Ringo Starr is an English musician who has recorded hundreds of songs throughout his long career. As the drummer for the Beatles, Starr occasionally performed lead vocals, usually for one song an album. He wrote two songs for the group, "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and was credited as co-writer of others, including "What Goes On" and "Flying". Before their break-up in April 1970, he released his debut solo album, the George Martin-produced Sentimental Journey in March 1970, which contained cover songs each arranged by a different musician.[1] He followed it in September 1970 with the Pete Drake-produced Beaucoups of Blues, which contained songs influenced by country music.[2] Starr then collaborated with former bandmate George Harrison for the singles "It Don't Come Easy" (1971) and "Back Off Boogaloo" (1972), the latter of which Starr re-recorded twice in 1981 and 2017.[3]
In 1973, Starr released the pop album Ringo,[4] which featured an array of guest collaborators, including producer Richard Perry, his future co-writer Vini Poncia ("Oh My My"), and all former Beatles: Harrison ("Photograph"), John Lennon ("I'm the Greatest") and Paul McCartney ("Six O'Clock").[5] Starr's follow-up album, Goodnight Vienna (1974), featured many of the same collaborators as its predecessor, including Perry, Poncia, Lennon ("(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna"), as well as Elton John ("Snookeroo"), Billy Preston and Harry Nilsson ("Easy for Me").[6] Ringo's Rotogravure (1976) was his first to be produced by Arif Mardin and again featured contributions from Lennon ("Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)"), Harrison ("I'll Still Love You") and McCartney ("Pure Gold"), as well as Eric Clapton ("This Be Called a Song"). Starr ended the 1970s with the more disco-oriented Ringo the 4th (1977) and the rock album Bad Boy (1978), which both featured fewer celebrity contributors than his earlier releases;[7] [8] Starr ended his partnership with Poncia following these releases.
Starr's two releases of the 1980s were Stop and Smell the Roses (1981), which featured several guests like his earlier albums, including McCartney, Harrison, Nilsson, Ronnie Wood and Stephen Stills,[9] and the Joe Walsh-produced Old Wave (1983). At the end of the 1980s, Starr began recording with his All-Starr Band, which, over many different iterations, features Starr and an assortment of musicians who had been successful in their own right with popular songs at different times. He continued to make music throughout the 1990s, contributing "You Never Know" to the soundtrack of Curly Sue (1991), releasing Time Takes Time (1992), Vertical Man (1998), which marked the beginning of his partnership with Mark Hudson, and the Christmas album I Wanna Be Santa Claus (1999). Starr's first album of the 2000s was Ringo Rama (2003),[10] featuring the song "Never Without You", a tribute to Harrison, who died in late 2001. He continued his collaboration with Hudson with Choose Love (2005), whose title track featured references to several Beatles songs,[11] ending it with Liverpool 8 in 2008.[12]
Starr has continued to release music since the 2010s. He recorded "Walk with You" with McCartney in 2010[13] and has released multiple re-recordings of earlier songs, including "Step Lightly" and "Wings" on Ringo 2012,[14] and "You Can't Fight Lightning", "Photograph" and his Beatles song "Don't Pass Me By" on 2017's Give More Love.[15] What's My Name (2019) featured past collaborators Walsh and McCartney, who guest starred on a cover of "Grow Old with Me", one of the final songs written by John Lennon.[16] Since 2021, Starr has released five EPs: Zoom In, Change the World, EP3, Rewind Forward and Crooked Boy.[17] [18] [19] [20]
| Writer(s) | Original release | Producer(s) | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "$15 Draw" | Sorrells Pickard | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | [21] |
| "Act Naturally" (with Buck Owens) | Johnny Russell Voni Morrison | Non-album single | Jerry Crutchfield Jim Shaw | 1989 | [22] |
| "Adeline" | Crooked Boy (EP) | Linda Perry | 2024 | [23] | |
| "After All These Years" | Richard Starkey Johnny Warman | Time Takes Time | Jeff Lynne | 1992 | [24] |
| "Alibi" | Joe Walsh Richard Starkey | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | [25] |
| "All by Myself" | Vini Poncia Richard Starkey | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | [26] |
| "All in the Name of Love" | Jerry Lynn Williams | Time Takes Time | Phil Ramone | 1992 | |
| "Anthem" | Richard Starkey Glen Ballard | Ringo 2012 | Ringo Starr | 2012 | [27] |
| "As Far as We Can Go" | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | ||
| "Attention" | Stop and Smell the Roses | Paul McCartney | 1981 | [28] | |
| "Back Off Boogaloo" | Richard Starkey | Non-album single | George Harrison | 1972 | [29] |
| "Bad Boy" | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | [30] | |
| "Bamboula" | Richard Starkey Van Dyke Parks | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | [31] |
