At that time I did either covers or something they wrote specifically for me.” While the song wasn’t written specifically for Ringo, it somehow marries up effortlessly with his demeanour and marks itself out as his best because of it. Ringo himself backed that up: “I don’t actually know where they got the idea for it I just felt it was a really interesting track for me to do. I thought also, with Ringo being so good with children – a knockabout uncle type – it might not be a bad idea for him to have a children’s song, rather than a very serious song. So it didn’t seem uncool to me to have a pretty surreal idea that was also a children’s idea. But there’s something incredibly wholesome about the track, something Starr adds to in buckets.Ībout the song, Macca remembers, “I quite like children’s things I like children’s minds and imagination. 'Everybodys Trying to Be My Baby' This was a cover. This is quite unusual as in most Beatles songs the lead singer was also the primary songwriter except in the case of Ringo Starr (and also George Harrison in the early years) who usually sang covers or Lennon/McCartney songs. The song, written primarily by Paul McCartney, was always intended to be a children’s song and that incessant whimsy has often provoked Beatles fans to cast it into the fire as one of the Fab Four’s throwaways. Written by Paul McCartney but John Lennon was the lead singer. For The Beatles he has two sole writing credits: Dont Pass Me By and Octopuss Garden. It just so happens it was written by somebody else. Ringo has never aspired to be a principal songwriter. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you asked us to pick just one song which encapsulated not only everything that made Ringo Starr a celebrated musician and vital member of The Beatles, but everything Starr was as a person, then it would have to be ‘Yellow Submarine’. 3 famous Beatles songs that were inspired by Ringo Starr Hard Days Night.
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