How Ringo Starr Got His Stage Name, According to Cynthia Lennon

Ringo Starr is an award-winning drummer best known as a “good-natured” member in the Beatles. He wrote original songs under the stage name, with John Lennon’s ex-wife elaborating on his choice to use a stage name. Here’s the meaning behind this artist’s alias, as noted in the 2005 memoir John. 

As the last member to join the Beatles, Ringo Starr functioned as the group’s drummer, performing on “Hey Jude,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Twist and Shout,” and other hits by the rock band.

Although most listeners know him by his stage name, Ringo Starr’s birth name is Richard Starkey. When he was knighted, he also used his real name officially becoming Sir Richard Starkey.
In her 2005 memoir, Cynthia Lennon described her first impressions of the Beatles, meeting George Harrison was he was only 16 years old and only meeting Ringo Starr after she married Lennon. In John, she also shared her perspective on Ringo Starr’s name change from Richard Starkey (and the meaning behind his stage name).

Source: Julia Dzurillay/cheatsheet.com

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