Ringo was the drummer for "Rory Storm and the Hurricanes" from March 25th of 1959 to August of 1962 when he joined The Beatles. See the related link below:
Rory Storm was born on September 21, 1939 and died on September 27, 1972. Rory Storm would have been 33 years old at the time of death or 75 years old today.
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Ringo was never a member. He was with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.
He was the drummer, and occasional vocalist.
He first came to attention as a member of Rory Storm and the Raving Texans, who later became Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He quit the Hurricanes to join the Beatles.
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
When the band formed in 1960, Ringo Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became the Beatles' drummer in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best.
George Harrison's first official girl friend was Iris Caldwell.Iris was the sister of Alan Caldwell, who took on the name Rory Storm, forming Rory Storm And The Hurricanes, for which Ringo Starr was the drummer for before joining The Beatles.
"Ringo Starr" sounded like a cowboy name, which suited young Richard Starkey's love of Western movies. "Ringo" came from his fondness for wearing rings. ("Why do you wear so many rings on your fingers?" "Because I can't fit them all through my nose!") "Starr" came from a promoter wanting to bill Starkey's solo drumming spot as "Starr Time".
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Storm reportedly offered to take departing Beatles drummer Pete Best on in exchange, but Best wasn't interested.
There have been ten Bands that Ringo has toured with, and possibly eleven in this upcoming summer (2010). Go to his site or Wikipedia to learn more: http://www.ringostarr.com/biography.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr_&_His_All-Starr_Band#Tour_and_members The current members are: Ringo Starr Rick Derringer Richard Page Edgar Winter Gary Wright Wally Palmar Gregg Bissonette
Not always, no. Before joining what became The Beatles, Ringo was the drummer in another band called Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, which was a skiffle group out of Liverpool. At the time, Pete Best was still The Beatles' drummer. Both bands played gigs together, and at times when Best missed shows, Ringo would fill in. He was eventually asked to join the band.
Ringo Starr was originally in a band called rory storm and the hurricanes. at the time, they were in hamburg at about the same time as the beatles second trip to hamburg. the beatles drummer was a man called pete best. they were working in the same club, alternating shifts. that's how Ringo met john, george and paul.
The Quarry Men, but Ringo came from a band called Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.