Songs Written by Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy, Octopus's Garden, What Goes On, Dig It, Flying, Don't Pass Me By, Photograph, 12-Bar Original (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: It Don't Come Easy, Octopus's Garden, What Goes On, Dig It, Flying, Don't Pass Me By, Photograph, 12-Bar Original, Never Without You, Christmas Time, Liverpool 8, Back Off Boogaloo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 51. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: "It Don't Come Easy" is a song released as an Apple Records single by Ringo Starr in April 1971, reaching number four in both the U.S. and UK singles charts. It was Starr's first solo single in the UK, but his second in the US (the first was "Beaucoups of Blues"), following the breakup of The Beatles. Starr reportedly composed the song in 1970. Decades later, he admitted that the song's producer George Harrison co-wrote the song (as he did with other hits such as "Photograph"). The released version included Harrison on guitar, Klaus Voorman on bass guitar, Stephen Stills, Ron Cattermole (brass), Badfinger members Pete Ham and Tom Evans performing background vocals, and Starr on drums and lead vocals. The B-side of the single, "Early 1970," featured Starr on acoustic guitar, piano, drums and vocals, with Harrison playing guitar, bass, and providing backing vocals. Its lyrics refer to the lives of The Beatles around the time of their breakup (hence, the title). Both tracks were produced by Harrison, and published by Startling Music. Recording of the new composition was begun on the evening of 18 February 1970 at Abbey Road's Studio 2, during the Sentimental Journey album sessions. Earlier in the day, Starr had re-recorded his vocals for "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" and "Let the Rest of the World Go By," songs destined for Sentimental Journey. At this stage, the song was known as "You Gotta Pay Your Dues." On this first session, George Martin was producing, with Harrison playin...http: //booksllc.net/?id=2425433