Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 Heart", "Hopeless" and "You Belong to Me". The cover photo was originally for the unreleased version of "Stop and Smell the Roses" (1981), entitled "Can't Fight Lightning". Issued on 24 February 1989 by Rhino, only in the US. Never charting anywhere, "Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2" went out of print during the 1990s. Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 is Ringo Starr's second official compilation album, released on Rhino. The successor to 1975's "Blast from Your Past", it rounds up Starr's highlights from 1976's "Ringo's Rotogravure" to
Ringo Beat Ringo Beat Ringo Beat is a 1965 novelty single written and recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. It was inspired by the popularity of Ringo Starr, the drummer of The Beatles. Fitzgerald had described the rock drumming style of her 16-year-old son, Ray Brown, Jr. as the "Ringo beat...cause that's where it all started". The guitarist Barney Kessel also appears on the song. The "Billboard" magazine review from December 12, 1964 commented that "Swinging' Fitzgerald takes off on that all too famous beat. Great opportunity for the WNEW's to recognize the Beatles". Fitzgerald had complained in a November 1965 interview for "Downbeat"