Though they have likely encountered one another many times over the 50 years they've known each other, their collaboration was cemented at a party a few years ago at Los Angeles' Sunset Marquis hotel,

Ringo Starr, 84, told Fox News Digital during a press conference that the inspiration behind his country album was producer and guitarist T Bone Burnett.

During a recent interview, Ringo Starr explained why his Beatles bandmates would laugh at him when he’d present original songs to the group.

Sir Ringo Starr and T Bone Burnett's new album 'Look Up' happened because the two musicians met up unexpectedly at the launch party for Olivia Harrison's book 'Came the Lightening - Twenty Poems for George' - which she released to mark the 20th anniversary of her husband George Harrison's death - back in November 2022.

Beatles legend Ringo Starr has confirmed that one long-standing rumor about his life is actually true. Starr, 84, dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, January 28, to promote his new country and western album,

Produced by T Bone Burnett, Look Up features 11 songs with Ringo playing drums and singing on all of them. On some of the songs, he’s joined by other artists like Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, Alison Krauss, Larkin Poe, and Lucius.

Beatles legend Ringo Starr tells Fox News Digital the inspiration for him changing tune was producer T Bone Burnett. Lin-Manuel Miranda's ‘SNL' Cameo as Alexander Hamilton Interrupted by James Austin Johnson's Donald Trump

Ringo Starr personified a grizzled cowboy singing the blues for ... Starr will make his Opry program debut on Feb. 21. T Bone Burnett — co-writer and producer of "Look Up" and also a celebrated fountain of American musical inspiration — joyfully ...

The rhythmic sense that made Ringo a great rock drummer guides his vocals here. The result is relaxed authority that usually only a genius like Willie Nelson or Ray Charles can make sound so easy.

Paul McCartney has showered accolades on his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr. Ringo, whose real name is Richard Starkey, took over as the group's drummer in 1962, coming in for Pete Best. In an interview with MOJO magazine,

T Bone Burnett used to keep his Grammy Awards hidden away. The 77-year-old studio wizard - who has worked with greats including Elvis, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Sir Ringo Starr - admitted he put the 13 trophies he has been awarded over the years in his closet because seeing them would put him under pressure to attain more.

Ringo Starr famously appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial in 1995. But let this be a reminder that you can’t believe everything you see on TV: During a visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday night, the former Beatle confirmed the long-running rumor that he’s never eaten pizza in his 84 years of life.