Thursday music corner: Ringo Starr aka Richard Starkey (b. Liverpool, 1940) joined the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best on the drumkit. Since the Beatles split up in 1970 Starr has appeared in a range of movies, voiced the Thomas the Tank Engine children's TV programme, and released 20 solo studio albums.
Back Off Boogaloo was a non-album single released in March 1972, which reached number 2 in the UK pop charts; it was his highest-charting UK single until he participated in the BBC Children in Need Medley single in 2009. The title was inspired by Marc Bolan's incessant use of the word 'boogaloo' in social gatherings. George Harrison produced the record, played slide guitar and helping to co-write it, although Starr didn't reveal the co-writing credit until 2017. The music video was filmed in the grounds of John Lennon's Tittenhurst Park estate in Berkshire; Starr and family lived at Tittenhurst after the Lennons, from 1973 to 1988. Back Off Boogaloo's release is sandwiched between Starr's two greatest singles: It Don't Come Easy (1971) and Photograph (1973).
Ringo Starr - Back Off Boogaloo (1972)
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