Ringo Starr is 82

82-year old Ringo Starr does jumping jacks in time to the music after a 2 hour show in Pittsburgh Saturday; second of a three night stand in Pennsylvania: Easton Friday, Philadelphia Sunday. Some guys not as old as Ringo go home to Delaware on weekends and fall off their bike. pic.twitter.com/0JlN56E6xt

— Kristinn Taylor (@KristinnFR) September 11, 2022

He was 65 years old in this 2005 video. Don't Pass Me By is still my favorite from the double album White Album. It was originally written as country western by Ringo. Great song and I like the humor in the story/lyrics.  

I listen for your footsteps

Comin' down the drive

Listen for your footsteps

But they don't arrive

Waitin' for your knock, dear

On my old front door

I don't hear it, does it mean

You don't love me anymore?

Don't pass me by

Don't make me cry

Don't make me blue

'Cause you know

Darling, I love only you

You'll never know it hurts me so

How I hate to see you go

Don't pass me by

Don't make me cry

Don't make me blue

I hear the clock a-tickin'

On the mantel shelf

I see the hands a-movin'

But I'm by myself

I wonder where you are tonight

And why I'm by myself

I don't see you, does it mean

You don't love me anymore?

Don't pass me by

Don't make me cry

Don't make me blue

'Cause you know

Darling, I love only you

You'll never know it hurts me so 

Sorry that I doubted you

I was so unfair

You were in a car crash

And you lost your hair

You said that you'd be late tonight

About an hour or two

I said, that's alright

I'm a-waitin' here

Just waitin' to hear from you

Don't pass me by

Don't make me cry

Don't make me blue

'Cause you know

Darling, I love only you

You'll never know it hurts me so

How I hate to see you go

Don't pass me by

Don't make me cry

Don't make me blue

Ringo Starr wrote this in 1963 and sang lead. It was the first Beatles song he wrote by himself. In an interview for a New Zealand radio station during their 1964 tour of Australia, Ringo is heard in the background saying "sing the song I've written, just for a plug." Then, Paul says "Ringo has written a song called 'Don't Pass Me By.' A beautiful melody. This is Ringo's first attempt at songwriting." At this point, Paul and John actually sing a verse of it and Ringo says, "It was written as a country western, but Paul and John singing it with that blues feeling has knocked me out. Are the Beatles going to record it? I don't know. I don't think so, actually. I keep trying to push it on them every time we make an album." Paul then states, "Unfortunately, there's never enough time to fit Ringo's song on an album.