![]() 'I'm the Greatest', which is again from 'Ringo', features George Harrison,and John Lennon, the latter of whom also wrote it for Ringo, A song about being great from an early age and being told this but not being big headed about it, it features a lot of Beatles references that only hardcore fans will understand. 'Back off Boogaloo', which was again written by Ringo, takes it name from a line that he used to say to Marc Bolan, and was a no. A song from the 50's, it has an easy-on-the ear gentle flow to it, and features guest appearances from Harry Nilsson and Paul McCartney who appears on mouth sax during the song's solo. 'You're 16 (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)' from' Ringo' comes across as sounding politically incorrect these days. ![]() It also features George Harrison, Stephen Stills and various members of Badfinger on backing vocals. It is rare in the fact that Ringo wrote it by himself, as most of his songs are cover versions, or written for him, as they were in the Beatles, where John and Paul would write a song for him per album. It is upbeat, easy to digest and to understand,and that is why it was a massive hit. 4 in the UK charts, and was only released on 7 inch and not on any of the albums. 'It Don't Come Easy', which was written solely by Ringo, was a no. Written by Ringo and George Harrison, it a song about how his memories of a former lover and wife are now just photographs. 'Photograph' kicks off with 'Photograph', a single from the 'Ringo' album. 'Photograph' is a compilation that is really just there to remind people that his first four long lost and deleted solo albums, 'Sentimental journey', 'Beaucoups of Blues' (both 1970), 'Ringo' (1973) and 'Goodnight Vienna' (1974), have just become available as downloads. He also directed his friend Marc Bolan and T Rex in the 1972 concert film 'Born to Boogie'. He was in the sex comedy 'Candy', the very strange 'The Magic Christian' and met his second wife, former Bond girl Barbara Bach', in 1979 on the set of the brilliant 'Caveman'. He was followed home by the Yellow Submarine in the film of the same name and he also made movies after the Beatles as well. He was the reason behind their second film, 'Help', which saw him being given a ring from a fan which leads to him being sacrificed to a god and the other Beatles having to rescue him. He won praise for his moody walkabout scene in 'A Hard Day's Night', of which that title was a Ringoism. He was also the first member of the Beatles to quit the band during the making of their 1968 masterpiece 'The White Album' the last Beatle to release a solo album, the others having released material while still being full Beatles, and the member of the group to make the biggest impact in the movies. Ringo Starr is most famous for being a Beatle, of which, with both John Lennon and George Harrison dead, there are now just two left. 'Photograph' is being released as a single CD, a CD/DVD double package.
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