What's my name

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What's my name
Ringo Starr's studio album

Publication
(s)

October 25, 2019 ( US , UK , D )

Label (s) Universal Music Group

Format (s)

CD , LP , download

Genre (s)

Pop , rock

Title (number)

10

running time

34 min 50 s

occupation (in brackets next to the songs according to the title list )
  • Colin Hay - guitar (10), backing vocals (10)
  • Jim Cox - keyboard (2, 3), organ (8), piano (8), synthesizer bass (8)
  • Benmont Tench - clavinet (2), organ (7, 9), piano (9)
  • Bruce Sugar - synthesizer (2, 4, 5, 7, 8), organ (5), piano (5)
  • John Pierce - Bass (4)
  • Kaveh Rastegar - Bass (6)
  • Grant Michaels - piano (6)
  • Pete Min - guitar (6)
  • Steve Dudas - guitar (9)
  • Peter Levin - Organ (6)
  • James King - Horn (6)
  • Windy Wagner - background vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 9)
  • Waren Ham - backing vocals (1, 4, 7), harmonica (10)
  • Richard Page - backing vocals (1, 4, 7)
  • Kari Kimmel - backing vocals (1, 4, 7)
  • Maxine Waters - backing vocals (5, 8, 10)
  • Julia Waters - backing vocals (5, 8, 10)
  • Amy Keys - backing vocals (2, 9)
  • Zelma Davis - backing vocals (6)
  • Garen Gueyikian - backing vocals (6)
  • Rhea Fowler, Bianca McClure, Lauren Baba, Isaiah Gage - strings (2)

production

Ringo Starr

Studio (s)

Rocca Bella West, Los Angeles

chronology
Give More Love
2017 		What's my name -

What's My Name is the 36th album, or the 20th studio album by Ringo Starr after the Beatles split up . It was released in the UK, Germany and the US on October 25, 2019.

History of origin

Ringo Starr, 2019

Since the recording of his studio album Y Not , Ringo Starr took over the responsible role of the first producer ; at Ringo in 2012 he was the first sole producer, which he continued with the album Postcards from Paradise , Give More Love and What's My Name .

The exact recording times for the What's My Name album are not documented. As with the previous albums, the studio recordings were made in the Rocca Bella Studio, which is located in a Ringo Starr guest house in Los Angeles , and the musicians were recorded depending on the availability of the individual artists.

As with the previous album Give More Love , this album once again featured prominent musicians. It worked, among others, Joe Walsh , Paul McCartney , Colin Hay , Dave Stewart and Steve Lukather with.

In addition to the ballad Grow Old with Me , the album contains mostly rock-oriented pieces of music.

Ringo Starr happened to meet Jack Douglas who was the producer of the John Lennon / Yoko Ono album Double Fantasy in 1980. Douglas asked Starr if he had ever heard the music cassette with the John Lennon demos, Starr said no, so Douglas later gave him the songs on CD. Ringo Starr decided to record Grow Old with Me , which originally appeared as a demo version on the Lennon / Ono album Milk and Honey , himself. Jack Douglas (arranger of the string accompaniment) and Paul McCartney (bass and background vocals) contributed musically to the version by Starr.

Since the last musical collaboration between the two ex-Beatles on the 2017 album Give More Love , Ringo Starr played the song Get Back with Paul McCartney on December 16, 2018 at the O 2 Arena in London and on July 13, 2019 at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles the songs Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) and Helter Skelter during two McCartney concerts.

The Beatles recorded the song Money (That's What I Want) for the 1963 album With the Beatles , Ringo Starr recorded a new version for his album.

Colin Hay, longtime member of the Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band , composed the title song of the album. Starr was the composer or co-composer of the remaining seven of the ten songs on the album.

Since Goodnight Vienna, What's My Name has reached its highest chart position in Germany to date.

Ringo Starr said in retrospect about his musical career: “When I was a teenager, my mom always said, 'Son, you're at your happiest when you're playing.' And it's still true to this day. "

What's My Name is Ringo Starr's sixth album to be released by Universal .

Cover design

The cover designed Vartan and Meire Murakami. The CD comes with an illustrated six-page booklet that contains information about the album. The cover photo is by Scott Ritchie.

Track list

  1. Gotta Get Up to Get Down (Richard Starkey * / Joe Walsh ) - 4:21
  2. It's Not Love That You Want (Richard Starkey / Dave Stewart ) - 3:35
  3. Grow Old with Me ( John Lennon ) - 3:20
  4. Magic (Richard Starkey / Steve Lukather ) - 4:10
  5. Money (That's What I Want) (Janie Bradford / Berry Gordy ) - 2:58
  6. Better Days (Richard Starkey / Grant Michaels / Sam Hollander) - 2:49
  7. Life Is Good (Richard Starkey / Gary Burr ) - 3:13
  8. Thank God for Music (Richard Starkey / Grant Michaels / Sam Hollander) - 3:40
  9. Send Love Spread Peace (Richard Starkey / Gary Nicholson) - 2:59
  10. What's My Name ( Colin Hay ) - 3:45
∗ Richard Starkey is the birth name of Ringo Starr

Single releases

What's My Name was released as single releases on September 13, 2019 and Grow Old with Me on October 11, 2019 as download singles.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 40 (...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary Where.) ...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 43 (...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary Where.) ...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 50 (...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary Where.) ...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 99 (...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary Where.) ...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 127 (...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary Where.) ...Template: chart placements / maintenance / preliminary

The album also reached number 49 in Japan and number 39 in Spain .

Others

A release as LP took place as with the previous albums Give More Love , Y Not , Ringo 2012 and Postcards from Paradise . The album was also released on blue vinyl.

literature

  • CD booklet

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Starr / McCartney on December 16, 2018 during a McCartney concert
  2. ↑ Starr / McCartney on July 13, 2019 during a McCartney concert
  3. ↑ Download single: What's My Name
  4. ↑ Download single: Grow Old with Me
  5. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts US
  6. ↑ Chart placement in Japan
  7. ↑ Chart placement in Spain
  8. ↑ Black vinyl: What's My Name
  9. ↑ Blue vinyl: What's My Name