Let’s have a chat.” We sat in my room in the house, and we’re chatting for about an hour. That person told Bruce Grakal, my lawyer, who told me and I said, “I don’t know…All right, send him over. He told somebody he’d like to work with Ringo. Sam Hollander is the best prize a boy could have. You also brought in some new collaborators, like Sam Hollander, who co-wrote Panic! at the Disco’s “High Hopes” and Fitz and the Tantrums’ “HandClap.” I love hanging out with musicians and writers, and the end result is what you hear.”įollowing the meet-and-greet, he sat down with Billboard to talk about What’s My Name and putting the band back together again - sort of. Credit healthy living, but also, Starr enthuses, “I love what I’m doing. The emotional centerpiece of the album is “Grow Old With Me,” a tune John Lennon wrote for his and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy but didn’t record (Lennon’s demo of the song appeared posthumously on 1984’s Milk and Honey).Īt 79, Starr radiates a youthful energy. The radiantly upbeat album, recorded at Roccabella West, Starr’s home studio in Los Angeles, features such friends and frequent Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band collaborators as Joe Walsh, Edgar Winter, Dave Stewart, Colin Hay, Richard Page, Steve Lukather and Benmont Tench, as well as his fellow remaining Beatle, Paul McCartney. The book’s release closely coincides with the Friday release of What’s My Name, Starr’s 20th studio album via UMe. Ringo Starr's Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 Hits
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