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Drums

Drum kit - bass, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals.

198

songs

198 recordings have it, three quarters of everything they recorded, everywhere from 1962 to 1970. Every track on the Please Please Me album, Rubber Soul and two other albums has it. 'Love Me Do' opens the run and 'I Me Mine' closes it. Ringo Starr plays it on 191 of them, with Paul McCartney on seven. All four of them take the lead on 'Carry That Weight'. Three of them share it on 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)'. Lennon and McCartney reach for it at the same rate, 91% and 90% of their own songs. On 'Tomorrow Never Knows' it is Ringo's loop-like tom-and-snare pattern, heavily compressed. On 'Come Together', the drums have tea towels over the toms to damp them. Four drum kits carried the run in turn, Premier Mahogany Duroplastic in 1962, Ludwig Downbeat in 1963, Ludwig Super Classic from 1964 to 1968 and Ludwig Hollywood Maple from 1969 to 1970.

Performed byRingo Starr Paul McCartney Andy White John Lennon George Harrison Mal Evans

Analysis

Every song on this page, across all of them: ringo, others, john, paul and george.

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

By Era

Early46 · 27%

Mid-period65 · 38%

Late62 · 36%

By Album

Past Masters27

The Beatles (The White Album)24

Help!11

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band11

Magical Mystery Tour11

The instruments that played it

Every model the catalogue names for this part, counted by the year of the session.

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Songs(175 of 198)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Performer(s)	Notes
1	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	Ringo Starr,Andy White	-
2	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	Andy White	-
3	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	Ringo Starr	-
4	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
5	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	Ringo Starr	-
6	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
7	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-

8	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
9	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
10	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
11	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
12	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	Ringo Starr	-
13	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	Ringo Starr	-
14	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	Ringo Starr	Ringo brushed swing feel
15	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	Ringo Starr	-
16	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
17	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	Ringo Starr	-
18	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	Ringo Starr	-
19	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
20	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	Ringo Starr	-
21	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
22	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John	Ringo Starr	-
23	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
24	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
25	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
26	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	Ringo Starr	-
27	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Ringo Starr	-
28	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-

29	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Ringo Starr	-
30	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Ringo Starr	-
31	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Ringo Starr	-
32	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Ringo Starr	-
33	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	Ringo Starr	-
34	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	Played with brushes
35	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Ringo Starr	-
36	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
37	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Ringo Starr	-
38	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	Ringo Starr	-
39	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
40	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
41	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Ringo Starr	-
42	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Ringo Starr	-
43	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Ringo Starr	-
44	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Ringo Starr	-
45	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Ringo Starr	-
46	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Ringo Starr	Four-bar drum intro, returns before outro
47	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	Ringo Starr	Tom-heavy syncopated pattern
48	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	Ringo Starr	-
49	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
50	Help!	1965	Help!	John	Ringo Starr	-
51	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
52	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	John Lennon	-
53	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	Ringo Starr	Brushed snare only
54	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	Ringo Starr	-
55	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
56	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
57	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	Ringo Starr	-
58	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	Ringo Starr	-
59	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	Ringo Starr	-
60	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
61	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Ringo Starr	-
62	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Ringo Starr	Played with brushes
63	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
64	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	Ringo Starr	-
65	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Ringo Starr	-
66	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
67	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Ringo Starr	-
68	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Ringo Starr	-
69	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Ringo Starr	-
70	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
71	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	Ringo Starr	-
72	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
73	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	Ringo Starr	-
74	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	Ringo Starr	-
75	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
76	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	Ringo Starr	Ringo's favorite Beatles drum performance
77	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
78	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	Ringo Starr	-
79	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	Ringo Starr	-
80	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
81	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
82	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
83	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	Ringo Starr	Ringo Starr, played softly with brushes
84	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	Ringo Starr	-
85	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	Ringo Starr	-
86	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	Ringo Starr	Aggressive tom-led fills throughout
87	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	Ringo Starr	-
88	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	Ringo Starr	Ringo's loop-like tom-and-snare pattern, heavily compressed
89	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	Mal Evans,Ringo Starr	-
90	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
91	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Ringo Starr	-
92	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
93	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Ringo Starr	-
94	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
95	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
96	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Ringo Starr	Aggressive Ringo fill-driven part
97	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
98	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Ringo Starr	-
99	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
100	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	Ringo Starr	-
101	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Ringo Starr	Brushes
102	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	Ringo Starr	-
103	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Ringo Starr	Ringo Starr; military-style snare roll opens the live broadcast
104	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Ringo Starr	-
105	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
106	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Ringo Starr	-
107	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	Ringo Starr	-
108	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	Ringo Starr	-
109	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
110	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
111	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
112	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Ringo Starr	Played with brushes
113	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Ringo Starr	Ringo enters at the end of verse 1
114	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	Ringo Starr	-
115	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Paul McCartney,George Harrison,John Lennon	-
116	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	Ringo Starr	-
117	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
118	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Paul McCartney	-
119	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr	-
120	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
121	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
122	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
123	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ringo Starr	Ringo, played to blistered hands
124	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
125	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
126	Long, Long, Long	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Ringo Starr	-
127	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ringo Starr	Enter on post-chorus
128	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Paul McCartney	-
129	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
130	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
131	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
132	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Ringo Starr	-
133	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
134	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
135	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Ringo Starr	-
136	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
137	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Paul McCartney	-
138	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
139	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	Ringo Starr	-
140	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	Ringo Starr	-
141	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Ringo Starr	-
142	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Ringo Starr	-
143	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
144	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
145	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	Ringo Starr,Paul McCartney	-
146	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	Paul McCartney	-
147	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	Ringo Starr	-
148	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
149	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	Ringo Starr	-
150	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	Ringo Starr	-
151	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
152	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	Ringo Starr	-
153	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	Ringo Starr	-
154	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
155	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	Ringo Starr	-
156	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
157	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	Ringo Starr	-
158	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	Ringo Starr	-
159	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
160	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
161	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	Ringo Starr	The drums have tea towels over the toms to damp them
162	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
163	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
164	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	Ringo Starr	Light tom pattern
165	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	Ringo Starr	-
166	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	Ringo Starr	-
167	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	Ringo Starr	-
168	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	Ringo Starr	-
169	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Ringo Starr	-
170	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
171	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
172	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Ringo Starr	-
173	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	Ringo Starr	-
174	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	Ringo Starr	-
175	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	Ringo Starr	-