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Ringo Starr

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Musician

The Resume

    (July 7, 1940- )
    Birth name is Richard Parkin
    Changed name to Richard Starkey
    Member of the Beatles (drummer)
    Lead vocalist on 'Octupus Garden,' 'Yellow Submarine,' 'With a Little Help from My Friends' and 'Kansas City' with The Beatles
    Solo career featured 'She's 16,' 'Act Naturally' and 'It Don't Come Easy'
    Train conductor on PBS' 'Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'
    Formed the unsuccessful 'Ringo's All Star Band'
    Starred in 'Hard Day's Night' 'Candy,' 'The Magic Christian,' 'Son of Dracula,' 'Caveman' and 'Help'
    Not the drummer on the Beatles 'Love Me Do'

Why he might be annoying:

    He is perhaps the luckiest man in show business because he fell into a group with three great musicians.
    When asked if he smoked marijuana in Buckingham Palace, he replied: 'I was too stoned to remember.'
    He has a half moon and shooting star tattoo.
    He is a vegetarian.
    He did TV ads for Pizza Hut and Sun Country Wine Coolers.
    He abused cocaine and drink.
    He use to beat his wife Barbara Bach.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is an active fund raiser against cancer (His wife Maureen and mother-in-law died of it, and his daughter, Lee was diagnosed with brain cancer at 27).
    He is left handed.
    He is considered the most natural, unpretentious Beatle.
    He had a strange way of expressing himself. Some of his phrases became song titles like 'It's a Hard Days Night,' 'Eight Days a Week' and 'Tomorrow Never Knows'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 214 Votes: 78.04% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 146 Votes: 52.74% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 208 Votes: 42.79% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 220 Votes: 44.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 108 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 131 Votes: 47.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 96 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 35 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 40 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 85 Votes: 48.24% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 73 Votes: 45.21% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 75 Votes: 49.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 88 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 176 Votes: 46.02% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 278 Votes: 44.24% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 296 Votes: 36.15% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 208 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 393 Votes: 42.24% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 806 Votes: 41.44% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1054 Votes: 43.07% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1274 Votes: 42.23% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2767 Votes: 42.83% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 8264 Votes: 38.41% Annoying