Rory Storm Rory Storm Rory Storm (7 January 1938 – 28 September 1972) was an English musician and vocalist. Born Alan Ernest Caldwell in Liverpool, Storm was the singer and leader of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, a Liverpudlian band who were contemporaries of the Beatles in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Ringo Starr was the drummer for the Hurricanes before joining the Beatles in August 1962, replacing original drummer Pete Best. The Hurricanes were one of the most popular acts on the Liverpool and Hamburg club scenes during their existence, although their attempt at a recording career was not successful.
Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 is Ringo Starr's second official compilation album, released on Rhino. The successor to 1975's "Blast from Your Past", it rounds up Starr's highlights from 1976's "Ringo's Rotogravure" to 1983's "Old Wave" and encompasses label stays with Polydor, Atlantic, Portrait, and RCA. Consequently, it saw the first release of four tracks from "Old Wave" which had not been issued in the U.S. up to that time. The CD edition features four additional tracks that were not present on the vinyl edition: "Attention", "Who Needs a