Back in the late 80's I was a young cop in Holborn, London covering the Dominion theatre on Tottenham Court Rd. There was a charity do going on.. my brief was to make sure Ringo and his wife got to their car outside the theatre after the performance.. my God, he shook my hand and thanked me. That's my claim to fame! Nice bloke!
Met Ringo at a furniture store in West LA...Barbara Bach was shopping for a card table..in laws visiting..Store was empty ..Talked to Ringo for 20 minutes ...And was delighted..Coolest shit ever.. Bought my barstools...went back to Malubu.. and listened to this... 20x...
How true the lyrics, I lost my wife by cancer, after 20 years of marriage. I listened to this song many many times before, today it stabs my heart. Only photographs, and never comes back anymore ...
me too. I just lost my companion of a deacde. We were to grow old together. I guess we sorta did, but I thought we would have more years.The first time this song took its deeper meaning was in the George Harrison memorial concert. After I lost my dear man, I turned to this song soon after. I knew it would hurt, but it also made me feel less alone.
I'm a tough guy but this is one of those songs that can bring tears to my eyes. I think a lot of us have that one special person that we let get away and then spend a lifetime secretly regretting it or am I the only one?
I lost my Dad 19 yrs ago on November 30 1997. This song is how i feel about him. All i have is a photograph and i realize your not coming back anymore. I can't get used to living here cause my heart is broke my tears i cry for you. Life hasn't been the same. RIP Dad Roger E. LaBeau love you always and forever one day we will be together again. love you 💘 Angie
Such a great, sentimental song. After watching Ringo play this at the Concert for George, it became even better. Happy to see Ringo go to the hall of fame. It's only appropriate that the best rock band of all time has all four members individually as well. Ringo has had some good stuff too. Photograph and It Don't Come Easy are his best I feel.
Id sent this to my sister Sue when she was going through a very hard time.. shes since passed away, but always told me that it saved her from so much.❤
Harrison's contribution to Ringo's self titled album turns to be a gem. When I was a kid, I played this song over and over and over again, admiring the arrangement and the depth of its innocence like only a kid can do. I still admire everything about this song. Makes me happy every time I hear it. Still one of my favorite songs of all time.
A beautiful song indeed. I think of my ex wife when I play this song...she left me and broke my heart. I'm good now, but it doesn't hurt to have a song that reminds me of her to listen to once in a while. After all, just because she's gone doesn't mean I should be miserable. I'll find love again some day.... Thanks for the song Kayla.... You are legend....
So glad the Grammy's had Ringo up on stage to perform this song! I had pushed it back into my mind somewhere, some time ago, but now it's been brought to the forefront of my mind since the revised performance and I can't get it out. But .. that's a good thing. It's such a great song.
Such a great song, brings backs a lot of memories ( some bad and some good ), But don't forget the mastermind behind it, Ladies and Gents: The Shy one MR. George Harrison!
This song reminds me of my mom and dad and I have both of their photographs!!!! They made be gone but they are with me in spirit and I feel blessed to have great parents!!!! I love you mom and dad!!!! Deborah Connor 1954-2018 James Scott 1955-1998
My wife Anna & I would listen to this song after a fight or an arguement & one other song "right back where we started from" by Maxine Nightingale & it made it easier to forgive & forget and continue on we've been married now for 35 years now & going strong, now we're growing old an grey...
This song was mine & my first love's song....so many years ago in high school. He was from another country & we knew we'd have to part. He left, I couldn't follow. That parting honestly made it hard to breathe for years. And it also strengthened me to endure other partings of loved ones through the years. I hope & pray the years have been kind to you, PJ-MR💗
I found a photograph of a very pretty girl when I was very young. She looked to be my age, 14. I carried it in my wallet all the time and dreamed of meeting her. It never happened, but I'm sure she was close to me at some time. I think this song was written with that experience in mind, thanks Ringo.... haha, sob.
When the First British person was born, he came across a Magic Lamp. He couldn't figure out how to open it so he banged it against the ground before finally opening it. A genie came out of it, but the genie was pissed. So the Genie said "I'll grant you one wish, but there is a side affect to it." The man thought for a moment, and then said "I wish to be able to sing and play music so women fall for me, along with my Ancestors." The Genie granted his wish, but in return he was cursed with Bad Teeth and Shaggy hair for the rest of his life, along with his ancestors.
