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Ringo: With a Little Help is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer
Ringo Starr, who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a
rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles took the world by storm. With a
Little Help traces the entire arc of Ringo's remarkable life and career, from
his sickly childhood to his life as The World's Most Famous drummer to his
triumphs, addictions, and emotional battles following the breakup of the
Beatles as he comes to terms with his legacy.
Born in 1940 as Richard Starkey in the Dingle, one of Liverpool's most
gritty, rough-and-tumble neighborhoods, he rose from a hardscrabble childhood
marked by serious illnesses, long hospital stays, and little schooling to
emerge, against all odds, as a locally renowned drummer. Taking the stage
name Ringo Starr, his big break with the Beatles rocketed him to the pinnacle
of worldwide acclaim in a remarkably short time. He was the last member of
the Beatles to join the group but also the most vulnerable, and his
post-Beatles career was marked by chart-topping successes, a jet-setting life
of excess and alcohol abuse, and, ultimately, his rebirth as one of rock's
revered elder statesman.