Ringo Beat
| "Ringo Beat" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
R&B | ||||
| Length | 1:52 | |||
| Label | Verve 103440[2] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ella Fitzgerald | |||
| Ella Fitzgerald singles chronology | ||||
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Ringo Beat is a 1965 novelty single written and recorded by
Ray Brown, Jr. as the "Ringo beat...cause that's where it all started".[5] The guitarist Barney Kessel also appears on the song.[1]
The
Downbeat magazine that disc jockeys were refusing to play the song.[5] It was released on CD as part of the 2003 album Jukebox Ella, a compilation of Fitzgerald's singles recorded for Verve Records.[6]
Reviewing Jukebox Ella for
Allmusic, John Bush described "Ringo Beat" as the only one of Fitzgerald's Verve singles to acknowledge rock and roll and felt that it was "mostly unembarrassed".[6] In his biography of Fitzgerald, Stuart Nicholson described the song as "awful" and placed in the context of Fitzgerald's constant search for an elusive hit record.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-136-78814-7.
- ^ "Ella Fitzgerald - Ringo Beat/I'm Falling In Love at Discogs". discogs.com. 1964. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-07-055087-2.
- ^ )
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4768-5503-5.
- ^ AllMusic
External links
- Ringo Beat at Discogs (list of releases)