Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr exhibit to open June 12 at Grammy Museum

2013-03-07 06:00:00

This post has been updated. See note below for details. The Grammy Museum will put up its third salute to a Beatle with the June 12 opening of “Ringo: Peace and Love,” billed as “the first major exhibition to explore the life of...

Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country-folkie, dead at 77

2013-03-07 11:05:00

Stompin' Tom Connors, the legendary Canadian country-folk singer known for tunes that proudly raised a beer to hockey and other pillars of Canadian national culture, has died at age 77. One of Connors' signature tunes, "The Hockey Song," is...

Henry Grossman's fab moments with the Beatles

2013-03-02 07:00:00

It began in 1964 as a Time magazine photo assignment for Henry Grossman to cover the Beatles' debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." It developed over the years into a deep friendship between Grossman and the group, one that allowed him rare access...

Tony Sheridan dies; singer backed by Beatles on 'My Bonnie' was 72

2013-02-18 18:39:00

The first song the broader world heard from the Beatles wasn't one of the pop-music gems that seemed to flow so effortlessly from the pens of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, nor was it any of their versions of American R&B and blues songs that were a...

Pop Art: Astrid Kirchherr and the Beatles

2013-02-02 06:00:00

Astrid Kirchherr met the Beatles in 1960 when they were five lads from Liverpool pounding out marathon shows at a club in a seedy part of her native Hamburg, Germany. She fell for the bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe, and found the others — John...

Ravi Shankar got by with a little help from his friends

2012-12-12 11:23:00

Among the items the Grammy Museum included in its George Harrison “Living in the Material World” exhibit that opened about this time last year was a letter the ex-Beatle received following the all-star Concert for Bangladesh fundraiser he...

Review: Beatles flop 'Magical Mystery Tour' is put in context

2012-12-14 07:00:00

Roll up, America; step right this way. Here comes the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," getting a big night on domestic television, 45 Christmastimes after it first aired in the United Kingdom, on Boxing Day, Dec. 26, 1967. Newly restored and...

'Concert for George' streaming on YouTube for 24 hours

2012-11-29 14:03:00

Eleven years ago today, George Harrison died at the age of 58 in Los Angeles. And exactly one year after that some of the late Beatle's closest friends -- including Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Harrison's surviving bandmates -- gathered for...

An appreciation: Herb Reed helped R&B, pop soar with the Platters

2012-06-05 16:37:42

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2012-05-28 21:37:26

Levon Helm dies at 71; drummer and singer with the Band

2012-04-20 00:00:00

Levon Helm is most widely known for the songs he sang that found their way onto the pop charts during his long tenure as drummer and singer for the Band: "Up On Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Don't Do It," earthy and infectious...

Ringo Starr live at the Troubadour for Sirius XM Town Hall session

2012-01-31 17:17:48

Ringo Starr, photographed at the Grammy Museum in 2010, is the focus of a new exhibit, "Ringo: Peace and Love," opening at the museum June 12.

2013-03-06 15:39:56

Daniel Healy (Paul McCartney), left, Daniel Westwick (George Harrison), Adam Sopp (Ringo Starr) and Andrew Knott (John Lennon) perform in "Backbeat" at the Ahmanson Theatre.

2013-01-31 00:00:00

Playing drums and looking like his famous father is Zak Starr, the son of former Beatle Ringo Starr.

2012-12-09 00:00:00