Ringo Starr a number of documentaries and hosted television shows. He also narrated the first two series of the children's television programme "Thomas & Friends" and portrayed "Mr Conductor" during the first season of the PBS children's television series "Shining Time Station". Since 1989, he has toured with thirteen variations of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Starr's musicianship has received praise from other drummers, including Phil Collins and Journey's Steve Smith. He was inducted into the "Modern Drummer" Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, "Rolling Stone" readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time. Starr, who was previously inducted
Ringo Starr the band began an ill-fated film project, "Magical Mystery Tour". Starr's growing interest in photography led to his billing as the movie's Director of Photography, and his participation in the film's editing was matched only by that of McCartney. In February 1968, Starr became the first Beatle to sing on another artist's show without the others. He sang the Buck Owens hit "Act Naturally", and performed a duet with Cilla Black, "Do You Like Me Just a Little Bit?" on her BBC One television programme, "Cilla". In November 1968, Apple Records released "The Beatles", commonly known as the "White Album".