I'm not sure about now with all these computers and phones and things but back then I think it may be something to do with how much it rains. Not much to do, staying in. We tended to start plonking pianos or strumming guitars.
One of my all time favorite songs I am living this song as I write here on You Tube because she is gone But I still have the photographs !!!!! Thanks for posting
Ive lost many loved ones in my 50 years but this song reminds me of my 1st friend Jamil. Half Irish half Indian. We met at 6 and 7 and we loved the Beatles. Days of endless play we were neighbors and we played with our siblings. He loved animals had exotic pets. We traveled on vacations together more than friends. Was my 1st kiss. He was handsome smart. Hard to sum him up in a paragraph. He graduated the summer of 89 and wanted to study marine biology. A motorcycle ride changes everything and he was killed a mere block from home in front of friends. This song from Ringo sums it up. Its been 30 years since i saw your face Jamil. But your always in my heart.
Kayla thank you for sharing!!! Lost my beloved recently And this song is although a break up song, i use it as comfort since all I have are fotographs and memories to remember by
I lost my 14 y/o son 10 yrs ago, and with a few changes to fit my son (I intended to grow old and be a grandma), I brake down and cry. Kinda like Let It Be does to me (Which I played at his funeral).
Photograph" is a song by English musician Ringo Starr that was released as the lead single from his 1973 album Ringo. Starr co-wrote the song with George Harrison, his former bandmate from the Beatles. Although the two of them collaborated on other compositions, it is the only song officially credited to the pair. A signature tune for Starr as a solo artist, " Wikipedia "
This is The Beatles. All four of them are on it. It was written by George Harrison. It is the only song on the album produced by George Martin. Beatles song start to finish.
Every time I listen to this song I just cry because I lost my dad to bone cancer when I was four years old, both of my grandfathers in 2013 and my grandmother in 2015 and this song has meaning
The friendship between Ringo and George is what I think of, when I hear this song. I once saw both of them on the old "Dick Cavett Show" where the host told George that Yoko Ono had just the week before sat in his seat. He got up out of the seat and mock-shivered. It was hysterical. I think that is on TH-cam. :)
On this day in 1973 {December 23rd} Ringo Starr's covered version of "You're Sixteen" moved into the #27 position on Billboard's Top 100 chart, and the record one position lower at #28 was "Photograph" by Ringo Starr... Both records peaked at #1 on the Top 100; five weeks earlier on November 18th "Photograph" spent one week in the top spot, and four weeks later on January 20th, 1974 "You're Sixteen" would peak at #1 for one week... Between 1970 and 1981 he had fourteen records on the Top 100 chart; half of them made the Top 10 with two reaching #1 {the above two}... His seven Top 10 records charted consecutively; "It Don't Come Easy" {#4 in 1971}, "Back Off Boogaloo" {#9 in 1972}, then his two #1 records, " "Oh My My" {#5 in 1974}, "Only You" {#6 in 1975}, and finally "The No No Song" {#3 in 1975}... Ringo Starr, born Richard Starkey, will celebrate his 78th birthday come next July 7th {2018}...
Esmée Jackson exactly, Homes! 👍. Drew's Harrison is definitely one of the best songwriters in my opinion. I like him better than Lennon and McCartney. I think their songs were good, but more Poppy!
And Ringo actually leads with his left hand when drumming. He learned the drums that way. That was part of what gave The Beatles their distinctive sound
Very sad....your post brought a tear to my eye just as much as the memories of this song did 30 years ago when i lost the woman I loved to the arms of another man :(
Back in the late 80's I was a young cop in Holborn, London covering the Dominion theatre on Tottenham Court Rd. There was a charity do going on.. my brief was to make sure Ringo and his wife got to their car outside the theatre after the performance..
my God, he shook my hand and thanked me.
That's my claim to fame! Nice bloke!
Wow, what a cool story. You met one of the greatest musicians and artists in the 20th century. That's amazing.
thanks for protecting RIngo
It's especially cool because the handshake wouldn't happen today; Ringo's apparently become a bit of a germaphobe & now prefers the "elbow bump"
Cool!
Met Ringo at a furniture store in West LA...Barbara Bach was shopping for a card table..in laws visiting..Store was empty ..Talked to Ringo for 20 minutes
...And was delighted..Coolest shit ever.. Bought my barstools...went back to Malubu.. and listened to this...
20x...
How true the lyrics, I lost my wife by cancer, after 20 years of marriage. I listened to this song many many times before, today it stabs my heart. Only photographs, and never comes back anymore ...
