Ironicaly, John had a song of his own waiting for Ringo called "Nobody Told Me". This was recorded a few weeks before John's death. Ringo felt he had already covered the same ground in "I'm The Greatest" so he asked George if he had another song, and George dug this out. Ken from Louisville, KyThis was also the "sustitue" song for Ringo who was first offered an early version of "All Those Years Ago", written by George specifically for Ringo (before John Lennon's murder).I think I'm correct in saying that this was Ringo's last Top 40 chart entry. Finally released as Boardwalk 33246, Stop and Smell the Roses was Ringo's strongest and most effervescent album since Goodnight Vienna, containing two good songs by Paul McCartney and one by George Harrison - 'Wrack My Brain,' which became Ringo's final Top 40 hit - along with music by Harry Nilsson, Ron Wood, and Stephen Stills. The album also featured two pretty good McCartney songs, "Attention" and "Private Property." In fact, these songs were better than some of the material McCartney was producing for himself at the time, namely the "Back to the Egg" album. Kevin from Reading, PaThis is one of Ringo's best, from the "Stop and Smell the Roses" album.In fact, the album on which this song features, Stop and Smell the Roses, had many notable collaborators, like Paul. Ringo said that after this was shot, they took the jacket home. Wrack My Brain is another song given to Starr by another Beatle. Ken from Louisville, KyAnd yes, that IS Barbara Bach in the video playing the woman in the straight jacket.* Interestingly, his debut record, "Beaucoups of Blues", entered the Top 100 exactly eleven years earlier on November 1st, 1970 it peaked at #87. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn November 1st 1981, "Wrack My Brain" by Ringo Starr entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #79 and five weeks later on December 6th, 1981 it peaked at #38.
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