| "Be My Baby" | Joe Walsh Richard Starkey | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | |
| "Beaucoups of Blues" | Buzz Rabin | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "Better Days" | Richard Starkey Grant Michaels Sam Hollander | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | [32] |
| "Blindman" | Richard Starkey | B-side to "Back Off Boogaloo" | George Harrison | 1972 | |
| "Blink" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Ringo Rama (Deluxe edition) | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | [33] |
| "Blue Christmas" | Bill Hayes Jay Johnson | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | [34] |
| "Blue, Turning Grey Over You" | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | [35] | |
| "Boat Ride" | Roger Brown | Scouse the Mouse | Hugh Murphy | 1977 | [36] |
| "Brandy" | Joseph B. Jefferson Charles B. Simmons | Stop and Smell the Roses (1994 reissue) | Ronnie Wood Ringo Starr | 1994 | |
| "Bridges" | Richard Starkey Joe Walsh | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "Bye Bye Blackbird" | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | ||
| "Call Me" | Richard Starkey | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | |
| "Can She Do It Like She Dances" | Steve Duboff Gerry Robinson | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | [37] |
| "Can't Do It Wrong" | Richard Starkey Gary Burr | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | [38] |
| "" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Jim Cox Steve Dudas | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | |
| "Christmas Eve" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | |
| "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" | John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Richard Starkey | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | |
| "Choose Love" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | [39] |
| "Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | |
| "Coming Undone" (featuring Trombone Shorty) | Change the World (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar Linda Perry | 2021 | [40] | |
| "Confirmation" | Richard Starkey Glen Ballard | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)" | John Lennon | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | [41] |
| "Coochy Coochy" | Richard Starkey | B-side to "Beaucoups of Blues" | Pete Drake | 1970 | [42] |
| "Crooked Boy" | Crooked Boy (EP) | Linda Perry | 2024 | ||
| "Cryin'" | Vini Poncia Richard Starkey | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | |
| "Dead Giveaway" | Richard Starkey Ronnie Wood | Stop and Smell the Roses | Ronnie Wood Ringo Starr | 1981 | |
| "Dear Santa" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | |
| "Devil Woman" | Richard Starkey Vini Poncia | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | [43] |
| "Do You Like Me?" (with Cilla Black) | Cilla (Television programme) | – | 1968 | ||
| "Don't Be Cruel" | Time Takes Time (Japanese edition) | Jeff Lynne | 1992 | ||
| "Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go" | Richard Starkey Johnny Warman Gary Grainger | Time Takes Time | Jeff Lynne | 1992 | |
| "Don't Hang Up" (featuring Chrissie Hynde) | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Don't Know a Thing About Love" | Time Takes Time | Don Was | 1992 | ||
| "Don't Pass Me By" | Richard Starkey | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "" | Carl Groszmann | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | |
| "Down and Out" | Richard Starkey | B-side to "Photograph" | Richard Perry | 1973 | [44] |
| "Dream" | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | ||
| "Drift Away" | Mentor Williams | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | [45] |
| "Drowning in the Sea of Love" | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | ||
| "Drumming Is My Madness" | Stop and Smell the Roses | Harry Nilsson | 1981 | ||
| "Early 1970" | Richard Starkey | B-side to "It Don't Come Easy" | George Harrison | 1971 | |
| "Easy for Me" | Harry Nilsson | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | |
| "Electricity" | Richard Starkey Glen Ballard | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | [46] |
| "Elizabeth Reigns" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | [47] |
| "English Garden" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Everybody's in a Hurry But Me" | Joe Walsh Richard Starkey John Entwistle Eric Clapton Chris Stainton | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | |
| "Everyday" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal Steve Dudas | Vertical Man (Japanese edition) | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "Everyone and Everything" | EP3 (EP) | Linda Perry | 2022 | [48] | |
| "Everyone Wins" | Richard Starkey Johnny Warman | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | |
| "Eye to Eye" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Fading In Fading Out" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Fastest Growing Heartache in the West" | Larry Kingston Fred Dycus | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "February Sky" | Crooked Boy (EP) | Linda Perry | 2024 | ||