+Meister Knökenknecht You will meet again in paradise my friend. God Bless....
+Virgil Davis My wife is Buddhist, as well all in my family. I hope so much you are right. Miss her so deeply. Thanks, Virgil.
:)
me too. I just lost my companion of a deacde. We were to grow old together. I guess we sorta did, but I thought we would have more years.The first time this song took its deeper meaning was in the George Harrison memorial concert. After I lost my dear man, I turned to this song soon after. I knew it would hurt, but it also made me feel less alone.
I'm sorry man!
I'm a tough guy but this is one of those songs that can bring tears to my eyes.
I think a lot of us have that one special person that we let get away and then spend a lifetime secretly regretting it or am I the only one?
I was a fool and let a great woman get away..for more than forty years, I've lived with the regret.
One of Ringo's best songs. A touching tribute to people who have been rejected by a loved one. :(
I lost my Dad 19 yrs ago on November 30 1997. This song is how i feel about him. All i have is a photograph and i realize your not coming back anymore. I can't get used to living here cause my heart is broke my tears i cry for you. Life hasn't been the same. RIP Dad Roger E. LaBeau love you always and forever one day we will be together again. love you 💘 Angie
Exactly the same for me, but for my mom. 6 years this Xmas. Time goes in a blink of the eye.
Jim Labeau so sorry
Same for me but my husband 1994. I though we would grow old and gray.
Such a great, sentimental song. After watching Ringo play this at the Concert for George, it became even better. Happy to see Ringo go to the hall of fame. It's only appropriate that the best rock band of all time has all four members individually as well. Ringo has had some good stuff too. Photograph and It Don't Come Easy are his best I feel.
+Bret Bailey I agree.
It was so touching when he played it at the concert for George and i agree. Ringo deserves it
Id sent this to my sister Sue when she was going through a very hard time.. shes since passed away, but always told me that it saved her from so much.❤
I can't get used to living here while my heart is broke, my tears I cry for you... that part hurts
And it sounds even better with George singing the backing vocals, what a masterpiece!
Ringo may not be the most talented Beatle but definitely the coolest. Very unassuming... But talented still. Great lyrics, great song
Harrison's contribution to Ringo's self titled album turns to be a gem. When I was a kid, I played this song over and over and over again, admiring the arrangement and the depth of its innocence like only a kid can do. I still admire everything about this song. Makes me happy every time I hear it. Still one of my favorite songs of all time.
A beautiful song indeed. I think of my ex wife when I play this song...she left me and broke my heart. I'm good now, but it doesn't hurt to have a song that reminds me of her to listen to once in a while. After all, just because she's gone doesn't mean I should be miserable. I'll find love again some day.... Thanks for the song Kayla.... You are legend....
Best solo Ringo song!
So glad the Grammy's had Ringo up on stage to perform this song! I had pushed it back into my mind somewhere, some time ago, but now it's been brought to the forefront of my mind since the revised performance and I can't get it out. But .. that's a good thing. It's such a great song.
Ringo wrote the Lyrics and George Harrison wrote the music!! Great tune!!
I dont know if that has ever been concluded. a very mysterious song.
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Who says Ringo can't sing !!! The guy can fuckin sing !!! This song proves it !!!
Such a great song, brings backs a lot of memories ( some bad and some good ), But don't forget the mastermind behind it, Ladies and Gents: The Shy one MR. George Harrison!
Stenove1957
What??????
First to hear Ringo singing like this I think it's so lovely to hear him singing He is a joy to listen too thank you I will save this
Great collaboration between two former Beatles!!! Ringo and George always had a thing for writing.
This song reminds me of my mom and dad and I have both of their photographs!!!! They made be gone but they are with me in spirit and I feel blessed to have great parents!!!! I love you mom and dad!!!!
Deborah Connor 1954-2018
James Scott 1955-1998
George and Ringo ... Best songwriting team ever!!!
Great tune! One of my favorites from '73. Beatle albums should have allowed for more of George and Ringo's output.
My wife Anna & I would listen to this song after a fight or an arguement & one other song "right back where we started from" by Maxine Nightingale & it made it easier to forgive & forget and continue on we've been married now for 35 years now & going strong, now we're growing old an grey...
Very touching song full of pain and heartache but that's what makes this such a great song!
This song was mine & my first love's song....so many years ago in high school. He was from another country & we knew we'd have to part. He left, I couldn't follow.
