Arise Sir Ringo - Beatles drummer knighted in UK honours list

 

Ringo Starr performs during the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio April 18, 2015. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Ex-Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been knighted in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's honours list, along with Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb and author Michael Morpurgo, while ballet dancer Darcey Bussell becomes a dame.

 

Ringo, 77, real name Richard Starkey, joined the Beatles as a replacement drummer for Pete Best in 1962 and occasionally sang lead vocals, notably in "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help from my Friends."

 

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988 and again in 2015 for his solo career after the group split up.

 

Gibb, 71, is the British musician who co-founded the Bee Gees with his brothers Robin and Maurice and went on to record a string of pop classics including "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever" from the film "Saturday Night Fever."

 

English author Morpurgo, 74, is best known for children's novels like "War Horse" and was Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005.

 

Bussell, 48, is a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet and currently one of the four judges in the long-running BBC TV ballroom contest "Strictly Come Dancing."

 

The New Year's honours have been awarded since Queen Victoria's reign in the 19th century and aim to recognise not just well-known figures but those who have contributed to national life through often selfless and unsung contributions over many years.

 

In that category, Margaret Jamieson, of the Blue Door charity shop on the Scottish island of Orkney is recognised, along with Geoffrey Evans, a local councillor in Falmouth, Cornwall for over 40 years.

 

Actor Hugh Laurie receives the CBE medal, as does author Jilly Cooper and the former editor of British Vogue magazine Alexandra Shulman.

 

England women’s cricket captain Heather Knight is made an OBE while hip hop artist Richard Cowie, aka Wiley, is made an MBE, along with Paralympian athlete Stefanie Reid.

 

The biannual honours list is released on the Queen's official birthday in June and at the end of each year. The list is published by the Cabinet Office and can be seen at www.gov.uk/honours/honours-lists

 

 

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Ringo is a fearful jouster and prefers a war hammer to a sword in hand to hand combat. Never slayed a dragon, but came close in his battles with Yoko.

Good for Ringo. Now qualifies to play with Sir Douglas Quintet. Nice to see Hugh Laurie getting recognition too.

Congratulations Ringo and remember:   Once a King, always a King, but once a Knight's enough.

Just now, Credo said:

Congratulations Ringo and remember:   Once a King, always a King, but once a Knight's enough.

Especially on a hard day's Knight.

So you play the drums and do the voiceover for Thomas the tank engine and you get knighted , wow .

12 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

So you play the drums and do the voiceover for Thomas the tank engine and you get knighted , wow .

Well, as a part of the Beatles, they did a lot.    Their music was known the world over and brought a great deal of fame, celebrity and pride to the British people.   

Ever heard of the album; 'Best of the Beatles' ?

 

it was a low-selling so-so album put out by Pete Best, years after the Beatles' heyday.

 

Pete Best was the drummer who Ringo replaced.

Will he be Sir Richard Starkey or Sir Ringo. If it is the former, why then is Sir Cliff not Sir Harry, Elton not Sir Reg, Sir Paul not Sir James. And I guess his wife, Barbara Bach, will be Lady Starkey. However, what is Elton John's 'spouse' called Lady Dwight?

Winston Churchill

Isaac Newton

Horatio Nelson

James Cook

Alexander Fleming

Walter Raliegh

Ringo Star!!!!!!!

1 hour ago, Emster23 said:

Good for Ringo. Now qualifies to play with Sir Douglas Quintet. Nice to see Hugh Laurie getting recognition too.

Ringo on drums, Paul on bass, Elton on keys, Mick & Cliff on backing vocals, Tom & Shirley on lead vocals. And Hugh is no mean piano/blues singer, get him in as well. The Band of Knights !

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1 minute ago, wgdanson said:

Ringo on drums, Paul on bass, Elton on keys, Mick & Cliff on backing vocals, Tom & Shirley on lead vocals. And Hugh is no mean piano/blues singer, get him in as well. The Band of Knights !

Just need Sir Eric or Sir Hank on guitars.

 

Well past time to stop this outdated system of ""honours"".

Years ago only people who had really accomplished something for their country received these honours.