| "Feeling the Sunlight" | Paul McCartney | Rewind Forward (EP) | Ringo Starr | 2023 | [49] |
| "Fill in the Blanks" | Richard Starkey Joe Walsh | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | |
| "For Love" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | [50] |
| "Free Drinks" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Free Your Soul" (featuring Dave Koz and José Antonio Rodríguez) | Richard Starkey Bruce Sugar | EP3 (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2022 | |
| "Gave It All Up" | Richard Starkey Vini Poncia | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | |
| "Give It a Try" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Give Me Back the Beat" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Give More Love" | Richard Starkey Gary Nicholson | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "Going Down" | Joe Walsh Richard Starkey | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | |
| "Golden Blunders" | Time Takes Time | Peter Asher | 1992 | ||
| "Gone Are the Days" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Gonna Need Someone" | Crooked Boy (EP) | Linda Perry | 2024 | ||
| "Goodnight Vienna (Reprise)" | John Lennon | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | |
| "Gotta Get Up to Get Down" | Richard Starkey Joe Walsh | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | |
| "Grow Old with Me" | John Lennon | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | |
| "Gypsies in Flight" | Richard Starkey Vini Poncia | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | |
| "Hard Times" | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | ||
| "Hard to Be True" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Harry's Song" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" | Scott Wiseman | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | |
| "Have You Seen My Baby" | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | ||
| "Heart on My Sleeve" | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | ||
| "Here's to the Nights" | Zoom In (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2020 | ||
| "Hey! Baby" | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | ||
| "Hopeless" | Joe Walsh Richard Starkey | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | |
| "Husbands and Wives" | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | ||
| "I Call Your Name" | – | Jeff Lynne | 1990 | ||
| "I Don't Believe You" | Time Takes Time | Don Was | 1992 | ||
| "I Keep Forgettin'" | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | ||
| "I Really Love Her" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "I Think Therefore I Rock and Roll" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal Paul Santo | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "I Wanna Be Santa Claus" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dick Monda | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | |
| "I Was Walkin'" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way" | Chuck Howard | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "If It's Love That You Want" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Imagine Me There" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "In a Heartbeat" | Time Takes Time | Don Was | 1992 | ||
| "In Liverpool" | Richard Starkey Dave Stewart | Ringo 2012 | Ringo Starr | 2012 | |
| "In My Car" | Joe Walsh Richard Starkey Mo Foster Kim Goody | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | |
| "Instant Amnesia" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Island in the Sun" | Richard Starkey Todd Rundgren Richard Page Steve Lukather Gregg Rolie Warren Ham Gregg Bissonette | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "It Don't Come Easy" | Richard Starkey | Non-album single | George Harrison | 1971 | [51] |
| "" | John Lennon | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | |
| "It's Love" | Dean Grakal Mark Hudson Richard Starkey | – | 2008 | [52] | |
| "It's No Secret" | Richard Starkey Vini Poncia | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | |
| "It's Not Love That You Want" | Richard Starkey Dave Stewart | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | |
| "I'd Be Talking All the Time" | Chuck Howard Larry Kingston | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "I'll Be Fine Anywhere" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "I'll Still Love You" | George Harrison | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | |
| "I'm a Fool to Care" | Ted Daffan | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | |
| "I'm Home" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas | Ringo Rama (Deluxe edition) | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "I'm the Greatest" | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | ||
| "I'm Yours" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Mark Nevin | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "Just a Dream" | Richard Starkey Vini Poncia | B-side to "Wings" and "Drowning in the Sea of Love" | Arif Mardin | 1977 | [53] [54] |
