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Ringo Starr's real name!
« on: June 22, 2007, 01:52:13 AM »

I just learned this today!

It's not Ringo Starr, it's not even Richard Starkey! According to Ringo, ...


 "My real name is Parkin, not Starkey. My grandad was named Johnny Parkin. When my grandfather's mother remarried, which was pretty shocking in those days, she married a Starkey, so my grandfather changed his name to Starkey, too. (I went to have my family tree done in the Sixties, but I could only trace back two generations - and they couldn't find me! I had to go to my family to find out, and even they hadn't wanted to say anything in case the press found out.) "

Amazing!
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Re: Ringo Starr's real name!
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2007, 09:20:49 AM »

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I just learned this today!

It's not Ringo Starr, it's not even Richard Starkey! According to Ringo, ...


 "My real name is Parkin, not Starkey. My grandad was named Johnny Parkin. When my grandfather's mother remarried, which was pretty shocking in those days, she married a Starkey, so my grandfather changed his name to Starkey, too. (I went to have my family tree done in the Sixties, but I could only trace back two generations - and they couldn't find me! I had to go to my family to find out, and even they hadn't wanted to say anything in case the press found out.) "

Amazing!

He said so, yep ... ANTHOLOGY:


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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2007, 09:34:27 PM »

I know that!  ;D

He could have been Ringo Parkin!
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Re: Ringo Starr's real name!
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2007, 11:46:17 AM »

I did not know this.Thanks Alexis for the topic and info.
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Re: Ringo Starr's real name!
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2007, 11:56:04 AM »

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I did not know this.

sure you didnt
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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2007, 11:59:54 AM »

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sure you didnt

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« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2007, 06:26:55 PM »

He is called the Swine...  ;)
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2007, 06:40:36 PM »

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He is called the Swine...  ;)

Yeah, that's what they keep saying  ;):
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im the swine. but you can call me swine if you like.

from here: http://dmbeatles.com/forums/b-songs/m-1183569062/s-39/#num39

By the way, interesting how Ringo's real name is not so well-known by so many fans ...
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« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2007, 07:07:35 PM »

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He is called the Swine...  ;)

Hehehe  :P
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2007, 09:32:13 PM »

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He is called the Swine...  ;)

i see you understand the meaning of the word
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Re: Ringo Starr's real name!
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2007, 10:30:50 PM »

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I know that!  ;D

He could have been Ringo Parkin!

Or Ringo Parr
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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2007, 10:51:55 PM »

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Or Ringo Parr

can't see it somehow :-/

Ringo Parkey (?)

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« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2007, 09:56:19 AM »

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can't see it somehow :-/

Ringo Parkey (?)


well starr seems to be short of starkey. so parr could be short of parkin. glad that didnt happen.
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Re: Ringo Starr's real name!
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2007, 11:59:17 PM »

I would say Ringo Park!
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« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2007, 06:42:18 PM »

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I just learned this today!

It's not Ringo Starr, it's not even Richard Starkey! According to Ringo, ...


 "My real name is Parkin, not Starkey. My grandad was named Johnny Parkin. When my grandfather's mother remarried, which was pretty shocking in those days, she married a Starkey, so my grandfather changed his name to Starkey, too. (I went to have my family tree done in the Sixties, but I could only trace back two generations - and they couldn't find me! I had to go to my family to find out, and even they hadn't wanted to say anything in case the press found out.) "

Amazing!

Thx Alexis...wow, I never knew this. Parkin....hmmmm. I'm so used to Starr or Starkey, it's kinda weird to get your mind around another name.. but no matter what his name is he's still Ringo to us all :)

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« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2007, 06:45:19 PM »

I just found out Paul's REAL name is John Lennon and visa versa...LOL (they tricked us again !!)

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« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2007, 09:08:51 PM »

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I just found out Paul's REAL name is John Lennon and visa versa...LOL (they tricked us again !!)

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But Paul's dead, right?
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« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2007, 10:26:53 PM »

no, that's Beatle Ed  lol
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Re: Ringo Starr's real name!
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2008, 01:36:30 AM »

Oh wow. if it was Ringo Parr there wouldn't be Ringo and his all Starr Band, or something like that ;D
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Re: Ringo Starr's real name!
« Reply #19 on: May 14, 2008, 05:53:03 PM »

Ringo's late mother was born Elsie Gleave and was one of 14 children reared in the Toxteth area of Liverpool. While working in a local bakery she met Richard Starkey and the couple were married in 1936. Their son Richard Starkey was born on 7 July 1940. The couple were divorced in 1943. Elsie later married Harry Graves in 1953. If Ringo's real name is Parkin, why are his children called Zak Starkey, Jason Starkey and his wife Barbara Starkey? The answer seems to lie in the fact that he named his daughter Lee Parkin Starkey. Parkin wasadded to thename as it was the reintroduction of a former Starkey family name.
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