Ringo Starr Both songs appeared on Starr's debut rock album, "Ringo", produced by Richard Perry and featuring contributions from Lennon, McCartney and Harrison. A commercial and critical success, the LP also included "Oh My My", a US number five. The album reached number seven in the UK and number two in the US. Author Peter Doggett describes "Ringo" as a template for Starr's solo career, saying that, as a musician first rather than a songwriter, "he would rely on his friends and his charm, and if both were on tap, then the results were usually appealing". "Goodnight Vienna" followed in 1974 and
Can't Stop Thinking About You wife, Pattie Boyd, who has described their home, Friar Park, as a "madhouse" during their final year together. In her 2009 memoir, music-industry insider Chris O'Dell recalls spending the 1973 Christmas holiday with the couple and learning that Harrison was having an affair with Maureen Starkey, the wife of his fellow ex-Beatle Ringo Starr. On the night of 23 December, with both wives and O'Dell present, Harrison duly announced to Starr that he was in love with Maureen. Author Simon Leng pairs the song with "Simply Shady", as being a musical document of Harrison's "many nights spent nursing a bottle