Ringo Starr - Old Blood (1979)
Following the Beatles' temporary hiatus, Ringo Starr spent most of 1979 hiring musicians and old friends to make an album of his own. He had made an album of traditional pop classics titled Sentimental Journey back in 1970, but that was more of a passion project. This would establish him as a pop act of his own, showing the world that he didn't need the other Beatles. The first people Ringo phoned for the project were the other Beatles, with David Bowie, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and even John Lennon agreeing to help in some capacity. McCartney wrote and played on "Pure Gold", Harrison on "When Every Song Is Sung", Bowie played on his cover of "Bad Boy", and Lennon played piano on "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)". Eric Clapton also wrote "This Be Called a Song" for Starr to sing. Starr's longtime friend Vini Poncia produced the sessions. The title came about from a newspaper article Starr had read back in 1976.