| "Just That Way" | Richard Starkey Bruce Sugar | Change the World (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2021 | |
| "King of Broken Hearts" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal Steve Dudas | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "King of the Kingdom" | Richard Starkey Van Dyke Parks | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "La De Da" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal Steve Dudas | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "Las Brisas" | Nancy Andrews Richard Starkey | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | |
| "Lady Gaye" | Vini Poncia Richard Starkey Clifford T. Ward | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | |
| "Laughable" | Richard Starkey Peter Frampton | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "Lay Down Your Arms" (with Stevie Nicks) | Harry Nilsson | Don Was | 1995 | [55] | |
| "Let Love Lead" | Richard Starkey Gary Nicholson | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "Let the Rest of the World Go By" | Ernest Ball Karen Brennan | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | |
| "Let's Be Friends" | EP3 (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2022 | ||
| "Let's Change the World" | Change the World (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2021 | ||
| "Life Is Good" | Richard Starkey Gary Burr | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | |
| "Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)" | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | ||
| "" | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | ||
| "Liverpool 8" | Richard Starkey Dave Stewart | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Living in a Pet Shop" | Roger Brown | Scouse the Mouse | Hugh Murphy | 1977 | |
| "Loser's Lounge" | Bobby Pierce | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "Love Don't Last Long" | Chuck Howard | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "Love First, Ask Questions Later" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Dean Grakal | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Love Is" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing" | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | ||
| "Love Me Do" | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | ||
| "Magic" | Richard Starkey Steve Lukather | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | |
| "" | Ruan O'Lochlainn | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | |
| "Me and You" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Memphis in Your Mind" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Mindfield" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal Steve Dudas | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "Missouri Loves Company" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Miss Jean" | Rewind Forward (EP) | Ringo Starr | 2023 | ||
| "Money" | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | ||
| "Monkey See – Monkey Do" | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | ||
| "" | Ruan O'Lochlainn | Scouse the Mouse | Hugh Murphy | 1977 | |
| "Mr. Double-It-Up" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Vertical Man (Japanese edition) | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "Mystery of the Night" | Richard Starkey Richard Marx | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | |
| "Nashville Jam" | Richard Starkey Chuck Howard Sorrells Pickard Jim Buchanan Charlie Daniels Pete Drake D. J. Fontana Buddy Harman Grover Lavender Jerry Kennedy Junior Huskey Ben Keith Dave Kirby Charlie McCoy Jerry Reed George Richey Jerry Shook | Beaucoups of Blues (1995 reissue) | Pete Drake | 1995 | [56] |
| "Never Without You" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Nicholson | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Night and Day" | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | ||
| "No No Song" | Hoyt Axton David Jackson | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | |
| "Nonsense" | Alice in Wonderland (1985 film) | – | 1985 | ||
| "Not Enough Love in This World" | Zoom In (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2021 | ||
| "Not Looking Back" | Richard Starkey Richard Marx | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "Now That She's Gone Away" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Occapella" | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | ||
| "Oh My Lord" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Oh My My" | Richard Starkey Vini Poncia | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | |
| "OK Ray" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas Hart Foote | Ringo Rama (Deluxe edition) | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Old Time Relovin'" | Vini Poncia Richard Starkey | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | |
| "One" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal Steve Dudas | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "Only You (And You Alone)" | Buck Ram Ande Rand | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | |
