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Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the rock group The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr belonged to another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in 1962, taking over from Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead singer on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and the Beatles version of "Act Naturally") and as songwriter with the songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden".
2010s
In January 2010 he released his fifteenth studio album Y Not. On 13 January, Starr and his band performed "Walk With You" from the album on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Starr also appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and performed with Ben Harper.
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