Ringo Starr

Released: November 15, 1974

Songwriter: Allen Toussaint

Producer: Richard Perry

[Verse 1]
Groovy!
Ah, there's music in the streets
And there's music in the air
A little old soul beat
And there's dancing everywhere
I would tell the whole world
Tell them if I could
To add a little song into each life
Oh, it's a-finger snapping good
Oh! Oh!

[Chorus]
Ah, pardon me, boys, but could you use it?
We're gonna make a little music
You got soul, now don't you lose it
We're gonna make a little music
Everything's gonna be mellow
We got just a-singing occapella
Everything's gonna be mellow
We got just a-singing occapella
Oh! Oh!

[Bridge]
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da - jabba dabba dabba dabba di dah
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da - jabba dabba dabba dabba di dah

[Verse 1]
There's a-dancing in the streets
And there's music in the air
A little old soul beat
And there's dancing everywhere
I would tell the whole world
Tell them if I could
To add a little song into each life
You know, it's finger-popping good
Oh! Oh!

[Chorus]
Pardon me, boys, but could you use it?
We're gonna make a little music
You got soul, now don't you lose it
We're gonna make a little music
Everything's gonna be mellow
We got just a-singing occapella
Everything's gonna be mellow
We got just a-singing occapella
I said everything's gonna be mellow
Everybody singing occapella
I said everything's gonna be mellow
Everybody singing occapella

Best known as the drummer for The Beatles, Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey, 1940) also had a moderately successful solo career (with hits like “It Don’t Come Easy” and “Photograph”) and was the narrator for Thomas The Tank Engine.

His country-infused nickname emerged from a tendency to wear rings on his fingers.

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