Ringo Starr sang for the Beatles.
`` Octopus 's Garden '' is a song by the Beatles written and sung by Ringo Starr ( credited to his real name Richard Starkey ) from the Beatles ' 1969 album Abbey Road . Ringo Starr . He also wrote the Beatles ' songs `` Do n't Pass Me By '' and `` Octopus 's Garden '' , and is credited as a co-writer of others , including `` What Goes On '' and `` Flying '' . `` Yellow Submarine '' is a 1966 song by the Beatles , written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon , with lead vocals by Ringo Starr .