Ringo Starr asking Starr to leave the Hurricanes and join his band. Starr quit Rory Storm and the Hurricanes in January 1962 and briefly joined Sheridan in Hamburg before returning to the Hurricanes for a third season at Butlins. On 14 August, Starr accepted Lennon's invitation to join the Beatles. On 16 August, Beatles manager Brian Epstein fired their drummer, Pete Best, who recalled: "He said 'I've got some bad news for you. The boys want you out and Ringo in.' He said [Beatles producer] George Martin wasn't too pleased with my playing [and] the boys thought I didn't fit in." Starr
Wings (Ringo Starr song) live in Atlanta, was released on the Hurricane Sandy charity compilation "Songs After Sandy: Friends of Red Hook for Sandy Relief". Starr gave filmmakers the chance to do an official promo video for 2012 version of "Wings"; the winning video was chosen by Starr himself. Starr called it "a great little video". In a review for Ultimate Classic Rock, Billy Dukes calls the re-make "less passionate, border-line lifeless vocal performance" when compared to the original. "Ringo the 4th" "Ringo 2012" Wings (Ringo Starr song) "Wings" is a song by Ringo Starr, originally recorded for and released as a single from