{"id":112076,"date":"2025-10-09T22:07:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T22:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/112076\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T22:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T22:07:36","slug":"ringo-starr-is-the-only-ex-beatle-to-achieve-these-hot-100-feats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/112076\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringo Starr Is the Only Ex-Beatle to Achieve These Hot 100 Feats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tUMe\u2019s announcement today that it is reissuing Ringo Starr<\/a>\u2019s first four solo albums on colored vinyl on Oct. 24 puts a spotlight on his celebrated 1973 album Ringo, which enabled him to set three Billboard Hot 100 records that he holds to this day.<\/p>\n

\n\tStarr is the only ex-Beatle<\/a> to land two No. 1 singles from one studio album and the only one to release back-to-back singles that both reached No. 1. Starr topped the Hot 100 in November 1973 with \u201cPhotograph,\u201d which he co-wrote with his former Beatles bandmate George Harrison<\/a>. His follow-up, \u201cYou\u2019re Sixteen,\u201d a jaunty remake of a 1960 hit by Johnny Burnette, reached No. 1 in January 1974. For a few weeks, it looked like Starr might be headed for a third No. 1 hit from Ringo, but the vibrant \u201cOh My My,\u201d the album\u2019s third single, peaked at No. 5. Still, that was enough to make Ringo the only album by an ex-Beatle to spawn three top five singles on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll three singles were released from Starr\u2019s third studio album, Ringo, which was produced by Richard Perry<\/a>, one of the hottest producers of the era. (Perry died last December<\/a> at age 82.) Starr\u2019s first two studio albums were Sentimental Journey, a 1970 collection drawn from the Great American Songbook, and Beaucoups of Blues, a 1970 country- and folk-shaded album recorded in Nashville. So Ringo was his first contemporary pop\/rock album. On the album, Starr collaborated with his Beatles bandmates John Lennon<\/a>, Paul McCartney<\/a> and Harrison, as well as Harry Nilsson, Martha Reeves, Billy Preston, Marc Bolan of T. Rex and The Band\u2019s Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm and Rick Danko, among others.<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased on Nov. 2, 1973, Ringo reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200. It was Starr\u2019s highest-charting album, which makes him the only ex-Beatle not to top the Billboard 200. Ringo was kept out of the top spot by Elton John<\/a>\u2019s classic double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. (There were no hard feelings: John contributed to Starr\u2019s follow-up album, Goodnight Vienna, co-writing \u201cSnookeroo\u201d and playing piano on the track.)<\/p>\n

\t\tNear-Misses: Two No. 1 singles from one album<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n

\n\tMcCartney\u2019s band Wings nearly had two No. 1 singles from its 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound. \u201cSilly Love Songs\u201d logged five weeks at No. 1; \u201cLet \u2018Em In\u201d peaked at No. 3.<\/p>\n

\n\tFive years later, Lennon nearly achieved the feat with his 1980 album with Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy, which was released three weeks before he was shot to death.\u00a0 \u201c(Just Like) Starting Over\u201d logged five weeks at No. 1; \u201cWoman\u201d reached No. 2.<\/p>\n

\t\tNear-Misses: Back-to-back single releases that hit No. 1<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to the two instances noted above, McCartney came close four more times:<\/p>\n