Ringo Starr Zoom In (CD)

(Universal) 5 tracks

Das Album wurde von April bis Oktober 2020 in Ringo Starrs Heimstudio aufgenommen. Er arbeitete mit Jeff Zobar zusammen, welcher den Titeltrack schrieb, featuring Robbie Krieger an der Gitarre. Sam Hollander schrieb und produzierte Teach Me To Tango; Ringo fügte Gesang und natürlich das Schlagzeug hinzu. Ringo schrieb Tides Will Turn zusammen mit seinem Ingenieur Bruce Sugar und fügte Reggae-Musiker hinzu, die mit Bob Marley spielten. Not Enough Love In The World wurde von dem langjährigen All Starr-Mitglied Steve Lukather und Joseph Williams geschrieben.

Ringo Starr

Despite predictions that he would suffer most from the break-up of the Beatles in 1970, Ringo has success-fully developed his cheerful, popular persona acquired in the group's seven years of stardom. Sentimental Journey (Apple, 1970) and Beaucoups Of Blues (1970) were pleasant collec-tions of childhood favourites and country standards respec-tively. Both reached the American album charts and Senti-mental Journey entered the British Top Ten.

Next, Ringo established himself as a major singles artist with a series of his own songs, including 'It Don't Come Easy' (1971 — his declaration of independence from the Beatle image), 'Back Off Boogaloo' (1972) and 'Photograph' (1973 — co-written with George Harrison). The Ringo album included the gold record 'You're Sixteen' and involved Nils-son, Marc Bolan, Martha Reeves and members of The Band as session musicians. Ringo was produced by Richard Perry, as was Goodnight Vienna (1974), which provided further hit singles with 'Only You' and the title track.

His film career developed from cameo roles in Candy (1967) and The Magic Christian (1970) to a much-acclaimed starring role in That'll Be The Day (1973) and a less satisfactory directorial debut in the Bolan documentary Born To Boogie.

He also achieved brief fame as a furniture designer.