| "Oo-Wee" | Vini Poncia Richard Starkey | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | |
| "" | Richard Starkey Dave Stewart | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | |
| "Out on the Streets" | Richard Starkey Vini Poncia | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | |
| "Pasodobles" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Pax Um Biscum (Peace Be with You)" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Scott Gordon | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | |
| "Peace Dream" | Richard Starkey Gary Wright Gary Nicholson | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | |
| "Picture Show Life" | John Reid John Slate | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | |
| "Photograph" | Richard Starkey George Harrison | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | |
| "Postcards from Paradise" | Richard Starkey Todd Rundgren | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "Private Property" | Paul McCartney | Stop and Smell the Roses | Paul McCartney | 1981 | |
| "Puppet" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "Pure Gold" | Paul McCartney | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | |
| "Really Love You" (Paul McCartney) | Paul McCartney Richard Starkey | Flaming Pie (Paul McCartney album) | Paul McCartney Jeff Lynne | 1997 | |
| "Red and Black Blues" | Lane Tietgen | Stop and Smell the Roses (1994 reissue) | Stephen Stills | 1994 | |
| "Rewind Forward" | Richard Starkey Bruce Sugar | Rewind Forward (EP) | Ringo Starr | 2023 | |
| "Right Side of the Road" | Richard Starkey Richard Marx | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "Rock Around the Clock" | Change the World (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2021 | ||
| "Rock Island Line" | Kelly Pace | Ringo 2012 | Ringo Starr | 2012 | |
| "Rory and the Hurricanes" | Richard Starkey Dave Stewart | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | ||
| "Runaways" | Richard Starkey Johnny Warman | Time Takes Time | Phil Ramone | 1992 | |
| "Running Free" | Roger Brown | Scouse the Mouse | Hugh Murphy | 1977 | |
| "R U Ready?" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Samba" | Richard Starkey Van Dyke Parks | Ringo 2012 | Ringo Starr | 2012 | |
| "Satisfied" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Nicholson | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Scouse's Dream" | Roger Brown | Scouse the Mouse | Hugh Murphy | 1977 | |
| "Scouse the Mouse" | Roger Brown | Scouse the Mouse | Hugh Murphy | 1977 | |
| "See You Later, Alligator" | Songs from Quarantine Vol. 2 | Ringo Starr | 2021 | [57] | |
| "Send Love Spread Peace" | Richard Starkey Gary Nicholson | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | |
| "Sentimental Journey" | Bud Green Les Brown Bon Homer | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | |
| "Shadows on the Wall" | Steve Lukather Joseph Williams | Rewind Forward (EP) | Ringo Starr | 2023 | |
| "Silent Homecoming" | Sorrells Pickard | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "Simple Love Song" | Richard Starkey Vini Poncia | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | |
| "Six O'Clock" | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | ||
| "Shake It Up" | Richard Starkey Gary Nicholson | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "She's About a Mover" | Old Wave | Joe Walsh | 1983 | ||
| "Show Me the Way" | Richard Starkey Steve Lukather | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "Slow Down" | Richard Starkey Joe Walsh | Ringo 2012 | Ringo Starr | 2012 | |
| "Sneaking Sally Through the Alley" | Allen Toussaint | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | |
| "Snookeroo" | Goodnight Vienna | Richard Perry | 1974 | ||
| "So Wrong for So Long" | Richard Starkey Dave Stewart | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "Some People" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "" | Roger Brown | Scouse the Mouse | Hugh Murphy | 1977 | |
| "Speed of Sound" | Richard Starkey Richard Marx | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "Spooky Weirdness" | – | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | |
| "Standing Still" | Richard Starkey Gary Burr | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "Stardust" | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | ||
| "Step Lightly" | Richard Starkey | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | |
| "Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses" | Harry Nilsson Richard Starkey | Stop and Smell the Roses | Harry Nilsson | 1981 | |
| "Sun City" (Artists United Against Apartheid) | Non-album single | Steven Van Zandt | 1985 | ||
| "Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)" | George Harrison | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | |
| "Sure to Fall" | Stop and Smell the Roses | Paul McCartney | 1981 | ||
| "Tango All Night" | Steve Hague Tom Seufert | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | |
