The label of initial copies of the regular vinyl edition listed the running time for the song as 5:26 rather than the correct 4:06. The initial run of cassette tape and 8-track editions of the album featured a longer version of ‘Six O’Clock’, which was also on some promotional vinyl copies. It was kept off the top spot on the US Billboard 200 by Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, although it topped the Cashbox and Record World charts.įirst editions had the second track, ‘Have You Seen My Baby’, incorrectly listed as ‘Hold On’. The album topped the charts in Canada, Spain and Sweden, and was a top 10 hit in Australia, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Japan, the US and UK. A promotional clip was made at Starr’s Tittenhurst Park home, although it was shown just once on the BBC television show Top Of The Pops.
The single was released in the UK on 19 October, several weeks after the album. In America the single ‘Photograph’ was released ahead of the album, on 24 September. Ringo was released on 2 November 1973 in the United States, and 21 days later in the United Kingdom. During the same session Starr recorded a tap dancing sequence for ‘Step Lightly’, credited on the album to Richard Starkey, MBE. On 16 April, at Apple Studios in Savile Row, London, Paul and Linda McCartney joined Starr to record 15 takes of the song ‘Six O’Clock’. Work on Ringo continued at Burbank Studios, Sound Labs and Producers Workshop in LA. The session prompted global news reports that The Beatles had reunited with Voormann replacing McCartney. On 13 March the song ‘I’m The Greatest’ was recorded in 10 takes, with Starr, Lennon and Harrison all present.
The bulk of the Ringo album was recorded from 5 March to 30 April 1973, with overdubbing continuing up to the end of July.įrom 5 to 27 March sessions took place at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles. Harrison co-wrote and performed on three other songs, while Paul McCartney wrote and performed on ‘Six O’Clock’ and played kazoo on ‘You’re Sixteen’. John Lennon, George Harrison and Starr featured on the Lennon-penned song ‘I’m The Greatest’. Ringo is most notable for featuring all four former Beatles, although not all on any single song. However, in 1973 he returned to music, enlisting producer Richard Perry and a range of guest composers and performers. Although he scored subsequent hit singles with ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ and ‘Back Off Boogaloo’, he chose to focus on acting. Starr’s first two albums, Sentimental Journey and Beaucoups Of Blues, were both released in 1970. Ringo Starr’s third studio album, Ringo, was released in 1973 on Apple Records. ‘I’m The Greatest’ ‘Hold On/Have You Seen My Baby’ ‘Photograph’ ‘Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)’ ‘You’re Sixteen’ ‘Oh My My’ ‘Step Lightly’ ‘Six O’Clock’ ‘Devil Woman’ ‘You And Me (Babe)’ Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, percussion, tap dancing John Lennon: vocals, piano Paul McCartney: vocals, piano, synthesizer, kazoo, string and flute arrangements George Harrison: vocals, electric guitar Marc Bolan, Robbie Robertson, Steve Cropper: electric guitar Vini Poncia: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion Jimmy Calvert: acoustic guitar, electric guitar Klaus Voormann: bass guitar, double bass Levon Helm: mandolin Billy Preston: piano, organ Nicky Hopkins: piano, electric piano James Booker, Tom Hensley: piano Jim Keltner: drums Lon Van Eaton, Derrek Van Eaton, Milt Holland: percussion Tom Scott: horns, arrangements Chuck Findley: horns Bobby Keyes: tenor saxophone Rick Danko: fiddle David Bromberg: banjo, fiddle Garth Hudson: accordion Harry Nilsson, Linda McCartney, Richard Perry, Martha Reeves, Merry Clayton: backing vocals Jack Nitzsche, Jim Horn: arrangements Tracklisting Released: 2 November 1973 (US), 23 November 1973 (UK) Personnel Recorded: 5 March – 26 July 1973 Producer: Richard Perry Engineer: Bill Schnee
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