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 (album) Lightly", the former on which McCartney also appears, on kazoo. This second block of recording sessions lasted until 30 April, from then on, overdubs were added at Sunset Sound Recorders throughout July. The album was mixed at Sunset Sound on 24 July. The experience of making "Ringo" was an enjoyable one for Starr and all involved. According to a report in "Billboard" magazine in late September 1973, "Ringo"s release was delayed while work was being completed on the album artwork. On 24 September, "Photograph" was released as the album's lead single in the US, backed by "Down and Out". Starr