The Beatles

Ringo Starr

Drums, percussion, vocals · July 7, 1940 · Liverpool

0 songs written12 lead vocals21 backing vocal

The rhythmic heartbeat of the Beatles and a more inventive drummer than his modest reputation suggests. Starr’s distinctive backbeat, inventive fills, and impeccable feel underpinned the band’s most complex studio work. His right-handed style on a left-handed kit produced unique, identifiable patterns that shaped the sound of the era.

Title	Year	Album	Songwriter(s)	Lead Vocal(s)	Instrument(s)	Role	Tags
P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	McCartney	Paul	Maracas	Musician	333
Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	McCartney	Paul, John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	237
Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	Lennon	John, Paul	Drums	Musician	496
Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	475
Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	Lennon	George	Drums, Percussion	Musician	408
I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	434
There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	Lennon / McCartney	John, Paul	Drums	Musician	365
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Misery	1963	Please Please Me	Lennon / McCartney	John, Paul	Drums	Musician	323
From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	Lennon / McCartney	John, Paul	Drums	Musician	374
Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	Lennon	John, Paul	Drums	Musician	367
She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Lennon	Paul, John	Drums	Musician	473
I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	Lennon / McCartney	John, Paul	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	463
I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	McCartney	Ringo	Drums, Maracas	Lead vocalBacking vocalsMusician	321
Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	Harrison	George	Drums, Bongos	Musician	406
Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	Lennon	John, Paul	Drums	Musician	362
It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	385
All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	396
All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	346
Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	361
Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	320
This Boy	1963	Past Masters	Lennon	John, Paul, George	Drums	Musician	375
I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	Lennon / McCartney	John, Paul	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	440
Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	Lennon / McCartney / Camillo Felgen	John, Paul	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	228
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	Lennon / McCartney / Camillo Felgen	John, Paul	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	297
Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion	Musician	477
I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	Lennon	John	Drums, Cowbell	Musician	323
You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	John	Drums, Bongos, Handclaps	Musician	491
A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	John, Paul	Drums, Bongos, Cowbell	Musician	480
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I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	447
When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	411
If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	John, Paul	Drums	Musician	444
Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	John	Drums, Cowbell	Musician	428
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	George	Drums, Percussion	Musician	465
Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	448
I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	456
And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	McCartney	Paul	Bongos, Claves	Musician	358
I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	413
Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	422
I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	329
She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion, Chocalho	Musician	402
Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	McCartney	John	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	392
I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	McCartney	Paul	Percussion	Musician	370
Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	McCartney	John	Drums, Timpani	Musician	348
What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	352
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	450
I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	425
Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	Lennon / McCartney	John, Paul	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	349
No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	Lennon	John	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	506
Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine, Handclaps	Musician	361
Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	Lennon	John, Paul, George	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	470
I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Bongos	Musician	394
Help!	1965	Help!	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	466
The Night Before	1965	Help!	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Maracas	Musician	413
I Need You	1965	Help!	Harrison	George	Percussion, Cowbell	Musician	472
Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	McCartney	John, Paul	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas, Claves	Musician	414
You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	Lennon	John	Drums, Bongos	Musician	370
It's Only Love	1965	Help!	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	328
Another Girl	1965	Help!	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	417
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas	Musician	438
I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Maracas	Musician	402
You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	Harrison	George	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	496
What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Lennon / McCartney / Starr	Ringo	Drums	Lead vocalMusician	478
Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	450
You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	490
The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	Lennon	John, Paul	Drums, Maracas	Musician	402
I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	McCartney	Paul	Organ, Drums, Percussion, Handclaps	Musician	406
Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	Lennon / McCartney	John, Paul	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas	Musician	335
In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	429
Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	374
Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	Harrison	George	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas	Musician	412
Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	535
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	330
If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	Harrison	George	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	302
Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	McCartney	John, Paul	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas	Musician	336
Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	McCartney	Paul, John	Drums, Tambourine, Cowbell	Musician	445
We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Lennon / McCartney	Paul, John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	476
Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	355
Rain	1966	Past Masters	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	313
Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	397
Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	McCartney / Lennon	Ringo	Drums	Lead vocalBacking vocalsMusician	425
Love You To	1966	Revolver	Harrison	George	Tambourine	Musician	300
For No One	1966	Revolver	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion, Tambourine, Maracas	Musician	391
Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine, Tape loops	Musician	289
Taxman	1966	Revolver	Harrison	George	Drums, Tambourine, Cowbell	Musician	405
I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	445
Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	391
Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	345
Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Finger snaps	Musician	454
I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	Harrison	George	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas, Handclaps	Musician	378
Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	515
And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine, Handclaps	Musician	301
She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	Lennon	John	Drums, Percussion	Musician	355
Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine, Handclaps, Chimes, Hand bell	Musician	609
Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Lennon	John	Drums, Percussion	Musician	527
With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	McCartney	Ringo	Drums, Tambourine	Lead vocalMusician	547
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Backing vocalsMusician	530
Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion	Backing vocalsMusician	574
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	McCartney	Paul, John, George	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas	Backing vocalsMusician	312
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	452
Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion, Handclaps, Congas	Musician	427
Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	575
A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Lennon / McCartney	John, Paul	Piano, Drums, Congas	Musician	691
Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Maracas	Musician	391
When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Chimes	Musician	561
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine, Harmonica	Musician	471
All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	531
Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Lennon / McCartney	John	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas, Handclaps	Musician	367
Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas, Hand bell	Backing vocalsMusician	395
I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	731
Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Lennon / McCartney / Harrison / Starr	–	Drums, Maracas, Tape loops, Sound effects	Backing vocalsMusician	167
Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion, Tambourine	Backing vocalsMusician	354
The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion, Maracas, Finger cymbals	Musician	481
Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	342
Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Harrison	George	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	280
Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	523
Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine, Handclaps	Backing vocalsMusician	579
Revolution	1968	Past Masters	Lennon	John	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	506
Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	Ringo	–	Lead vocal	389
Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Starr	Ringo	Piano, Drums, Maracas, Cowbell, Sleigh bells, Tack piano, Congas	Lead vocalMusician	507
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Backing vocalsMusician	344
Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Backing vocalsMusician	457
Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	John	Drums, Percussion, Tambourine	Musician	543
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	179
I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	McCartney	Paul	Percussion, Maracas, Bongos	Musician	604
Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	450
Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon / McCartney	Paul, John	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	320
Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Harrison	George	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	455
I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	404
While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Harrison	George	Drums, Tambourine, Castanets	Musician	404
Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Harrison	George	Tambourine	Musician	454
Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	521
Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	708
Long, Long, Long	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Harrison	George	Drums	Musician	301
Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	450
Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	576
Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	448
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	John	Drums, Percussion, Handclaps	Musician	297
Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	547
Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	350
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion, Bongos, Handclaps	Musician	479
It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	Harrison	George	Drums, Tambourine, Handclaps	Backing vocalsMusician	458
All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	McCartney	Paul, John	Drums, Percussion, Handclaps, Finger cymbals	Backing vocalsMusician	296
Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine	Backing vocalsMusician	453
Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	Harrison	George	Drums	Musician	351
Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	Lennon	John, Paul	Drums	Musician	328
Get Back	1969	Let It Be	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	380
Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	Harrison	George	Drums	Musician	522
Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Starr	Ringo	Drums, Sound effects	Lead vocalMusician	432
Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	McCartney	Paul, John, George, Ringo	Drums, Timpani	Lead vocalBacking vocalsMusician	313
Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion	Backing vocalsMusician	560
The End	1969	Abbey Road	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine	Backing vocalsMusician	375
You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	643
Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Tambourine	Musician	406
Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas, Bongos	Musician	298
Something	1969	Abbey Road	Harrison	George	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	512
Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	Harrison	George	Drums, Handclaps	Musician	378
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Percussion, Tambourine, Maracas	Musician	424
Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	Lennon	John	Drums, Percussion, Tambourine, Maracas	Musician	340
I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	Lennon	John	Drums, Noises, Wind machine, Congas	Musician	348
Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	Lennon	John	Drums, Tambourine, Maracas	Musician	322
Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	McCartney	Paul	Drums, Timpani	Musician	310
Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	Lennon	John	Drums, Maracas	Musician	402
Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	Lennon	John	Percussion, Maracas	Musician	377
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	Lennon	John, Paul	Drums, Percussion, Bongos	Backing vocalsMusician	409
Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	430
I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	Harrison	George	Drums	Musician	275
For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	Harrison	George	Drums	Musician	340
Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	Lennon	John	Drums	Musician	368
Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	McCartney	Paul, John	Drums	Musician	341
Dig It	1970	Let It Be	Lennon / McCartney / Harrison / Starr	John	Drums	Musician	200
The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	McCartney	Paul	Drums	Musician	484
I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Lennon / McCartney	Paul, John	Drums	Musician	488
One After 909	1970	Let It Be	Lennon	John, Paul	Drums	Musician	346
Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	Lennon	John	Drums, Maracas	Musician	387
Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	Lennon / McCartney / Harrison / Starr	John, Paul, George	Drums	Backing vocalsMusician	398
Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	Lennon	John	Drums, Percussion	Backing vocalsMusician	418
Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	Lennon	John	Drums, Percussion, Tambourine	Backing vocalsMusician	400

