Is Ringo rich?

(though i thought the common wisdom was that the really poor investor among the beatles was george, and it was him whom the anthology series most benefited. though he too must have been extremely fucking rich.)

paul tops the list at 725 million pounds ... i imagine ringo must be around the hundred-million or 50-million pound range??

no no elephant man bones

Uh...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qpJvn26aG0&mode=related&search=

http://www.snpp.com/guides/beatles.refs.html

TUTTI?!?!

Still, Tootie...I could understand Ringo's reasoning. Check out some of Tootie's plotlines from wikipedia:

"In another episode, Tootie was chosen by a photographer to model for newspaper advertisements but was instead lured into kiddie porn and was saved by Mrs. Garrett at the very last minute. During a trip to New York City, Tootie was almost strong-armed into prostitution before Mrs. Garrett found her and took her home. A fan of singer Jermaine Jackson, Tootie rushed the security to get into his dressing room so that she could give a papier-mâché replica of his head to him, only to find it submerged in a bathtub of water and ruined, emotionally crushing her (his bodyguards had done it in fear that it was a bomb)."

not quite. in the u.s.:

paul: 9
george: 3
john: 2
ringo: 2

and, still, i'd assume he's ok too.

ringo had the most post-beatles #1s

I can't tell if this was serious or not but NO WAY. US-Chart wise, Paul had 9 #1s (including Wings) after leaving the Beatles, and 4 in the UK. Ringo had a couple in the US, none in the UK. John Lennon had 2 in the US, 3 in the UK, and George had 3 in the US and 1 in the UK (My Sweet Lord hit #1 twice). Info from Wikipedia but I think it's accurate.

RINGO!

Income:

•Ringo had 400,000 shares of Northern Songs, Ltd. in 1969 worth £80,000.

•When ATV bought a majority stake in Northern Songs in 1969, Ringo got shot of his holding for £80,000 but otherwise he didn't have much more money than sense because "if I think I'm being conned I do without". He also said at this time that he had "more money than I'd ever dreamed of" (Clayson and Sunday Post '69).

•Ringo sold Brookfields (property) for £100,000 to Stephen Stills.

Expenses:

•Ringo stated that he would place an occasional bet on a horse but that no one would get rich off his betting.

•Ringo gave his children " a few bob pocket money each week. Once it's spent, that'll be that-though I guess I'll be like most dads, buying them something when they ask for it, then getting in a row with mum" (Clayson, p. 124).

•Ringo's sons Zak and Jason received private piano lessons but learned the recorder at the Church of England state primary (Clayson, p. 136).

•Reportedly, Ringo was the owner of the first privately-owned cassette recorder in Britain.

•As far a letters received requesting money: Ringo said "I usually give the genuine ones a hand but the scroungers get nothing".

•Ringo received a go-cart from his wife on his 28th birthday.

•Ringo purchased a pair of sandals on the Beatles trip to Greece circa '68 (Gunby, G. Hello Goodbye, p. 108).

•£118 10s was spent on a recording for Ringo's Sentimental Journey on Nov. 6 '69. The song was 'Stormy Weather' but never released.

•On August 8, after the Abbey Road album cover was photographed, the Beatles had a couple of hours free in the afternoon. John and Paul went back to Paul's house, George went to the zoo,and Ringo went shopping (Hertsgaard, M. A Day in the Life. The Music and Artistry of the Beatles. p. 295).

•Ringo 1969. On the Realities of Business:
"We have to turn into businessmen because of what we started, you know. I mean, we started it (Apple)
as like a toy-- because we weren't businessmen, and we didn't know what it involved, and we'd just started
this great empire thinking we could do it whenever we felt like. But it ended up that we couldn't, you know,
we had to go in. So what we're really doing now is paying for when we opened it and played about. Because we used to keep everybody on forever, you know, just because they were like a mate or a pal. They never did the jobs what we used to keep them on. You know, it's like another time we were being played on. So now, if they can't do the job then they have to leave, you know, which is fair. If you don't do your work then you've gotta go somewhere else, you know." (Beatles Ultimate Experience).

•Roger Taverner was known in England as "the swinging builder" and his construction company had been doing work for many of England's brightest young pop stars. The Beatles were among his many clients and he had done work for both Nems and Apple as well as in the homes of all four Beatles. Roger Taverner had been hired to renovate Ringo Starr's Highgate home and he spent almost two years working on the property during 1968 and 1969 (Granados, S. Those Were the Days. p. 136).

General Statements:

•Yoko had once sniffed around Ringo for his patronage for her 'concept' art but he was unmoved by
her wrapping Trafalgar Square's statues in brown paper, etc (Clayson, p. 129).

•Ringo had to sell the lease for his apartment because of an injunction by the estate managers. The injunction stemmed from John and Yoko's drug bust while they were staying at Ringo's residence (Harry, B. Lennon Encyclopedia, p. 121).

