to swinging teens during their midday breaks at the famous Cavern Club and the Casbah, an obscure performance space painted in day-glo colors by art students Stuart Sutcliff and John Lennon, in Liverpool. This was before and after the band pulled eight hour live shifts in Hamburg, Germany.
For their last concert, on Jan. 30, 1969, The Beatles took to the roof of Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row and sang for their last supper, well, lunch. Starting at midday, Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Star and a keyboardist friend they’d known since their early touring days, Billy Preston,...
- 1/30/2016
- Den of Geek
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