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Songs(177 of 202)

P.S. I Love You

Love Me Do

Please Please Me

Ask Me Why

Do You Want to Know a Secret

I Saw Her Standing There

There's a Place

Misery

From Me to You

Thank You Girl

She Loves You

I'll Get You

I Wanna Be Your Man

Don't Bother Me

Little Child

It Won't Be Long

All My Loving

All I've Got to Do

Hold Me Tight

Not a Second Time

This Boy

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Sie Liebt Dich

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

I Call Your Name

You Can't Do That

A Hard Day's Night

I'll Cry Instead

When I Get Home

If I Fell

Any Time at All

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

Things We Said Today

I Should Have Known Better

And I Love Her

I'll Be Back

Tell Me Why

I Feel Fine

She's a Woman

Eight Days a Week

I'll Follow the Sun

Every Little Thing

What You're Doing

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

I'm a Loser

Baby's in Black

No Reply

Ticket to Ride

Yes It Is

I'm Down

Help!

The Night Before

I Need You

Tell Me What You See

You're Going to Lose That Girl

It's Only Love

Another Girl

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

I've Just Seen a Face

You Like Me Too Much

What Goes On

Michelle

You Won't See Me

The Word

I'm Looking Through You

Day Tripper

In My Life

Run for Your Life

Think for Yourself

Girl

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

If I Needed Someone

Wait

Drive My Car

We Can Work It Out

Nowhere Man