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Ringo Starr Febraury 1978

Title: "Ringo"
Type: TV Special
Filming Location: Los Angeles, California
Filming Date: February 14th-22nd 1978
Broadcast Date: April 26th 1978
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 53:12 Minutes
Quality: B
Source: "Ringo Starr Remastered Archives 1978 Vol 2" (FAB Productions)
Other Sources: "Ringo Starr Ognir Rrats" (MCP111)

Notes: This was Ringo`s very first TV special and it was a modern day adaption of the old "Prince and The Pauper" story. The
special co-starred Carrie Fisher (fresh from "Star Wars") and Art Carney plus a cameo from George Harrison!.

Quite a few musical numbers appear throughout with the duet version (with Carrie Fisher) of "You`re Sixteen" being excerpted and
used on Ringo`s "Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr" (Collector`s Edition DVD) (Aug 2007).The special however has never been commercially released.

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