What Ringo Starr Did Before He Joined The Beatles

Ringo Starr spent a good amount of his early life being sick, including having a burst appendix and pleurisy, according to Britannica. He was even in a sanatorium for a while, and it was while he was there that he really developed a love for percussion by banging a mallet on his bed. Then, after

Ringo Starr spent a good amount of his early life being sick, including having a burst appendix and pleurisy, according to Britannica. He was even in a sanatorium for a while, and it was while he was there that he really developed a love for percussion by banging a mallet on his bed. Then, after some unsuccessful attempts at work — he missed way too much school due to his illnesses to catch up — he dove into playing music. The thing is, he didn't play a traditional drum set at first. No, he played a particular type of music called skiffle, which is where people play homemade instruments. A co-worker at one of his jobs showed him, and he got hooked. One reason is because it didn't cost a lot of money to make. 

The youngster did get a real drum set at the age of 17, per Biography, and he later played in a band called Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. This was the time when Richard Starkey became Ringo Starr, as he liked to wear rings and was also a fan of country music. His drum solos were a welcome part of the shows. He even dubbed them "Starr Time," and the group gained a lot of fans. They were touring in Hamburg, West Germany, and he met the newly formed Beatles, with George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, along with Pete Best and Stu Sutcliffe. They had an initial taste of their chemistry when Starr played with the three people that would later become his bandmates: Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison. 

That was the path that Ringo Starr took to his current status as a rock legend.

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