Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr records three tracks for fifth studio album 50 years ago today (Jun 4 1976)


Video: 'Hey Baby'

(Friday, June 4, 1976) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr returned to Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood today to continue work on his upcoming solo studio album Ringo’s Rotogravure, tracking three songs, including: “Hey Baby,” “You Don’t Know Me At All,” and “Spooky Weirdness.”


Video: 'You Don't Know Me at All'

Hey Baby,” a cover of the Bruce Channel classic long favored by The Beatles, was completed with Take 13 selected as the master for what would become the album’s second single.


Video: 'Spooky Weirdness'

“You Don’t Know Me At All,” a Dave Jordan-penned track, was also recorded during the session, with Starr working through multiple takes before settling on the twelfth as the final master.

“Spooky Weirdness,” an experimental cut featuring novelty “scary” vocal effects, rounded out the session and was later mixed on Aug. 20, 1976, ahead of the album’s fall release.

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