Ringo Starr had a bit of a rocky start with The Beatles. Producer George Martin replaced him when the band recorded the single “Love Me Do.” and Ringo got replaced again when he struggled to play the ...

Starr outright refused to do drum solos, which led some to think of him as a weak drummer. His bandmates disagreed. “I think Ringo was always paranoid that he wasn’t a great drummer because he never ...

Sixty years ago this month, a boy named Gary Astridge knew nothing about The Beatles. The 7-year-old was celebrating his grandmom’s birthday with his family in Buffalo, New York, when someone realized ...

Like Ringo, Weinberg may never get to see the show from the audience. But his greatest ambition is different from the legendary Beatle.

Rockford, Illinois’s greatest rock and roll export, Cheap Trick, were on a roll when they released their 1979 album “Dream Police” in September of 1979. The album reached number six ...