| "Teach Me to Tango" | Richard Starkey Sam Hollander Grant Michaels | Zoom In (EP) | Sam Hollander Grant Michaels | 2021 | |
| "Time" | Richard Starkey Dave Stewart | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | |
| "Thank God for Music" | Richard Starkey Grant Michaels Sam Hollander | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | |
| "Think About You" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "Think It Over" | Ringo 2012 | Ringo Starr | 2012 | ||
| "This Be Called a Song" | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | ||
| "Tonight" | Ian McLagan John Pidgeon | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | |
| "Touch and Go" | Richard Starkey Gary Burr | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "Trippin' on My Own Tears" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Dean Grakal | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Tuff Love" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas | Liverpool 8 | Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dave Stewart | 2008 | |
| "" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Vertical Man" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal Steve Dudas | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "Waiting" | Chuck Howard | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "Waiting for the Tide to Turn" | Richard Starkey Bruce Sugar | Zoom In (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2021 | |
| "Wake Up" | Richard Starkey | Stop and Smell the Roses (1994 reissue) | Stephen Stills | 1994 | |
| "Walk with You" (with Paul McCartney) | Richard Starkey Van Dyke Parks | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | |
| "We're on the Road Again" | Richard Starkey Steve Lukather | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | 2017 | |
| "Weight of the World" | Brian O'Doherty Fred Velez | Time Takes Time | Don Was | 1992 | |
| "What Goes Around" | Rick Suchow | Time Takes Time | Don Was | 1992 | |
| "What in the ... World" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal Steve Dudas | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "What Love Wants to Be" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "What's My Name" | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | 2019 | ||
| "When You Wish Upon a Star" (with Herb Alpert) | Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films | Hal Willner | 1988 | [58] | |
| "Where Did Our Love Go" | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | ||
| "Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)" | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | ||
| "White Christmas" | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | ||
| "Who Needs a Heart" | Vini Poncia Richard Starkey | Bad Boy | Vini Poncia | 1978 | |
| "Who's Your Daddy" (with Joss Stone) | Richard Starkey Joss Stone | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | |
| "Wine, Women and Loud Happy Songs" | Larry Kingston | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "Wings" | Richard Starkey Vini Poncia | Ringo the 4th | Arif Mardin | 1977 | |
| "Winter Wonderland" | I Wanna Be Santa Claus | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1999 | ||
| "Without Her" | Sorrells Pickard | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "Without Understanding" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Steve Dudas | Vertical Man | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 1998 | |
| "Woman of the Night" | Sorrells Pickard | Beaucoups of Blues | Pete Drake | 1970 | |
| "Wonderful" | Richard Starkey Gary Nicholson | Ringo 2012 | Ringo Starr | 2012 | |
| "World Go Round" | EP3 (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2022 | ||
| "Wrack My Brain" | George Harrison | Stop and Smell the Roses | George Harrison | 1981 | |
| "Write One for Me" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr | Ringo Rama | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2003 | |
| "Wrong All the Time" | Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr | Choose Love | Mark Hudson Ringo Starr | 2005 | |
| "Y Not" | Richard Starkey Glen Ballard | Y Not | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2010 | |
| "You and Me (Babe)" | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | ||
| "You Always Hurt the One You Love" | Sentimental Journey | George Martin | 1970 | ||
| "You Belong to Me" | Pee Wee King Redd Stewart Chilton Price | Stop and Smell the Roses | George Harrison | 1981 | |
| "You Bring the Party Down" | Richard Starkey Steve Lukather | Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | 2015 | |
| "You Can't Fight Lightning" | Richard Starkey | Stop and Smell the Roses (1994 reissue) | Paul McCartney | 1994 | |
| "You Don't Know Me at All" | Dave Jordan | Ringo's Rotogravure | Arif Mardin | 1976 | |
| "You Never Know" | Curly Sue (soundtrack) | Steve Dorff | 1991 | ||
| "You're Sixteen" | Ringo | Richard Perry | 1973 | ||
| "You've Got a Nice Way" | Stephen Stills Michael Stergis | Stop and Smell the Roses | Stephen Stills | 1981 | |
| "Zoom In Zooom Out" | Jeff Silbar Joe Turley | Zoom In (EP) | Ringo Starr Bruce Sugar | 2021 | [59] |