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After achieving moderate success in the UK and Hamburg, he quit the Hurricanes when he was asked to join the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best. When the Beatles formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool group, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.

In 1957, he co-founded his first band, the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, which earned several prestigious local bookings before the fad succumbed to American rock and roll around early 1958.

Soon afterwards, Starr became interested in the UK skiffle craze and developed a fervent admiration for the genre. He briefly held a position with British Rail before securing an apprenticeship as a machinist at a Liverpool school equipment manufacturer. Starr was afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during childhood, with periods of prolonged hospitalisation.

He also wrote and sang the Beatles songs ' Don't Pass Me By' and ' Octopus's Garden', and is credited as a co-writer of four others. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including ' Yellow Submarine' and ' With a Little Help from My Friends'. Sir Richard Starkey MBE (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. “The signature on the old court documents is false! We have found the signature is from a right-handed person, but Paul is left-handed.From the BBC programme Front Row, 31 December 2008 “I have many proofs that Sir Paul isn’t really Sir Paul,” she told the mass-circulation Bild Zeitung.

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In 2007, however, she claimed that McCartney had faked the paternity test, as she alleged that a look-alike had taken Sir Paul’s place in the court case.Īfter Ringo’s revelations, she now demands a DNA test to compare her own DNA with that of Paul’s brother, Peter Micheal McCartney, better known by his professional name of Mike McGear, to prove she is actually the daughter of the “real” Paul McCartney. Hübers had a failed pop career under the name Tina McCartney, but Sir Paul has always denied he was her father, and the original paternity test backed up his claims. McCartney.īack in 1983, Sir Paul was ordered to give blood samples for a DNA paternity test after Bettina Hübers claimed to be his illegitimate daughter.ĥ3-year old Bettina Hübers, who works as a caretaker at an old people’s home in Berlin, claims her mother, Erika Hübers, had an affair with the British musician between 19.Īt the time the Beatles were playing on Hamburg’s infamous Reeperbahn and hadn’t yet risen to fame. This investigation in Berlin comes after Ringo’s allegations have brought an unexpected twist to a 31-year old paternity case in Germany, concerning Mr. This denial by Paul McCartney will certainly not bring an end to this story, however, as many investigations have already been initiated to determine his true identity.Īfter the British MI5’s announcement on Tuesday, the speaker for the Berlin public prosecutor’s office, Michael Grunwald, confirmed on Friday to reporters that the office is also investigating claims that Sir Paul McCartney could be an impostor. Sir Paul looked visibly tired and irritated during the press conference, appearing even aggressive at times. I’ve seen Ringo do and say many stupid things in my life, but this is one of the worst! If he’s so badly in need of media coverage, he could just invent crap about himself without implicating me in his delirium” he added with spite. He probably heard that Wings was about to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame and he felt jealous. “I know that Ringo is growing senile and losing his mind,” says Sir Paul, “but he doesn’t need to invent such idiotic stories to attract attention. Sir Paul decided to invite the media to his primary residence located on the outskirts of the small town of Peasmarsh, in Sussex, to refute the allegations and to put an end to the rumors which have been spreading and multiplying over the last few days. Ringo alleged that the “real” Paul had died in 1966 and had been replaced by a look-alike named Williams Shears Campbell, a claim which Paul dismisses as “the rambling of a senile old man”. Tweet Paul McCartney finally reacted this morning to the controversial declarations made last Wednesday by his former bandmate, Ringo Starr, during an interview with the Hollywood Inquirer.

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