Ringo Starr Was Convinced 1 of His Songs Would Lose Him the Chance of Being Knighted
Ringo Starr released the song “Elizabeth Reigns” on his Ringo Rama album. Ringo Starr thought the song would lose him the knighthood. In 2018, Ringo Starr was knighted.
In 1997, Paul McCartney was knighted, and Ringo Starr received the honor over two decades later. Starr was happy to accept, but he hadn’t anticipated it. He believed that McCartney would be the only Beatle to receive the knighthood. Starr thought that one of his songs would disqualify him.
While Starr was in the studio with musician Dean Grakal, the latter asked what “ER” meant. It referenced the queen’s Golden Jubilee, and Grakal began to write a song about it.
“‘Elizabeth Reigns’ was a question from Dean Grakal,” Starr told Goldmine in 2003. “‘What does ER mean,’ because when we were recording at my place, Rocca Bella, it was Jubilee madness all over England. And the concert was corning on, one of the boys were there. And anyway on a day off they went into town and saw all these banners about the big Jubilee.”
Source: Emma McKee/cheatsheet.com