Nowadays anyone in fashion or have appeased some poliical party get them.

Nonsense in the 21st century and should be abolished

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Most nations throughout the world have an honours system, in which heads of state confer orders and medals on their countrymen and foreign nationals as a reward for their outstanding contribution to the greater good of society.

It works by nomination. So if someone would nominate  Jonnapat for "services to" and it passed the civil servants then you could get honoured. Many people who have done good things do not get honoured. 

Should the "Queen" stop sending telegrams to people on their 100th birthday as well, et al? Doesn't do any harm.

5 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Just need Sir Eric or Sir Hank on guitars.

 

And Sir David Gilmour 

If only Dean Jonathon Swift were alive or watching on he'd see his satire on bestowed awards was still very much alive!

When a reporter asked John Lennon if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, John said "he is not even the best drummer in the Beatles." Says it all really.

On ‎12‎/‎30‎/‎2017 at 9:34 AM, bert bloggs said:

So you play the drums and do the voiceover for Thomas the tank engine and you get knighted , wow .

Why did you omit the huge amount of charity work that he does when condemning him?

On ‎12‎/‎30‎/‎2017 at 12:24 PM, VocalNeal said:

It works by nomination. So if someone would nominate  Jonnapat for "services to" and it passed the civil servants then you could get honoured. Many people who have done good things do not get honoured. 

Should the "Queen" stop sending telegrams to people on their 100th birthday as well, et al? Doesn't do any harm.

I agree with you but the queens message only goes to those who ask for it, it has to be applied for.

36 minutes ago, vogie said:

When a reporter asked John Lennon if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, John said "he is not even the best drummer in the Beatles." Says it all really.

Says nothing at all.  He did not get the Honour for his percussion virtuosity.

On ‎12‎/‎30‎/‎2017 at 9:34 AM, bert bloggs said:

So you play the drums and do the voiceover for Thomas the tank engine and you get knighted , wow .

He was knighted for "services" to music, whatever that means, not for being the second best drummer in the Beatles.

Paul was already knighted and I don't know that he did much outside of being a musician, either.

It's all just a farce anway, as something for the chattering classes to get excited about.

I'd like to see them have to win a joust or three to qualify.

5 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Says nothing at all.  He did not get the Honour for his percussion virtuosity.

Didn't get it for his singing either, or being an actor. I don't often give up on a movie, but The Magic Christian was just awful.

16 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Why did you omit the huge amount of charity work that he does when condemning him?

I was just looking for that on the internet, but I couldn't find any among the tidal wave about his "honor". I don't doubt that he did some, but millions of people do and don't get knighted.

That's not to say he didn't deserve it.

37 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Says nothing at all.  He did not get the Honour for his percussion virtuosity.

Is the only opinion you respect, your own?

1 hour ago, vogie said:

When a reporter asked John Lennon if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, John said "he is not even the best drummer in the Beatles." Says it all really.

 

 

 

That oh so human trait of bullying others is just so pervasive.

 

Sad really.

1 hour ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

 

That oh so human trait of bullying others is just so pervasive.

 

Sad really.

Where does bullying come into it?

1 hour ago, vogie said:

Where does bullying come into it?

 

 

 

I read John Lennon's biography years ago and as much as I love the man's music and admire his talent, he was certainly not a particularly nice person   at least during part of his life.

 

 

Both Lennon and Sir McCarthy had no problem letting George  Harrison and Ringo Star  know who were the "important" members of the Beatles.

Gosh!

 

To be a Knight in the Olden Days you had to prove your worth with a sword.

 

Today, it is a set of drums or a guitar, or a good voice, if you have one. 

Sir Ringo knew years ago that the knighthood would have its detractors. 

 

3 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

 

I read John Lennon's biography years ago and as much as I love the man's music and admire his talent, he was certainly not a particularly nice person   at least during part of his life.

 

 

Both Lennon and Sir McCarthy had no problem letting George  Harrison and Ringo Star  know who were the "important" members of the Beatles.

I'm sorry to disappoint  you, but without Lennon and McCartney and later George Harrison who were the talented members of the Beatles, Ringo Starr would probably now be cleaning windows in Birkenhead.