That parting honestly made it hard to breathe for years. And it also strengthened me to endure other partings of loved ones through the years.
I hope & pray the years have been kind to you, PJ-MR💗
After all these years (35 or more) it bowls me over how talented Ringo is..
Simply a perfect song...I still get goose bumps when I hear it!
George you gave your pal a lasting hit!
I found a photograph of a very pretty girl when I was very young. She looked to be my age, 14. I carried it in my wallet all the time and dreamed of meeting her. It never happened, but I'm sure she was close to me at some time.
I think this song was written with that experience in mind, thanks Ringo.... haha, sob.
Interesting. Well, if I see a girl your age looking for her 14 year old photograph, I'll let her know! ;-)
Always been one of my favorite Ringo songs.
The song has George Harrison written all over it 😎👍
Totally!
Not a Beatles fan at all but I love this solo song here. Makes me think of Debra. Love you dear.
Damn....90% of my play list is English musicians. What is it about England that produces so many good artists?
When the First British person was born, he came across a Magic Lamp. He couldn't figure out how to open it so he banged it against the ground before finally opening it. A genie came out of it, but the genie was pissed. So the Genie said "I'll grant you one wish, but there is a side affect to it." The man thought for a moment, and then said "I wish to be able to sing and play music so women fall for me, along with my Ancestors." The Genie granted his wish, but in return he was cursed with Bad Teeth and Shaggy hair for the rest of his life, along with his ancestors.
That's the best explanation I've heard so far.
+Rat Man thank you random citizen
I'm not sure about now with all these computers and phones and things but back then I think it may be something to do with how much it rains. Not much to do, staying in. We tended to start plonking pianos or strumming guitars.
blackmore4 Interesting theory. Sounds believable. The English have always ruled rock n roll.
Magnificent composition, by Starr & Harrison.
this song went to #1 on the pop charts in 1973!!!
This to the eternal love of my life, I can't get used to living here, while my heart is broke, my tears I cry for you :-(
what happened?
One of my all time favorite songs I am living this song as I write here on You Tube because she is gone But I still have the photographs !!!!!
Thanks for posting
I want you here to have and hold, as the years go by and we grow old and grey.
I instantly tear up every single time that I hear this song. It is SO underrated!
Without a doubt, the greatest BEATLE of all!
Ive lost many loved ones in my 50 years but this song reminds me of my 1st friend Jamil. Half Irish half Indian. We met at 6 and 7 and we loved the Beatles. Days of endless play we were neighbors and we played with our siblings. He loved animals had exotic pets. We traveled on vacations together more than friends. Was my 1st kiss. He was handsome smart. Hard to sum him up in a paragraph. He graduated the summer of 89 and wanted to study marine biology. A motorcycle ride changes everything and he was killed a mere block from home in front of friends. This song from Ringo sums it up. Its been 30 years since i saw your face Jamil. But your always in my heart.
Best solo post-Beatles song ever
100 percent right.
. . . you might be right
Don't know about the song, but I might argue that the "Ringo" album was the best album of the solo Beatles!
exa121RETURNS And people always say that Ringo was the talentless Beatle
Actually @Bronco. The RAM Album takes that honor...with respect....
Ringo you have most mesmerizing eyes! Love your music and drumming talent❤️
Kayla thank you for sharing!!! Lost my beloved recently
And this song is although a break up song, i use it as comfort since all I have are fotographs and memories to remember by
Peace and Love, Ringo! Happy Birthday, 2016!
Brilliant song. Many Happy Returns on your 80th birthday Sir Richard 👌
I lost my 14 y/o son 10 yrs ago, and with a few changes to fit my son (I intended to grow old and be a grandma), I brake down and cry. Kinda like Let It Be does to me (Which I played at his funeral).
This just makes me think of loved ones now passed...and I weep. R.I.P. those who have gone before. I'll join you soon...
Photograph" is a song by English musician Ringo Starr that was released as the lead single from his 1973 album Ringo. Starr co-wrote the song with George Harrison, his former bandmate from the Beatles. Although the two of them collaborated on other compositions, it is the only song officially credited to the pair. A signature tune for Starr as a solo artist, " Wikipedia "
a fantastic song it takes me back to a time when life was fun !!!!!!! thanks for posting
This is The Beatles. All four of them are on it. It was written by George Harrison. It is the only song on the album produced by George Martin. Beatles song start to finish.
