Ringo Starr and Hamburg, he quit the Hurricanes and joined the Beatles in August 1962, replacing Pete Best. Starr played key roles in the Beatles' films and appeared in numerous others. After the band's break-up in 1970, he released several successful singles including the US number-four hit "It Don't Come Easy", and number ones "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen". In 1972, he released his most successful UK single, "Back Off Boogaloo", which peaked at number two. He achieved commercial and critical success with his 1973 album "Ringo", which was a top-ten release in both the UK and the US. He has featured in
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