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The 1950s country legend Ringo Starr crowned as the greatest

The 1950s country legend Ringo Starr crowned as the greatest

The 1950s country legend Ringo Starr crowned as the greatest
July 01
08:05 2026

The Beatles may have reshaped pop music as we know it by adventurously glueing together elements of various genres, but one area they barely appeared to touch upon during their time together was the realm of country music.Given how they’d tried their hand at folk, pop and rock and roll, injecting new flavours into all of these pre-existing genres, it’s remarkable that they never truly made an attempt at country. ‘Rocky Raccoon’, an almost parodical attempt at the genre, is perhaps as close as they ever got to crossing country off their checklist of explored territories, but in terms of making something that was fully-fledged in its commitment to emulating the style, there’s virtually nothing to speak of.

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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