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.
Photograph (Ringo Starr song) acknowledges the extent of Harrison's influence on this and other tracks on "Ringo" while rueing that "Photograph" marks the only formal co-composition by the two ex-Beatles. Huntley describes the song as the album's "stand-out track" and "by a country mile, the commercial high-point" for Starr as a songwriter. Former "Mojo" editor Mat Snow recognises it as "perhaps the single best song of [Starr's] career" and the "emotional heart" of the album. The song provided the title to Starr's 2007 career-spanning compilation "",<ref name="Erlewine/AM"></ref> having earlier appeared on "Blast from Your Past" (1975), a greatest-hits collection covering his years on Apple