•Brymon Estates Limited instigated proceedings against Ringo to bar the Lennons and other undesirables from using the premises [Montague Square]. Although Brymon lost the case Ringo was so disgusted that he sold his free hold interest in the property (Clayson, p. 133).

•"My friend Ray in Liverpool has got this collection of just forty records, and he knows them all and loves
each one. I've got maybe a thousand and I never really know which one to put on (Sunday Express Mar '69).

•At one time John wanted to buy Peter Sellers' home, but Sellers' sold it to Ringo for less than John had
offered because he had promised it to Ringo first (Harry. JL Encyclopedia, p. 796).

•On touring: Ringo was afraid that after taxes and other deductions, "We'd be left with a fiver and a
packet of ciggies each (Daily Mirror June 69).

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Still, all interesting. It's just as my friend pointed out, Ringo's at a loss for publishing money, and obviously he doesn't draw the big coin when he tours. I guess he was indeed helped out around the Anthology period with some extra income, but I suspect Ringo's somewhere around, I dunno, Jon Bon Jovi rich, and not richer than God.

(That last part stems from me learning that "Abbey Road" and "Slippery When Wet" are tied for sales.)

Then again, he was a fucking Beatle. He should be doing better than Hammer.

Another way of putting it is: is Ringo richer than Sting? Elton John? Bob Seeger?

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Poor Ringo

that doesn't work for me.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2804567.html

It was probably a protest that "Thicket to Ride" was even considered as a name in the same league with "Fab Foliage".

it cost 8,000 pounds to make a bush look like a band?

http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1437129/20001128/richards_keith.jhtml

He's doing okay.

Oooooh! What a lucky maaaaaan he waaas!

How is Jim Kerr so rich?

Actual answer: property investment.

Actual actual answer: "She's a River" residuals.

I think I read John Lydon owes a good part of his wealth to property as well.

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Between 1985-90, it was compulsory for everyone in the Glasgow metropolitan area to own at least one Simple Minds' album, man. "Here, big yin, who're ye intae? Ye intae the Minds at a'? Ye goat any Minds, pal? Aye, the Minds are the fuckin' business, so they ur. Aye, them and the Floyd. The fuckin' Wall, man, that's the fuckin album. Here, whit's the score wi' this cunt, he disnae even like the fuckin' Minds..."

some of these entries are quite surprising? Mick Hucknall? The guy hasn't had a hit in 20 years and it's not like you hear his songs that often these days.

But that list is from before Robbie W got £100 mill from EMI and Sir Paul got his divorce so who knows by now?

Mick Hucknall hasn't had a hit in 20 years? Eh? I think you'll find he has.

Between 1985-90, it was compulsory for everyone in the Glasgow metropolitan area to own at least one Simple Minds' album, man. "Here, big yin, who're ye intae? Ye intae the Minds at a'? Ye goat any Minds, pal? Aye, the Minds are the fuckin' business, so they ur. Aye, them and the Floyd. The fuckin' Wall, man, that's the fuckin album. Here, whit's the score wi' this cunt, he disnae even like the fuckin' Minds..."

The Real Bobby Gillespie Story.

Of course, Dougie Donnelly invariably referred to them on Radio Clyde as "GLASGOW'S Simple Minds."

it cost 8,000 pounds to make a bush look like a band?

How much does it cost to make a Bush look like a President?

How is Jim Kerr so rich?

I seem to recall that Kerr was mixed up in some boutique hotel investments in Spain and France, which he later sold off for some sort of amazing profit.

Nice to know that Chrissie Hynde's kids are well-provided for.

Who's the luckiest wealthy man in popular music history? Ringo Starr or Andrew Ridgeley?

Why does it matter how rich Ringo is?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:17 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
dude owes me money

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:21 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

how much does ringo tip?

let's not forget them thomas the tank engine dollars.

hasn't been doing Thomas since 1991

how much money does ringo keep in his house? where is his house? what is the security like?

Ringo is wealthy.

RINGO: ...On paper we're very wealthy people. Just when it gets down to pound notes, we're only half wealthy." (laughs)

According to the Sunday Times Rich List, he's the 564= richest person in the UK with a worth of £140million.

Is that rich?

Enough? I should have said.

The musician who really profited from Thomas The Tank Engine was Junior Campbell, ex of Marmalade, who wrote all the music for the series and I'm sure is still enjoying the royalties.

Wow! Nice one!

Hallelujah Residuals.

Wow, Marmalade fan in the house.

According to the Sunday Times Rich List, he's the 564= richest person in the UK with a worth of £140million.

How lucky wealthy is Andrew Ridgeley?

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He's Ringo!

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He is named after his mad bling!!

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Why does it matter how rich Ringo is?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, September 27, 2006

dude owes me money

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, September 27, 2006

once the those video game royalties start rolling in he's gonna be swimming in it.