Paul McCartney still has one friend who remembers the Beatles before the world knew them. Ringo Starr remembers the cheap rooms, crowded vans, private jokes, and four young musicians learning to trust one another. Paul first noticed Ringo in Hamburg and immediately admired his professionalism. When Ringo later performed Ray Charles’s “What’d I Say” perfectly, Paul, John, and George realized his steady drumming gave them the freedom they had been missing. Paul would later say that was when the Beatles truly began. Their friendship deepened through years of touring, shared rooms, and extraordinary fame. Ringo’s warmth and humor also inspired “With a Little Help from My Friends.” In 2015, Paul proudly inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. Now that John Lennon and George Harrison are gone, Paul says only he and Ringo share those exact memories. Ringo remains the friend who understands Paul’s past before a single word is spoken.
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