History Trivia / RingoStarr

* FakeAmerican: Hearing him sing about leaving Louisian' and recalling "sweet magnolia breath carried over the marsh by a breeze from the Gulf" in his Liverpudlian accent in "Beaucoups of Blues" carries a bit of NarmCharm.

* TheOriginalDarrin: He provided Thomas' vocals for the ''BBC Children in Need'' 2009 Medley, over two decades after after quitting narration duties for ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends''.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Of his Beatles drumwork, he's proudest of "Rain".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was considered to play Rufus in ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' before Creator/GeorgeCarlin was cast. Amusing, Carlin ended up replacing Ringo as Mr. Conductor on ''Series/ShiningTimeStation''.

* BreakthroughHit: "It Don't Come Easy", from the spring of 1971. Although it was not his first single release – that honor goes to "Beaucoups of Blues" a year earlier, shortly after the breakup of Music/TheBeatles – this was his first legitimate hit. Ringo was the last Beatle to taste individual success, but for a time in the 1970s, he was more consistently successful than Music/PaulMcCartney.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While this was not the case in their native UK, after the Beatles hit it big in the United States, Ringo was the most popular Beatle among the American public until the breakup (receiving nearly twice as much fanmail from American fans as the others did). He was even the subject of a song asking him to run for President (which would not be strictly constitutional).

* RedStapler: When he joined the Beatles, he bought a new drum kit from Ludwig Drums. He was so pleased to get such a fancy American brand that he had the brand's logo on the bass drum to show off. When the Beatles hit the big time with Starr using that kit, that publicity quickly made Ludwig the top drum manufacturer for 20 years.
* TypeCasting: Tended to get cast as characters reminiscent of his RealLife persona, starting with ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' (in which he played an exaggerated version of himself). He once noted that [[PlayingAgainstType he really wanted to play a villain just to shake things up]]. (As noted above, he finally did so in ''Blindman''.)

* RedStapler: When he joined the Beatles, he bought a new drum kit from Ludwig Drums. He was so pleased to get such a fancy American brand that he had the brand name's log on the bass drum to show off. When the Beatles hit the big time with Starr using that kit, that publicity quickly made Ludwig the top drum manufacturer for 20 years.

* RedStapler: When he joined the Beatles, he bought a new drum kit from Ludwig Drums. He was pleased to get such a fancy American brand that he had the brand name's log on the bass drum to show off. When the Beatles hit the big time with Starr using that kit, that publicity quickly made Ludwig the top drum manufacturer for 20 years.

* PlayingAgainstType: In the SpaghettiWestern ''Blindman'', Starr played the [[CrazyJealousGuy possessive]] and dangerous [[{{Bandito}} Mexican bandit]] Candy. Being a character [[WouldHitAGirl who beat women]] and [[AxeCrazy would kill anybody who crossed him]], it was a far cry from the NiceGuy roles Ringo usually played.

* NoExportForyou: His 1983 album ''Old Wave'' didn't receive an American release until 1994.

* TypeCasting: Tended to get cast as characters reminiscent of his RealLife persona, starting with ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' (in which he played an exaggerated version of himself). He once noted that [[PlayingAgainstType he really wanted to play a villain just to shake things up]].