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Beatlemania is ready to strike yet again this coming Wednesday with the release of The Beatles Rock Band and Remastered versions of their studio albums coming out on the same day. You are going to be inundated with The Beatles in the coming weeks (including in RFC 81, our second Beatles tribute show) but there’s one Beatle who never seems to get any respect. Today we’re going to celebrate the genius of Ringo Starr, the man who kept the beat in the greatest band that ever existed.

Above you see the music video for “Fading In, Fading Out” from his “Choose Love” album. after the jump you’ll find more music videos, film clips and commercials by one Richard Starkey, M.B.E.


Here’s Ringo live performing “I’m The Greatest,” a song written for him by John Lennon.

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Someone cobbled together a music video for Ringo’s cover of “Drift Away,” using footage from Thomas The Tank Engine, which Ringo used to narrarate and host as “Mr. Conductor,” before passing his conductor’s hat on to George Carlin.

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The music video for “Wrack My Brain,” written for Ringo by George Harrison.

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Ringo and three very special guests for Pizza Hut

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What if Ringo sang the theme for “Goldfinger?” From The Peter Serafinowicz Show.

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Ringo with Peter Sellers and John Cleese from “The Magic Christian.”

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Everyone remembers Ringo’s role as a Mexican gardner, acting with Richard Burton and Sugar Ray Robinson.

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The invention of music from The movie “Caveman” with Dennis Quaid, Shelly Long and Jack Gilford.

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Uh huh huh…yeah.

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