A Beatles Song for Your Garden Playlist: Ringo Starr’s Octopus’s Garden
"Ringo arrived at Abbey Road to discover his drum kid surrounded with flowers spelling out "Welcome Back, Ringo.""
September 3, 1968
On this day, drummer Ringo Starr rejoined the Beatles.
Ringo had quit the band two weeks earlier.
The Beatles had managed to keep the news away from the press and the public.
Ringo had quit after feeling like the odd man out.
During his time away from the band, he wrote "Octopus's Garden" on a yacht he borrowed from his friend, actor Peter Sellers.
The band asked Ringo to return via a telegram.
They said they loved him and thought he was the world's best rock n' roll drummer.
Ringo arrived at Abbey Road to discover his drum kid surrounded with flowers spelling out "Welcome Back, Ringo."
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Ringo Starr on Drums, 1965
Ringo Starr, headshot, 1965
Ringo Starr's Octopus's Garden
Ringo Starr on drums
Ringo Starr headshot
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