Covered this when my grandma passed at her funeral a couple years ago this song reminds me of her and our great adventures together as a child
Played at my grandmas funeral... miss you loads💔😔
But all I got is a photograph, and I realize you're not coming back anymore...
So true... But life goes on... Or you get stuck and then you're not living.
By far the best song any of them did!
Missin someone and this song SSOOO go together !!!!
I concur, it is one of his best, my favorite. It gave me a sad feeling when I was a kid and 40 years later...it still does.
Lembro da minha adolescência ❤️
Every time I listen to this song I just cry because I lost my dad to bone cancer when I was four years old, both of my grandfathers in 2013 and my grandmother in 2015 and this song has meaning
The friendship between Ringo and George is what I think of, when I hear this song. I once saw both of them on the old "Dick Cavett Show" where the host told George that Yoko Ono had just the week before sat in his seat. He got up out of the seat and mock-shivered. It was hysterical. I think that is on TH-cam. :)
Cindy Gray Ringo is not on there; I watched it too.
happy birthday ringo Starr
Thank you Ringo for everything that you have continued to give the ones who love you.
Amo demais essa música
Beautiful song!!! Ringo: I love
this song went to #1 on the pop charts in 1973!!!
Sir Ringo Starr sang very well too.
This and "It Don't Come Easy" are my two favorite songs from Ringo.
loved it then love it now
The lyrics, the melody, the structure and the voice 👍.
Great song!
Amazing song, I can’t help but reminisce when hearing this song.
Only i Got a photograph!!! Where are you my love??? I miss you!
On this day in 1973 {December 23rd} Ringo Starr's covered version of "You're Sixteen" moved into the #27 position on Billboard's Top 100 chart, and the record one position lower at #28 was "Photograph" by Ringo Starr...
Both records peaked at #1 on the Top 100; five weeks earlier on November 18th "Photograph" spent one week in the top spot, and four weeks later on January 20th, 1974 "You're Sixteen" would peak at #1 for one week...
Between 1970 and 1981 he had fourteen records on the Top 100 chart; half of them made the Top 10 with two reaching #1 {the above two}...
His seven Top 10 records charted consecutively; "It Don't Come Easy" {#4 in 1971}, "Back Off Boogaloo" {#9 in 1972}, then his two #1 records, " "Oh My My" {#5 in 1974}, "Only You" {#6 in 1975}, and finally "The No No Song" {#3 in 1975}...
Ringo Starr, born Richard Starkey, will celebrate his 78th birthday come next July 7th {2018}...
Mi niñez fue con esta cancion, recuerdo bien el disco era de mis hermanos mayores con la manzana al centro.
Starrison :(
Kinda
Esmée Jackson exactly, Homes! 👍. Drew's Harrison is definitely one of the best songwriters in my opinion. I like him better than Lennon and McCartney. I think their songs were good, but more Poppy!
you mean your Michael? Really!!!????
Love this song so much❤️
I Luv this song i luv it i luv it i luv it
Tempos bons que não voltam mais. Saudades!!!!!
This song is pure gold!
I agree. This title is on my list of "Sad Songs" and will always remain therein.
Luv this song
GREAT SONG,FANTASTIC TIMES IN A HAPPY WORLD,THANKS
that,s nice and kind to hear who is concern to !!!
My favorite Ringo song. TY Sir
One of the very few former Beatle songs with jazz sax...nice!
Wow!! I love this music!!!
And Ringo actually leads with his left hand when drumming. He learned the drums that way. That was part of what gave The Beatles their distinctive sound
Thats interesting cool to know
Used to wake up to this song in the mornings in London in the late 70's
Best song of a 50 year career
Criminally underrated Beatle
Very sad....your post brought a tear to my eye just as much as the memories of this song did 30 years ago when i lost the woman I loved to the arms of another man :(
I feel you brother, when people leave, all thats left are photo graphs of what once was
Jack Walken Now it’s Facebook. So impersonal.
Ringo's solo material is very underrated. Among his solo material his masterpiece would have to be It don't come easy.
johnny10301968 Another song written with (mostly by)
George Harrison.
Lot of pain in this song...R.I.P. Dawn Lerner 11/20/2006
Super Wistam love from kiev
GREAT 70S HOT SHOTS,THANKS
love this song
that's song is dedicated to my only one in my life ...
what happened?
Thank you Ringo. Sad song full of emotion, loss.
This song absolutely kills me.
R.I.P. You. The community will miss you. :'(
It’s misery inducing