NOW AND THEN (2023): The Final Beatles Recording-

Paul McCartney playing a Tubon, 1966.

"I can see the Beatles sticking together forever, really. We’ve been together a long time." - George Harrison

John, Paul, George and Ringo from 1961 to 1970

Top: John, Paul, and George on the set of Help!, Nassau Beach Hotel, New Providence Island, Bahamas, photographed by Henry Grossman. Above: John sets about combing Henry Grossman’s hair into a Beatles coiffure, photographed by Ringo Starr. (February, 1965)

John Lennon on the set of How I Won The War at the Desierto de Tabernas in Almería, Spain | September 1966

What things do you like best about Ringo?

Anon!!!!

I cannot emphasise enough how much I love Ringo. I just adore him. First of all, I love how much the other three loved him. I love Paul going "Ringo was like a GI!" and even John being tongue-tied and dippy about him having a car and a beard and a proper career when they were just stupid little boys. I love his low, gorgeous voice and his lovely teeth and his incredible blue eyes and the way his expression can go from "Catholic stained glass window saint" to "your cousin's cheeky ex-boyfriend who will fuck you into oblivion behind the offy" in two seconds flat. I love how supremely self-confident and secure he always was about loving other people, his propensity for giving and receiving cuddles, his devotion to his friends. I love his redemption arc! He had a shit start in life, he identified that he was an alcoholic and he dealt with it. Happy 35 years Ringo! I love the way he refused to throw Paul under the bus and insisted he'd always love George no matter what legalese was chucked at him from that quarter, and the way he looked after John when nobody else did. I love him insisting flatly and with northern sincerity that he's seen John twice since he died. I just love him so much, the metronome, the heartbeat of it all, I AM THE FUCKING CLICK TRACK

The Beatles visit the TVC animation studio in London (November 1967)